Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Daehyeong Lim

Taehyeon Kim

Donghyun Lee

Minho Park

Jaesung Lee

Jeongmin Park

Jongmin Choi

Donguk Kwak

Taeho Kim

Jeong-Min Park

Changryong Heo

Dongwook Kim

Wonsuk Choi

Seunghyun Lee

Wonseok Lee

Daeung Jeong

Jaehyuck Park

Seongmin Je

Seungeun Lee

Seung-Eun Lee

Jin-Hee Won

Minkyung Hwang

Hongji Lee

Jinhee Won

Daniel Joe

Minhyun Cho

Jungmo Kim

Intaek Oh

Jinwoo Seo

Jung-Mo Kim

Younghoon Jung

Keumsun Choe

Jeongsu Lee

Hyoujoo Kwon

An electronic device may include: an output module comprising output circuitry, a communication module comprising communication circuitry configured to communicate with at least one external device, a first sensor configured to sense a biometric signal, a second sensor configured to sense an inertial signal, and a processor operatively connected to the output module, the communication module, the first sensor, and the second sensor. The processor may be configured to determine a location of the electronic device for a body based on a signal transmitted or received with the at least one external device through the communication module in response to sensing the biometric signal, to determine a posture of the electronic device based on information obtained through the second sensor, to determine a measurement posture based on the location and the posture of the electronic device, and to provide a guide to correspond the measurement posture to a predetermined reference posture.

Method for detecting biometric information and electronic device supporting the same

An electronic device and a method for controlling the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a motion sensor and optical sensors. Each of the optical sensors includes a light emitter and a light receiver. The optical sensors are separately driven to determine a respective signal characteristic of each of the optical sensors. A current state of an object to be measured is determined, based on at least one signal received through the motion sensor or the optical sensors. A light emitter of at least one of the optical sensors is driven, based on the respective signal characteristics of the optical sensors according to the current state of the object to be measured. Based on the respective signal characteristics of the optical sensors, a light signal sensed through a light receiver of at least one of the optical sensors is selected and received.

Electronic device including multiple optical sensors and method for controlling the same

An audio output device is provided. The audio output device includes a buffering member including a biometric sensor and a first terminal connected to the biometric sensor, a housing including a portion to which the buffering member is mounted, a second terminal disposed in the portion of the housing and electrically connected to the first terminal of the buffering member, and a control circuit positioned inside the housing and operatively connected to the biometric sensor, the first terminal, and the second terminal, wherein the control circuit may be configured to supply power to the biometric sensor through the second terminal if the first terminal and the second terminal are connected, and to receive at least one piece of biometric signal data obtained from the biometric sensor of the buffering member through the second terminal.

Audio output device for obtaining biometric data and method of operating same

An electronic device and method are disclosed herein. The electronic device includes a sensor and a processor. The processor implements the method, including measuring infrared light corresponding to a user using the sensor, and detecting biometric information of the user if the infrared information satisfies a predetermined condition.

Method for providing information related to skin and electronic device using the same

Provided is an electronic device including a housing; a battery; a user interface; a photoplethysmogram (PPG) sensor including a light receiving module exposed through a portion of the housing, at least one light emitting diode (LED), and at least one photodiode; a processor operatively connected to the battery, the user interface, and the PPG sensor; and a memory. According to an embodiment, the memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to determine whether the PPG sensor is facing a surface of an external object having a reference color, determine whether to perform a test of the PPG sensor based on whether the PPG sensor is facing the surface, receive data from the PPG sensor by operating the PPG sensor in response to determining to perform the test, and perform calibration of the PPG sensor based on at least a portion of the received data. Other embodiments are possible.

Electronic device and method of operating the same

An apparatus and method for obtaining biometric information in an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a display comprising one or more pixels, the one or more pixels including a first sub pixel, a second sub pixel, and a third sub pixel, and one or more sensors configured to obtain biometric information about an external object, and a processor. The processor is configured to cause the electronic device to: identify first biometric information and second biometric information from the biometric information, and output light having first properties through a first pixel set corresponding to the first biometric information, and obtain the first biometric information using the one or more sensors, and output light having second properties through a second pixel set corresponding to the second biometric information, and obtain the second biometric information using the one or more sensors.

Method for obtaining biometric information using light source corresponding to biometric information and electronic device thereof

According to various embodiments of the present invention, an electronic device can comprise: a light-emitting module for emitting light; a reflection module for reflecting the light emitted from the light-emitting module; a spectrometric module; and a light receiving module for receiving at least one wavelength band among a plurality of wavelength bands dispersed by the spectrometric module.

Spectrometric sensor control method and electronic device for supporting same

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Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Daehyeong Lim