Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute

Industry-university Cooperation Foundation Sogang University

Hwan Shim

Hangil Moon

Kyeongok Kang

Taeho Kim

Jin-Woo Hong

Sun-min Kim

Nam-suk Lee

Chieteuk Ahn

Young-tae Kim

Jong-hoon Jeong

Young-woo Lee

Hyun-Wook Kim

Gunwoo Lee

Seonmi Kim

Hyunsu Kim

Hyunjoo Chung

Eun-mi Oh

Tae-Jin Lee

Hochul Hwang

Jin-Woong Kim

Jeongil Seo

Yongjin Lee

Eun Mi Oh

Dae-Young Jang

Mi-young Kim

Mi Young Kim

Jae-hyoun Yoo

Anton Porov

Jung Hoe Kim

Yong-tae Kim

Jaemo Yang

Juhee Chang

Dawoon Jung

Jihwan Kim

Jongho Park

Jeongmin Park

Yong Jin Lee

Young-hwan Kim

Jong-bae Kim

Young-Hwan Kim

Kyoungho Bang

Young-Tae Kim

Hyung-joon Lim

Wonkyu Lee

Seounghun Kim

Jae-Hyoun Yoo

Jeock Lee

Kyuhan Kim

Yun-sub Jung

Hee-jin Oh

Aran Cha

Jun-Seok Lim

Koeng-Mo Sung

Sun-Kee Lee

Gyeong-Tae Lee

Haekeu Park

Hyeonyeong Jeong

Taehan Jeon

Jooman Han

Sunghoon Cho

Sangeun Kim

Hongji Lee

Jong In Park

Jiwoon Jung

Jong-in Jo

Seoung-hun Kim

Hyun-joo Chung

Joo-Yeon Lee

Seeyoun Kwon

Seunghwan Shin

Hansung Lee

Byeong-geun Cheon

Choonghee Ahn

Jong-In Jo

Byeongmin Lee

Hansol Kim

Min-Gu Lee

Hyun-woo Koh

Hyungjoon Lim

Whan-oh Sung

Koen-Mo Sung

Hong Ji Lee

Tae Han Jeon

Jongin Park

Gahee Jung

Yang-mo Yoo

Sun-mi Yeo

Woo-youl Lee

Byeong-Geun Cheon

Yun-Sub Jung

Disclosed in various embodiments of the present invention are a method and a device for measuring a user's biometric information in an electronic device and providing information related to the biometric information. An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises a sensor module, a camera module, a display device, and a processor, wherein the processor can be configured to: execute an application; acquire a user's first biometric information on the basis of the sensor module while the operation relating to the application is performed; estimate a user's health information at least one the basis of the first biometric information, and link the health information with the operation relating to the application so as to display same through the display device. Various embodiments are possible.

Method and device for measuring biometric information in electronic device

An example electronic device may include a detection circuit and a processor operatively connected to the detection circuit. The processor may be configured to obtain a first signal associated with an external object through the detection circuit; obtain a first HR, using a first filter having an attribute of a first frequency band; obtain a second HR, using a second filter having an attribute of a second frequency band, based at least on the first signal; change at least some attributes associated with the second filter, based at least on the first HR and the second HR; obtain a second signal associated with the external object through the detection circuit; and generate heart rate variability (HRV) information, using the second filter, in which the at least some attributes are changed, based on the second signal.

Method for generating heart rate variability information related to external object by using plurality of filters, and device therefor

An electronic device according to various embodiments comprises: a bio-signal detection sensor configured to acquire first and second biometric information on an object outside the electronic device; and a processor, wherein the processor can be configured to: acquire the first and second biometric information by using the bio-signal detection sensor; configure a first variance, in which the first biometric information is changed, and a second variance, in which the second biometric information is changed; determining a state of the object related to the sleep on the basis of at least a part of the first variance and the second variance; and estimate a sleep latency related to the object on the basis of at least a part of the state.

Electronic device and method for determining sleep-related information

An electronic device may include a PPG sensor including a light emitter that applies a current in a specified range and emits a light signal corresponding to the current and a light detector that amplifies a received light signal by applying one of a plurality of gain values, a memory that stores a plurality of sets of PPG models corresponding to the plurality of gain values and including a current value and PPG level data corresponding to the current value, and at least one processor electrically connected to the PPG sensor and the memory.

Electronic device for acquiring biometrics using PPG sensor, and method therefor

According to certain embodiments, an electronic device comprises a microphone configured to acquire a signal including a voice signal and noise signal; a speaker; a memory; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: receive the signal from the microphone, wherein the signal corresponds to a plurality of predetermined frequency bands; identify portions of the signal corresponding to a first band and a second band of the plurality of frequency bands; calculate a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) values for each predetermined frequency band, based on the signal; obtain a first parameter for correcting the portion of the signal corresponding to the first band and a second parameter for correcting the portion of the signal corresponding to the second band, based on the calculated SNR values for the first band and the second band; and apply the first parameter and the second parameter to each of the predetermined frequency bands.

Method for improving sound quality and electronic device using same

An electronic device includes a sensor, a memory, and a display, and a processor. The processor is configured to determine bio-information and blood pressure information of a user measured through the sensor, determine reliability of calibration of the blood pressure information, based on at least one of elapsed time of the calibration, the bio-information, and the blood pressure information, determine, based on the reliability of the calibration, whether an event associated with the calibration occurs, and display a user interface (UI) to request another calibration, through the display, when the event is determined to have occurred.

Apparatus and method for determining calibration timing for blood pressure measurement in electronic device

An electronic device and method are disclosed. The electronic device includes a first microphone, a second microphone, a memory; and a processor. The processor implements the method, including: determining whether a voice is detected in a first sound signal detected by the first microphone; determine whether a present recording period is a voice period or a silent period based on the determination, when the present period is the silent period, receive a second sound signal via the second microphone and analyze a noise signal included therein, remove noise signals from one of the first and second sound signals, based on characteristics of the voice period or the analyzed noise signal, and combine the first and second sound signal into an output signal and transmit the output signal to an external device.

Sound outputting device including plurality of microphones and method for processing sound signal using plurality of microphones

Various embodiments of the present invention relate to: an electronic device capable of measuring illuminance by using an optical sensor and providing information on the measured illuminance to a user; and an operating method therefor. The electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises: a light emitting unit; a sensor having a light receiving unit; and a processor, wherein the processor is set so as to: sense a first illuminance outside the electronic device by using the sensor; emit light by using the light emitting unit when the first illuminance belongs to a predetermined range; confirm whether an external object is nearby by using the sensor based on at least the light emitted using the light emitting unit; determine the first illuminance as the illuminance outside the electronic device when the external object is not nearby; and estimate a second illuminance corresponding to the first illuminance by using a selected method based on at least context information related to the electronic device when the external object is nearby.

Electronic device for measuring illuminance, and operating method therefor

According to an embodiment, the above-described specification discloses an electronic device comprises at least one processor configured to: receive a first audio signal and a second audio signal; detect a spectral envelope signal from the first audio signal and extract a feature point from the second audio signal; extend a high-band of the second audio signal based on the spectral envelope signal from the first audio signal and the feature point from the second audio signal to generate a high-band extension signal; and mix the high-band extension signal and the first audio signal, thereby resulting in a synthesized signal.

Processing method of audio signal using spectral envelope signal and excitation signal and electronic device including a plurality of microphones supporting the same

Certain embodiments of the disclosure relate to microphone-equipped wearable devices, and more particularly, to wearable devices worn on users' ear. According to certain embodiments of the disclosure, a wearable device comprises a speaker, a microphone, and a housing, the housing includes a protrusion configured to be insertable into a user's ear, a first sound path including a first opening formed through an area of a surface of the protrusion, extending from the first opening in a first length, and including a second opening facing the speaker, and a second sound path including a third opening formed through another area of the surface of the protrusion, extending from the third opening in a second length larger than the first length, and including a fourth opening facing the microphone. Other certain embodiments are also possible.

Electronic device including speaker and microphone

An acoustic device that includes a housing, a nozzle portion, a speaker hole, a first microphone hole, a speaker, a first microphone, and a processor configured to output a first signal through the speaker, receive a second signal corresponding to the first signal through the first microphone, output a third signal through the speaker when a magnitude of a first frequency band component of the second signal is greater than a first value, receive a fourth signal corresponding to the third signal through the first microphone, and determine that the protruding end surface of the nozzle portion is blocked and the acoustic device is not worn in a user's ear when a magnitude of a second frequency band component of the fourth signal is greater than a second value.

Method for detecting wearing of acoustic device and acoustic device supporting the same

Disclosed is an electronic apparatus for measuring a biometric signal, the electronic apparatus including: a measurer comprising measuring circuitry configured to measure a biometric signal of a person to be examined, and to generate a measured signal having a waveform corresponding to a characteristic of the biometric signal; a signal processor configured to process the generated measured signal; and a controller configured to control the signal processor to generate a compressed signal by compressing the measured signal and at least one piece of characteristic information included in a waveform of the measured signal, when the measured signal is compressed. Thus, a measured biometric signal is efficiently compressed while reducing a loss of main characteristic information.

Electronic apparatus and control method thereof

A method for obtaining an elastic feature of an object includes inducing a first shear wave in the object by transmitting a first push ultrasound signal which is generated by a probe of an ultrasound apparatus and a first grating lobe signal which relates to the first push ultrasound signal toward the object, transmitting a tracking ultrasound signal to an area of the object where the first shear wave has propagated, receiving, from the object, a reflection signal which relates to the tracking ultrasound signal, measuring a first shear wave parameter which indicates a shear wave characteristic of the first shear wave based on the reflection signal, and obtaining an elastic feature of the object by using the first shear wave parameter.

Method and apparatus for obtaining elastic feature of object

An ultrasound system and a clutter filtering method thereof are provided. The clutter filtering method includes: transmitting an ultrasound signal to an object; receiving a reflection signal reflected from the object; performing a singular value decomposition (SVD) on a plurality of doppler signals constituting the reflection signal; dividing a representation of the object into a plurality of regions according to a result of performing the SVD; determining cutoff frequencies of the plurality of regions according to different methods; and performing clutter filtering on the plurality of regions by using the determined cutoff frequencies.

Ultrasound system and clutter filtering method thereof

A method of encoding a multi-channel 3-dimensional (3D) audio signal mixed with a multi-channel 3D object signal is provided. The method includes: obtaining a location parameter indicating a virtual location of the multi-channel 3D object signal on a multi-channel speaker layout based on a gain value of the multi-channel 3D object signal for each channel; and encoding the multi-channel 3D audio signal and the location parameter.

Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding 3-dimensional audio signal

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