Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology

Kun Sun Eom

Myoung Hoon Jung

Jin Young Park

Hyun Seok Moon

Sung Mo Ahn

Yoon Jae Kim

Jeong Eun Hwang

Joon Hyung Lee

Sang Kyu Kim

Ki Young Chang

Hyeong Seok Jang

Jung Yong Nam

Byung Hoon Ko

Jae Wook Shim

So Young Lee

Chang Mok Choi

Jun Ho Lee

Yong Joo Kwon

Sung Jae Yang

Seung Woo Noh

Jong Wook Lee

Yun S Park

Tak Hyung Lee

Alexander Zhbanov

Moon Seong Park

Ye Sung Lee

Sung Hyun Nam

Seung Yeob Lee

Byung Jun Kim

Minkook Son

Provided is a method of providing health information using an electronic device with a display devices. One or more processors may be configured to display, based on a request from a user, a home screen of a user interface through a display device, assess a health status of a user based on receiving data related to one or more health indices, display a virtual avatar that responds to a health status of the user on the home screen, determine a new visualization method of the virtual avatar, and modify the representation of the virtual avatar according to the determined new visualization method.

Method of providing health information using electronic device and the electronic device

An electronic device may include: an optical sensor configured to emit a reference light to a reference object and detect the reference light reflected from the reference object during calibration, and emit a measurement light to a target object and detect the measurement light reflected from the target object during a measurement; a display; and a processor configured to: when the electronic device is placed on a charger and is in a charging state, perform the calibration of the optical sensor based on the reference light reflected from the reference object; control the display to output guide information for estimating bio-information according to progress stages of the measurement after charging of the electronic device; and estimate the bio-information based on a light quantity of the measurement light that is reflected from the target object, and a light quantity of the reference light reflected from the reference object.

Electronic device and method of estimating bio- information using the same

An electronic device for providing a health guideline is provided. The electronic device may include a main body, an optical sensor disposed on a first surface of the main body and configured to measure a light signal from an object; a display disposed on a second surface of the main body; and a processor configured to obtain a concentration of an antioxidant component of a user based on the light signal, obtain a utilization rate of the antioxidant component using personal information of the user that is associated with the concentration of the antioxidant component, and provide a guideline to the user through the display based on the utilization rate of the antioxidant component.

Electronic device and method of providing health guideline using the same

An electronic device according to one aspect may include a main body, a sensor part disposed on one surface of the main body and configured to detect a light signal of an object, a first output interface comprising a light emitter disposed on one surface of the main body and configured to guide a user through a measurement operation by controlling a light-emitting mode of the light emitter, and a processor configured to control the first output interface according to the measurement operation and estimate the user's bioinformation based on a result of detecting the light signal by the sensor part.

Electronic device and method of estimating bioinformation

An apparatus for estimating bio-information includes: a sensor including one or more light sources configured to emit light to an object and a plurality of detectors configured to detect light reflected from the object; and a processor configured to transform a plurality of light quantities obtained from respective detectors of the plurality of detectors to a distance domain, to combine the plurality of transformed light quantities in the distance domain, to correct the combined light quantity based on a reference light quantity for correcting a deviation of a distance between the one or more light sources and the plurality of detectors, and to estimate bio-information based on a light quantity resulting from the correction.

Apparatus and method for estimating bio-information

An apparatus for estimating biological information may include a sensor configured to detect a first light signal and a second light signal from an object of a user and a processor configured to determine whether a condition for estimating biological information is satisfied based on the detected first light signal and estimate biological information based on the second light signal, wherein the sensor includes a force sensor configured to measure a force applied to the object when the object is in contact with a cover surface of the sensor.

Apparatus for estimating biological-information and sensor for measuring multi-signal

An apparatus for measuring bio-signals is provided. According to an example embodiment, the apparatus for measuring bio-signals includes: a light source configured to emit light onto an object; an image sensor including: a pixel array configured to detect the light emitted by the light source and reacted by the object and a pixel binning unit configured to bin data of the light, detected by the pixel array, by using at least two different binning sizes; and a processor configured to acquire a plurality of bio-signals respectively based on data of the at least two different binning sizes, which are output from the image sensor.

Apparatus and method for measuring multiple bio-signals using image sensor based on different binning sizes

An apparatus for measuring impedance is provided. The apparatus may include an electrode part in which a plurality of electrodes are arranged; a depth controller configured to configure electrode clusters from among the plurality of electrodes of the electrode part based on a measurement depth of the object, and generate a control signal; a switch configured to connect electrodes in the electrode clusters to signal lines based on the control signal; and a measurer configured to measure the impedance of the object based on signals measured through the electrode clusters.

Apparatus and method for measuring impedance and apparatus for analyzing body composition

An apparatus for analyzing a substance of an object in a non-invasive manner is provided. The apparatus for analyzing a substance of an object includes: a sensor part including an image sensor, and a plurality of light sources disposed around the image sensor; and a processor configured to drive the plurality of light sources to obtain absorbance of each pixel of the image sensor based on an intensity of light received by each pixel, to correct the absorbance of each pixel based on a distance between the plurality of light sources and each pixel, and to analyze a substance of an object based on the corrected absorbance of each pixel.

Apparatus and method for analyzing substance of object

An apparatus for analyzing a biological material component may include an impedance sensor comprising a first electrode having a first contact surface that contacts an analysis target, and a second electrode having a second contact surface that contacts the analysis target and that faces the first contact surface. The apparatus may include an impedance measurement assembly configured to measure impedance of the analysis target using the first electrode and the second electrode. The apparatus may include a processor configured to model the measured impedance as an equivalent circuit, and analyze a biological material component based on a modeling result.

Apparatus and method for analyzing biological material component, and apparatus for measuring impedance

An antioxidant sensor according to an aspect of the disclosure includes: a touch sensor; a light source configured to emit light of a predetermined wavelength onto an object touching the touch sensor; a light receiver configured to receive light returning from the object; and a processor configured to extract an image of a contact surface of the object based on a sensor value of the touch sensor, to analyze the extracted image of the contact surface, and to obtain an antioxidant signal of the object by driving the light source based on a result of analyzing the image of the contact surface.

Antioxidant sensor and method of obtaining antioxidant signal

An electronic device may include an optical sensor configured to emit a reference light to a reference object and detect the reference light reflected from the reference object during calibration, and emit a measurement light to a target object and detect the measurement light reflected from the target object during a measurement; and a processor configured to perform the calibration of the optical sensor while the electronic device is disposed to oppose or in contact with the reference object by controlling the optical sensor to emit and detect the reference light, and estimate bio-information based on a light quantity of the measurement light that is reflected from the target object by the optical sensor, and a light quantity of the reference light reflected from the reference object.

Electronic device and method of estimating bio-information using the same

An apparatus for estimating a component of an analyte may include a sensor including a light source configured to emit light to the analyte, and a detector configured to measure a spectrum of light reflected from the analyte; and a processor configured to: based on an initial amount of received light being obtained from the analyte by operating the sensor under initial operating conditions, determine optimal operating conditions based on the initial amount of received light and the initial operating conditions; and based on a spectrum being measured from the analyte by operating the sensor under the optimal operating conditions, estimate the component of the analyte based on the spectrum.

Apparatus and method for estimating component of analyte

An antioxidant sensor includes a first light source configured to emit light having a first wavelength onto an object; a second light source configured to emit light having a second wavelength onto the object; a third light source configured to emit light having a third wavelength onto the object, the first wavelength, the second wavelength, and the third wavelength being different from each other; a light receiver configured to receive light reflected or scattered from the object; and a processor configured to obtain a hemoglobin index by driving the first light source and the second light source, and to obtain an antioxidant signal of the object by driving the third light source based on the obtained hemoglobin index satisfying a condition.

Antioxidant sensor, antioxidant signal obtaining method, and antioxidant level determining method

A biological component estimation apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a light detector array including a plurality of light detectors; a plurality of light sources disposed on both ends of the light detector array; and a processor configured to calculate a blood vessel alignment index, which indicates a degree of alignment of the biological component estimation apparatus with respect to blood vessels, by using an intensity of a first light that is measured by the plurality of light detectors after the first light is emitted to a user's skin from a first light source disposed on one end of the light detector array among the plurality of light sources, and an intensity of a second light that is measured by the plurality of light detectors after the second light is emitted to the user's skin from a second light source disposed on the other end of the light detector array among the plurality of light sources.

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