Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Seoul National University

Sangyun Park

Younho Kim

Yongjoo Kwon

Jaemin Kang

Sunkwon Kim

Seungwoo Noh

Seongho Cho

Hyoyoung Jeong

Youn-ho Kim

Jonghyun Park

Sangkyu Kim

JongPal Kim

Youngzoon Yoon

Byeongwook Yoo

Taesung Jung

Byunghoon Ko

Heechan Kim

Jongpal Kim

A blood pressure monitor including a manually operable pressurizer is disclosed. The blood pressure monitor may include a cuff configured to apply a pressure to a target portion of a body of a user, a pressurizer, a depressurizer, and a sensor to measure a blood pressure. The pressurizer may include a rotator, and be configured to supply a fluid to the cuff, to cause the cuff to apply the pressure, through rotation of the rotator caused by an external rotational force applied to the blood pressure monitor to rotate the rotator. The depressurizer may be configured to reduce the applied pressure applied by the cuff to the target portion.

Blood pressure monitor

An apparatus and a method of measuring bioinformation are provided. The apparatus for measuring bioinformation includes a first sensor configured to measure a first biosignal including arterial pulse wave information, a second sensor configured to measure a second biosignal including venous or capillary pulse wave information, and a bioinformation estimator configured to estimate bioinformation of a user based on a time delay between the first biosignal and the second biosignal.

Apparatus and method for measuring bioinformation

Provided are a physiological signal analysis device and method to detect and analyze physiological information of a subject. The physiological signal analysis device includes a memory device configure to store a wrinkle pattern at a measurement position of a subject as a reference position; a sensor configured to sense the reference position and a physiological signal of the subject at the reference position in response to the stored reference position being within a range of the sensor; and a signal processor configured to process the physiological signal sensed the sensor.

Devices and methods for noninvasive physiological analysis

An apparatus for detecting biometric information of a living body detects a pulse wave and extracts the biometric information of the living body in a non-invasive method. The apparatus for detecting biometric information includes a surface pulse wave measurement unit for measuring a surface pulse wave of an object. The surface pulse wave measurement unit includes at least one light source that radiates incoherent light and at least one photodetector that measures an intensity of light radiated by the at least one light source and reflected from a surface of the object. The surface pulse wave measurement unit measures the surface pulse wave of the object based on a change in the intensity of the light reflected from the surface of the object.

Apparatus for detecting biometric information of living body

A detachable biosignal complex sensor includes a clip type structure including: a circuit module configured to receive a biosignal of a subject and perform signal processing on the biosignal, a first plate, and a second plate having an end thereof which is rotatably connected to an end of the first plate so that the clip type structure is configured to be fastened to an item; and a sensor and electrodes provided on outer surfaces of the first plate and the second plate and configured to obtain the biosignal and transmit the obtained biosignal to the circuit module.

Detachable biosignal complex sensor and method of detecting biosignal information using the same

An apparatus and a method for detecting bio-information are provided. The apparatus includes a bio-signal detector including a light emitter including a light-emitting diode (LED) and a laser diode (LD), the LED and the LD being configured to emit optical signals on an object. The bio-signal detector further includes an optical detector including a light-receiver configured to detect optical signals modulated by the object. The apparatus further includes a processor configured to process the optical signals to detect the bio-information of the object.

Apparatus for detecting bio-information

A biometric information measuring device includes a pulse wave measuring module configured to measure pulse waves by emitting light toward a target object and sensing light reflected from the target object; a communication module configured to obtain calibration information from a remote calibration server; and a biometric information analyzing module configured to analyze biometric information based on the measured pulse waves and the calibration information. The calibration information indicates biometric information measurement variables of a plurality of subjects.

Device and system for measuring biometric information

A biometric information detecting apparatus includes a bio-signal measurer including a light-emitting unit and a light-receiving unit, the light-emitting unit configured to emit an optical signal and the light-receiving unit configured to detect the optical signal that is modulated by a target object; a low-frequency signal obtainer configured to obtain a low-frequency signal from the bio-signal measured by the bio-signal measurer; and a signal processor configured to analyze biometric information from the bio-signal in response to determining that the low-frequency signal obtained from the bio-signal is within a reference range.

Apparatus and method for detecting biometric information

Provided is an apparatus and method of measuring a pulse wave. The method includes: causing receivers to respectively receive pulse wave signals that are detected at two points of an object, determining an effective pulse wave signal period by using the received pulse wave signals, and obtaining a pulse transit time (PTT) between the two points by using a result obtained after comparing a magnitude of an output signal of each of the receivers with a value that is less by a predetermined percentage than a peak value of an output signal of each of the receivers during the determined effective pulse wave signal period.

Apparatus and method of measuring pulse wave

Provided is a biometric state determining method and apparatus. The biometric state determining apparatus may be configured to receive body data and biometric data of a user, and calculate a stress level based on an analysis of the received biometric data. The biometric state determining apparatus may calculate a biometric parameter based on a determined correlation between the calculated stress level and the received body data, and determine a biometric state of the user based on an analysis of the calculated biometric parameter.

Biological state determining method and apparatus

A touch panel apparatus for measuring biosignals and a method of measuring the biosignals by using the touch panel apparatus, are provided. The touch panel apparatus includes a first electrode array configured to detect touch input signals, a second electrode array configured to be coupled to the first electrode array based on driving power, a controller configured to determine an operation mode of the touch panel apparatus as either a manipulation mode configured to manipulate a screen of the touch panel apparatus or a measuring mode configured to measure the biosignals, based on the detected touch input signals, and a mode converter configured to connect the second electrode array to a source of the driving power in response to the controller determining the operation mode as the manipulation mode, and connect the second electrode array to ground in response to the controller determining the operation mode as the measuring mode.

Touch panel apparatus for measuring biosignals and method of measuring biosignals by using the same

Provided are biological information detection apparatuses and methods of detecting biological information. The biological information detection apparatus includes a pulse wave measuring unit configured to detect a biological signal of a subject; a height controller configured to adjust a height of the pulse wave measuring unit; and a support member formed on a side of the height controller, wherein the pulse wave measuring unit is further configured to detect the biological signal while the pulse wave measuring unit is spaced apart from a surface skin of the subject by the adjusted height.

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Hwaseong-si, South Korea

Sangyun Park