Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Seoung Jae Yoo

Hyung Jong Ko

Sang Ho Kim

Sang Hyun Cho

Ho Jin Park

Yong In Park

Kyung Soo Park

Long Yan

Sang Wook Park

Kwan Hee Lee

Jeong Ho Park

Yun-Cheol Han

Se-Hoon Lim

Hee-Jae Jo

Byung Ki Moon

Myoung Oh Ki

Yun Cheol Han

Han Shin Shin

Joo Sung Lee

Seung-Chul Shin

Hyoung Jong Ko

Eric Hyun Surk Ryu

Sang Shik Park

Jong Hyuk Woo

Gye Soo Koo

Sung Jin Jung

A photoplethysmography sensor that includes a photoelectric conversion element including a first terminal and a second terminal, and that receives light reflected from a blood vessel and generates a current corresponding to the received light, a current-to-voltage converter that receives the generated current through a first input terminal and a second input terminal, and generates an output voltage corresponding to the received current, and a switch that, in response to a control signal of a first level, connects the first and second terminals of the photoelectric conversion element respectively to the first and second input terminals of the current-to-voltage converter and in response to the control signal of a second level different from the first level, connects the first and second terminals of the photoelectric conversion element respectively to the second and first input terminals of the current-to-voltage converter.

Photoplethysmography sensor and semiconductor device including the same

A photoplethysmogram (PPG) sensor includes a pixel array that collects light, a pixel sampler that converts the light collected through the pixel array into a plurality of pixel data, an effective area determiner that determines an effective area and a non-effective area of the pixel array based on the pixel data, a power controller that is operable to cut off power to the non-effective area of the pixel array, and a PPG data generator that generates PPG data from pixel data corresponding to the effective area among the pixel data.

PPG sensor and method of operating the same

A method and apparatus provides a service based on biometric information. A bioelectrical impedance of a user is measured at a first time point to obtain a first value representing biometric information of the user. At least one processor predicts the biometric information of the user at a third time point subsequent to the first time point to obtain a third value, based on the first value representing biometric information of the user at the first time point and a second value representing the biometric information at a second time point prior to the first time point. The processor calculates a difference between a fourth value representing a target related to the biometric information of the user, input by the user in advance, and the third value. Information regarding a health management service is output based on the difference between the fourth value and the third value.

Method of providing service based on biometric information and wearable electronic device

A temperature sensor, a processor including the same, and a method of operating the same are provided. The temperature sensor includes: a reference circuit configured to receive a supply voltage provided from outside the processor and utilized by a logic block of the processor for operation of the logic block, and generate, using the supply voltage, at least one temperature information signal that varies according to a temperature of the logic block and at least one reference signal that is substantially constant relative to the temperature of the logic block; and a digital temperature generator configured to receive the at least one temperature information signal and the at least one reference signal generated by the reference circuit, and generate a digital temperature information signal indicative of the temperature of the logic block based on the at least one temperature information signal and the at least one reference signal.

Temperature sensor embedded in processor, method of operating the same, and devices including the same

A wearable device includes a case, a bio-processor embedded in the case, and a plurality of electrodes connected to the bio-processor. The bio-processor is configured to selectively and respectively operate the electrodes as sensing electrodes and sourcing electrodes in response to a selection signal. The selected one/ones of the electrodes operated as sensing electrodes which pick up a biological signal from (e.g. biological activity or a biological condition of) the wearer. The selected one/ones of the electrodes operated as sourcing electrodes supply current to the wearer regulated to cause the desired biological signal to be picked up by the sensing electrode(s).

Bio-processor for measuring each biological signals and wearable device having the same

A temperature sensor having calibration function according to temperature, a method of operating the same, and a device including the same are provided. The temperature sensor includes a reference circuit configured to generate at least one temperature information signal that varies according to a temperature, and generate at least one reference signal that is substantially constant relative to the temperature; and a digital temperature generator configured to receive the at least one temperature information signal and the at least one reference signal generated by the reference circuit, and generate a digital temperature information signal indicative of the temperature based on the at least one temperature information signal and the at least one reference signal, wherein one of the reference circuit and the digital temperature generator is configured to receive a calibration signal and adjust the at least one reference signal based on the calibration signal.

Temperature sensor having calibration function according to temperature, method of operating the same, and devices including the same

A wearable patch-type automatic defibrillator attachable to a region of a patient near the patient's heart includes a battery which stores electrical energy for defibrillation, a controller which controls the battery, electrocardiogram (ECG) electrodes, and defibrillation electrodes. The controller analyzes ECG signals of the patient received through the ECG electrodes, and automatically provides the patient with the electrical energy stored in the battery through the defibrillation electrodes when defibrillation is needed according to a result of the analysis.

Controller, and patch type automated external defibrillator for controlling defibrillation using the same

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