Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Imec Vzw

Sung Mo Ahn

Jin Young Park

Kun Sun Eom

Hyun Seok Moon

Myoung Hoon Jung

Sang Kyu Kim

Jun Ho Lee

Youn Ho Kim

Hyeong Seok Jang

Yoon Jae Kim

Byung Hoon Ko

Chang Mok Choi

Yong Joo Kwon

Jong Hoon Park

Yun Ki Lee

Yun S Park

Seung Woo Noh

Jong Wook Lee

Tak Hyung Lee

Jeong Eun Hwang

Un Jeong Kim

Tom Claes

Ho Jun Chang

Woo Chang Lee

Sung Hyun Nam

Min Jung Son

Seok Ho Yun

Eun Ju Yeom

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 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 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

Provided is an apparatus for estimating a target component, the apparatus including a temperature controller configured to modulate temperature of an object, a measurer configured to measure a spectrum for each temperature of the object that changes based on the modulation, and a processor configured to obtain effective optical pathlength vectors corresponding to a temperature change based on the spectrum for each temperature of the object, obtain a representative effective optical pathlength based on the obtained effective optical pathlength vectors, and obtain a target component estimation model based on the obtained representative effective optical pathlength.

Apparatus and method for estimating target component

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

An apparatus for estimating a glucose exposure may include: a spectrometer configured to measure a plurality of Raman spectra from an object; and a processor configured to extract depth-specific protein information from the plurality of Raman spectra and estimate the glucose exposure of the object based on the depth-specific protein information.

Apparatus and method for estimating glucose exposure and generating glucose exposure estimation model

Provided is a method of correcting an error of an optical sensor including a light source and an image sensor, the method including emitting light to a material by driving the light source, acquiring an image of the material by the image sensor, and correcting an error of a distance between the light source and the image sensor of the optical sensor based on a gradation of the acquired image of the material.

Method and apparatus for correcting error of optical sensor, apparatus for estimating bio-information

An antioxidant sensor includes a pressure sensor configured to obtain a contact pressure between an object and an optical sensor; the optical sensor configured to, based on the obtained contact pressure exceeding a set threshold pressure, emit a first light of a first wavelength to the object, and receive the first light reflected or scattered from the object; and a processor configured to determine a contact portion of the object in contact with the optical sensor, set a threshold pressure, among different threshold pressures, according to the determined contact portion, and determine an antioxidant value based on the received first light.

Antioxidant sensor and method of measuring antioxidant value

An apparatus for estimating bio-information includes an optical sensor including a light source configured to emit light of multiple wavelengths onto an object, and including a plurality of detectors configured to detect light of each wavelength which is scattered or reflected from the object. The apparatus includes a processor configured to obtain spectra based on light of each wavelength which is detected by each detector, determine valid spectra of the obtained spectra, and estimate a bio-information value based on the valid spectra.

Apparatus and method for estimating bio-information

An apparatus for estimating bio-information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a processor configured to obtain spectra from an object, obtain a component produced based on a change in pressure applied to the object, correct the spectra based on the obtained component produced based on the change in pressure, and estimate bio-information of the object based on the corrected spectra.

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for non-invasively estimating a target component value based on a light spectrum. The apparatus for estimating the target component value may include a sensor configured to obtain a spectrum of light scattered or reflected from an object, and a processor configured to correct a first reflectance value of the spectrum based on a melanin index; obtain a second reflectance value based on correcting the first reflectance value; convert the second reflectance value into an absorbance value; estimate the target component value based on the absorbance value; and correct the target component value based on a hemoglobin index.

An optical sensor includes at least one pair of a light source and a photodetector, the light source and the photodetector facing each other and having an opening between the light source and the photodetector; and a base substrate disposed on or below the at least one pair of the light source and the photodetector, the base substrate including a contact sensor positioned in an area corresponding to the opening.

Optical sensor including a base substrate with a contact sensor and apparatus and method for estimating bio-information

An apparatus for obtaining an antioxidant index may include an image acquirer configured to acquire an image by capturing a correction reference object and a skin of a user and a processor configured to determine a first degree of yellowness of the correction reference object and a second degree of yellowness of the skin based on the image, and determine an antioxidant index of the user based on the first degree of yellowness and the second degree of yellowness.

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