Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Seoul National University

New Power Plasma Co., Ltd.

Yoon Jae Kim

Jin Young Park

Kun Sun Eom

Hyun Seok Moon

Myoung Hoon Jung

Jeong Eun Hwang

Sang Kyu Kim

Sung Mo Ahn

Byung-Gook Park

Yun-Heub Song

Wook-hyun Kwon

Yong Hoon Son

Seok Woo Nam

Soon Im Wi

Je Hyeong Yoo

Sung Joong Kim

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

Provided is a plasma reactor including a reactor body having a gas inlet at a side thereof, a gas outlet at another side thereof, and an annular loop space therein, a magnetic core provided in a shape surrounding a portion of the reactor body, and wound with a primary coil for receiving power from a power unit, so as to generate plasma by exciting a gas in the annular loop space, and a control unit for determining whether the plasma is in an off state, by comparing, to a reference value, an electrical parameter related to an output of the primary coil.

Plasma reactor

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 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 apparatus for estimating bio-information may include an optical sensor comprising a light emitter disposed on a substrate, and a plurality of light receiving groups which are arranged on a plurality of concentric circles on the substrate, at different distances from the light emitter, respectively, and a processor configured to drive one of the plurality of light receiving groups that is selected based on a type of the bio-information to be estimated, and estimate the bio-information of an object based on optical signals detected by the driven light receiving group.

Apparatus and method for estimating bio-information, and optical sensor

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

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.

Apparatus and method for estimating target component

A semiconductor device includes a stacked structure disposed on a semiconductor substrate. The stacked structure includes interlayer insulating layers and gate electrodes, alternately stacked. Separation patterns are disposed to penetrate the stacked structure. A channel structure is disposed between the separation patterns. The channel structure includes a horizontal portion interposed between the stacked structure and the semiconductor substrate while being in contact with the semiconductor substrate and includes vertical portions extending from the horizontal portion in a vertical direction and penetrating the stacked structure. A lower structure is interposed between the horizontal portion and the separation patterns. A dielectric structure is interposed between the vertical portions and the stacked structure and extends between the horizontal portion and the stacked structure.

Semiconductor device including channel structure

Provided are a semiconductor device and a methods of forming and operating the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device may include active pillars extending from a semiconductor substrate and disposed two dimensionally disposed on the semiconductor substrate, upper interconnections connecting the active pillars along one direction, lower interconnections crossing the upper interconnections and disposed between the active pillars, word lines crossing the upper interconnections and disposed between the active pillars, and data storage patterns disposed between the word lines and the active pillars.

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Yoon Jae Kim