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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2016
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sang-Bae Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Do-Yoon Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Young-Hyun Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Byung-Hun Choi, Suwon-si, KR;
Jae-Eun Kang, Suwon-si, KR;
Chang-Hyun Kim, Seoul, KR;
Kang-Jin Yoon, Seoul, KR;
Jeong-Eun Lee, Seongnam-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An electronic device and method for measuring user body information are provided. The method for measuring user body information includes detecting a contact of a user's body portion on at least two spots of a touch screen of the electronic device, upon detecting the contact of the user's body portion on the at least two spots of the touch screen, applying power to a first coil in the electronic device, and measuring the user body information using at least one of a voltage and a second current measured after a first current is induced across the user's body by a first magnetic field generated from the first coil as the power is applied.