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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2015
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Sang-bae Park, Cheongju-si, KR;
Sang-hoon Lee, Incheon, KR;
Jae-hoon Jeong, Suwon-si, KR;
Kyung-sun Cho, Seoul, KR;
Seong-seol Hong, Yongin-si, KR;
Dong-jin Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Mi-jin Choi, Seoul, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for sensing body information is provided. The apparatus includes: a light-emitting device configured to emit a light signal toward an object that is to be sensed; a light-receiving device configured to detect a reflected light signal reflected from the object; an image sensor configured to detect the reflected light signal reflected from the object; and a controller configured to selectively drive at least one of the light-receiving device and the image sensor according to a distance between the object and the light-emitting device and to sense volume information or blood flow information of the object by using the reflected light signal.