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Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 15, 2022
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Sang Yun Park, Hwaseong-si, KR;

Jae Min Kang, Seoul, KR;

Yong Joo Kwon, Yongin-si, KR;

Youn Ho Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/021 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61B 5/1172 (2016.01); G06V 40/12 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/02116 (2013.01); A61B 5/02108 (2013.01); A61B 5/02416 (2013.01); A61B 5/6826 (2013.01); A61B 5/6843 (2013.01); A61B 5/1172 (2013.01); A61B 5/681 (2013.01); A61B 5/6831 (2013.01); G06V 40/12 (2022.01);
Abstract

A blood pressure measuring apparatus, may include: a touch sensor; a pulse wave measurer configured to measure pulse waves from a user's finger when the user's finger is in contact with the touch sensor; a contact pressure measurer configured to measure a contact pressure between the user's finger and the touch sensor; a fingerprint recognizer configured to recognize a fingerprint of the user's finger; and a processor configured to determine a degree of position coincidence between the user's finger and the pulse wave measurer based on the recognized fingerprint, and to estimate a blood pressure of the user based on the pulse waves and the contact pressure according to the determined degree of position coincidence.


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