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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2003
Gil-won Yoon, Seoul, KR;
Hong-sig Kim, Seongnam, KR;
Kye-jin Jeon, Suwon, KR;
Jong-youn Lee, Yongin, KR;
Kun-kook Park, Yongin, KR;
Su-jin Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Hoon-jong Jwa, Seoul, KR;
Gil-won Yoon, Seoul, KR;
Hong-sig Kim, Seongnam, KR;
Kye-jin Jeon, Suwon, KR;
Jong-youn Lee, Yongin, KR;
Kun-kook Park, Yongin, KR;
Su-jin Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Hoon-jong Jwa, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Abstract
A diagnosis method and apparatus for measuring blood hemoglobin concentration, oxygen saturation, pulse rate, respiration rate, or degree of aging of blood vessels using light includes an input/output unit for receiving a command for measurement from a user and for providing information on the result of a measurement to the user; a control unit for receiving the command for measurement from the input/output unit and for generating a control signal; a light generating unit for generating at least two light beams for measurement according to the control signal; a light receiving unit for receiving the light beams transmitted through an object that is subject to measurement and for converting the received light beams into electrical signals; and a data processing unit for processing the electrical signals received from the light receiving unit and for outputting information on the result of a predetermined measurement.