Patents by Inventor Seung Keun Yoon

Seung Keun Yoon has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20220167927
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating bio-information may include: a bio-signal acquirer configured to acquire a bio-signal; and a processor configured to extract one or more first feature values from the bio-signal, determine a scale factor based on the first feature values, and to estimate bio-information based on the scale factor and the first feature values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Soon PARK, Ui Kun KWON, Yunseo KU, Seung Woo NOH, Seung Keun YOON, Dae Geun JANG
  • Patent number: 11284843
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating bio-information may include: a bio-signal acquirer configured to acquire a bio-signal; and a processor configured to extract one or more first feature values from the bio-signal, determine a scale factor based on the first feature values, and to estimate bio-information based on the scale factor and the first feature values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Soon Park, Ui Kun Kwon, Yunseo Ku, Seung Woo Noh, Seung Keun Yoon, Dae Geun Jang
  • Publication number: 20220071568
    Abstract: A method of determining regularity of a bio-signal is provided. The method of determining regularity of a bio-signal according may include acquiring a plurality of pulse waveforms of the bio-signal, acquiring a plurality of slope waveforms corresponding to the plurality of pulse waveforms, binarizing the plurality of slope waveforms, acquiring synchronization information of the plurality of pulse waveforms based on binarizing the plurality of pulse waveforms; acquiring a synchronization rate of a reference interval based on the synchronization information, and determining whether the bio-signal is regular or irregular based on the synchronization rate of the reference interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Keun Yoon, Ui Kun Kwon, Young Soo Kim, Dae Geun Jang
  • Publication number: 20220061770
    Abstract: A method for predicting failure of bio-information estimation is provided. The method for predicting failure of bio-information estimation includes: receiving a bio-signal; obtaining failure prediction indicators from the bio-signal that is received until a current time, the failure prediction indicators comprising at least one of a current number of pulses of the bio-signal until the current time, a current signal quality of the bio-signal until the current time, a maximum number of pulses of the bio-signal that are predicted to be measured until a time limit, and a maximum signal quality of the bio-signal that is predicted to be measured until the time limit; and predicting whether bio-information estimation will fail based on the failure prediction indicators before the time limit is elapsed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Keun YOON, Ui Kun KWON, Dae Geun JANG
  • Publication number: 20210378602
    Abstract: A blood pressure estimating apparatus includes a sensor configured to obtain a bio-signal of an object; and a processor configured to extract a first cardiovascular feature and a second cardiovascular feature based on the bio-signal, and estimate blood pressure based on a first changing tendency of the first cardiovascular feature from a first reference level and a second changing tendency of the second cardiovascular feature from a second reference level, the first changing tendency and the second changing tendency being independent from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ui Kun KWON, Yunseo KU, Seung Woo NOH, Chang Soon PARK, Seung Keun YOON, Dae Geun JANG
  • Patent number: 11123022
    Abstract: A blood pressure estimating apparatus includes a sensor configured to obtain a bio-signal of an object; and a processor configured to extract a first cardiovascular feature and a second cardiovascular feature based on the bio-signal, and estimate blood pressure based on a first changing tendency of the first cardiovascular feature from a first reference level and a second changing tendency of the second cardiovascular feature from a second reference level, the first changing tendency and the second changing tendency being independent from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ui Kun Kwon, Yunseo Ku, Seung Woo Noh, Chang Soon Park, Seung Keun Yoon, Dae Geun Jang
  • Publication number: 20210282648
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating bio-information, the apparatus including a sensor configured to obtain a bio-signal of a subject; and a processor configured to estimate a variation in a Cardiac Output (CO)-related feature from the bio-signal, and obtain a progressive wave component, which is associated with a Total Peripheral Resistance (TPR)-related feature, from the bio-signal based on an estimation result of estimating the variation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Soon PARK, Ui Kun Kwon, Young Soo Kim, Seung Keun Yoon, Dae Geun Jang
  • Publication number: 20210228100
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating bio-information may include a sensor configured to obtain a bio-signal from an object, and a processor configured to obtain a second-order differential signal of the bio-signal, and extract a progressive wave component from the bio-signal using, based on a first local minimum point of the second-order differential signal being stable, the first local minimum point of the second-order differential signal, or extract the progressive wave component from the bio-signal using, based on the first local minimum point of the second-order differential signal being unstable, a maximum amplitude point in a systolic portion of the bio-signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Soon PARK, Ui Kun KWON, Seung Keun YOON, Dae Geun JANG
  • Publication number: 20210177287
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating bio-information may include: a processor configured to measure a current time interval between a plurality of element waveforms of the pulse wave signal, determine whether a current measurement posture of the user corresponds to a reference posture based on the current time interval of the plurality of element waveforms, and estimate the bio-information based on a determination of whether the current measurement posture corresponds to the reference posture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ui Kun KWON, Chang Soon PARK, Seung Keun YOON, Dae Geun JANG
  • Publication number: 20210085259
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for estimating bio-information. The apparatus for estimating bio-information according to an embodiment includes a processor configured to obtain a pulse wave signal from a user; extract components of a plurality of element waveforms which constitute a waveform of the pulse wave signal; and obtain a cardiovascular feature based on the extracted components of the plurality of element waveforms. The processor is configured to extract a component of at least one element waveform based on a component of an adjacent element waveform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ui Kun Kwon, Chang Soon Park, Seung Keun Yoon, Dae Geun Jang
  • Publication number: 20210068762
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating bio-information includes: a sensor configured to obtain a bio-signal from an object; and a processor configured to obtain a second-order differential signal of the bio-signal, to detect at least one of an inflection point in a predetermined period of the second-order differential signal, and a zero-crossing point in the predetermined period of the second-order differential signal, to extract a feature based on the detected at least one of the inflection point and the zero-crossing point, and to estimate bio-information based on the extracted feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Soon PARK, Seung Keun YOON, Dae Geun JANG
  • Publication number: 20210000429
    Abstract: An apparatus for calibrating a bio-information estimation model is provided. The apparatus for calibrating a bio-information estimation model includes: a data obtainer configured to obtain at least one pulse wave signal; and a processor configured to extract a plurality of feature sets, each feature set including one or more features, from each of the at least one pulse wave signal, and configured to calibrate a bio-information estimation model based on a correlation distribution of the extracted plurality of feature sets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Keun YOON, Seung Woo Noh, Chang Soon Park, Jin Woo Choi
  • Publication number: 20200397309
    Abstract: An apparatus for calibrating a bio-information estimation model is provided. The apparatus may include a sensor configured to detect a bio-signal from an object of interest, and a processor configured to extract a first feature at each of a plurality of points of the bio-signal, extract a second feature at each of the plurality of points of the bio-signal, and determine a calibration point of the bio-information estimation model, from among the plurality of points of the bio-signal, based on a first degree of change in the first feature at each point relative to a first feature at a reference point and a second degree of change in the second feature at each point relative to a second feature at the reference point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae Geun Jang, Ui Kun Kwon, Chang Soon Park, Seung Keun Yoon
  • Patent number: 10856808
    Abstract: A bio-signal processing apparatus, a biometric information detection apparatus, and a method of detecting biometric information are provided. The bio-signal processing apparatus includes a first low pass filter (LPF) configured to have a first cutoff frequency, and output a first preprocessed signal having low frequency components of an input bio-signal that are less than the first cutoff frequency, a second LPF configured to have a second cutoff frequency, and output a second preprocessed signal in which high frequency components greater than or equal to the second cutoff frequency are removed from the input bio-signal, and a processor configured to output an output bio-signal for biometric information detection, based on the output first preprocessed signal and the output second preprocessed signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Keun Yoon, Ui Kun Kwon
  • Publication number: 20200352506
    Abstract: A bio-signal processing apparatus, a biometric information detection apparatus, and a method of detecting biometric information are provided. The bio-signal processing apparatus includes a first low pass filter (LPF) configured to have a first cutoff frequency, and output a first preprocessed signal having low frequency components of an input bio-signal that are less than the first cutoff frequency, a second LPF configured to have a second cutoff frequency, and output a second preprocessed signal in which high frequency components greater than or equal to the second cutoff frequency are removed from the input bio-signal, and a processor configured to output an output bio-signal for biometric information detection, based on the output first preprocessed signal and the output second preprocessed signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Keun YOON, Ui Kun Kwon
  • Publication number: 20200275839
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating bio-information includes a sensor configured to measure a bio-signal from an object, and a processor configured to obtain a feature based on the measured bio-signal, obtain a bio-information variation based on the obtained feature, obtain an adjustment coefficient based on the obtained bio-information variation, and estimate the bio-information by applying the obtained adjustment coefficient to the obtained bio-information variation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Soon PARK, Ui Kun KWON, Seung Keun YOON
  • Patent number: 10750998
    Abstract: A bio-signal processing apparatus, a biometric information detection apparatus, and a method of detecting biometric information are provided. The bio-signal processing apparatus includes a first low pass filter (LPF) configured to have a first cutoff frequency, and output a first preprocessed signal having low frequency components of an input bio-signal that are less than the first cutoff frequency, a second LPF configured to have a second cutoff frequency, and output a second preprocessed signal in which high frequency components greater than or equal to the second cutoff frequency are removed from the input bio-signal, and a processor configured to output an output bio-signal for biometric information detection, based on the output first preprocessed signal and the output second preprocessed signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Keun Yoon, Ui Kun Kwon
  • Publication number: 20200245880
    Abstract: A heartbeat index determination apparatus may include a pulse wave acquirer configured to acquire a plurality of pulse wave signals that are measured using light of different wavelengths; and a processor configured to measure wavelength-specific heartbeat index values from the plurality of pulse wave signals and determine that a wavelength-specific heartbeat index value that is obtained from the plurality of pulse wave signals a most number of times among the wavelength-specific heartbeat index values is a heartbeat index value of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ka Ram CHOI, Seung Keun YOON, Sang Kyu KIM
  • Publication number: 20200187835
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating blood glucose using a photoplethysmography (PPG) signal is provided. The apparatus for estimating blood glucose includes: a pulse wave sensor configured to obtain a pulse wave signal from an object; and a processor configured to obtain at least two points from a waveform of the pulse wave signal, to extract a feature based on time values of the obtained at least two points, and to estimate blood glucose based on the extracted feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ka Ram CHOI, Sang Kon BAE, So Young LEE, Seung Keun YOON
  • Patent number: 10649549
    Abstract: A device, a method, and a system recognize a motion using a gripped object. The motion recognition device may estimate a state of a wrist of a user according to a writing action using the gripped object and may estimate a joint motion of a body part related to the wrist according to the writing action. The device may then estimate a state of the gripped object according to the state of the wrist and the joint motion. Additionally, the motion recognition device may control an external device by using a control signal generated by continuously tracking the state of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Joon Kim, Seung Keun Yoon, Chang Mok Choi