Patents by Inventor Hyung-sok Yeo

Hyung-sok Yeo 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: 20060282007
    Abstract: An apparatus for attaching a biosignal measurement sensor to a subject including a housing having an open space at one side, an installation portion installed in the open space, on which the biosignal measurement sensor is installed, a plurality of detection electrodes installed at an open side of the housing to contact the subject, and arranged along a circumferential edge of the installation portion to form pairs of detection electrodes facing each other with respect to a center of arrangement, an actuator installed in the housing to rotate and linearly move the installation portion, and a circuit portion searching for the detection electrodes that provide optimal detection data based on a difference in signals between the pairs of detection electrodes, and driving the actuator to allow a pair of sensor electrodes provided at the biosignal measurement sensor to be arranged in the same direction as the searched detection electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Inventors: Wan-taek Han, Hyung-sok Yeo, Kun-soo Shin
  • Publication number: 20060276715
    Abstract: An electrode for measuring an electrocardiogram. The electrode comprises a signal detector operable to detect an electrocardiogram signal. An electrolytic gel is coated onto a first surface of the signal detector. The gel is electrically conductive and operable to adhere to a skin. A controller connector is electrically connected to the signal detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Inventors: Hyung-sok Yeo, Jin-sang Hwang, Wan-taek Han, Kun-soo Shin, Youn-ho Kim
  • Publication number: 20060099556
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of monitoring a sports motion are provided. The apparatus includes a sports motion monitoring apparatus which measures a physiological signal of a user performing a sports motion by being attached to the user, measures a sports motion signal according to a movement of the user or sports equipment, and transmits the physiological signal or the sports motion signal. The apparatus also includes a mobile terminal which obtains physiological information and sports motion information from the physiological signal and the sports motion signal, finds a period in which the user is in an optimum physiological state from the physiological information, calculates an optimum sports motion result from the sports motion information during the period, and informs the user of the optimum sports motion result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Inventors: Hyung-sok Yeo, Won-chul Bang
  • Publication number: 20060100533
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for measuring bio signals are provided. The apparatus includes a body, a plurality of electrodes, and a controller. The body is filled with predetermined packing material. The electrodes are positioned at an outermost portion of the body and touch the skin of a subject to measure bio signals from the subject. The controller is positioned inside of the body and connected with the electrodes to analyze the bio signals measured from the electrodes and output bio information of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Inventors: Wan-taek Han, Hyung-sok Yeo, Ji-hyun Choi, Jin-sang Hwang, Jeong-whan Lee
  • Publication number: 20060009691
    Abstract: A method, medium, and apparatus measuring biological signals using a multi-electrode module, with a lead search method. An apparatus for measuring biological signals by using a multi-electrode module, includes a multi-electrode module having a non-conductive patch and a sensor array including a ground electrode and a plurality of individual electrodes, an electrode selection unit selecting a plurality of electrode pairs including a reference electrode and a measurement electrode from the plurality of individual electrodes depending on a type of the biological signal to be measured, and a signal processing unit for obtaining the biological signals from the plurality of electrode pairs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyung-sok Yeo, Jeong-whan Lee, Mi-jeong Song, Sung-Cheol Kim, Jin-sang Hwang
  • Publication number: 20050283205
    Abstract: An apparatus, method, and medium for generating electrical stimulation, including an electromyogram detector detecting an electromyographic signal of a body, a fatigue index calculator calculating a fatigue index indicating a degree of muscle fatigue by converting the electromyographic signal detected by the electromyogram detector during a predetermined time unit into a frequency-domain electromyographic signal, and an electrical stimulation signal generator adjusting an electrical stimulation signal according to the calculated fatigue index and generating the electrical stimulation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2005
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong-hwan Lee, Kun-soo Shin, Wan-taek Han, Hyung-sok Yeo, Jin-sang Whang
  • Publication number: 20050171451
    Abstract: In a system and method for managing growth and development of a user, e.g., a child, the system includes a biological information measuring module for acquiring at least two biological signals to be used for analyzing growth and development of the user, and for identifying the user by analyzing at least one biological signal of the at least two acquired biological signals and a biological information processing module for evaluating a development state and a growth level of the user according to the biological signals, for storing and managing personal data and the results of the evaluation of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Hyung-sok Yeo, Jin-sang Whang, Kyung-ho Kim, Jeong-hwan Lee
  • Publication number: 20050154273
    Abstract: In a body surface bio-potential sensor, and an apparatus for detecting biomedical signals having the same, the body surface bio-potential sensor includes a flexible membrane having a wire layer, a plurality of electrodes attached on a first surface of the membrane at predetermined intervals, each of the plurality of electrodes having a plurality of needles on a surface thereof, each of the plurality of needles having a predetermined height, and a cohesive layer covering the first surface of the membrane, the cohesive layer exposing regions of the flexible membrane corresponding to positions of the plurality of electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2005
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Inventors: Jeong-hwan Lee, Jin-sang Whang, Kun-soo Shin, Kyung-ho Kim, Hyung-sok Yeo
  • Publication number: 20050124463
    Abstract: In a training control method using biofeedback, and an apparatus using the method, the method includes setting a target exercise zone for a user based on a bio-signal from the user, the target exercise zone including a range of indices and comparing a current index obtained from the bio-signal with the target exercise zone in time units in an exercise training mode and providing at least one of positive biofeedback information, negative biofeedback information, and a warning message to the user according to a result of the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2004
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventors: Hyung-sok Yeo, Jae-chan Park, Kun-soo Shin, Kyung-ho Kim, Jeong-hwan Lee, Youn-ho Kim
  • Publication number: 20050080353
    Abstract: An electronic device for measuring body fat, a method of measuring the body fat using the electronic device, and a health management system using the electronic device and method, wherein the electronic device for measuring body fat includes an electronic appliance, two pairs of electrodes provided on the electronic appliance, the two pairs of electrodes being able to be contacted by a subject, and a measuring portion for measuring a bio-impedance of the subject and calculating body fat data of the subject using the measured bio-impedance when the subject contacts the two pairs of electrodes. The health management system includes an Internet server for comparing data of the subject to a standardized set of data and outputting health information based on the comparison result to the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Inventors: Jin-sang Whang, Hyung-sok Yeo, Kyung-ho Kim, Jeong-hwan Lee, Jae-chan Park
  • Publication number: 20040220483
    Abstract: A method of evaluating human stress using photoplethysmography (PPG) includes defining at least one PPG parameter, radiating light having at least one wavelength, which reacts to a blood component to be measured, at a measuring target and measuring a PPG signal from the measuring target during a predetermined period of time, and evaluating a level of human stress using a plurality of stress indexes obtained from the PPG parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyung-sok Yeo, Jeong-whan Lee, Gil-won Yoon, Hyun-tai Hwang
  • Publication number: 20040024326
    Abstract: A probe for use in photoplethysmographic (PPG) measurement includes a light source unit including a light source that contacts a predetermined site of an object and emits light onto the predetermined site, a photodetector unit positioned facing the light source unit to receive the light emitted from the light source unit and transmitted through the object, a body having a space for receiving the object and in which the light source unit and the photodetector unit are positioned in a same optical axis, and a pressure application unit coupled to the body for applying a pressure to the object via the light source unit. A biological signal measuring system includes the above probe, a controller for controlling operations of the probe and for recording and analyzing signals output from the probe, a detected light intensity display unit for displaying an intensity of detected light, and a biological signal display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Hyung-Sok Yeo, Hong-Sig Kim, Gil-Won Yoon