Patents by Inventor Yong-joo Kwon

Yong-joo Kwon 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: 20220008009
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring bio-information such as blood pressure is provided. The bio-information measuring apparatus includes: a pulse wave sensor configured to measure a pulse wave signal from an object; a fingerprint sensor configured to obtain fingerprint information of the object; and a processor configured to estimate a contact area of the object based on the fingerprint information, and obtain bio-information based on the pulse wave signal and the contact area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Min KANG, Yong Joo KWON, Sang Yun PARK
  • Publication number: 20210393150
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring bio-information in a non-invasive manner includes: a pulse wave sensor configured to measure a plurality of pulse wave signals having different wavelengths from an object; a contact pressure sensor configured to measure contact pressure of the object while the plurality of pulse wave signals are measured; and a processor configured to obtain an oscillometric waveform based on the contact pressure and the plurality of pulse wave signals having the different wavelengths, and obtain bio-information based on the oscillometric waveform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Yun PARK, Jae Min Kang, Yong Joo Kwon, Youn Ho Kim, Seung Woo Noh
  • Publication number: 20210386305
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for estimating blood pressure. The apparatus for estimating blood pressure according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes: a pulse wave measurer configured to measure a pulse wave signal from a user; and a processor configured to detect peaks and valleys from the pulse wave signal, to obtain first differential values, corresponding to the detected peaks, and second differential values, corresponding to the detected valleys, from a second-order differential signal of the pulse wave signal, and to estimate blood pressure based on the obtained first differential values and second differential values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YONG JOO KWON, UI KUN KWON, JAE MIN KANG, YOUN HO KIM
  • Patent number: 11188730
    Abstract: Example embodiments relate to an apparatus for non-invasively estimating bio-information is provided. An apparatus for estimating bio-information may include a sensor part including a pixel array of pixels, each pixel having a light source and a detector; and a processor configured to, based on an object being in contact with the sensor part, drive the sensor part based on a first sensor configuration; obtain contact information of the object based on an amount of light received by each pixel according to the first sensor configuration; determine a second sensor configuration based on the contact information; drive the sensor part based on the second sensor configuration; and estimate the bio-information based on light signals obtained according to the second sensor configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Joo Kwon, Yeol Ho Lee, Joon Hyung Lee
  • Patent number: 11141073
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring bio-information in a non-invasive manner includes: a pulse wave sensor configured to measure a plurality of pulse wave signals having different wavelengths from an object; a contact pressure sensor configured to measure contact pressure of the object while the plurality of pulse wave signals are measured; and a processor configured to obtain an oscillometric waveform based on the contact pressure and the plurality of pulse wave signals having the different wavelengths, and obtain bio-information based on the oscillometric waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Yun Park, Jae Min Kang, Yong Joo Kwon, Youn Ho Kim, Seung Woo Noh
  • Publication number: 20210307625
    Abstract: Provided is a technology for measuring a user's blood pressure by using light sources, in which the blood pressure measuring apparatus includes: a light emitter configured to emit one or more lights having different penetration characteristics toward a user; a light receiver configured to receive the lights that have penetrated through the user, and acquire photo-plethysmography (PPG) signals from the received lights; and a blood pressure measurer configured to measure a phase difference between the acquired PPG signals, and measure a blood pressure based on the measured phase difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Joo KWON, Jae Min KANG, Sun Kwon KIM, Youn Ho KIM, Sang Yun PARK, Seung Woo NOH, Young Zoon YOON
  • Publication number: 20210307692
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring biometric information is provided. The apparatus may include: a main body configured to be worn on an object to be examined. The main body may include a contact pressure sensor configured to measure a contact pressure of the object while a hand shape is changing; a pulse wave sensor configured to measure a pulse wave signal of the object; and a processor configured to measure biometric information on the basis of the measured contact pressure and pulse wave signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Min KANG, Yong Joo KWON, Seung Woo NOH, Sang Yun PARK
  • Patent number: 11134897
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring bio-information includes a pulse wave measurer configured to measure a pulse wave signal from a first region of an object; a contact pressure extractor including a touch screen and configured to obtain a contact pressure signal, indicating a contact pressure between the first region and the pulse wave measurer, based on touch data that is generated based on a second region of the object being in contact with the touch screen; and a processor configured to measure bio-information of the object based on the pulse wave signal and the contact pressure signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Min Kang, Yong Joo Kwon, Sang Yun Park
  • Patent number: 11083380
    Abstract: A bio-signal acquiring apparatus includes a sensor part and a signal processor. The sensor part includes a bio-signal sensor, a load sensor, and an ultrasonic sensor array, the bio-signal sensor configured to detect a bio-signal of an object that comes into contact with the sensor part, the load sensor configured to detect a contact load of the object, and the ultrasonic sensor array configured to detect contact load distribution of the object. The signal processor is configured to obtain a contact load of the object at a region of interest based on the contact load and the contact load distribution, and configured to output the contact load of the object at the region of interest and the bio-signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Joo Kwon, Sang Yun Park, Jae Min Kang, Byung Hoon Ko, Jeong Eun Hwang
  • Patent number: 11064947
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring biometric information is provided. The apparatus may include: a main body configured to be worn on an object to be examined. The main body may include a contact pressure sensor configured to measure a contact pressure of the object while a hand shape is changing; a pulse wave sensor configured to measure a pulse wave signal of the object; and a processor configured to measure biometric information on the basis of the measured contact pressure and pulse wave signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Min Kang, Yong Joo Kwon, Seung Woo Noh, Sang Yun Park
  • Publication number: 20210165991
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring a signal is provided. The apparatus for measuring a signal may include a sensor configured to generate pixel data representing a fingerprint image of an object by detecting light scattered or reflected from the object and a processor configured to acquire the fingerprint image of the object based on the pixel data and acquire a pulse wave signal based on the fingerprint image and the pixel data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Min KANG, Yong Joo KWON, Sang Yun PARK
  • Patent number: 11000192
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring bio-information includes a pulse wave sensor configured to emit light having a plurality of wavelengths onto an object, and to detect a multi-wavelength pulse wave signal from the object; and a processor configured to obtain a contact pressure signal based on the multi-wavelength pulse wave signal, the contact pressure signal indicating a pressure between the object and the pulse wave sensor, and to generate information regarding a measurement state of the object based on the contact pressure signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Min Kang, Yong Joo Kwon, Sang Yun Park
  • Publication number: 20210089079
    Abstract: Provided are foldable electronic device and method for estimating bio-information by using the same. The foldable electronic device may include: a main body part including a first main body and a second main body that are configured to be folded toward each other or unfolded from each other along a fold line where the first main body and the second main body meet; an image sensor part including a first image sensor and a second image sensor which are disposed at the first main body; and a processor configured to obtain a contact image of an object from the first image sensor disposed at the first main body and obtain an image of a marker that is displayed on the second main body, from the second image sensor disposed at the first main body, when the object is in contact with the first image sensor and the main body part is folded along the fold line, and estimate bio-information based on the contact image of the object and the image of the marker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Min KANG, Yong Joo KWON, Sang Yun PARK
  • Publication number: 20210085246
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating biometric information is provided. According to one exemplary embodiment, the apparatus may include a sensor comprising an electrocardiogram (ECG) sensor configured to measure an ECG signal of a user and a pulse wave sensor configured to measure two or more pulse wave signals at two or more measurement sites of the user; and a processor configured to obtain biometric information based on the ECG signal and the two or more pulse wave signals measured by the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Zoon YOON, Jae Min KANG, Yong Joo KWON, Seung Woo NOH, Sang Yun PARK
  • Publication number: 20210036046
    Abstract: A display includes a display portion formed of an array of unit pixels that each respectively include a light source pixel and a detector pixel. The display includes a control driver including a light source driver and a data driver which are respectively connected to each light source pixel, and a detector driver which is connected to each detector pixel. The display includes a controller configured to control the control driver to operate the display portion in a first mode, a second mode, and a third mode that are each different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Joo KWON, Jae Min KANG, Byung Hoon KO, Youn Ho KIM, Sang Yun PARK, Jong Wook LEE, Deuk Seok CHUNG
  • Publication number: 20210022677
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating bio-information is provided. The apparatus for estimating bio-information may include: a pulse wave sensor configured to measure a pulse wave signal from an object; a force sensor configured to measure a force exerted by the object to the pulse wave sensor; and a processor configured to obtain a contact pressure based on the force and a reference contact area between the object and a contact surface, and estimate bio-information based on the contact pressure and the pulse wave signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Min KANG, Yong Joo Kwon, Youn Ho Kim, Sang Yun Park, Jin Woo Choi
  • Patent number: 10878216
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring a signal is provided. The apparatus for measuring a signal may include a sensor configured to generate pixel data representing a fingerprint image of an object by detecting light scattered or reflected from the object and a processor configured to acquire the fingerprint image of the object based on the pixel data and acquire a pulse wave signal based on the fingerprint image and the pixel data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Min Kang, Yong Joo Kwon, Sang Yun Park
  • Patent number: 10820858
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating biometric information is provided. According to one exemplary embodiment, the apparatus may include a sensor comprising an electrocardiogram (ECG) sensor configured to measure an ECG signal of a user and a pulse wave sensor configured to measure two or more pulse wave signals at two or more measurement sites of the user; and a processor configured to obtain biometric information based on the ECG signal and the two or more pulse wave signals measured by the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Zoon Yoon, Jae Min Kang, Yong Joo Kwon, Seung Woo Noh, Sang Yun Park
  • Patent number: 10813561
    Abstract: A touch-type blood pressure measurement apparatus is provided. The touch-type blood pressure measurement apparatus include: a touch sensor configured to generate a contact area signal when a finger of a user is in contact with the touch sensor; at least one photoplethysmogram (PPG) sensor configured to generate a PPG signal of the user while the finger is in contact with the touch sensor; a force sensor configured to generate a touch force signal of the finger in contact with the touch sensor; and a controller configured to obtain a blood pressure of the user based on the contact area signal, the PPG signal, and the touch force signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Joo Kwon, Jae Min Kang, Youn Ho Kim, Seung Woo Noh, Sang Yun Park, Young Zoon Yoon
  • Patent number: 10779766
    Abstract: A wearable measurement apparatus capable of measuring a biometric signal is provided. The wearable measurement apparatus includes a main body, and a main-body elastic part disposed on a bottom surface of the main body, and configured to elastically support the main body against a body part of a user. The wearable measurement apparatus further includes a biometric signal sensor disposed apart from the main-body elastic part, and configured to detect a biometric signal from the body part, and a sensor elastic part interposed between the main body and the biometric signal sensor, and configured to form a step difference between a bottom surface of the biometric signal sensor and a bottom surface of the main-body elastic part, and elastically support the biometric signal sensor against the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Hoon Ko, Yong Joo Kwon, Youn Ho Kim, Sang Yun Park, Jin Hyun Yun, Jong Wook Lee, Chang Mok Choi