IP Library Granted Patent US 12,257,053
Granted Patent B2
US 12,257,053 · App. 18/181,168 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Electronic device and method for providing personalized biometric information based on biometric signal using same

Inventors: Hyunsu Hong (Suwon-si, KR); Sangbeom Nam (Suwon-si, KR); Yongjin Lee (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
A61B5/165A61B5/0002A61B5/1118A61B5/7235A61B5/7405A61B5/7425G08B21/18A61B2562/0219
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Patent No.
US 12,257,053
App. No.
18/181,168
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device for providing biometric information is provided. The electronic device includes a sensor module, a memory, and a processor electrically connected to the sensor module and the memory. The processor obtains a biometric signal from the sensor module at a predetermined time interval, determines whether a user is in a first state on the basis of the obtained biometric signal, in case the user is in a first state, obtains a representative value for a respective of the at least one biometric signal, defines the obtained representative value for the respective of the at least one biometric signal as a candidate reference value for a corresponding biometric signal, determines a candidate reference value satisfying a predetermined condition as a first reference value for the corresponding biometric signal, and updates a second reference value previously configured for the corresponding biometric signal on the basis of the first reference value.

Claims (64)

1. A method performed by an electronic device of providing biometric information based on a biometric signal, the method comprising:

obtaining demographic information of a user wearing the electronic device, the demographic information that includes including at least one of a gender, an age, or a race of the user;

obtaining, via an acceleration sensor of the electronic device, a motion signal corresponding to a movement of the electronic device;

obtaining, via a photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor of the electronic device, a first heart rate value and a first heart rate variation value during the motion signal is less than a threshold value;

updating a heart rate reference value based at least on the first heart rate value;

updating a heart rate variation reference value based at least on the first heart rate variation value; and

obtaining, via the PPG sensor, a second heart rate value and a second heart rate variation value,

wherein the obtained second heart rate value and second heart rate variation value are used to be compared with the updated heart rate reference value and the updated heart rate variation reference value respectively for determining biometric information of a user wearing the electronic device, and

wherein the biometric information is provided based on the demographic information of the user.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, via short-range communication to an external electronic device, the first heart rate value and the first heart rate variation value, and

wherein the short-range communication includes Bluetooth communication.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the electronic device is a wearable electronic device.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

while the motion signal indicates that the movement of the electronic device is less than the threshold value associated with the electronic device, storing, in memory of the electronic device, the first heart rate value and the first heart rate variation value.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

storing, in memory of the electronic device, the updated heart rate reference value and the updated heart rate variation reference value.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining an activity state of the user based at least on the motion signal.

7. An electronic device comprising:

wireless communication circuitry;

an acceleration sensor;

a photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor;

memory storing one or more computer programs; and

one or more processors communicatively coupled to the wireless communication circuitry, the acceleration sensor, the PPG sensor, and the memory,

wherein the one or more computer programs include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:

obtain demographic information of a user wearing the electronic device, the demographic information including at least one of a gender, an age, or a race of the user,

obtain, via the acceleration sensor, a motion signal corresponding to a movement of the electronic device,

obtain, via the PPG sensor, a first heart rate value and a first heart rate variation value during the motion signal is less than a threshold value,

update a heart rate reference value based at least on the first heart rate value,

update a heart rate variation reference value based at least on the first heart rate variation value, and

obtain, via the PPG sensor, a second heart rate value and a second heart rate variation value,

wherein the obtained second heart rate value and second heart rate variation value are used to be compared with the updated heart rate reference value and the updated heart rate variation reference value respectively for determining biometric information of a user wearing the electronic device, and

wherein the biometric information is provided based on the demographic information of the user.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 ,

wherein the one or more computer programs further include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:

transmit, via the wireless communication circuitry using short-range communication to an external electronic device, the first heart rate value and the first heart rate variation value, and

wherein the short-range communication includes Bluetooth communication.

9. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the electronic device is a wearable electronic device.

10. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the one or more computer programs further include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:

while the motion signal indicates that the movement of the electronic device is less than the threshold value associated with the electronic device, store, by the electronic device in the memory, the first heart rate value and the first heart rate variation value.

11. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the one or more computer programs further include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:

store, in the memory of the electronic device, the updated heart rate reference value and the updated heart rate variation reference value.

12. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the one or more computer programs further include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:

determine an activity state of the user based at least on the motion signal.

13. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing one or more computer programs including computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of an electronic device individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to perform operations, the operations comprising:

obtaining demographic information of a user wearing the electronic device, the demographic information including at least one of a gender, an age, or a race of the user;

obtaining, via an acceleration sensor of the electronic device, a motion signal corresponding to a movement of the electronic device;

obtaining, via a photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor of the electronic device, a first heart rate value and a first heart rate variation value during the motion signal is less than a threshold value;

updating a heart rate reference value based at least on the first heart rate value;

updating a heart rate variation reference value based at least on the first heart rate variation value; and

obtaining, via the PPG sensor, a second heart rate value and a second heart rate variation value,

wherein the obtained second heart rate value and second heart rate variation value are used to be compared with the updated heart rate reference value and the updated heart rate variation reference value respectively for determining biometric information of a user wearing the electronic device, and

wherein the biometric information is provided based on the demographic information of the user.

14. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 13 , the operations further comprising:

transmitting, via short-range communication to an external electronic device, the first heart rate value and the first heart rate variation value,

wherein the short-range communication includes Bluetooth communication.

15. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 13 , wherein the electronic device is a wearable electronic device.

16. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 13 , the operations further comprising:

while the motion signal indicates that the movement of the electronic device is less than the threshold value associated with the electronic device, storing, in memory of the electronic device, the first heart rate value and the first heart rate variation value.

17. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 13 , the operations further comprising:

storing, in memory of the electronic device, the updated heart rate reference value and the updated heart rate variation reference value.

18. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 13 , the operations further comprising:

determining an activity state of the user based at least on the motion signal.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0076439 · Jul 2, 2018 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17069333 · Oct 13, 2020
Continuation 16419678 · May 22, 2019
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