IP Library Granted Patent US 12,201,426
Granted Patent B2
US 12,201,426 · App. 18/630,466 · Granted Jan 21, 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 12,201,426
App. No.
18/630,466
Granted
Jan 21, 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 (62)

1. A method of providing biometric information based on a biometric signal, the method comprising:

identifying a state of an electronic device based on a motion signal obtained from an acceleration sensor of the electronic device;

obtaining, via a photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor of the electronic device, at least one first heart rate value and at least one first heart rate variation value for a predetermined period of time when the identified state of the electronic device is in static state;

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

wherein the biometric information is provided based on demographic information, the demographic information including at least one of a gender, an age, or a race, and

wherein the biometric information is included within a specific range of the demographic information corresponding to demographic information of a user wearing the electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying, in case that the motion signal is less than a threshold value, the state of the electronic device to be the static state.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

storing, in a memory of the electronic device, the obtained at least one first heart rate value and the obtained at least one first heart rate variation value.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

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

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, via wireless communication circuitry of the electronic device, to an external electronic device, the at least one first heart rate value and the at least one first heart rate variation value,

wherein the wireless communication circuitry includes Bluetooth communication circuitry.

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

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:

identify a state of the electronic device based on a motion signal obtained from the acceleration sensor;

obtain, via the PPG sensor, at least one first heart rate value and at least one first heart rate variation value for a predetermined period of time when the identified state of the electronic device is in static state;

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

wherein the biometric information is provided based on demographic information, the demographic information including at least one of a gender, an age, or a race, and

wherein the biometric information is included within a specific range of the demographic information corresponding to demographic information of a user wearing the electronic device.

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:

identify, in case that the motion signal is less than a threshold value, the state of the electronic device to be the static state.

9. 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, the obtained at least one first heart rate value and the obtained at least one first heart rate variation value.

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:

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

11. The electronic device of claim 7 , further comprising:

wireless communication circuitry,

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, to an external electronic device, the at least one first heart rate value and the at least one first heart rate variation value, and

wherein the wireless communication circuitry includes Bluetooth communication circuitry.

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

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:

identifying a state of an electronic device based on a motion signal obtained from an acceleration sensor of the electronic device;

obtaining, via a photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor of the electronic device, at least one first heart rate value and at least one first heart rate variation value for a predetermined period of time when the identified state of the electronic device is in static state;

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

wherein the biometric information is provided based on demographic information, the demographic information including at least one of a gender, an age, or a race, and

wherein the biometric information is included within a specific range of the demographic information corresponding to demographic information of a user wearing the electronic device.

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

identifying, in case that the motion signal is less than a threshold value, the state of the electronic device to be the static state.

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

storing, in a memory of the electronic device, the obtained at least one first heart rate value and the obtained at least one first heart rate variation value.

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

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

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

transmitting, via wireless communication circuitry of the electronic device, to an external electronic device, the at least one first heart rate value and the at least one first heart rate variation value,

wherein the wireless communication circuitry includes Bluetooth communication circuitry.

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

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0076439 · Jul 2, 2018 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 18181168 · Mar 9, 2023
Continuation 17069333 · Oct 13, 2020
Continuation 16419678 · May 22, 2019
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