Method and apparatus for measuring bio signal

• US 10,251,607 B2
• Filed: 05/24/2016
• Issued: 04/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Cho, Jae-geol, Kim, Kwang-choon, Kim, Jae-pil, Min, Jin-hong, Baek, Hyun-jae, Shin, Hang-sik
• Primary Examiner(s): Davis, Tony O
• Application Number:
  US15/163,073
• Publication Number:
  US 20160262702A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,050 Days
• Field of Search: 600301, 345156, 345170-176
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/01 Measuring temperature of body parts ; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue clinical contact thermometers G01K13/20
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/053 Measuring electrical impedance or conductance of a portion of the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14551 for measuring blood gases
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/282 Holders for multiple electrodes for introduction into the body A61B5/287
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/318 Heart-related electrical modalities, e.g. electrocardiography [ECG]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4872 Body fat
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6898 Portable consumer electronic devices, e.g. music players, telephones, tablet computers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7275 Determining trends in physiological measurement data; Predicting development of a medical condition based on physiological measurements, e.g. determining a risk factor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7435 Displaying user selection data, e.g. icons in a graphical user interface
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

A physiological signal measurement apparatus includes a battery cover covering an area where a battery of a terminal device is detachably attached, a sensor unit detecting a physiological signal, the sensor unit being included in the battery cover, and a control unit controlling the sensor unit to detect the physiological signal, wherein the physiological signal measurement apparatus is detachably attached to the terminal device as the battery cover is detachably attached to the terminal device.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a sensor;

a display; and

a processor configured to;

control the sensor to receive a first user input for displaying a user interface for receiving a second user input;

control the display to display the user interface for receiving the second user input, in response to the first user input being received by the sensor; and

in response to the second user input being received through the user interface displayed on the display, control the sensor to sense biological information of a user holding the electronic device while the first user input and the second user input are received in the electronic device.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the sensor is disposed in an opposite side of the electronic device with respect to the display.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the display is a touch screen.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to control the sensor to:

generate first information related to an area where the biological information of the user is sensed; and

determine whether the sensor is able to sense the biological information of the user, based on the first information that is generated.

5. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the processor is further configured to control the display to display either one or both of the first information related to the area where the biological information of the user is sensed and second information related to a condition that the sensor is able to sense the biological information of the user.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to control the display to display the biological information of the user that is sensed by the sensor.

7. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the processor is further configured to control the display to display, on the user interface, a display area that perpendicularly matches a position of the sensor in the opposite side of the electronic device with respect to the display, in response to the first user input being received by the sensor.

8. An electronic device comprising:

a sensor;

a display; and

a processor configured to;

control the sensor to receive a first user input for sensing a biological signal of a user holding the electronic device;

sense the biological signal of the user holding the electronic device, in response to the first user input being received by the sensor;

generate first information related to an area where the biological signal of the user is sensed by the sensor, in response to the first user input being received by the sensor;

determine whether the sensor is able to measure biological information of the user by sensing the biological signal, based on the first information and second information; and

control the sensor to measure the biological information of the user holding the electronic device by sensing the biological signal, based on the determination.

9. A method of sensing biological information of a user holding an electronic device, the method being performed by the electronic device and comprising:

receiving, by a sensor, a first user input for displaying a user interface for receiving a second user input;

in response to the first user input being received by the sensor, displaying, in predetermined areas of a display, the user interface for receiving the second user input for sensing biological information of the user holding the electronic device;

receiving, through the user interface, the second user input for sensing the biological information of the user holding the electronic device; and

in response to the second user input being received through the user interface displayed on the display, sensing, by the sensor, the biological information of the user holding the electronic device while the first user input and the second user input are received in the electronic device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the sensor is disposed in an opposite side of the electronic device with respect to the display.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the display is a touch screen.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

generating first information related to an area in the sensor where the biological information of the user is sensed; and

determining whether the sensor is able to sense the biological information of the user, based on the first information that is generated.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

displaying either one or both of the first information related to the area where the biological information of the user is sensed and second information related to a condition that the sensor is able to sense the biological information of the user.

14. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

displaying the biological information of the user that is sensed by the sensor.