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US 9,427,158 B2Granted
Wearable mobile device and method of measuring biological signal with the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsChang Mok Choi, Sang Joon Kim, Sang Il Park, Se O Lee, Young Joong Jun
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Abstract
A wearable mobile device and a method of detecting a biosignal with a wearable mobile device are provided. A method of detecting a biosignal with a wearable mobile device involves determining whether a wearable mobile device is closely attached to a user; and providing a biosignal-based service in response to the wearable mobile device being determined to be closely attached to the user.
Claims21
A method of measuring a biosignal, the method comprising:
- determining whether an attached wearable mobile device is closely attached to a user or loosely attached to the user;
- and
- providing a biosignal-based service in response to the wearable mobile device being determined to be closely attached to the user and providing a non-biosignal-based service to the user in response to the wearable mobile device being determined to be loosely attached to the user,
- wherein the determining comprises:
- measuring a range or a position at which the wearable mobile device contacts the user;
- determining that the wearable mobile device is closely attached to the user in response to the measured range satisfying a standard value or in response to the measured position corresponding to a skin area of the user;
- and
- determining that the wearable mobile device is loosely attached to the user when the wearable mobile device is located at a wrist area of the user;
- and
- wherein the standard value and the skin area of the user correspond to the wearable mobile device being positioned at a skin area of the user that has greater circumference than a wrist area of the user.
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A wearable mobile device method, the method comprising:
- determining whether a bracelet, as a wearable mobile device, is closely attached to a user or loosely attached to the user based on a positioning of the bracelet while the bracelet is attached to the user;
- and
- sensing a biosignal from the user by activating a sensor, configured to sense the biosignal from the user, of the bracelet in response to the bracelet being determined to be closely attached to the user,
- wherein the determining comprises:
- measuring a range or position at which the bracelet contacts the user;
- and
- determining that the bracelet is closely attached to the user in response to the measured range satisfying a standard value or in response to the measured position corresponding to a skin area of the user;
- and
- determining that the bracelet is loosely attached to the user when the bracelet is located at a wrist area of the user;
- and
- wherein the standard value and the skin area of the user correspond to the wearable mobile device being positioned at a skin area of the user that has a greater circumference than a wrist area of the user.
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A wearable mobile device, comprising:
- a bracelet, as the wearable mobile device, configured to be attached to a user by at least partially surrounding a body portion of the user;
- a determiner configured to determine whether the bracelet is closely attached to the user or loosely attached to the user based on a positioning of the bracelet while the bracelet is attached to the user;
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- a sensor unit comprising a sensor configured to sense a biosignal from the user subsequent to activation of the sensor in response to the determiner determining that the bracelet is closely attached to the user,
- wherein the determiner is configured to measure a range or a position at which the wearable mobile device contacts the user;
- to determine that the wearable mobile device is closely attached to the user in response to the measured range satisfying a standard value or in response to the measured position corresponding to a skin area of the user;
- and
- to determine that the wearable mobile device is loosely attached to the user when the wearable mobile device is located at a wrist area of the user;
- and
- wherein the standard value and the skin area of the user correspond to the wearable mobile device being positioned at a skin area of the user that has a greater circumference than the wrist area of the user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.