公开(公告)号：US20180125369A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-10

申请号：US15616191

申请日：2017-06-07

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： SEUNG JUN LEE ,  JUNE YOUNG LEE ,  JUNG MOK BAE ,  EUI SEOK SHIN

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  G01N21/3563 ,  G01N21/359 ,  A61B5/103

CPC classification number: A61B5/0075 ,  A61B5/103 ,  A61B5/1451 ,  A61B5/14532 ,  A61B5/1455 ,  A61B5/441 ,  A61B5/6843 ,  G01N21/3563 ,  G01N21/359 ,  G01N2800/20

Abstract: A spectrometer includes a chamber, a vacuum generator configured to suck in internal air of the chamber to pull skin of a subject into the chamber, a light source configured to emit light to the skin of the subject pulled into the chamber, a photodetector configured to receive light passing through the skin of the subject and acquire a spectrum of the light; and a skin contact adjuster configured to determine a contact state between the chamber and the skin by analyzing the spectrum of the light and thereby generate a determination result, and adjust the contact state between the chamber and the skin by applying a physical force to a periphery of the skin pulled into the chamber according to the determination result.

公开(公告)号：US20190167190A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-06

申请号：US16200765

申请日：2018-11-27

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： KA RAM CHOI ,  HYO SUN HWANG ,  JIN YOUNG PARK ,  JAE WOOK SHIM ,  SO YOUNG LEE ,  SANG KON BAE ,  EUI SEOK SHIN

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/0205

Abstract: A healthcare apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a plurality of light sources configured to emit light of different wavelengths onto an object; a light detector configured to measure an optical signal of each of the wavelengths by receiving light reflected or scattered from the object; and a processor configured to obtain a blood glucose level and a blood flow index by using the optical signal of each of the wavelengths, and to estimate at least one from among dietary information and dietary metabolism state information by monitoring a blood glucose level change and a blood flow index change after ingestion of a food.