ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,995, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Bio-information estimating apparatus and bio-information estimating method" was invented by Jae Min Kang (Seoul, South Korea), Yong Joo Kwon (Yongin-si, South Korea), Youn Ho Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Sang Yun Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bio-information estimating apparatus includes a sensor part configured to measure a pulse wave signal from an object, a contact force that is applied by the object to the sensor part, and a contact area of the object that is applied to the sensor part, and a proc...