ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,733,826, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to SAMSUNG LIFE PUBLIC WELFARE FOUNDATION (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method and device for detecting heart rate using photoplethysmography signal with removed motion artifact" was invented by Sung Jun Hong (Seoul, South Korea), Tae Kyung Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Min Hee Kang (Seoul, South Korea), Hyo Chang Seo (Seoul, South Korea) and Young Min Shon (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of detecting a heart rate using a photoplethysmography (PPG) signal with a removed motion artifact includes receiving, by a heart rate measurement device, a PPG signal and an acceleration signa...