ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,170, issued on July 1, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for measuring bio-information such as blood pressure is provided. The bio-information measuring apparatus includes: a pulse wave sensor configured to measure a pulse wave signal from an object; a fingerprint sensor configured to obtain fingerprint information of the object; and a processor confi...