ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,404, issued on July 22, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for estimating bio-information" was invented by Hye Rim Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sang Yun Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Chang Mok Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jae Min Kang (Seoul, South Korea) and Jin Woo Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for estimating bio-information is provided. The apparatus for estimating bio-information includes: a pulse wave sensor configured to measure a pulse wave signal from an object; a force sensor configured to measure force exerted between the ...