US 12,191,029 B2
Electronic device and method for recognizing context thereof
Kihoon Kang, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Taekeun Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Kihong Min, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Sunghun Shin, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Kihun Eom, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Kyeongmun Jo, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Feb. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/178,738.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0020712 (KR), filed on Feb. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0257086 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/25 (2021.01); G01L 19/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G16H 40/60 (2018.01); A61B 5/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61B 5/15 (2006.01); A61B 5/282 (2021.01)
CPC G16H 40/60 (2018.01) [A61B 5/25 (2021.01); G01L 19/0092 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); A61B 5/0048 (2013.01); A61B 5/0053 (2013.01); A61B 5/0077 (2013.01); A61B 5/02 (2013.01); A61B 5/024 (2013.01); A61B 5/02427 (2013.01); A61B 5/02438 (2013.01); A61B 5/150824 (2013.01); A61B 5/282 (2021.01); A61B 5/68 (2013.01); A61B 5/6801 (2013.01); A61B 5/6802 (2013.01); A61B 5/681 (2013.01); A61B 5/6813 (2013.01); A61B 5/6824 (2013.01); A61B 5/683 (2013.01); A61B 5/6831 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0209 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0257 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0462 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0468 (2013.01); A61B 2562/02 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0209 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0247 (2013.01); A61B 2562/029 (2013.01); A61B 2562/04 (2013.01); G01L 2019/0053 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
an atmospheric pressure sensor configured to measure pressure;
a biometric sensor module configured to measure biometric information on a user;
a processor operatively connected to the atmospheric pressure sensor and the biometric sensor module; and
a memory operatively connected to the processor,
wherein the biometric sensor module comprises a plurality of electrodes configured to detect current flowing through a body of the user,
wherein some of the plurality of electrodes are disposed to come into contact with a body part of the user when the electronic device is worn, and others of the plurality of electrodes are disposed to not come into contact with a body part of the user when the electronic device is worn,
wherein the biometric sensor module is configured to:
identify whether a change from a first state, in which the some of the plurality of electrodes are electrically connected through the body part and the others of the plurality of electrodes are electrically disconnected in air, into a second state, in which all of the plurality of electrodes are electrically connected by entering the electronic device in water, is detected,
identify whether the second state is maintained for a specified first time or more in response to the change into the second state being detected, and
transmit an interrupt signal to the processor in response to the second state being maintained for the specified first time or more, and
wherein the memory stores instructions that when executed, cause the processor to:
identify an amount of increased change in the pressure detected through the atmospheric pressure sensor in response to reception of the interrupt signal, and
determine that the electronic device is in a specified first context in response to the amount of increased change in the pressure being greater than or equal to a specified first threshold.