US 12,268,524 B2
Electronic device providing contact pressure information and method for controlling the same
Yoonhee Choi, Suwon-si (KR); and Hyoungseon Choi, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jul. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/375,407.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0087846 (KR), filed on Jul. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0015706 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/6843 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0077 (2013.01); A61B 5/441 (2013.01); A61B 5/684 (2013.01); A61B 5/743 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device for providing a recommended measurement path for performing skin condition measurement or skincare, the electronic device comprising:
memory;
a display;
a camera;
a communication circuit; and
at least one processor,
wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the electronic device to:
control the communication circuit to establish a communication channel with an external electronic device including a pressure sensor via the communication circuit;
display an image including skin of a user and the external electronic device, captured using the camera; and
obtain contact point information relating to each of a plurality of contact points at which the external electronic device contacts the skin,
wherein obtaining the contact point information comprises:
for each respective one of the plurality of contact points:
obtain contact pressure value information from the pressure sensor of the external electronic device via the established communication channel, the contact pressure value information comprising a contact pressure value at the respective contact point;
identify, from the image, a part of the skin body with which the external electronic device is in contact at the respective contact point;
identify, from previously stored information associating parts of the skin and contact pressure values, a specified contact pressure value associated with the identified part of the skin;
identify a sensitive part of the skin based on a pixel value from the image, the pixel value being equal to or greater than a threshold value;
determine a recommended measurement path for performing skin condition measurement or skincare, wherein the recommended measurement path does not overlap the sensitive part of the skin; and
output, via the display, the recommended measurement path and contact pressure-related information related to the contact pressure value at the respective contact point and the specified contact pressure value.