Patent ID: 9560971
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A physiological information measuring apparatus comprising: a first detection unit, comprising a first light emitting unit and a first light receiving unit, wherein the first light emitting unit and the first light receiving unit are separated from one another by a first distance; a second detection unit, comprising a second light emitting unit and a second light receiving unit, wherein the second light emitting unit and the second light receiving unit are separated from one another by a second, different distance; and a measuring unit that measures the physiological information of a user based on light received by the first light receiving unit and light received by the second light receiving unit; wherein a first region from the first light emitting unit to the first light receiving unit along the surface of the apparatus intersects a second region from the second light emitting unit to the second light receiving unit along the surface of the apparatus, and wherein the first and second regions are not parallel.