KR20180114446A - Portable device for skin diagnosis and system therof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a portable skin diagnosis apparatus and a skin diagnosis system using the same. The portable skin diagnosis apparatus comprises: a coupling part detachably coupled to a camera part of a portable terminal; a UV LED emitting ultraviolet rays in a specific wavelength; a lens disposed in front of the UV LED; and a contact part made of an elastic material and contacting skin of a user.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a portable skin diagnostic apparatus,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a portable skin diagnostic apparatus configured to be removable from a portable terminal.

In recent years, various types of skin diagnosis devices have been developed that help to find solutions such as measuring and diagnosing skin conditions at a dermatology clinic or a skin care center, finding out characteristics or problems of the skin condition and selecting suitable cosmetics accordingly .

In particular, skin diagnosis devices using diagnosis lamps for diagnosing skin conditions are mainly used by analyzing specific colors represented by skin by irradiating light of a specific wavelength to the skin. Typical lamps used for skin diagnosis include white natural light LEDs and ultraviolet There is a wood lamp using a fluorescent lamp.

Among them, wood lamp is a device used for diagnosis of skin diseases, and it is used for diagnosis of infectious diseases caused by skin pigment diseases such as spots, freckles, and acne bacteria and fungi.

When the above-mentioned wood lamp test result is used to continuously track the skin condition of an individual, it may be a great help in the treatment of skin diseases and the like. However, since the diagnostic apparatus is large and expensive, .

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a portable skin diagnostic apparatus having a structure that is easy to carry and can be easily combined with a portable terminal, and a skin diagnosis system using the same.

A portable skin diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a coupling unit having a structure capable of being coupled with a portable terminal and being coupled to the camera unit of the portable terminal so as to be removable; UV LEDs emit ultraviolet rays at specific wavelengths; A lens disposed in front of the UV LED; And a contact portion made of an elastic material and contacting the user's skin.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a skin diagnosis system including: a portable terminal; And a portable skin diagnostic device detachably coupled to a camera portion of the portable terminal. Wherein the portable terminal acquires an image photographed by the camera in a state where the portable skin diagnostic apparatus is coupled and displays information on a skin condition of a user diagnosed based on the obtained image, An engaging portion that is detachably coupled to a camera portion of the portable terminal; UV LEDs emit ultraviolet rays at specific wavelengths; A lens disposed in front of the UV LED; And a contact portion made of an elastic material and contacting the user's skin.

Meanwhile, the method of the present invention can be implemented by a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for execution on a computer, and can be provided as a program itself.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a structure for coupling with a portable terminal is formed on the rear surface of a portable skin diagnostic device including a UV LED and an aspherical lens magnifier, and a contact portion of an elastic material is formed on the front surface. It is possible to provide a skin diagnosis apparatus and system effective for diagnosing local regions.

1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a skin diagnosis system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram of a portable skin diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 and 4 are views for explaining a structure for detachably coupling a portable skin diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention to a portable terminal.
5 is a view for explaining an embodiment of a configuration of a UV LED provided in the portable skin diagnostic apparatus.
6 is a view for explaining a method of diagnosing skin using the portable skin diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a view for explaining an embodiment of a method of diagnosing the condition of the skin according to the reaction color of the skin.
8 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a skin diagnosis system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The following merely illustrates the principles of the invention. Thus, those skilled in the art will be able to devise various apparatuses which, although not explicitly described or shown herein, embody the principles of the invention and are included in the concept and scope of the invention. Furthermore, all of the conditional terms and embodiments listed herein are, in principle, intended only for the purpose of enabling understanding of the concepts of the present invention, and are not intended to be limiting in any way to the specifically listed embodiments and conditions .

It is also to be understood that the detailed description, as well as the principles, aspects and embodiments of the invention, as well as specific embodiments thereof, are intended to cover structural and functional equivalents thereof. It is also to be understood that such equivalents include all elements contemplated to perform the same function irrespective of currently known equivalents as well as equivalents to be developed in the future.

Thus, for example, it should be understood that the block diagrams herein represent conceptual views of exemplary circuits embodying the principles of the invention. Similarly, all flowcharts, state transition diagrams, pseudo code, and the like are representative of various processes that may be substantially represented on a computer-readable medium and executed by a computer or processor, whether or not the computer or processor is explicitly shown .

The functions of the various elements shown in the figures, including the functional blocks depicted in the processor or similar concept, may be provided by use of dedicated hardware as well as hardware capable of executing software in connection with appropriate software. When provided by a processor, the functions may be provided by a single dedicated processor, a single shared processor, or a plurality of individual processors, some of which may be shared.

Also, the explicit use of terms that are presented in terms of processor, control, or similar concepts should not be construed to be exclusive of hardware capable of executing software, and may include, without limitation, digital signal processor (DSP) ROM, RAM (RAM), and non-volatile storage. Other hardware may also be included.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of the present invention when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: There will be. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a skin diagnosis system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The skin diagnosis system 10 shown in FIG. 1 includes a portable skin diagnosis apparatus 100 and a portable terminal 200 .

Referring to FIG. 1, the portable skin diagnostic apparatus 100 has a structure that can be coupled to the portable terminal 200, and includes a coupling unit that is detachably coupled to the camera unit of the portable terminal 200, A UV LED, a lens disposed in front of the UV LED, and an elastic material, and may include a contact portion contacting the user's skin.

The portable terminal 200 includes a camera 210 to acquire an image photographed by the camera 210 in a state where the portable skin diagnostic apparatus 100 is coupled, Of the skin.

The portable terminal 200 may be a terminal such as a mobile phone, a smart phone, a tablet PC, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), etc. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, And may be various devices capable of user input, information display, communication, and the like.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a structure for coupling with a portable terminal is formed on the rear surface of a portable skin diagnostic device including a UV LED and an aspherical lens magnifier, and a contact portion of an elastic material is formed on the front surface. It is possible to provide a skin diagnosis apparatus and system effective for diagnosing local regions.

For example, when the user attaches the back surface of the portable skin diagnostic apparatus 100 to the camera position of the portable terminal 200, and the front surface of the portable skin diagnostic apparatus 100 is brought into contact with the skin and then the power is turned on, UV LEDs can emit ultraviolet rays of a certain wavelength band to the skin.

Meanwhile, the camera 210 provided in the portable terminal 200 captures a skin image by contacting the portable skin diagnostic apparatus 100, and the obtained skin image is captured by the ultraviolet rays emitted from the skin It can indicate the color of reaction.

The portable skin diagnostic apparatus 100 may detect color information from a skin image taken by the camera 210 and determine the skin condition of the user according to the detected color information.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the portable skin diagnostic apparatus according to the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 2 to 6. FIG.

The portable skin diagnostic apparatus 100 includes a main body case 101, a front cover 102, a UV LED 110, A lens 120, an engaging portion 130, and a contact portion 140, as shown in FIG.

2, a UV LED 110 is accommodated in a body case 101 of the portable skin diagnosis apparatus 100, and the UV LED 110 is an array in which a plurality of UV LEDs are arranged. 101, respectively.

The lens 120 may be fixed to the front cover 102 and the lens 120 may be an aspherical lens magnifier disposed in front of the UV LED 110.

The aspheric lens is a lens formed of a spherical surface or a curved surface, such as a convex lens, and may have a parabolic surface, a hyperbolic surface, an elliptical surface, or a quadric surface according to a higher order polynomial.

The contact portion 140 may be formed of an elastic material such as natural rubber, silicone, urethane or the like. However, the present invention is not limited thereto And may be made of other elastic materials and shapes.

An engaging portion 130 is detachably attached to a rear portion of the main body case 101 so that the engaging portion 130 is detachably attached to a portion of the portable terminal 200 where the camera 210 is formed. 100 and may be coupled with and fixed to the fixed portion formed in the case of the portable terminal 200 or the portable terminal 200. [

FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 illustrate a structure for detachably coupling the portable skin diagnostic apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention to the portable terminal 200.

3, a case 300 coupled to the rear of the portable terminal 200 is provided with a flash 220 and a camera module 230 provided on the rear surface of the portable skin diagnostic apparatus 100, And a protruding fixing part 310 is formed at a position adjacent thereto to allow the portable skin diagnosis device 100 to be coupled.

The fixing part 310 formed on the portable terminal case 300 is fixed to the coupling part 130 of the portable skin diagnostic device 100 so that the coupling part 130 formed on the portable skin diagnostic device 100 is inserted and fixed therein Of the portable skin diagnostic apparatus 100 or may have a smaller diameter than the engaging portion 130 of the portable skin diagnostic apparatus 100 so as to be inserted and fixed into the inside of the engaging portion 130 formed in the portable skin diagnostic apparatus 100 .

When the coupling portion of the portable skin diagnostic apparatus 100 is coupled and fixed to the fixing unit 310 formed in the portable terminal case 300, the portable skin diagnostic apparatus 100 is operated as a portable And may be fixed to the rear surface of the terminal 200.

4 (b), a fixing unit 310 protruding in the form of a cylinder from the portable terminal case 300 into the coupling unit 130 protruding in a cylindrical shape on the back surface of the portable skin diagnostic apparatus 100, So that the contact portion 140 of the portable skin diagnostic apparatus 100 can be directed toward the rear surface of the portable terminal 200. [

4A and 4B, after the portable skin diagnostic apparatus 100 grasps the portable terminal 200 coupled to the rear surface, the user touches the touch panel 140 of the portable skin diagnostic apparatus 100 ) Can be brought into contact with a specific site of the skin to be diagnosed, so that the ultrasound irradiation on the site and the skin image including the reaction color can be started.

3 and 4, the portable skin diagnostic apparatus 100 is coupled to the portable terminal case 300 so that the portable skin diagnostic apparatus 100 is detachably coupled to the rear surface of the portable terminal 200 The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments.

For example, the fixing portion for coupling the portable skin diagnostic apparatus 100 may be formed directly on the rear surface of the portable terminal 200, or the fixing portion may be detachably coupled to the portable terminal 200.

In addition, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the portable skin diagnostic apparatus 100 may be detachably coupled to a camera portion on the front surface of the portable terminal 200. In this case, The skin image can be directly confirmed through the front display, and other actions such as user input can be easily performed.

5 is a view for explaining an embodiment of the configuration of the UV LED provided in the portable skin diagnostic apparatus.

5, the UV LED 110 housed in the body case 101 of the portable skin diagnostic apparatus 100 includes a plurality of LEDs 111, 112, and 113 emitting ultraviolet rays of specific wavelength ranges, As shown in FIG.

Here, if necessary, the plurality of LEDs 111, 112, and 113 may emit ultraviolet rays of different wavelengths, and the arrangement and position of the plurality of LEDs 111, 112, and 113 may be adjusted.

For example, the plurality of LEDs 111, 112, and 113 may be disposed along an outer area of the inner surface of the main body case 101 so that the camera 210 of the portable terminal 200 may photograph the skin to acquire an image It can be facilitated.

FIG. 6 illustrates a method of diagnosing skin using the portable skin diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.

6, when the user touches the contact portion 140 formed in a protruding shape on the front surface of the portable skin diagnostic device 100 to the portion of the skin 600 to be diagnosed, The shape can be deformed by elasticity.

The contact portion 140 of the portable skin diagnostic apparatus 100 and the skin 600 are completely in contact with each other so that light from the outside does not penetrate into the inside of the portable skin diagnostic apparatus 100. [

Therefore, the reaction color represented by the skin can be more accurately obtained by the camera 210 of the portable terminal 200 by the ultraviolet rays irradiated from the UV LED 110 of the portable skin diagnostic apparatus 100.

The portable terminal 200 analyzes the skin image photographed by the camera 210 to detect the color of reaction of the skin with respect to the ultraviolet ray and diagnoses the state of the user's skin based on the skin reaction color .

Referring to FIG. 7, when the color of the skin reaction to the ultraviolet ray according to the image acquired by the camera 210 of the portable terminal 200 is "blue white ", the skin condition of the corresponding region is determined as & The skin condition of the area is judged to be "sebum, cottonseed, seborrheic skin", and the "dark brown" skin condition is judged to be " , It can be judged that the skin of the site is in the "pigmented state ".

In addition, when the color of the skin reaction to ultraviolet light is "soft purple ", the skin condition of the area is judged as" dry and water-deficient skin " In the case of "yellow", it is judged that there is a "non-liposome" on the skin of the part. If it is "white fluorescent color", it can be judged that the skin of the part has "foreign matter such as dust".

In the above description, the portable terminal 200 diagnoses the skin condition based on the image obtained by the camera 210 of the portable terminal 200. However, the present invention is not limited thereto.

8 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a skin diagnosis system according to another embodiment of the present invention. The skin diagnosis system 10 shown in FIG. 8 includes a portable skin diagnosis apparatus 100, a portable terminal 200, 800). The configuration and operation of the portable skin diagnostic apparatus 100 and the portable terminal 200 shown in FIG. 8 may be the same as those described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7, and a description thereof will be omitted.

Referring to FIG. 8, in a state where the portable skin diagnostic apparatus 100 is coupled to the portable terminal 200, the skin region is photographed by the camera 210 to acquire skin image data, The skin image data can be transmitted from the portable terminal 200 to the diagnosis server 800. [

Thereafter, the diagnosis server 800 detects the skin reaction color from the skin image transmitted from the portable terminal 200 and, using the corresponding relationship as described with reference to Fig. 7, Can be determined.

On the other hand, the diagnosis server 800 transmits the determined skin condition information to the portable terminal 200, and the portable terminal 200 displays the skin condition information transmitted from the diagnosis server 800 using a display To the user.

The method according to an embodiment of the present invention may be stored in a computer-readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium may be a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM , A magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like, and may also be implemented in the form of a carrier wave (for example, transmission over the Internet).

The computer readable recording medium may be distributed over a networked computer system so that computer readable code can be stored and executed in a distributed manner. And, functional programs, codes and code segments for implementing the above method can be easily inferred by programmers of the technical field to which the present invention belongs.

As described above, it is to be understood that the technical structure of the present invention can be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit and essential characteristics of the present invention.

It should be understood, therefore, that the embodiments described above are to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than the foregoing description, And all changes or modifications derived from equivalents thereof should be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention.

100: Portable skin diagnosis device 101: Body case
102: Front cover 110: UV LED
120: lens 130:
140: contact portion 200: portable terminal
210: camera 220: flash (flash)
230: camera module 300: portable terminal case
310: Fixed part 600: Skin
800: Diagnostic server

Claims (13)

1. A portable skin diagnostic apparatus having a structure capable of being combined with a portable terminal,
A coupling unit coupled to the camera portion of the portable terminal so as to be detachable;
UV LEDs emit ultraviolet rays at specific wavelengths;
A lens disposed in front of the UV LED; And
And a contact portion made of an elastic material and contacting the user's skin. The apparatus of claim 1,
Wherein the portable skin diagnostic apparatus is formed in a protruding form on the back surface of the portable skin diagnostic apparatus, and is fixedly coupled to the portable terminal or the fixed unit formed in the case of the portable terminal. The method according to claim 1,
A body case for receiving the UV LED; And
And a front cover for fixing the lens. 4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the UV LED
Wherein the plurality of UV LEDs are fixed in the body case with an array arranged thereon. 2. The lens according to claim 1, wherein the lens
Portable skin diagnosis device which is an aspherical lens magnifier. The connector according to claim 1, wherein the contact portion
Wherein the portable skin diagnostic apparatus is formed in a protruding form on the front surface of the portable skin diagnostic apparatus, and the shape of the portable skin diagnostic apparatus is deformed due to elasticity upon contact with the user's skin. The connector according to claim 1, wherein the contact portion
Comprising at least one of natural rubber, silicone, and urethane. A portable terminal; And
And a portable skin diagnostic device detachably coupled to a camera portion of the portable terminal.
Wherein the portable terminal acquires an image photographed by the camera in a state where the portable skin diagnostic apparatus is coupled, displays information on a skin condition of a user diagnosed based on the obtained image,
The portable skin diagnostic apparatus includes: a coupling unit detachably coupled to a camera portion of a portable terminal; UV LEDs emit ultraviolet rays at specific wavelengths; A lens disposed in front of the UV LED; And a contact portion made of an elastic material and contacting the user's skin. The portable terminal of claim 8,
Detecting color information from the obtained image, and determining a skin condition of the user according to the detected color information. 9. The apparatus as claimed in claim 8,
The diagnostic system according to claim 1, wherein the portable medical diagnostic device comprises: a portable medical diagnostic device; 9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the UV LED
A skin diagnosis system comprising an array of a plurality of UV LEDs arranged in the portable skin diagnostic apparatus. 9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the lens
A skin diagnosis system that is an aspheric lens magnifier. 9. The apparatus according to claim 8,
Wherein the portable skin diagnostic device is formed in a protruding form on the front surface of the portable skin diagnostic device, and the shape of the skin is changed by elasticity when the user touches the skin.

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