KR20180133091A

KR20180133091A - Health diagnostic system and method using tongue

Info

Publication number: KR20180133091A
Application number: KR1020170069597A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 장영찬; 장진우
Original assignee: 장영찬; 장진우
Priority date: 2017-06-05
Filing date: 2017-06-05
Publication date: 2018-12-13

Abstract

The present invention relates to a health diagnosis system using a questionnaire system, which compares the tongue images and tongue depression of an inspection target and asking questions related to various symptoms, to be utilized in a remote diagnosis system or a terminal with a health diagnosis application for executing a health diagnosis operation. The method used by the health diagnosis system includes: the first process of obtaining the tongue images of the inspection target; and the second process of overlapping the tongue images of the inspection target obtained in the first process and the tongue depression representing the correlation of body tissues and organs and the tongue state. The first process includes: the first step of obtaining the tongue images; the second step of recognizing and extracting tongue areas and executing a rotating operation to maintain the balance; and the third step of expanding or reducing the size of the tongue images to match that of the tongue depression. The third process of executing a questionnaire operation in accordance with the symptoms of the inspection target is executed after the second process. Images showing the tongue images and tongue depression of the inspection target in an overlapping manner and the questionnaire in accordance with the symptoms can be transmitted to a physical terminal to execute a remote diagnosis operation by a physical in an additional process. The health diagnosis system can overlap the tongue images and tongue depression of the inspection target to intuitively check the parts with the abnormal symptoms and the body characteristics, thereby enabling general users without expert knowledge to execute a self-diagnosis operation.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a health diagnostic system and a method using tongue,

The present invention relates to a health diagnosis system and method using a tongue image, and more particularly, to a health check system using a tongue image and a method of comparing the image of a patient with a tongue image, And to a health check system and method thereof after having reported the other symptoms.

In general, it is a field of Oriental medicine that diagnoses based on visual information when examining a patient through a seizure. It is a relatively simple and inexpensive way to diagnose the health condition of a testee by examining the tongue, color and form of the testee It is one of the diagnostic methods. Because of this nature, diagnosis has been made through the direct confrontation between patient and oriental medicine. Therefore, in order to receive the examination, the patient has to go to the oriental medicine clinic directly, and the existing patents and products can only detect the problem area through the tongue, but can not examine the related disease of the part.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a system that enables examination through a terminal, and examines a problem site and a bottle at the site through a tongue.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, there is provided an imaging apparatus comprising: a photographing unit for inputting a part or whole image of an examinee's tongue including a tongue of an examinee;

A memory unit for storing a database of ears representing a relationship between a position of each part of the ear and a body tissue / organ;

An image processing unit for extracting a region of the tongue from the image input from the photographing unit and finding different points such as discoloration in each part of the tongue;

A database of documentaries that document the symptoms of people who have similar images but have other illnesses; And a medical diagnostic system using the image of the ear.

As described above, according to the present invention, by applying the health diagnosis system and method using the database of the tongue of the present invention as described above, the image of the tongue of the examinee and the database of the tongue overlap each other, Since the site can be intuitively identified, ordinary users who do not have professional knowledge can make a self diagnosis.

In addition to providing answers to the tongue image, it also has the effect of making the self-diagnosis more accurate by specifying the tongue image and the information obtained through the database through the questionnaire to patients with similar symptoms.

In addition, by adjusting the angle of the tongue image and adjusting the size of the tongue image, it is possible to precisely overlap the image of the tongue with the database of the tongue, thereby preventing misdiagnosis, thereby providing relief to the examinee.

In addition, since the telemedicine can be performed by using the image of the tongue of the examinee and the paperweight, there is no restriction on the time and place, and it is possible to prevent misdiagnosis which is a problem of the existing telemedicine.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Fig. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a database of tongues showing the relationship between the position of the tongue and the body tissue / organ. Fig.
FIG. 2 is an algorithm schematically showing a process of performing a health check using the database and the paper of the tongue of the present invention.

The present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is a diagram showing a tongue depression, which indicates data on the health of a part of the body when there is an abnormality in each part of the tongue. In other words, it is a big data and database on the relationship between body parts and tongue of previous patients.

FIG. 2 shows a medical examination system using an iris chart according to the present invention, which includes a photographing unit 10, a memory unit 20 of a tongue, an image processing unit 30, a database unit 40 of a document database, 50, a communication unit 60, and a doctor's terminal 70.

The photographing unit 10 performs a function of inputting a part or whole image of the examinee's face including the tongue. At this time, a terminal device such as a general camera can be used, and a camera function of a smart phone can be used.

The memory unit 20 of the tongue functions to store the tongue depicting the relationship between the state of the tongue and the body tissue / organ. The database of the tongue can be updated, and a plurality of ear databases corresponding to sex and age can be stored so that the examinee can select an image of the tongue suitable for the examinee.

The image processor 30 extracts a region of the tongue from the image input from the photographing unit, and rotates the tongue so that the tongue is kept horizontal.

The database unit 40 of the interviewer overlaps the image of the tongue processed in the image processing unit with the image of the tongue stored in the memory unit and analyzes the image of the image of the examinee's tongue, To determine the disease.

Based on the information obtained from the image of the ear, the database processing unit 50 of the paper document performs functions of storing the symptoms of people having an image of the ear but having other diseases. At this time, disease information and the like can be stored together.

The communication unit 60 transmits the overlapping image of the tongue image of the examinee and the tongue image to the doctor terminal according to the signal of the database unit of the questionnaire to perform the doctor's telemedicine.

The doctor's terminal (70) performs a function of responding to information obtained from the communication unit.

10: photographing section 20: ear memory section
30: image processing unit 40: database unit
50: Database processing unit 60:
70: Doctor's terminal

Claims

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for detecting a tongue of an examinee, the apparatus comprising: A memory unit for storing a database of the tongue indicating the position of each part of the tongue and the relation of the body tissue / organ; An image processing unit for extracting a tongue area from the image input from the photographing unit and finding different points such as discoloration in each part of the tongue; A database unit for overlapping an image of the ear processed in the image processing unit and a database of the ear stored in the memory unit; A database processing unit of a documentary documenting the symptoms of people who have similar images but have other illnesses; And a medical diagnosis system using an image of the ear and a paperweight

The communication unit according to claim 1, further comprising a communication unit for transmitting an image overlapping with an image of the tongue of the examinee to the doctor terminal according to a signal of the database unit, Health Diagnosis System using Seoljin.
[Claim 3] The method according to claim 1, further comprising: a first step of acquiring an image of a tongue of the examinee; And a second step of overlapping the tongue with the image of the tongue of the examinee acquired in the first step and displaying the tongue indicating the relationship between the state of the tongue and the body tissue / organ. Health Examination Method Using.
[4] The method according to claim 3, wherein the first step comprises: a first step of acquiring a part or whole image of the examinee's face including the tongue; And a second step of recognizing and extracting a region of the tongue in the image of the first step and keeping the tongue horizontal.
[5] The method according to claim 4, further comprising the third step of expanding or reducing the image of the tongue with the same size as that of the tongue showing the relationship between the position of the tongue and the body tissue / organ after the second step is performed Wherein the method comprises the steps of:
[6] The method according to claim 3, wherein after the second process is performed, the medical image of the examinee is determined by an interviewing program that inquires the status of the patient who has similar but overlapping images, And a third step of outputting the result of the diagnosis.
[8] The method according to claim 3, wherein after the second process is performed, an image of overlapping images of the tongue of the examinee and the tongue of the examinee, And a fourth step of allowing the remote medical examination of the patient to proceed.