Patent ID: 8094186
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A skin condition diagnosis system comprising a data collection system and a data analysis system that carries out analysis processing based on data collected by the data collection system, both of which are connected via communication means, characterized in that the data collection system comprises: collection-side communication means for transmitting and receiving data to and from the data analysis system; image capturing means for capturing an ultra-high resolution digital image of such a level as to allow an analysis of a skin texture condition; collection-side image data compression means for compressing image data by a high-compression method with block noises suppressed; and collection-side data display means, the data analysis system comprises: analysis-side communication means for transmitting and receiving data to and from the data collection means; data analysis means for analyzing image data; analysis-side image data compression means for compressing the image data by a high-compression method with block noises suppressed; and analysis-side data storage means for storing analysis results by the data analysis means, the image capturing means captures a whole face image of a subject as an ultra-high resolution digital image, the collection-side image data compression means has a function of compressing the whole face image to create compressed image data and transmitting the data to the data analysis system via the collection-side communication means, the data analysis means has a function of receiving the compressed image data via the analysis-side communication means, analyzing the skin condition of the subject on the basis of the received compressed image data, creating visual information which reflects the analysis results on the whole face image, and outputting the visual information as a diagnosis result, the analysis-side image data compression means compresses the diagnosis result outputted from the data analysis means to create compressed image data, and transmits the compressed image data to the data collection system via the analysis-side communication means, and the collection-side data display means has a function of displaying the diagnosis result transmitted from the analysis-side communication means; wherein the data analysis system further comprises storage means for storing a plurality of diagnostic items concerning the skin condition, and the data analysis means has a function of analyzing the skin condition for each of the diagnostic items from whole face image data, computing grades on the basis of the analysis results, and reflecting evaluation results corresponding to the grades to the whole face image; and wherein the storage means classifies the plurality of diagnostic items into at least two or more kinds of medium items and stores them, and simultaneously stores the medium items and the diagnostic items in such a manner as to be associated with coefficient values, and the data analysis means aggregates scores of all the diagnostic items, which are obtained by multiplying the computed grade of each diagnosis item by the coefficient value corresponding to the diagnosis item, for each medium item to compute a medium item grade, multiplies the medium item grade by a coefficient value corresponding to the medium item, and aggregates the multiplied scores to compute the grade of the skin condition.