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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018

Filed:

Aug. 31, 2015
Applicants:

Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Tohoku University, Sendai-shi, Miyagi, JP;

National University Corporation Fukushima University, Fukushima-shi, Fukushima, JP;

Inventors:

Tetsuya Takamori, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;

Makoto Yoshizawa, Sendai, JP;

Noriyasu Homma, Sendai, JP;

Norihiro Sugita, Sendai, JP;

Makoto Abe, Sendai, JP;

Akira Tanaka, Fukushima, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/0205 (2006.01); A61B 5/021 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0077 (2013.01); A61B 5/02055 (2013.01); A61B 5/02125 (2013.01); A61B 5/6898 (2013.01); A61B 5/72 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention provides a pulse wave velocity measurement method and system as well as an imaging device available for everyday use by general users at low cost with measurement accuracy less affected by posture or the like. The present invention simultaneously images different parts of a human body in a non-contact state by a single visible light camera and acquires continuous time series image data. Then, the present invention detects each pulse wave from the image data in the different parts of the human body based on a temporal change in pixel value of the different parts of the human body, and then calculates a pulse wave velocity of the human body based on a time difference between the pulse waves in the different parts of the human body.


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