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Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 22, 2017
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Blaine H. Dolph, Western Springs, IL (US);

Jui-Hsin Lai, San Jose, CA (US);

Ching-Yung Lin, Scarsdale, NY (US);

David M. Lubensky, Brookfield, CT (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/01 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/015 (2013.01); A61B 5/0008 (2013.01); A61B 5/0013 (2013.01); A61B 5/0077 (2013.01); A61B 5/0086 (2013.01); A61B 2505/07 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0233 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0271 (2013.01); A61B 2576/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, system, and computer product for detecting an oral temperature for a human include capturing a thermal image for a human using a camera having a thermal image sensor, detecting a face region of the human from the thermal image, detecting a mouth region on the face region, detecting an open mouth region on the mouth region, detecting a degree of mouth openness on the detected open mouth region, determining that the degree of mouth openness meets a predetermined criterion, and detecting the oral temperature, responsive to determining that the degree of mouth openness meets the predetermined criterion.


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