Tohoku University has succeeded in developing a blood circulation status monitoring device "Magic Mirror" that remotely and non-contactly displays the blood circulation status of the human skin surface in real time in an easy-to-understand motion image. It will be exhibited at the 2016th Japanese Society of Hypertension held at the Sendai International Center on October 10, 1.
This "Magic Mirror" supports the 2013 Center of Innovation (COI) Creation Program "Ideal Self-Family Bonds Guided by Casual Sensing and Everyday Human Dock" Was developed in response to.
In order to deal with the increase in medical and long-term care costs due to the declining birthrate and aging population, which is currently a social problem, it is important to take measures to prevent illness before illness, and it is ideal to be able to constantly check the health condition at home and at work. Is believed to be.However, commercially available wristband-type wearable sensors that record physical conditions require a special sensor to be worn at all times to operate the device, making it difficult to become a habit.
Therefore, at Tohoku University, a tool that displays the health forecast of the day based on the autonomic nerve index to the user in an intuitive and easy-to-understand manner by simply standing in front of a mirror-type display with a built-in video camera and computer, so to speak, "magical" Developed "Mirror". "Magic Mirror" uses a technology developed by Tohoku University that estimates the pulse wave propagation time based on the green signal absorbed by hemoglobin in the blood under the skin from a body image taken with a video camera.The pulse wave propagation time at two different parts of the body is continuously calculated, and the blood circulation pattern is superimposed on the actual image such as the face and displayed.
If you attach a "magic mirror" to the washroom or mirror stand, you will be able to observe the blood circulation that is superimposed on your face every morning when you get dressed or make up, and you can also use it in the bathroom. If you attach it to the dressing room, you will be able to observe the blood circulation of your shoulders and back, which you cannot normally see.
In the future, it plans to display autonomic nervous system indexes obtained from heart rate fluctuations and pulse wave amplitude fluctuations.In addition, the technology developed this time is expected to be applied to remote monitoring physical condition management via the Internet and drive recorders in automobiles.
