KR102627425B1 - Examination booth for oral examination - Google Patents

Abstract

A non-face-to-face oral examination booth in public institutions and organizations (companies, schools, daycare centers, hospitals, clinics, etc.) that allows members and customers to easily perform self-oral examinations and optimally manage their oral health. This relates to photographing the mouth of the oral examiner, mapping the oral image of the oral examiner and diagnosis request information to generate oral examination diagnosis request information, and transmitting the generated oral examination diagnosis request information to the oral care service server. , a body that receives and displays the oral examination diagnosis results, an examiner protection part that is connected to the left and right sides of the body to prevent the oral examinee from being exposed to the outside, an upper joint that secures the body and the examinee protection part, and a part in the lower part of the body. It is formed to be movable and includes a booth moving part that moves the examination booth for oral examination, thereby implementing an examination booth for oral examination.

Description

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The present invention relates to an examination booth for oral examination. More specifically, the present invention relates to an examination booth for oral examination, and more specifically, through an oral examination booth in public institutions and organizations (companies, schools, daycare centers, hospitals, clinics, etc.) in a non-face-to-face manner, members and customers can easily perform self-oral examination. This is about an examination booth for oral examination that allows optimal oral health care.

Although oral disease can have a high preventive effect through appropriate preventive treatment and consistent management, many oral disease patients do not receive a diagnosis or request treatment from a doctor unless an oral health problem occurs, so they are still unaware of oral prevention. This is lacking.

Unlike other diseases, prevention of oral disease is very important, and periodontal disease can be prevented with simple procedures such as scaling. If simple preventive treatment is performed on children who are expected to have malocclusion, they will not need orthodontic treatment after the growth period. It can be seen that not only oral health care but also cost-benefit is significant.

In predicting a patient's current oral condition, accurate examination and diagnosis results and corresponding objective numerical information are needed, rather than the subjective opinion of a dentist or dental hygienist, but there is no system that objectively calculates the oral health status.

The two major diseases of the oral cavity are cavities (tooth decay) and periodontal disease. In particular, periodontal disease, which refers to periodontitis and gingivitis, is painless in the beginning and progresses chronically, so detection is delayed, making it very difficult to prevent periodontal disease in advance.

Therefore, various methods are being researched and proposed to diagnose the condition of such oral diseases in advance, and to improve oral health and prevent oral diseases based on this, and the previously proposed technology based on these studies is described in <Patent Document 1> below. to <Patent Document 3>.

<Patent Document 1> receives user condition information including information on at least one of the user's gender, age, periodontal disease, and goal setting information from the user terminal, and treatment information at the user's affiliated medical institution. In addition, information about oral care products is received from oral care product franchises. Thereafter, information on specific oral care products included in a specific category corresponding to the user's condition information and treatment information is provided to the user terminal, thereby providing a user-customized oral care service.

In addition, <Patent Document 2> examines the patient's oral condition, converts the oral examination index calculation standard data including the patient's oral examination data, residence area, and age information into big data, and analyzes this to determine the patient's condition at the current time. Depending on the region of residence and age, the standard data for calculating the oral examination index determines the impact on oral health. Next, weighting is given to the standard data for calculating the oral examination index, and the standard data for calculating the oral examination index is quantified to manage oral health.

In addition, <Patent Document 3> collects the user's personal information, the user's oral hygiene behavior data and oral questionnaire data, and oral examination data generated when the user visits a professional medical institution. Each piece of information collected in this way is analyzed in an integrated manner to evaluate the user's risk of oral disease and provide personalized services.

However, the conventional oral disease management systems as described above generate oral disease management information by analyzing the user's personal information, oral data, questionnaire data, and oral examination data generated through a professional medical institution, and are poor in real-time and are currently used by the user. Since it is not a method of analyzing oral images, it has the disadvantage of lacking accuracy in the analysis of oral diseases.

In addition, conventional technologies have the disadvantage that it is difficult for users to recognize their periodontal disease status in real time.

In addition, conventional technologies have the disadvantage of not being able to accurately check one's periodontal disease status non-face-to-face.

In addition, the general oral examination method requires a visit to a medical institution, which causes time loss and economic waste.

Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2017-0050467 (published on May 11, 2017) (method for providing customized oral care services and server for providing oral care services) Republic of Korea registered patent 10-1868979 (registered on June 12, 2018) (Oral health management system and method using deep learning algorithm) Republic of Korea registered patent 10-1788030 (registered on October 13, 2017) (Oral disease risk diagnosis and oral management system and method)

Therefore, the present invention was proposed to solve all the problems arising from the prior art as described above, and is provided non-face-to-face by public institutions and organizations (companies, schools, daycare centers, hospitals, clinics, etc.) The purpose is to provide an oral examination booth that allows customers to easily perform self-examinations and optimally manage their oral health.

Another object of the present invention is to prevent the worsening of oral diseases and the occurrence of complications by allowing oral examinations to be easily performed in a multi-use facility, and to alleviate the burden of medical costs on the home and society to improve public health and improve the quality of life. An examination booth for oral examinations is provided.

In order to achieve the above-described object, the “examination booth for oral examination” according to the present invention,

Photograph the mouth of the oral examiner, create oral examination diagnosis request information by mapping the captured oral image of the oral examiner and diagnosis request information, transmit the generated oral examination diagnosis request information to the oral care service server, and make oral examination diagnosis. A body that receives and displays the results;

an examiner protection unit coupled to the left and right sides of the body to prevent the oral examinee from being exposed to the outside;

an upper coupling portion that secures the body and the examiner protection portion; and

It is formed to be movable at the lower part of the body and includes a booth moving part that moves the examination booth for oral examination.

In the above, the body is,

It is characterized by having first and second upper fitting grooves and first and second lower fitting grooves for inserting and fixing the examiner protection part.

In the above, the body is,

A camera unit installed at a random location to photograph the examinee's oral cavity;

a controller built into the body, controlling transmission of the oral image of the examinee captured by the camera unit, and controlling output of oral examination diagnostic results;

a printer built into the body and printing oral examination diagnostic results on paper under the control of the controller;

a mirror reflecting the examiner's appearance;

A display that inputs the examiner's information or displays oral examination diagnosis results on a screen;

It is characterized by including a rear door installed at the rear of the body to allow the device built in the body to be taken out or to check the device built in the body from the outside during repair.

In the above, the camera unit,

A camera that takes pictures of the examinee's oral cavity;

a case that protects the camera from the outside and exposes the camera to the outside when taking pictures;

a sterilizer installed at a predetermined location in the case to sterilize the camera;

It is characterized in that it includes a camera transfer unit that pulls the camera out of the case or leads it into the inside of the case.

In the above, the examiner protection department,

a first examiner protection body coupled to the left side of the body to prevent the oral examiner from being exposed to the outside;

It includes a second examiner protection body coupled to the right side of the body to prevent the oral examiner from being exposed to the outside,

The first and second examiner protection bodies are each provided with an upper fitting protrusion that is inserted into and fixed to an upper fitting groove formed in the body and a lower fitting protrusion that is inserted and fixed in a lower fitting groove formed in the body.

In the above, the controller is,

Oral examination diagnosis request information, including the oral image of the oral examiner and diagnosis request information, is transmitted to a remote oral care service server to request an oral examination diagnosis, and the received oral examination diagnosis results are displayed on the above display.

The display displays a waiting time until the oral exam diagnosis request is made after requesting the oral exam diagnosis, and displays oral health information or advertisement information stored in memory on the display during the waiting time.

According to the present invention, it has the effect of promoting oral health by allowing anyone to easily perform a self-oral examination and check their oral condition in a non-face-to-face manner through an oral examination booth.

In addition, according to the present invention, the user's oral health can be analyzed in real time, and by analyzing the oral health using oral images, it has the effect of improving the accuracy of the analysis of oral diseases.

In addition, according to the present invention, there is an effect of improving user convenience by promoting preventive oral care through an oral examination booth.

In addition, according to the present invention, there is an effect of promoting the spread of oral examinations using oral examination booths by always maintaining the state of the camera mounted on the oral examination booth clean.

1 and 2 are perspective views of an examination booth for oral examination according to the present invention;
Figure 3 is a plan view of an examination booth for oral examination according to the present invention;
Figure 4 is an exploded view of the examination booth for oral examination in the present invention;
Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view of an examination booth for oral examination according to the present invention;
Figure 6 is a rear view of the examination booth for oral examination according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, an examination booth for oral examination according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the attached drawings.

The terms or words used in the present invention described below should not be construed as limited to their usual or dictionary meanings, and the inventor may appropriately define the concept of the term in order to explain his or her invention in the best way. It must be interpreted with meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention based on the principle that it can be done.

Therefore, the embodiments described in this specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are only preferred embodiments of the present invention and do not represent the entire technical idea of the present invention, and therefore various equivalents and It should be understood that variations may exist.

1 and 2 are perspective views of the examination booth for oral examination according to the present invention, Figure 3 is a plan view of the examination booth for oral examination according to the present invention, Figure 4 is an exploded view of the examination booth for oral examination according to the present invention, Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view of the examination booth for oral examination according to the present invention, and Figure 6 is a rear view of the examination booth for oral examination according to the present invention.

The oral examination booth 100 according to the present invention photographs the oral cavity of the user, the oral examiner, maps the oral image of the oral examiner and the diagnosis request information, generates oral examination diagnosis request information, and generates oral examination information. A body 110 is provided with a built-in controller that transmits diagnosis request information to a remotely located oral care service server and receives and displays oral examination diagnosis results.

The body 110 may be implemented in a square shape and may be implemented with various materials such as metal and plastic.

Examiner protection units 120 are installed on the left and right sides of the body 110 to prevent the oral examiner from being exposed to the outside. Here, although not shown in the drawing, it is desirable to install a door or a curtain in front of the examiner protection unit 120 to prevent the oral examiner from being exposed to the outside and at the same time prevent others from viewing the oral examiner's examination results. do.

The examiner protection unit 120 is coupled to the left side of the body 110 to prevent the oral examiner from being exposed to the outside, and the first examiner protection body 121 is coupled to the right side of the body 110 to prevent the oral examiner from being exposed to the outside. It is provided with a second examiner protection body 122 that prevents exposure to the outside.

The oral examiner performs an oral examination in the examination area within the examiner protection unit 120 formed by the first and second examiner protection bodies 121 and 122.

The body 110 and the first and second examiner protectors 121 and 122 are not connected using a separate connecting means, but are simply fixed using grooves and protrusions by inserting protrusions into the grooves. combined to improve the convenience of manufacturing.

For example, as shown in FIG. 4, first and second upper fitting grooves 111 and 112 for inserting and fixing the examinee protection portion 120 are formed in the upper part of the body 110, and the examinee protection part 120 is formed in the lower part. First and second lower fitting grooves 113 and 114 for inserting and fixing the protection portion 120 are formed.

Here, the size of the first and second lower fitting grooves 113 and 114 may be larger than that of the first and second upper fitting grooves 111 and 112.

The first examiner protection body 121 includes an upper fitting protrusion 121a that is inserted and fixed into the first upper fitting groove 111 formed in the body 110, and a first lower fitting groove formed in the body 110. A lower fitting protrusion (121b) is formed that is inserted into and fixed to (113). Likewise, although not shown in the drawing, the second examiner protection body 122, like the first examiner protection body 121, has an upper fitting protrusion that is inserted and fixed into the second upper fitting groove 112 formed in the body 110. , a lower fitting protrusion is formed that is inserted and fixed into the second lower fitting groove 114 formed in the body 110.

Therefore, the consultation fitting protrusion 121a of the first examiner protection body 121 is inserted into the first upper fitting groove 111, and the lower fitting protrusion 121b is inserted into the first lower fitting groove 113, The examiner protection body 121 is coupled and fixed to the body 110.

In addition, the consultation fitting protrusion of the second examinee protection body 122 is inserted into the second upper fitting groove 112, and the lower fitting protrusion is inserted into the second lower fitting groove 114, so that the second examinee protection body 122 is coupled to the body 110 and fixed.

By combining the body and the protector using only the fitting groove and protrusion, convenience is provided during subsequent separation.

Here, by adjusting the depth of the fitting groove and the size of the fitting protrusion, the bonding force between the body and the examiner's protector can be adjusted. It is desirable to set the depth of the groove and the size of the protrusion that can have an appropriate bonding force through experiments, etc.

With the body 110 and the examinee protection unit 120 coupled together, the body 110 and the examinee protection unit 120 are simultaneously fixed using the upper coupling part 130.

Here, the upper coupling portion 130 may be coupled to the body 110 and the examinee protection portion 120 using an interference fitting method or the like. In order to alleviate the impact when the body 110, the examinee protection unit 120, and the upper coupling part 130 contact, a shock absorber 110b is installed at a predetermined position on the upper part of the body 110 and the examinee protection unit 120. It is desirable to install a plurality of them to alleviate the impact when they are combined.

After installing the oral examination booth 100 completed by the upper coupling part 130 at a specific location, if you want to move the installed location, use the booth moving unit 140 installed at the lower part of the body 110. Therefore, the installation location can be easily moved. For example, the booth moving unit 140 can be implemented as a moving wheel that can freely rotate 360°. In order to prevent the examination booth from moving after it is placed in a specific position, it is desirable to provide a fixing part for fixing the moving wheels to the booth moving part 140. When moving the examination booth, the fixing part can be released and the examination booth can be lightly pushed to a desired location using the booth moving unit 140, which is a moving wheel. After moving it to the desired location, fix the examination booth again using the fixing part.

With the examination booth moved to the examination location, how an actual oral examiner uses it is explained as follows. Here, the oral examiner can be an employee of the business or a customer who has visited the business.

The oral examiner positions the oral examination examination booth 100 at the set position and then performs the oral examination while operating according to the usage method displayed on the display 119.

For this purpose, a controller 116 for controlling the overall operation of the oral examination booth is built into the body 110. The controller 116 may use a control device such as a microcomputer, microprocessor, controller, central processing unit, or personal computer.

If the oral examination operation is not performed, the controller 116 displays the oral examination method using the oral examination booth through the display 119.

When an oral examiner wants to perform an oral examination, he or she is located at the examination location. Here, for comfortable oral examination and for the elderly and the infirm, it is assumed that a chair for sitting is provided, although not shown in the drawing.

After sitting on the provided chair, the oral examiner can check his or her appearance through the mirror 118 provided on the front part of the body 110.

In addition, the oral examiner views the screen of the display 119 provided at the front and operates for the oral examination. In other words, request an oral examination by manipulating the oral examination start button. Here, it is assumed that the display 119 is implemented as a touch panel that can simultaneously input and provide information.

When the oral examination start button is operated, the controller 116 retrieves and executes the oral examination program stored in the internal memory, and controls the oral examination operation according to the executed oral examination program.

When the oral examination program is run, a window asking you to enter personal information may appear on the screen. Here, personal information includes a simple checkup in which only the name and phone number are briefly entered, and a certified checkup in which a detailed oral checkup is requested using the registered individual's medical information. Certification examinations require certification by an oral examiner.

Since only the method of entering personal information is different and the rest of the oral examination process is the same, the following will explain that oral examination is performed using a simple examination that is easy to use.

When personal information is entered through the simple checkup, the controller 116 guides the display 119 to use the camera unit 115 installed at a random location on the body 110 and capture an oral examination image using the camera unit 115.

The oral examiner photographs the oral cavity using the camera unit 115 based on this photographing guide. When oral imaging is performed, operate the imaging completion button.

Here, the camera unit 115 used in the examination booth 100 for oral examination is equipment used by many people, so cleanliness is very important. Therefore, in the present invention, when the camera unit 115 is used once, it is always maintained in a clean state through sterilization.

For example, the camera unit 115 includes a camera 115b that photographs the user's oral cavity, a case 115a that protects the camera 115b from the outside and exposes the camera 115b to the outside during filming, and the case ( 115a), a sterilizer 115c that sterilizes the camera 115b, and a camera transfer unit that draws the camera 115b out of the case 115a or into the case 115a. It can be included. Here, the camera transfer unit is not shown in the drawing, but can be implemented with a motor, a motor drive unit, or an actuator, and the camera 115b is connected to the motor shaft or the actuator shaft to pull the camera 115b out of the case 115a or to remove the camera 115b from the case 115a. It can be introduced into the interior of (115a). In addition, the camera transfer unit controls the transfer of the camera 115b according to the camera control signal generated from the controller 116.

The sterilizer 115c sterilizes the camera 115b to keep it clean. Here, the sterilizer 115c can use a chemical sterilization method that sprays a sterilizing solution on the camera 115b and sterilizes it through a drying function, or a physical sterilization method that sterilizes using a wavelength such as ultraviolet rays. In the present invention, it is assumed that a physical sterilization method using ultraviolet rays is used.

When the oral examiner ends oral imaging, he or she operates the imaging end button.

Meanwhile, when the capture end button is operated, the controller 116 displays a questionnaire prepared in advance by oral experts on the display 119 for an accurate oral examination, and allows the oral examiner to respond. Here, the order of answering the questionnaire and taking oral imaging may be changed.

When the questionnaire response is completed, the controller 116 creates the questionnaire response information, user personal information, and oral image information into one packet through the communication module, transmits it to a remotely located oral care service server, and requests an oral examination.

In addition, the controller 116 guides the user to select a method of receiving oral examination results through the display 119.

Here, the oral examination results are basically displayed on the display 119 and can be output as a paper printout using the printer 117, and can be sent in the form of a file or message to the user's smartphone using the phone number registered by the user. You can. If the user registers an email and requests sending by email, it can also be sent by email.

In addition, after performing an oral examination request, the controller 116 displays a preset oral examination waiting time on the display 119, so that the oral examiner recognizes the waiting time for the oral examination results.

Additionally, the controller 116 may display advertising information pre-registered in memory or oral health information for oral care on the display 119 to relieve the boredom of the oral examiner during the waiting time.

Here, the examination booth 100 for oral examination and the oral health service server can be connected through various wired and wireless networks, and a communication interface can be achieved in real time.

When the oral care service server receives oral examination diagnosis request information provided from the oral examination booth 100, it diagnoses the oral image using a pre-registered oral diagnosis algorithm to generate oral health information, and generates oral health information. Health information is encrypted and transmitted to the oral examination booth 100 as an oral examination diagnosis result.

The oral image received here may be an unstructured image.

Therefore, in order to correct the atypical oral image, the oral care service server divides the input oral image into preset sizes and adjusts the direction to create a frontal image. Direction control is a method of recognizing the position through the oral structure and can be adjusted from the front. Next, the direction-adjusted segmented image is filtered using an Image Sharpen Filter to increase clarity. Here, the technique of increasing the clarity of a photo using an image Shaffin filter is a well-known technique already known in the image processing field, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Once the correction of the oral image is completed, it learns with the CNN (Convolutional Neural Network) algorithm, an artificial intelligence algorithm, to determine whether the photo can be analyzed, whether it is corrected, and whether the tooth is extracted, and the resulting information is analyzed through object detection. Dental caries status information and prosthesis status information are acquired, and the acquired dental caries status information and prosthesis status information are learned using an ANN (Artificial Neural Network) algorithm to determine oral health status. Next, the determined oral health information is generated as an oral examination diagnosis result, and the generated oral examination diagnosis result is encrypted and transmitted to the oral examination booth 100.

When the controller 116 of the examination booth 100 for oral examination receives the oral examination diagnosis result, it displays it through the display 119 and provides the oral examination diagnosis result to the oral examination examiner according to the output method selected by the oral examination person.

For example, when the oral examiner selects paper printing, the printer 117, which is built into the body 110 and prints the oral examination diagnosis results on paper under the control of the controller 116, is controlled to diagnose the oral examination. The results are printed on paper and output. Through this printer 117, users can check the oral examination diagnosis results in real time on site in print.

Additionally, if the oral examiner selects the user's smartphone as a means of receiving the oral examination diagnosis results, the oral examination diagnosis results are transmitted directly from the user's smartphone.

Here, the oral examiner judges his or her oral condition based on the oral examination diagnosis results.

Here, the oral examination diagnosis results are in the form of a report, and are not information that a specialist diagnoses as to which oral disease there is. It is status information, such as which part may have a problem and if this condition persists, the next problem will occur in the future.

For example, oral diagnosis results can be divided into 10 levels.

Levels 1 to 3 are good, levels 4 to 7 are normal, and levels 8 to 10 are dangerous. Therefore, the oral examiner looks at the oral diagnosis results, confirms the stage, and manages the oral cavity through this.

In particular, if the oral examiner determines that there is a problem with the oral condition through this oral diagnosis report (oral diagnosis results range from level 8 to 10), he or she immediately visits the dentist to manage his or her oral health and prevent oral health from deteriorating. It becomes possible to prevent it.

Meanwhile, a rear door 110a is provided at the rear of the body 110. This rear door 110a is used when the manager managing the examination booth 100 for oral examination withdraws a device built into the body 110 or checks the device built into the body 110 for repair. By allowing equipment replacement or A/S to be performed using the rear door (110a), the administrator provides convenience in managing the oral examination booth.

Although the invention made by the present inventor has been described in detail according to the above embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various changes can be made without departing from the gist of the invention, as is known in the art. It is self-evident to those who have it.

100: Examination booth for oral examination
110: body
111, 112: first and second upper fitting grooves
113, 114: first and second lower fitting grooves
115: Camera unit
116: controller
117: printer
118: mirror
119: display
120: Examiner protection department
121, 122: first and second examiner protectors
130: top coupling part
140: Booth moving unit

Claims (6)

The mouth of the oral examiner is photographed, the oral image of the oral examiner captured and the diagnosis request information are mapped to generate oral examination diagnosis request information, the generated oral examination diagnosis request information is transmitted to the oral care service server, and the oral examination diagnosis is made. A body that receives and displays the results;
an examiner protection unit coupled to the left and right sides of the body to prevent the oral examinee from being exposed to the outside;
an upper coupling portion that secures the body and the examiner protection portion; and
It is movably formed at the lower part of the body and includes a booth moving part that moves the examination booth for oral examination,
The body is,
A camera unit installed at a random location to photograph the examinee's oral cavity; a controller built into the body, controlling transmission of the oral image of the examinee captured by the camera unit, and controlling output of oral examination diagnostic results; a printer built into the body and printing oral examination diagnostic results on paper under the control of the controller; a mirror reflecting the examiner's appearance; A display that inputs the examiner's information or displays oral examination diagnosis results on a screen; And a rear door installed at the rear of the body to allow the device built in the body to be taken out or to check the device built in the body from the outside during repair,
The camera unit,
A camera that takes pictures of the examinee's oral cavity; a case that protects the camera from the outside and exposes the camera to the outside when taking pictures; a sterilizer installed at a predetermined location in the case to sterilize the camera; and a camera transfer unit that pulls the camera out of the case or leads it into the inside of the case.
In claim 1, the body,
An examination booth for oral examination, characterized in that it is provided with first and second upper fitting grooves and first and second lower fitting grooves for inserting and fixing the examiner protection part.
delete delete delete In claim 1, the controller:
Oral examination diagnosis request information, including the oral image of the oral examiner and diagnosis request information, is transmitted to a remote oral care service server to request an oral examination diagnosis, and the received oral examination diagnosis results are displayed on the above display.
For oral examination, characterized in that the display displays the waiting time until the oral examination diagnosis result is provided after the request for oral examination diagnosis, and displays oral health information or advertising information stored in memory on the display during the waiting time. Examination booth.

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