JPH07146186A - Head skin temperature measurement system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically construct the database of the correlation relationship between stress and head skin temperature distribution. CONSTITUTION:The temperature of multiple points of head skin to be inspected is sensed by a multiple-point temperature sensor 1 and the signal of the multiple- point temperature sensor 1 is processed by a multiple-point temperature measurement part 12 to measure the temperature of multiple points. Then, individual body data to be inspected are input by individual body data input parts 18a and 18b and a database generation part 15 accumulates the measurement data of the multiple-point thermometer measurement part 12 and the individual body data from the individual body data input parts 18a and 18b while they are related each other. Also, based on the temperature data measured by the multiple-point temperature measurement part 12, the temperature distribution of the head skin of a measured individual body is shown in a visible form by providing a temperature distribution display 20 for displaying the temperature distribution of the head skin of the individual body so that an inspector can understand easily. In this manner, the head skin temperature distribution of the individual body to be inspected is related to the individual body data, thus constructing a database.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a scalp temperature measuring system for measuring the temperature distribution on the head surface of a human body and storing it in a database.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a person receives extreme stress, blood vessels in the head atrophy, blood flow to the root of the hair deteriorates, and nutritional supply to hair becomes insufficient, resulting in alopecia areata. ,
It is known that in extreme cases, all hair may be shed, and conversely, it may become gray overnight. The scalp temperature may be extremely low when the head of a person who exhibits such symptoms is touched.

Therefore, in order to study the disease itself caused by human stress and its prevention and treatment, it is effective to measure the scalp temperature of the human at multiple points and to make a database corresponding to individual data. it is conceivable that.

[0004]

As described above, in order to study the disease itself caused by human stress and its prevention and treatment, multipoint measurement of human scalp temperature is carried out, and it is made to correspond to individual data. Although it is considered effective to make a database, it has not been known so far that such a system for measuring the scalp temperature of a person and making a database is made.

The present invention was made in order to solve such a conventional technical problem, and pays attention to stress-decrease in scalp blood flow-change in scalp temperature, and a pathological study of stress and lesions of the head and the like. It is an object of the present invention to provide a scalp temperature measurement system capable of automatically constructing a database in which the scalp temperature distribution and individual data are associated with each other.

[0006]

A scalp temperature measuring system according to the invention of claim 1 processes a signal of the multipoint temperature sensor for sensing a multipoint temperature of the scalp of an individual to be inspected and a signal of the multipoint temperature sensor. Multipoint temperature measurement part for measuring multipoint temperature, individual data input part for inputting individual data of inspection target, and measurement data of multipoint temperature measurement part is stored in correspondence with individual data from individual data input part And a database generation unit that

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the scalp temperature measuring system according to the first aspect, a temperature distribution display section for displaying the temperature distribution of the individual scalp based on the temperature data measured by the multipoint temperature measuring section is further provided. It is a thing.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the scalp temperature measuring system according to the first or second aspect, the individual data input by the individual data input unit is an individual name, an inspection date, an inspection room temperature,
It is characterized by questions such as humidity, sex, age, weight, body temperature, pulse, brain wave data, health condition, and stress test performed at the time of test.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the scalp temperature measuring system according to any one of the first to third aspects, the database generation unit is further accessed to correspond to one or a plurality of individual data. It is provided with a data analysis unit for performing statistical processing and data retrieval of the temperature measurement data.

[0010]

According to the scalp temperature measuring system of the invention of claim 1,
The multipoint temperature sensor senses the multipoint temperature of the scalp of the individual to be inspected, and the multipoint temperature measurement unit processes the signals of the multipoint temperature sensor to measure the multipoint temperature. Then, the individual data input unit inputs the individual data to be inspected, and the database generation unit stores the measured data of the multipoint temperature measuring unit in association with the individual data from the individual data input unit.

In this way, a data database is constructed in which the scalp temperature distribution of the individual to be inspected is associated with the individual data.

According to a second aspect of the invention, the scalp temperature measuring system according to the first aspect further comprises a temperature distribution display section for displaying the temperature distribution of the individual scalp based on the temperature data measured by the multipoint temperature measuring section. By doing so, the measured temperature distribution of the scalp of the individual is displayed in a form that is visible to the examiner.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the scalp temperature measuring system according to the first or second aspect, the individual data input section allows the individual name, inspection date, inspection room temperature, humidity, sex,
Age, weight, body temperature, pulse rate, EEG data, health condition, and questionnaire items of stress tests to be performed at the time of examination are input as individual data and stored in a database in association with scalp temperature data.

Therefore, by accessing the constructed database by an appropriate means, it becomes possible to statistically process or search the scalp temperature data by sex, age, health condition or stress.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the scalp temperature measuring system according to any one of the first to third aspects, the database generation unit is further accessed, and the corresponding individual is associated with one or more individual data. By providing a data analysis unit that statistically processes and retrieves the temperature measurement data of, the scalp temperature data can be statistically processed or retrieved by sex, age, health condition, or stress. It

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a system configuration of a common embodiment of the inventions of claims 1 to 4, and a multipoint temperature sensor 1 for sensing the temperature distribution of the entire head of a person as an inspection object. An analog section 2 that performs analog processing of the sensing output of the multipoint temperature sensor 1, and a digital section 3 that obtains multipoint temperature data by performing analog / digital conversion of the multipoint temperature signal obtained by the analog section 2.
The multipoint temperature data generated by the digital unit 3 is used as individual data, for example, inspection date, inspection room temperature, humidity, sex, age,
Personalized to store data in a database corresponding to data such as weight, body temperature, pulse, EEG data, health condition, questions of stress test performed at the time of inspection, and access the generated database for advanced data analysis processing. Computer 4 and this personal computer 4
A keyboard 5, a display 6 and a printer 7 connected to the.

The functional configuration of the scalp temperature measuring system of this system configuration is as shown in FIG. 2, and includes a multipoint temperature sensor 1, a multipoint temperature measuring unit 12, and an analog / digital conversion unit (A / D conversion unit). ) 13, data latch unit 14, database generation unit 15, abnormal data detection unit 16, rostered data classification unit 17, individual data key input unit 18a, individual data sensor input unit 18b, data analysis unit 19, data display unit 20, and It comprises a printer 21.

The multi-point temperature sensor 1 is shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 on almost the entire inner surface of the support 1a curved in a helmet shape so as to match the outer shape of the head of the person to be inspected as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG.
2, s3, ..., Sn are arranged. As the contact-type temperature sensors s1, s2, ..., Sn, a thermocouple 1b having a small heat capacity and good heat sensitivity is used as shown in an enlarged view in FIG. That is, the heat capacity at the junction of the thermocouple wires is reduced by selecting a thin wire. In order to increase the response speed to the thermoelectromotive force proportional to the temperature, for example, when using a thermocouple of chromel-alumel or chromel-constantan with a wire diameter of 75 μm to 0.3 mm, the temperature near body temperature It is possible to obtain a response speed of less than 1 second.

The multipoint temperature measuring unit 12 scans the sensing signals of the respective points from the multipoint temperature sensor 1 at high speed,
A / A is the part that captures analog data and passes it through a compensation circuit to obtain analog temperature measurement signals at each point.
The D conversion unit 13 is a unit that performs analog / digital conversion (A / D conversion) of the temperature measurement signal of the multipoint temperature measurement unit 12.

The data latch section 14 is a section that temporarily holds the digital temperature data until it is registered in the database generation section 15.

The database generator 15 is a part for accumulating the scalp temperature data for each individual to be inspected in association with the individual data.

The abnormal data detection unit 16 detects the contact temperature sensors s1, s2, ..., Sn of the multi-point temperature sensor 1 when a part of the contact temperature sensors s1, s2, ... In order to detect abnormal data that appears when a part fails, this is a part that compares the scalp temperature data registered in the database generation unit 15 with temperature data in a normal range that is given in advance to detect abnormal data.

The name list data classifying unit 17 is a unit for inputting a person's name as the individual data and registering it in the database generating unit 15 in association with the scalp temperature data of the person. Further, the individual data key input unit 18a is used for individual data such as the inspection date, the inspection room temperature, the humidity, the sex of the examinee, the health condition including the medical history, the presence or absence of stress, and the examiner's stress on the examinee. This is a part for inputting questions, etc., which were carried out in order to know the reaction, through the keyboard and registered in the database generation unit 15 in association with the scalp temperature data of the subject. The individual data sensor input unit 18b inputs various medical data obtained simultaneously with the measurement of the scalp temperature by the blood pressure measuring device, the pulse measuring device, the electroencephalogram measuring device, and the body temperature measuring device as the individual data, and the examination input by the keyboard is performed. It is a part that is registered in association with the scalp temperature data together with other individual data of the person.

The data analysis section 19 accesses a large number of scalp temperature data accumulated in the database generation section 15,
Create a temperature data distribution map for each examinee, check the correlation with other individual data such as blood pressure, pulse, presence of stress, questions asked to see stress reaction, This is a part for performing statistical processing by sex and age of the examiner.

Further, the data display section 20 displays the abnormal data detected by the abnormal data detection section 16 and the data analysis result of the data analysis section 19 as a message, a two-dimensional graph, a three-dimensional graph, etc., and the printer 21. Is the part that prints them out.

Next, the operation of the scalp temperature measuring system having the above configuration will be described. In order to build a database of temperature distributions of a large number of human scalps, it is necessary to obtain scalp temperature measurement data from a large number of examinees, but in order to measure the scalp temperature, the multipoint temperature sensor 1 is used for the examination. All the contact-type temperature sensors s1, s2, ...
Temperature sensing is performed by bringing n into contact with the scalp.

The signals sensed by the multipoint temperature sensor 1 are input to the multipoint temperature measuring unit 12, where the sensing signals at each point are scanned at high speed and converted into analog temperature data. Then, the analog temperature data is A / D converted by the A / D conversion unit 13 to become digital temperature data, which is latched by the data latch unit 14.

In parallel with the measurement of the scalp temperature, the individual data key input unit 18a is used to display the name, sex, age,
Medical condition including inspection date, room temperature, humidity, medical history, work,
Blood pressure measuring device that inputs individual data such as the presence or absence of stress at home, school, etc., and questions asked to see the stress reaction performed if necessary, and is performed at the same time as scalp temperature measurement, Various medical data measured by the pulse measuring device, the electroencephalogram measuring device, and the body temperature measuring device are also input from the individual data sensor input unit 18b. Therefore, the database generation unit 15 registers the data as data corresponding to the scalp temperature measurement data latched by the data latch unit 14.

The abnormal data detection unit 16 monitors the data registered in the database generation unit 15 in this way, detects abnormal data by comparing it with temperature data in a normal range given in advance, and if abnormal data is detected, The data is displayed on the data display unit 20 and is output to the printer 21 as needed.

The name-registered data classification unit 17 may receive repeated medical examinations for the same person on a regular basis for health management.
Since it is necessary to undergo repeated medical examinations due to the treatment of some kind of stress symptom, every time when the scalp temperature is measured, the individual data and the scalp temperature measured data are chronologically used with the name of the person to be examined as a keyword. Sort and organize as you register in.

The data analysis unit 19 accesses the scalp temperature database registered in the database generation unit 15 in this way, and 1) creates a scalp temperature distribution map based on the temperature data obtained by scalp temperature measurement. It is displayed in the data display unit 20 two-dimensionally or three-dimensionally, and 2) using a large number of scalp temperature data, sex, age,
By performing statistical processing such as stress response question items, an average temperature distribution model was obtained and the standard deviation was calculated. 3) The temperature distribution of each individual was compared with the obtained average temperature distribution model. , 4) The past temperature data of each examinee and the current temperature data are compared, data analysis is performed such as identifying points where the temperature is abnormally high and low, and the analysis result is also stored in the database generation unit 15. The data is registered, displayed on the data display unit 20 as necessary, and output by the printer 21.

Next, a specific circuit configuration for realizing the function of the scalp temperature measuring system of the above embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The temperature sensors s1, s2, ..., Sn constituting the multipoint temperature sensor 1 are the multipoint temperature measuring unit 12 of FIG.
, A plurality of multiplexers MP1, MP2, ...
Several sensing signals are connected to the MPm so that the sensing signals can be scanned at high speed. And each multiplexer M
K-type amplifier K for the outputs of P1, MP2, ..., MPm
-The cold junction compensation of the thermocouple is performed by the AMP, and further linearized by the amplifier AMP in the next stage and input to the analog / digital converter A / D. The analog / digital converter A / D corresponding to the A / D converter 13 in FIG. 2 converts the analog amount taken in from the sensor 1 into a digital amount and supplies it to the register RST corresponding to the data latch unit 14, Data is stored here.

The multiplexers MP1, MP2,
..., MPm, A / D converter A / D and register RST
Is controlled by a control logic circuit CTRL, and one block BR1 is constituted by a set of these circuit elements.

Various sensors t1, which constitute the individual data sensor input section 18b of FIG. 2, for sensing medical data other than the scalp temperature of the examinee, such as blood pressure, pulse, EEG, body temperature other than the head, and the like. For the sensing signals input from t2, ..., Tk, the block BR2 (K-type amplifier K
-AMP is not necessary for sensors other than temperature sensors) by scanning sensor signals, linearizing, A / D
Conversion is performed and the obtained digital measurement data is temporarily stored.

The microcomputer MPU is a control logic circuit CRTL of each block BR1 and BR2.
To the LED monitor MNTR. When the abnormal data is detected, the abnormal data is generated on the LED monitor MNTR.

The circuit of this scalp temperature measuring system further includes an erasable ROM, an EPROM, and a keyboard KB corresponding to the individual data key input unit 18a of FIG.
Name, sex, age, examination date, room temperature, humidity, health condition including medical history, whether or not there is stress at work, at home, at school, etc., as well as stress performed as necessary SRAM for temporarily holding individual data such as questions asked to see the reaction
Is provided. Further, it is provided with a serial input / output unit SIO for performing data transmission with the personal computer 4 constituting the main computer.

The above circuit will be described in relation to the system configuration shown in FIG. 1. The multiplexers MP1, MP2,
..., MPm, K-type amplifier K-AMP and amplifier AMP
Constitutes the analog section 2, and the A / D converter A / D, the register RST, the control logic circuit CTRL, the microcomputer MPU, the EPROM, the SRAM and the serial input / output section SIO constitute the digital section 3.

The personal computer 4 corresponding to the database generation unit 15, name list data classification unit 17, and data analysis unit 19 of FIG. 2 is, for example, a 32-bit high-speed, high-performance type personal computer, which is shown in FIG. As shown, a keyboard 5, a display 6 and a printer 7 are connected, and a built-in or external fixed disk device or a large-capacity external storage device 8 such as an optical disk device is connected. The database to be stored is stored in the external storage device 8.

In this way, in the scalp temperature measuring system of this embodiment, a database in which the temperature distribution at each point on the head surface and the individual data are associated automatically is constructed, and the constructed database is accessed to obtain the necessary data. Data can be analyzed and can be effectively used for pathological studies of stress and head lesions.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and in particular, as a multi-point temperature sensor for sensing multi-point temperature on the head surface, a contact type temperature sensor using an optical fiber instead of a thermocouple. Can be used, and a non-contact temperature sensor using an infrared semiconductor light receiving element can also be used.

[0041]

As described above, according to the invention of claim 1,
The multi-point temperature sensor senses the multi-point temperature of the scalp of the individual to be inspected, the multi-point temperature measuring unit processes the signals from the multi-point temperature sensor to measure the multi-point temperature, and the individual data input unit detects the multi-point temperature. Since individual data is input and the data generated by the multipoint temperature measurement unit is stored in the database generation unit in association with the individual data from the individual data input unit, the scalp temperature distribution of the individual to be inspected can be calculated. A database of data corresponding to individual data can be automatically constructed.

According to the invention of claim 2, in the scalp temperature measuring system of claim 1, a temperature distribution display section for displaying the temperature distribution of the individual scalp is further provided based on the temperature data measured by the multipoint temperature measuring section. Since it is provided, the measured temperature distribution of the scalp of the individual can be displayed in a visible form, which can be easily understood by the inspector, and accurate temperature data can be obtained.

According to the invention of claim 3, in the scalp temperature measuring system of claim 1 or 2, the individual data input section allows the individual name, inspection date, inspection room temperature, humidity, sex,
Age, weight, body temperature, pulse, EEG data, health condition, questions of the stress test conducted at the time of examination are input as individual data, and it is made to correspond to the scalp temperature data and made into a database, so it is stored in the built database. By accessing by appropriate means, it is possible to statistically process and search the scalp temperature data by sex, age, health condition or stress, and analyze the obtained scalp temperature distribution data database from various fields. However, it can be used to investigate the relationship between stress and scalp temperature distribution.

According to the invention of claim 4, in the scalp temperature measuring system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, the database generating section is further accessed, and the corresponding individual is associated with one or more individual data. Since it is equipped with a data analysis unit that performs statistical processing and data retrieval of temperature measurement data of, it is possible to statistically process and retrieve scalp temperature data by sex, age, health condition or stress, for example. The database of accumulated scalp temperature distribution data can be analyzed from various directions by the system itself and used to investigate the relationship between stress and scalp temperature distribution.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a common embodiment of the inventions of claims 1 to 4.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the above embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the multipoint temperature sensor in the above embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a specific circuit block diagram of the above embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 multi-point temperature sensor 2 analog section 3 digital section 4 personal computer 5 keyboard 6 display 7 printer 8 external storage device 12 multi-point temperature measuring section 13 analog / digital conversion section (A / D conversion section) 14 data latch section 15 database generation Part 16 Abnormal data detection part 17 Rostered data classification part 18a Individual data key input part 18b Individual data sensor input part 19 Data analysis part 20 Data display part 21 Printer s1, s2, ..., Sn Temperature sensor t1, t2, ..., tk Various sensors MP1, MP2, ..., MPm Multiplexer K-AMP K type amplifier AMP amplifier A / D analog / digital converter RST register CRTL control logic circuit MPU microcomputer MNTR LED monitor KB keyboard S O serial input-output unit

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A multi-point temperature sensor for sensing multi-point temperature of the scalp of an individual to be inspected, a multi-point temperature measuring unit for processing signals of the multi-point temperature sensor to measure multi-point temperature, the inspection Scalp temperature measurement comprising an individual data input unit for inputting individual data of a target, and a database generation unit for accumulating the measured data of the multipoint temperature measurement unit in association with the individual data from the individual data input unit. system. 2. The scalp temperature measuring system according to claim 1, further comprising a temperature distribution display section for displaying a temperature distribution of the individual scalp based on temperature data measured by the multipoint temperature measuring section. Temperature measurement system. 3. The scalp temperature measuring system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the individual data input by the individual data input unit is an individual name, an inspection date, an inspection room temperature, humidity, a sex,
A scalp temperature measurement system characterized by age, weight, body temperature, pulse rate, EEG data, health condition, and questions of a stress test performed during the test. 4. The scalp temperature measurement system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further accessing the database generation unit, and measuring the temperature of an individual corresponding to one or more types of the individual data. A scalp temperature measurement system including a data analysis unit that performs statistical processing of data and data retrieval.