IP Library Granted Patent US 12661058
Granted Patent B2
US 12661058 · App. 18/566,351 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Determination device, determination method, and program

Inventors: Takayuki Sota (Tokyo, JP); Atsushi Nakamura (Tokyo, JP); Ayaka Murata (Tokyo, JP); Hiroshi Koga (Nagano, JP); Akane Minagawa (Nagano, JP)
Assignee: HUMAN ENGINEERING CO., LTD
A61B5/449A61B5/1032G06T5/00G06T7/0012G06T7/90G06T2207/10024G06T2207/30088G06T2207/30096
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12661058
App. No.
18/566,351
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A determination device 1 includes: an acquisition unit 21 that acquires digital color image data 11 of a region of interest in melanonychia of a subject; a calculation unit 23 that calculates an indicator value 12 from variation in RGB values of each pixel of the digital color image data 11 ; and an output unit 24 that outputs a result of determining that the melanonychia is malignant if the indicator value 12 is higher than a threshold value and determining that the melanonychia is benign if the indicator value 12 is lower than the threshold value.

Claims (134)

1 . A determination device comprising:

a processor configured to:

acquire digital color image data of a region of interest in melanonychia of a subject;

calculates an indicator value based on variation in R value, variation in G value, and variation in B value of each pixel of the digital color image data; and

output a result of determining that the melanonychia is malignant if the indicator value is higher than a threshold value and determining that the melanonychia is benign if the indicator value is lower than the threshold value.

2 . The determination device according to claim 1 , the processor is further configured to:

adjust a color balance of the digital color image data by performing a chromatic adaptation transformation, wherein

calculate the indicator value from the digital color image data after the chromatic adaptation transformation of the region of interest.

3 . The determination device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to calculate the indicator value based on:

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wherein DI corresponds to an indicator value, N corresponds to a number of pixels in digital color image data R i , G i , B i correspond to values of each of RGB of pixel i, and R , G , B correspond to an average value of values of each of RGB of digital color image data.

4 . The determination device according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to calculate the indicator value based on:

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wherein DI corresponds to an indicator value, N corresponds to a number of pixels in digital color image data R i , G i , B i correspond to values of each of RGB of pixel i, and R , G , B correspond to an average value of values of each of RGB of digital color image data.

5 . A determination method comprising:

a computer acquiring digital color image data of a region of interest in melanonychia of a subject;

the computer calculating an indicator value based on variation in R value, variation in G value, and variation in B value of each pixel of the digital color image data; and

the computer outputting a result of determining that the melanonychia is malignant if the indicator value is higher than a threshold value and determining that the melanonychia is benign if the indicator value is lower than the threshold value.

6 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to function as the determination device according to claim 1 .

7 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to function as the determination device according to claim 2 .

8 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to function as the determination device according to claim 3 .

9 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to function as the determination device according to claim 4 .