IP Library Granted Patent US 12690804
Granted Patent B2
US 12690804 · App. 18/276,189 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Bioanalysis system for identification of pore diameter and pore type

Inventor: Takeshi Akagawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
A61B5/441A61B5/0073A61B5/1079G06T7/0016G06T7/62G06T12/30G06V10/62G06V20/64G16H50/30A61B2576/02G06T2207/10101G06T2207/30088G06T2207/30201G06T2210/41G06T2211/456
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12690804
App. No.
18/276,189
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bioanalysis system includes: an acquisition unit that obtains a plurality of two-dimensional data with different depths in a skin of a living body; a position identification unit that identifies a position of a pore part in the skin of the living body from at least one of the plurality of two-dimensional data; an extraction unit that extracts a diameter of the pore part from each of the plurality of two-dimensional data; and a type identification unit that identifies a type of the pore part, on the basis of the diameter of the pore part. According to such a bioanalysis system, it is possible to properly identify the position and the type of the pore part in the skin of the living body.

Claims (27)

1 . A bioanalysis system comprising:

at least one memory that is configured to store instructions; and

at least one processor that is configured to execute the instructions to:

obtain a plurality of two-dimensional data with different depths in a skin of a living body;

identify a position of a pore part in the skin of the living body from at least one of the plurality of two-dimensional data;

extract a diameter of the pore part from each of the plurality of two-dimensional data;

identify a type of the pore part, on the basis of the diameter of the pore part; and

identify that the type of the pore part is a pore when a rate of change of the diameter of the port part in a depth direction is less than or equal to a predetermined first threshold.

2 . The bioanalysis system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the instructions to identify that the type of the pore part is a sweat gland.

3 . The bioanalysis system according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the instructions to identify that the type of the pore part is a sweat gland when a change rate of the diameter of the pore part in a depth direction is greater than or equal to a predetermined second threshold.

4 . The bioanalysis system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the instructions to obtain the plurality of two-dimensional data from three-dimensional tomographic data.

5 . The bioanalysis system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the instructions to output at least one of a tomography image and a surface image of the skin of the living body including the pore part, on the basis of the position of the pore part and the type of the pore part.

6 . The bioanalysis system according to claim 5 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the instructions to:

obtain additional information about the skin of the living body which is different from the position of the pore part and the type of the pore part; and

output at least one of the tomography image and the surface image after superimposing the additional information on the images.

7 . A bioanalysis method comprising:

obtaining a plurality of two-dimensional data with different depths in a skin of a living body;

identifying a position of a pore part in the skin of the living body from at least one of the plurality of two-dimensional data;

extracting a diameter of the pore part from each of the plurality of two-dimensional data;

identifying a type of the pore part, on the basis of the diameter of the pore part; and

identifying that the type of the pore part is a pore when a rate of change of the diameter of the port part in a depth direction is less than or equal to a predetermined first threshold.

8 . A non-transitory recording medium on which a computer program that allows a computer to execute a bioanalysis method is recorded, the bioanalysis method including:

obtaining a plurality of two-dimensional data with different depths in a skin of a living body;

identifying a position of a pore part in the skin of the living body from at least one of the plurality of two-dimensional data;

extracting a diameter of the pore part from each of the plurality of two-dimensional data;

identifying a type of the pore part, on the basis of the diameter of the pore part; and

identifying that the type of the pore part is a pore when a rate of change of the diameter of the port part in a depth direction is less than or equal to a predetermined first threshold.