US 12,324,628 B2
Method and photographing device for acquiring side image for ocular proptosis degree analysis, and recording medium therefor
Kyubo Shin, Ulsan (KR); Jaemin Park, Busan (KR); Jongchan Kim, Ulsan (KR); Yoon Won Tak, Ulsan (KR); Hwi Yeon Kim, Ulsan (KR); and Eun Yeong Sim, Busan (KR)
Assigned to THYROSCOPE INC., Ulsan (KR)
Filed by THYROSCOPE INC., Ulsan (KR)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/209,604.
Application 18/209,604 is a continuation of application No. 17/951,681, filed on Sep. 23, 2022, granted, now 11,717,160.
Application 17/951,681 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/009259, filed on Jun. 28, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0085542 (KR), filed on Jun. 30, 2021; and application No. 10-2022-0078867 (KR), filed on Jun. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0337913 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 3/14 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/107 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04N 23/698 (2023.01)
CPC A61B 3/14 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0077 (2013.01); A61B 5/1079 (2013.01); A61B 5/4227 (2013.01); A61B 5/7275 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/633 (2023.01); H04N 23/64 (2023.01); H04N 23/698 (2023.01); G06T 2207/30041 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of obtaining user information to analyze a Clinical Activity Score (CAS) of a user, the method comprising:
providing a guidance on a photographing device to indicate a proper position of at least one eye of the user,
obtaining a facial image of the user in response to satisfying predetermined conditions,
wherein the facial image comprises at least one eye of the user,
wherein the predetermined conditions comprise:
1) whether a position of at least one eye is on a predetermined region,
2) whether a degree of rotation of a face of the user is within a predetermined range,
3) whether a degree of the user's smile is the same or less than a first predetermined value, and
4) whether a degree of ambient brightness is the same or less than a second predetermined value,
outputting inquiries on the photographing device after obtaining the facial image, and
obtaining user input in response to the inquiries,
wherein the user input comprises a first input related to pain on an attempted upward or downward gaze and a second input related to spontaneous retrobulbar pain.