KR20230111874A - User equipment, method, and recording medium for the management of temporomandibular joint - Google Patents

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a temporomandibular joint management terminal, method, and recording medium. In particular, by individually measuring and diagnosing the temporomandibular joint before users visit the hospital, treatment time and waiting time can be reduced, thereby providing treatment efficiency. In addition, customized temporomandibular joint management can be provided to the user by determining whether the user has a specific sleeping habit and providing an alarm to improve lifestyle habits.

Description

Temporomandibular joint management terminal, method and recording medium {USER EQUIPMENT, METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT}

The present embodiments provide a temporomandibular joint management terminal, method, and recording medium.

The temporomandibular joint is a joint located between the lower jaw bone and the skull bone, and there is a joint disc between the lower jaw bone and the skull bone. This joint disc serves as a buffer to prevent side effects that can occur when bones meet directly and move. However, temporomandibular joint disease can occur when this joint disc is out of its normal position or worn out. Temporomandibular joint disease can be caused by psychological factors such as stress, abnormal dental bite due to tooth decay and gum disease, a posture of bending the neck and waist to one side, and habits such as grinding teeth. When the temporomandibular joint operates normally, movements such as opening the mouth wide to yawn or chewing food are possible. On the other hand, if the temporomandibular joint does not operate normally, a sound occurs when the mouth is opened or closed, it is difficult to open the mouth wide, and pain or discomfort occurs when chewing food.

Recently, with the development of information and communication technology and semiconductor technology, the supply and use of various terminals are rapidly increasing. Specifically, recent terminals have been added with various functions such as a video viewing function, a picture taking function, and an Internet access function in addition to general communication functions such as voice calls and message transmission and reception. Moreover, thanks to the development and expansion of communication networks, the boundary between online and offline areas is destroyed along with the growth of the Internet, and existing offline services are replaced by online services. As the standard of living improves, quality of life and individuality are becoming more important. As a result, interest in the health of individual users is increasing. In addition, in the so-called face-to-face system in which a patient and a doctor are treated face-to-face, the patient must visit the hospital directly to receive treatment, and even if he or she visits the hospital, there may be many inconveniences such as waiting for a long time. Accordingly, it is necessary to individually measure and diagnose through a terminal in accordance with the reality where the Internet is rapidly spreading.

In particular, as the temporomandibular joint disease of modern society increases for various reasons, a technique capable of performing steady management of temporomandibular joint disease using a terminal and individually measuring and diagnosing the temporomandibular joint before visiting a hospital and receiving direct treatment is required.

Against this background, the present embodiments provide a temporomandibular joint management terminal, method, and recording medium capable of providing efficiency in treatment by reducing treatment time and waiting time by individually measuring and diagnosing the temporomandibular joint before users visit a hospital.

In order to achieve the above object, in one aspect, the present embodiment provides a terminal device that provides temporomandibular joint management, an information acquisition unit that obtains a plurality of image information of a user's face moving according to a sample image provided from a server and self-recorded information recording the user's lifestyle and health condition, an information analysis unit that extracts measurement information on the temporomandibular joint from the plurality of image information and determines diagnostic information for a specific habit from the self-recorded information, and an information providing unit that provides alarm information for a specific habit to the user to improve lifestyle at preset intervals. It provides a temporomandibular joint management terminal device comprising:

In another aspect, the present embodiment provides a temporomandibular joint management method, including an information acquisition step of obtaining a plurality of image information of a user's face moving according to a sample image provided from a server and self-recorded information recording the user's lifestyle and health condition, an information analysis step of extracting measurement information about the temporomandibular joint from the plurality of image information and determining diagnosis information about a specific habit from the self-recorded information, and providing information to the user with alarm information about a specific habit at a preset cycle to improve his/her lifestyle.

In another aspect, the present embodiment implements a recording medium recording a program for executing a temporomandibular joint management method, an information acquisition function for obtaining a plurality of image information of a user's face moving according to a sample image provided from a server and self-recorded information recording the user's lifestyle and health condition, an information analysis function for extracting measurement information on the temporomandibular joint from a plurality of image information and determining diagnostic information for a specific habit from self-recorded information, and an information providing function for providing alarm information for a specific habit to the user at a preset cycle to improve lifestyle A computer-readable recording medium on which a program is recorded is provided.

According to the present embodiments, by individually measuring and diagnosing the temporomandibular joint before users visit a hospital, a temporomandibular joint management terminal, method, and recording medium capable of providing treatment efficiency by reducing treatment time and waiting time can be provided.

1 is a diagram exemplarily illustrating a system configuration to which the present disclosure may be applied.
2 is a diagram showing the configuration of a temporomandibular joint management terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
Figure 3 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the temporomandibular joint management terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
4 is a flowchart of a temporomandibular joint management method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
5 is a diagram conceptually illustrating the configuration of a recording medium according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

The present disclosure relates to a temporomandibular joint management terminal, method, and recording medium.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Some embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail below with reference to exemplary drawings. In adding reference numerals to components of each drawing, the same components may have the same numerals as much as possible even if they are displayed on different drawings. In addition, in describing the present embodiments, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present technical idea, the detailed description may be omitted. When "comprises", "has", "consists of", etc. mentioned in this specification is used, other parts may be added unless "only" is used. In the case where a component is expressed in the singular, it may include the case of including the plural unless otherwise explicitly stated.

Also, terms such as first, second, A, B, (a), and (b) may be used in describing the components of the present disclosure. These terms are only used to distinguish the component from other components, and the nature, sequence, order, or number of the corresponding component is not limited by the term.

In the description of the positional relationship of components, when it is described that two or more components are "connected", "coupled" or "connected", the two or more components may be directly "connected", "coupled" or "connected", but it should be understood that two or more components and other components may be further "interposed" to be "connected", "coupled" or "connected". Here, other components may be included in one or more of two or more components that are “connected”, “coupled” or “connected” to each other.

In the description of the temporal flow relationship related to components, operating methods, production methods, etc., for example, “after”, “after”, “after”, “before”, etc. In the case where a temporal or chronological relationship is described, it may include non-continuous cases unless “immediately” or “directly” is used.

On the other hand, when a numerical value or corresponding information (eg, level, etc.) for a component is mentioned, even if there is no separate explicit description, the numerical value or its corresponding information is various factors (eg, process factors, internal or external shocks, noise, etc.). It can be interpreted as including the error range that may occur.

Hereinafter, the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram exemplarily illustrating a system configuration to which the present disclosure may be applied.

Referring to FIG. 1 , a system to which a temporomandibular joint management terminal can be applied may include a temporomandibular joint management terminal 100 , a network 120 , and a server 110 . .

The temporomandibular joint management terminal 100 is a device capable of performing the temporomandibular joint management method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, and may be implemented as hardware such as an electronic device capable of capturing an image, software executed by a processor, or a combination thereof.

According to one example, when the temporomandibular joint management terminal 100 is implemented as hardware, it may include a general PC such as a general desktop or laptop computer, and may include a smart phone, a tablet PC, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), and a mobile terminal such as a mobile communication terminal. Also, according to an example, the temporomandibular joint management terminal 100 may be implemented as an application capable of capturing an image according to a user's manipulation, providing an alarm, and performing the temporomandibular joint management method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. However, it is not limited to the name or type and can be interpreted widely.

The server 110 has the same configuration as a conventional web server (Web Server), web application server (Web Application Server), or web server (WAP Server) in terms of hardware. However, in terms of software, as will be described in detail below, program modules implemented in any language such as C, C++, Java, PHP, .Net, Python, Ruby and the like to perform various functions may be included.

In addition, the server 110 may be connected to an unspecified number of clients (including the terminal 100) and/or other servers through a network. Accordingly, the server 110 may refer to a computer system that receives a request for execution of a task from a client or other server and derives and provides a result of the task, or a computer software (server program) installed for such a computer system.

In addition, the server 110 should be understood as a broad concept including, in addition to the above-described server program, a series of application programs operating on the server 110 and, in some cases, various databases built inside or outside.

Here, the database may refer to an aggregate of data in which data such as information or data is structured and managed for use by a server or other device, and may also refer to a storage medium for storing such an aggregate of data.

In addition, such a database may include a plurality of databases classified according to a data structure method, management method, type, and the like. In some cases, the database may include a database management system (DBMS), which is software that allows information or data to be added, corrected, or deleted.

In addition, the server 110 may store various measurement data in a database and comprehensively manage them. The database may be implemented inside or outside the server 110 . Also, the server 110 may receive information transmitted from the temporomandibular joint management terminal 100 . Here, the server 110 may refer to a medical server device within a hospital that a medical professional accesses for diagnosis.

In addition, the server 110 may be implemented using server programs that are provided in various ways according to operating systems such as DOS, Windows, Linux, UNIX, Macintosh, etc. on general server hardware, and as representative examples, a website used in a Windows environment, Internet Information Server (IIS), and Apache, Nginx, Light HTTP, etc. used in a Unix environment may be used.

On the other hand, the network 120 is a network that connects the server 110 and the temporomandibular joint management terminal 100, and may be a closed network such as a local area network (LAN) and a wide area network (WAN). It may also be an open network such as the Internet. Here, the Internet refers to a worldwide open computer network structure that provides the TCP/IP protocol and various services existing in its upper layers, such as HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol), Telnet, FTP (File Transfer Protocol), DNS (Domain Name System), SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol), SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol), NFS (Network File Service), and NIS (Network Information Service).

In addition, when the temporomandibular joint management terminal 100 includes a mobile terminal such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), and a mobile communication terminal, the network may further include a wireless access network such as a mobile communication network or a WiFi network.

The briefly described temporomandibular joint management terminal, method, and recording medium according to an embodiment of the present disclosure will be described in more detail below.

The temporomandibular joint management terminal 100 in the present specification refers to a terminal of a user capable of receiving and reproducing a sample image from a server and photographing an image. In addition, the temporomandibular joint management terminal 100 may refer to a device used by a user who has been granted permission to access a content platform operated by the server 110 . In addition, the temporomandibular joint management terminal 100 may refer to a user device that obtains a plurality of image information and self-recording information described later and transmits them to a server. That is, the temporomandibular joint management terminal 100 in the present specification can access the server 110 and upload/download information for temporomandibular joint management to the content platform. Here, the content platform may refer to an online platform that is operated or operated by the server 110 and can manage symptoms of temporomandibular joint disease patients.

Meanwhile, the jaw joint management method described below is an example, and management methods according to various diseases of content platform users may be applied to each embodiment.

2 is a diagram showing the configuration of a temporomandibular joint management terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 2 , the chin management terminal 100 device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes an information acquisition unit 210 that acquires a plurality of image information of a user's face moving according to a sample image provided from a server and self-recorded information recording the user's lifestyle and health condition, an information analyzer 220 that extracts measurement information about the jaw joint from the plurality of image information and determines diagnostic information about a specific habit from the self-recorded information, and alarm information about a specific habit to the user in advance to improve the lifestyle. Provides a temporomandibular joint management terminal 100 apparatus including an information providing unit 230 providing information at a set period. In addition, the chin management terminal 100 device according to an embodiment transmits at least one or more of a plurality of image information, self-recorded information, measurement information, and diagnostic information to a server or transmits alarm information to an external device. It may further include a transmitter 240.

According to an embodiment, the information acquisition unit 210 may obtain a plurality of image information obtained by photographing a moving user's face according to a sample image provided from a server and self-recorded information recording the user's lifestyle and health condition. For example, the information acquisition unit 210 may receive and reproduce a sample image for guiding the user on the temporomandibular joint examination from the server. In addition, the information acquisition unit 210 may obtain information about a plurality of images of a moving user's face according to the reproduced sample image. Here, the sample image is an image that guides the user on the temporomandibular joint examination, and may include at least one of an operation of comfortably biting the teeth, opening the mouth as wide as possible, protruding the lower jaw, and turning the lower jaw to the left or right.

As another example, the information acquisition unit 210 may obtain self-recorded information on the lifestyle and health status of the user for the temporomandibular joint. For example, the information acquisition unit 210 may acquire the degree of pain that occurs when moving according to the sample image provided from the server as self-recorded information by receiving a pain level selected from a user within a preset range. For another example, the information acquisition unit 210 may acquire audio information obtained by recording breathing sounds while the user is in a sleep state as self-recorded information using a smart watch or an external device including earphones. For another example, the information obtaining unit 210 may receive a past medical history, teeth clenching habit, and the like from a user through a self-diagnosis checklist, and obtain the self-recorded information.

The information analyzer 220 according to an embodiment may extract measurement information about the temporomandibular joint from a plurality of image information and determine diagnostic information about a specific habit from self-recorded information. For example, the information analysis unit 220 may self-measure by automatically extracting measurement information on the temporomandibular joint from a plurality of image information captured according to the sample image. For example, the information analyzer 220 may measure the length of the upper and lower anterior teeth, the length between the upper and lower anterior teeth, and the length between the upper and lower anterior midlines when the lower jaw is turned left or right from a plurality of image information corresponding to the sample image, and extract the measurement information about the temporomandibular joint.

As another example, the information analyzer 220 may determine diagnostic information for a specific habit from audio information recorded of the user's breathing sound while in a sleeping state. For example, the information analyzer 220 may determine whether the user has at least one specific habit among a teeth grinding habit, a teeth clenching habit, and a sleep apnea habit by analyzing whether the audio information is in a teeth grinding state, teeth clenching condition, or breathing stop state for a predetermined time or longer.

The information provision unit 230 according to an embodiment may provide alarm information on a specific habit to the user at a preset cycle in order to improve his/her lifestyle. For example, the information providing unit 230 may provide information on a management method for temporomandibular joint symptoms and a method for preventing and treating temporomandibular joint disease as alarm information for a specific habit at a preset cycle. For example, the information providing unit 230 may provide alarm information for lifestyle improvement according to the user's temporomandibular joint symptoms, such as not biting his teeth and pronouncing 'M'. Alternatively, the information providing unit 230 may provide alarm information at intervals of N time or N times a day, etc., by using a timer function.

As another example, the information providing unit 230 may store measurement information and diagnosis information and provide them as a graph. For example, the information providing unit 230 may store measurement information about the user's temporomandibular joint and diagnostic information about a specific habit and provide them as a graph so that the user can check the trend of change. Accordingly, it may be possible for the user to continuously manage the temporomandibular joint symptoms through the jaw management terminal 100 and check whether or not there is improvement.

Also, the transmitter 240 according to an embodiment may transmit at least one or more of a plurality of image information, self-recorded information, measurement information, and diagnosis information to the server. Alternatively, the transmitter 240 may transmit alarm information to an external device. For example, the transmitter 240 may transmit at least one or more of a plurality of image information, self-recorded information, measurement information, and diagnosis information to a server to be used for diagnosis by a medical professional. For example, if it is determined that the user has at least one specific habit among a teeth grinding habit, teeth clenching habit, and sleep apnea habit while in a sleeping state, the transmission unit 240 transmits the corresponding information to a server so that it can be used for diagnosis by a medical professional. Accordingly, the measurement time for the jaw joint in the hospital is eliminated through the jaw management terminal 100, thereby reducing the user's treatment time and waiting time.

Figure 3 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the temporomandibular joint management terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 3 , the information acquisition unit 210 according to an embodiment may acquire a plurality of image information and self-recorded information (S310). For example, the information acquisition unit 210 may acquire a plurality of pieces of image information obtained by photographing a moving user's face for self-measurement of the temporomandibular joint according to the sample image provided from the server. For example, the sample image may be an example image guiding the user to a temporomandibular joint examination performed in an existing hospital. Specifically, the sample image may be an image that guides the temporomandibular joint test in an orderly manner, including at least one of the following actions: comfortably biting the jaw, opening the mouth as wide as possible, protruding the lower jaw while the mouth is closed, and maximally turning the lower jaw to the left or right while the mouth is closed.

In addition, the information obtaining unit 210 may acquire the degree of pain generated when moving according to the sample image as self-recorded information by receiving an input from the user. For example, the information acquisition unit 210 may acquire the pain level for each motion as self-recorded information by receiving a pain level within a range set from 0 to 100 for each motion in the case of moving with motions guided by the sample image. However, the preset range is an example, and is not limited thereto.

As another example, the information acquisition unit 210 may acquire audio information obtained by recording breathing sounds of the user while in a sleeping state as self-recorded information using an external device. For example, the external device may be an electronic device that can be carried by a user and has a recording function, and can transmit/receive data to and from a terminal through a wired or wireless network. That is, the external device may record breathing sounds while the user is in a sleeping state, convert the audio information into audio information, and transmit the same to the temporomandibular joint management terminal.

The information analysis unit 220 according to an embodiment may extract measurement information about the temporomandibular joint (S320). For example, the information analysis unit 220 may automatically extract measurement information about the temporomandibular joint from a plurality of image information corresponding to the sample image. For example, the information analysis unit 220 may extract the maxillary anterior teeth length (MMO) as measurement information for the jaw joint from image information obtained by photographing a motion of opening the mouth as wide as possible. The information analyzer 220 may extract the length (Protusive Mov) between the anterior upper jaw and the lower jaw as measurement information for the temporomandibular joint from image information obtained by photographing a motion of sticking out the lower jaw in a closed mouth state. In addition, the information analyzer 220 may extract the length (Excursive to Rt, Lt) between the midline of the upper jaw and the lower jaw from the image information obtained by photographing a motion of maximally turning the lower jaw to the left or right in a closed-mouth state as measurement information for the temporomandibular joint.

The information analysis unit 220 according to an embodiment may determine diagnostic information on a specific habit (S330). For example, the information analyzer 220 may determine whether the user has a specific habit by analyzing whether the user is in a grinding state, clenching state, or stopping breathing for more than a preset time from audio information recorded of breathing sounds while the user is in a sleeping state. For example, the information analysis unit 220 may determine that the user has a specific habit when the number of times the user's teeth grinding state, teeth clenching state, or breathing stop state lasts longer than a preset time during the entire sleeping time occurs more than a reference number. In addition, whether or not each of the teeth grinding state, teeth clenching state, or breathing stop state can be determined by removing external sounds from the audio information and selecting breathing sounds of a certain level or higher. Here, the preset time may be between about 10 seconds and about 60 seconds, but this is an example and is not limited thereto. In addition, the preset time may be different according to each state.

The information providing unit 230 according to an embodiment may provide alarm information for a specific habit (S340). For example, the information providing unit 230 may provide the user with alarm information on a specific habit at a preset cycle in order to improve his/her lifestyle. For example, when it is determined that the user has at least one specific habit among a teeth grinding habit, teeth clenching habit, and sleep apnea habit, the information providing unit 230 may provide diagnosis information on the specific habit to the user and medical experts. Also, the information providing unit 230 may visually or audibly provide alarm information for a specific habit to the user at preset intervals. Here, the alarm information may be information for lifestyle improvement according to temporomandibular joint symptoms including information on temporomandibular joint symptom management methods and temporomandibular joint disease prevention and treatment methods. Specifically, the information providing unit 230 can predict the period and time at which a user's specific habit occurs and provide alarm information indicating that it is time to not bite down or pronounce 'M' through vibration, sound, or text at a specific time.

The transmitter 240 according to an embodiment may transmit information to a server and an external device (S350). For example, the transmitter 240 may transmit at least one or more of a plurality of image information, self-recorded information, measurement information, and diagnosis information to a medical server or transmit alarm information to an external device. For example, the transmitter 240 may search for at least one external device communicatively connected to the temporomandibular joint management terminal and transmit alarm information to the searched external device. Here, the external device may include at least one of a smart watch or an earphone. In addition, the external device may be a wearable device including at least one of an accessory type, a head wear type, and a body attach type as well as a smart watch. Specifically, the transmitter 240 may transmit alarm information to an external device equipped with a voice output function or a display function.

Hereinafter, a temporomandibular joint management method that can be performed by the temporomandibular joint management terminal described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3 will be described.

4 is a flowchart of a temporomandibular joint management method according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 4 , the temporomandibular joint management method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include an information acquisition step (S410). For example, the temporomandibular joint management terminal may acquire a plurality of image information obtained by photographing a moving user's face according to a sample image provided from a server and self-recorded information recording the user's lifestyle and health condition. For example, the temporomandibular joint management terminal may receive and reproduce a sample image for guiding the temporomandibular joint examination to the user from the server. And, the temporomandibular joint management terminal may acquire a plurality of image information obtained by photographing a moving user's face according to the reproduced sample image. Here, the sample image is an image that guides the user on the temporomandibular joint examination, and may include at least one of an operation of comfortably biting the teeth, opening the mouth as wide as possible, protruding the lower jaw, and turning the lower jaw to the left or right.

For another example, the temporomandibular joint management terminal may obtain self-recorded information on the user's lifestyle and health condition for the temporomandibular joint. Specifically, the temporomandibular joint management terminal may receive, as self-recorded information, a degree of pain that occurs when moving according to a sample image provided from a server, selected from a user within a preset range. Alternatively, the temporomandibular joint management terminal may acquire audio information obtained by recording breathing sounds while the user is in a sleep state as self-recorded information using a smart watch or an external device including an earphone. Alternatively, the temporomandibular joint management terminal may receive past medical history, dental clenching habits, and the like from the user through a self-diagnosis checklist, and may acquire the self-recorded information.

The temporomandibular joint management method of the present disclosure according to an embodiment may include an information analysis step (S420). For example, the temporomandibular joint management terminal may extract measurement information about the temporomandibular joint from a plurality of image information and determine diagnosis information about a specific habit from self-recorded information. For example, the temporomandibular joint management terminal measures the length of the upper and lower anterior teeth, the length between the upper and lower anterior teeth, and the length between the upper and lower anterior midlines when the lower jaw is turned left or right from a plurality of image information corresponding to the sample image, and extracts the measurement information about the temporomandibular joint. For another example, the temporomandibular joint management terminal may determine diagnostic information for a specific habit from audio information recorded of breathing sounds while the user is in a sleep state. Specifically, the temporomandibular joint management terminal may determine whether the user has at least one specific habit among the teeth grinding habit, teeth clenching habit, and sleep apnea habit by analyzing whether the audio information is in a grinding state, teeth clenching state, or breathing stop state for a predetermined time or longer.

The temporomandibular joint management method of the present disclosure according to an embodiment may include providing information (S430). For example, the temporomandibular joint management terminal may provide alarm information on a specific habit to the user at a preset cycle in order to improve the user's lifestyle. For example, the temporomandibular joint management terminal may provide alarm information for lifestyle improvement according to temporomandibular joint symptoms of the user, such as not biting teeth and pronouncing 'M'. Alternatively, the temporomandibular joint management terminal may provide alarm information at intervals of N time or at intervals set by the user N times a day by using a timer function. For another example, the temporomandibular joint management terminal may store measurement information about the user's temporomandibular joint and diagnosis information about a specific habit, and provide it as a graph so that the user can check the change trend.

The temporomandibular joint management method of the present disclosure according to an embodiment may include a transmission step (S440). For example, the temporomandibular joint management terminal may transmit at least one or more of a plurality of image information, self-recorded information, measurement information, and diagnosis information to the server. Alternatively, the temporomandibular joint management terminal may transmit alarm information to an external device.

Hereinafter, with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4 , functions included in a recording medium recording a program for executing the above-described temporomandibular joint management method will be described. However, in the following, detailed descriptions of some embodiments or some operations described in FIGS. 1 to 4 may be omitted, but this is only to prevent duplication of description, so all functions corresponding to the above-described jaw joint management method can be executed.

5 is a diagram conceptually illustrating the configuration of a recording medium according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

The temporomandibular joint management method according to an embodiment may be implemented as a program and recorded on a computer-readable recording medium 500 . In addition, the recording medium 900 recording a program for executing the temporomandibular joint management method according to an embodiment includes an information acquisition function 510 for acquiring a plurality of image information of a moving user's face according to a sample image provided from a server and self-recorded information recording the user's lifestyle and health condition, an information analysis function 520 for extracting measurement information on the jaw joint from the plurality of image information and determining diagnostic information for a specific habit from the self-recorded information 520, and alarm information for a specific habit to improve the user's lifestyle. Executes the information providing function 530 provided at a preset cycle. In addition, the recording medium 500 may further include a transmission function 540 for transmitting at least one of a plurality of image information, self-recorded information, measurement information, and diagnosis information to a server or to transmit alarm information to an external device.

The above-described temporomandibular joint management method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may be executed by an application basically installed in the temporomandibular joint management terminal 100 (this may be a program included in a platform natively installed in the terminal, included in an operating system, or compatible), and also executed by an application (ie, a program) that is compatible with the operating system of the temporomandibular joint management terminal 100 and directly installed in the temporomandibular joint management terminal 100 through an application providing server such as an application store server, an application, or a web server related to the corresponding service. It could be. Here, the operating system of the temporomandibular joint management terminal 100 may be an operating system such as Windows, Macintosh, or Linux installed on a general PC such as a desktop or a mobile-only operating system such as iOS, Android, or Windows Mobile installed on a mobile terminal such as a smartphone or tablet PC.

In this sense, the above-described temporomandibular joint management method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is implemented as an application (i.e., a program) that is basically installed in the temporomandibular joint management terminal 100 or directly installed by a user, and may be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium 500 such as the temporomandibular joint management terminal 100.

A program implementing the temporomandibular joint management method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure executes an information acquisition function, an information analysis function, an information provision function, and a transmission function. In addition, all functions corresponding to the temporomandibular joint management method according to the embodiment of the present disclosure described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4 may be executed.

These programs can be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium and executed by a computer to execute the aforementioned functions.

In this way, in order for a computer to read a program recorded on a recording medium and execute the temporomandibular joint management method implemented as a program, the above-described program is C, C ++, JAVA, and machine language that can be read by a processor (CPU) of a computer. It may include a code coded in a computer language such as language.

These codes may include functional codes related to functions defining the above-described functions, and may include control codes related to execution procedures necessary for a processor of a computer to execute the above-described functions according to a predetermined procedure. In addition, these codes may further include memory reference related codes for determining where additional information or media necessary for the computer processor to execute the above-mentioned functions should be referenced from which location (address address) of the computer's internal or external memory.

In addition, when the computer processor needs to communicate with any other remote computer or server in order to execute the functions described above, the code may further include communication-related codes for how the computer processor communicates with any other remote computer or server using the computer's communication module (e.g., a wired and/or wireless communication module), and what information or media should be transmitted and received during communication.

In addition, a functional program for implementing the present disclosure and related codes and code segments may be easily inferred or changed by programmers in the technical field to which the present disclosure belongs, taking into account the system environment of a computer that reads a recording medium and executes the program.

In addition, the computer-readable recording medium on which the above-described program is recorded is distributed to computer systems connected through a network, so that computer-readable codes can be stored and executed in a distributed manner. In this case, any one or more computers among the plurality of distributed computers may execute some of the functions presented above and transmit the execution results to one or more of the other distributed computers, and the computer receiving the results may also execute some of the functions presented above and provide the results to other distributed computers as well.

As described above, a computer-readable recording medium recording a program for executing the temporomandibular joint management method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is, for example, ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, and the like.

In addition, a computer-readable recording medium on which an application, which is a program for executing the temporomandibular joint management method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, is recorded is a storage medium (for example, a hard disk, etc.) included in an application providing server including an application store server, a web server related to an application or a corresponding service, or the like, or an application providing server itself, or another computer or a storage medium on which a program is recorded.

A computer capable of reading a recording medium on which an application, which is a program for executing the temporomandibular joint management method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, is recorded may include not only a general PC such as a general desktop or laptop computer, but also a smart phone, tablet PC, PDA (Personal Digital Assistants) and mobile terminals such as mobile communication terminals, and should be construed as all devices capable of computing.

If a computer capable of reading a recording medium on which an application, which is a program for executing the temporomandibular joint management method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, is recorded is a mobile terminal such as a smart phone, tablet PC, PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), and mobile communication terminal, the mobile terminal may download and install the corresponding application from an application providing server including an application store server, web server, etc., and in some cases, may be downloaded from the application providing server to a general PC and then installed in the mobile terminal through a synchronization program.

In the above, even though all the components constituting the embodiments of the present disclosure have been described as being combined or operated as one, the present disclosure is not necessarily limited to these embodiments. That is, within the scope of the purpose of the present disclosure, all of the components may be selectively combined with one or more to operate. In addition, all of the components may be implemented as one independent hardware, but some or all of the components are selectively combined to perform some or all of the combined functions in one or a plurality of hardware. It may also be implemented as a computer program having a program module. Codes and code segments constituting the computer program may be easily inferred by a person skilled in the art of the present disclosure. Such a computer program may implement an embodiment of the present disclosure by being stored in a computer readable storage medium, read and executed by a computer. A storage medium of a computer program may include a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium, and the like.

In addition, terms such as "comprise", "comprise" or "having" described above mean that the corresponding component may be inherent unless otherwise stated, and thus exclude other components. It should be interpreted as being able to further include other components. All terms, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this disclosure belongs, unless defined otherwise. Commonly used terms, such as terms defined in a dictionary, should be interpreted as consistent with the meaning in the context of the related art, and are not interpreted in an ideal or excessively formal meaning unless explicitly defined in the present disclosure.

The above description is merely an example of the technical idea of the present disclosure, and various modifications and variations may be made to those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present disclosure. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in this disclosure are not intended to limit the technical spirit of the present disclosure, but to explain, and the scope of the technical spirit of the present disclosure is not limited by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present disclosure should be construed by the claims below, and all technical ideas within the scope equivalent thereto should be construed as being included in the scope of the present disclosure.

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an information acquisition unit for obtaining a plurality of image information obtained by photographing a user's face moving according to a sample image provided from a server and self-recorded information recording the user's lifestyle and health condition;
an information analysis unit extracting measurement information about the temporomandibular joint from the plurality of image information and determining diagnostic information about a specific habit from the self-recorded information; and
Temporomandibular joint management terminal comprising an information providing unit for providing alarm information on the specific habit to the user at a preset cycle in order to improve the lifestyle. According to claim 1,
The plurality of image information, the self-recorded information, the measurement information and the diagnosis information further comprises a transmitter for transmitting at least one or more of the information to the server or transmitting the alarm information to an external device Characterized in that the jaw joint management terminal. According to claim 2,
The information acquisition unit,
The jaw joint management terminal, characterized in that by using the external device including a smart watch (smart watch) or earphones to obtain audio information recording the sound of breathing while the user is in a sleep state as the self-recorded information. According to claim 3,
The information analysis unit,
A jaw joint management terminal characterized in that it is determined whether the user has at least one specific habit of teeth grinding, teeth clenching and sleep apnea habits by analyzing whether the audio information is in a teeth grinding state, teeth clenching state, or breathing stop state for more than a preset time from the audio information. According to claim 1,
The sample video,
An image for guiding the user to the temporomandibular joint examination, wherein the temporomandibular joint management terminal characterized in that it includes at least one of an operation of comfortably biting the teeth, opening the mouth as wide as possible, protruding the lower jaw, and turning the lower jaw to the left or right. According to claim 5,
The temporomandibular joint management terminal, characterized in that for acquiring the degree of pain generated when moving according to the sample image within a preset range from the user as the self-recorded information. According to claim 5,
The information analysis unit,
From the plurality of image information corresponding to the sample image, the length of the upper and lower anterior teeth, the length between the upper and lower anterior teeth, and the length between the upper and lower anterior midlines when the lower jaw is turned left or right are measured and extracted as measurement information for the temporomandibular joint. An information acquisition step of acquiring a plurality of image information obtained by photographing a user's face moving according to a sample image provided from a server and self-recorded information recording the user's lifestyle and health condition;
an information analysis step of extracting measurement information about the temporomandibular joint from the plurality of image information and determining diagnostic information about a specific habit from the self-recorded information; and
A jaw joint management method comprising providing the user with alarm information on the specific habit at a preset cycle to improve the lifestyle. According to claim 8,
Further comprising a transmission step of transmitting at least one or more of the plurality of image information, the self-recorded information, the measurement information, and the diagnosis information to the server or to transmit the alarm information to an external device. According to claim 9,
The information acquisition step,
Using the external device including a smart watch or an earphone, audio information obtained by recording breathing sounds while the user is in a sleep state is obtained as the self-recorded information. According to claim 10,
The information analysis step,
It is determined whether the user has at least one specific habit of teeth grinding, teeth clenching, and sleep apnea habits by analyzing whether the audio information is in a teeth grinding state, teeth clenching state, or breathing stop state for a predetermined time or longer from the audio information. According to claim 8,
The sample video,
An image for guiding the user to the temporomandibular joint examination, comprising at least one of an operation of comfortably biting the teeth, opening the mouth as wide as possible, protruding the lower jaw, and turning the lower jaw to the left or right. According to claim 12,
The information acquisition step,
The temporomandibular joint management method characterized in that the degree of pain generated when moving according to the sample image is selected from the user within a preset range and obtained as the self-recorded information. According to claim 12,
The information analysis step,
From the plurality of image information corresponding to the sample image, the length of the upper and lower anterior teeth, the length between the upper and lower anterior teeth, and the length between the upper and lower anterior midlines when the lower jaw is turned left or right are measured and extracted as measurement information for the temporomandibular joint. In the recording medium recording the program for executing the temporomandibular joint management method of the terminal,
an information acquisition function for acquiring a plurality of image information obtained by photographing a moving user's face according to a sample image provided from a server and self-recorded information recording the user's lifestyle and health condition;
an information analysis function for extracting measurement information on the temporomandibular joint from the plurality of image information and determining diagnosis information on a specific habit from the self-recorded information; and
A computer-readable recording medium having a program recorded thereon which implements an information providing function for providing alarm information on the specific habit to the user at a predetermined cycle in order to improve his/her lifestyle.

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