Real-time passive monitoring and assessment of pediatric eye health

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11051689-B2
Application number	US-201816178757-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 2, 2018
Priority date	Nov 2, 2018
Publication date	Jul 6, 2021
Grant date	Jul 6, 2021

Abstract

A method, computer system, and computer program product for real-time pediatric eye health monitoring and assessment are provided. The embodiment may include receiving a plurality of real-time data related to an individual's eye health from a user device. The embodiment may also include assessing biometric indications relating to eye health based on the plurality of real-time data. The embodiment may further include generating a report on the assessed biometric indications. The embodiment may also include collecting clinical information from one or more databases. The embodiment may further include determining whether the assessed biometric indications reach pre-configured threshold conditions. The embodiment may also include generating alerts and recommendations based on analysis of the collected clinical information and the assessed biometric indications based on the assessed biometric indications satisfying the pre-configured threshold conditions.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A processor-implemented method for real-time pediatric eye health monitoring and assessment, the method comprising:
receiving, by a processor, a plurality of real-time data related to an individual's eye health from a user device;
assessing biometric indications relating to eye health based on the plurality of real-time data;
generating a report on the assessed biometric indications;
collecting clinical information from one or more databases;
determining whether the assessed biometric indications reach pre-configured threshold conditions;
generating alerts and recommendations based on analysis of the collected clinical information and the assessed biometric indications based on the assessed biometric indications satisfying the pre-configured threshold conditions; and
reconfiguring the display settings of the user device based on the generated alerts and recommendations, wherein the display settings are selected from a group consisting of screen brightness, screen size, and screen resolution.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the display is automatically turned off when the alerts are critical.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of real-time data is selected from a group consisting of a distance of the user's eyes from a display screen, a blink rate of the user, gestures, tear film integrity, and the distance between the user's pupils.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
collecting data regarding environmental factors including temperature, humidity, lighting conditions and air quality from a home monitoring system.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
receiving manually-entered data regarding the environmental factors.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein an infra-red sensor is utilized to monitor the distance between a user's pupils and tear film integrity.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
assessing tear film integrity based on a time taken for tear film to break up, a quadrant of a pupil where a break-up begins, and a ratio of area of a broken tear film to a total area of the pupil.

8. A computer system for real-time pediatric eye health monitoring and assessment, the computer system comprising:
receiving, by a processor, a plurality of real-time data related to an individual's eye health from a user device;
assessing biometric indications relating to eye health based on the plurality of real-time data;
generating a report on the assessed biometric indications;
collecting clinical information from one or more databases;
determining whether the assessed biometric indications reach pre-configured threshold conditions;
generating alerts and recommendations based on analysis of the collected clinical information and the assessed biometric indications based on the assessed biometric indications satisfying the pre-configured threshold conditions; and
reconfiguring the display settings of the user device based on the generated alerts and recommendations, wherein the display settings are selected from a group consisting of screen brightness, screen size, and screen resolution.

9. The computer system of claim 8 , wherein the display is automatically turned off when the alerts are critical.

10. The computer system of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of real-time data is selected from a group consisting of a distance of the user's eyes from a display screen, a blink rate of the user, gestures, tear film integrity, and the distance between the user's pupils.

11. The computer system of claim 8 , further comprising:
collecting data regarding environmental factors including temperature, humidity, lighting conditions and air quality from a home monitoring system.

12. The computer system of claim 11 , further comprising:
receiving manually-entered data regarding the environmental factors.

13. The computer system of claim 8 , wherein an infra-red sensor is utilized to monitor the distance between a user's pupils and tear film integrity.

14. The computer system of claim 8 , further comprising:
assessing tear film integrity based on a time taken for tear film to break up, a quadrant of a pupil where a break-up begins, and a ratio of area of a broken tear film to a total area of the pupil.

15. A computer program product for real-time pediatric eye health monitoring and assessment, the computer program product comprising:
receiving, by a processor, a plurality of real-time data related to an individual's eye health from a user device;
assessing biometric indications relating to eye health based on the plurality of real-time data;
generating a report on the assessed biometric indications;
collecting clinical information from one or more databases;
determining whether the assessed biometric indications reach pre-configured threshold conditions;
generating alerts and recommendations based on analysis of the collected clinical information and the assessed biometric indications based on the assessed biometric indications satisfying the pre-configured threshold conditions; and
reconfiguring the display settings of the user device based on the generated alerts and recommendations, wherein the display settings are selected from a group consisting of screen brightness, screen size, and screen resolution.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the display is automatically turned off when the alerts are critical.

17. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of real-time data is selected from a group consisting of a distance of the user's eyes from a display screen, a blink rate of the user, gestures, tear film integrity, and the distance between the user's pupils.

18. The computer program product of claim 15 , further comprising:
collecting data regarding environmental factors including temperature, humidity, lighting conditions and air quality from a home monitoring system.

19. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein an infra-red sensor is utilized to monitor the distance between the pupils and the tear film integrity.

20. The computer program product of claim 15 , further comprising:
assessing tear film integrity based on a time taken for tear film to break up, a quadrant of a pupil where a break-up begins, and a ratio of area of a broken tear film to a total area of the pupil.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Antony Bhavna Josephine
• Sedai Suman
• Mahapatra Dwarikanath
• Garnavi Rahil

Classifications

• A61B5/6898 Primary

  Portable consumer electronic devices, e.g. music players, telephones, tablet computers · CPC title

• G06V40/18

  Eye characteristics, e.g. of the iris · CPC title

• A61B3/101 Primary

  for examining the tear film · CPC title

• G06V40/67

  by interactive indications to the user · CPC title

• A61B3/14

  Arrangements specially adapted for eye photography · CPC title