Method and apparatus for collecting and quantifying tongue manifestation features

It addresses challenges in traditional tongue diagnosis, such as subjectivity, lack of quantification, and difficulties in remote application.

• This invention leverages advanced technologies like smartphones, machine learning, and image processing to standardize, analyze, and quantify tongue images for accurate diagnosis.
• The device developed in this invention includes components such as an image capturing unit, tongue condition judging module, tongue color correction model, tongue surface detection unit, and tongue image quantization unit. 

• This invention enables remote tongue diagnosis while minimizing errors caused by differences in user skills, devices, and image quality.

• Bronze Medal at the “2024 Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions”

• For remote tongue diagnosis in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) using smartphones and advanced image processing.

• China Patent Publication No.: CN118632654A