Mining social media for ultraviolet light exposure analysis

摘要

Social media databases are minded for data related to a subject person. The data in indicative of a level of ultraviolet light exposure of the subject person. An ultraviolet violet exposure profile for the subject person is generated based upon the data and a health assessment report provided. The data may include timestamped images of the subject person and other related persons. The skin characteristics within images are analyzed to determine an ultraviolet light exposure level for the subject person from each image. The skin characteristics may include skin color, freckling and blemishing. The ultraviolet light exposure profile may be developed over an extended interval based upon the image timestamps. The health report may be used to mitigate risks, such as skin cancer, associated with exposure to ultraviolet light.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving a multiplicity of images from an at least one remote database; analysing, by a digital processing machine, the multiplicity of images to determine an ultraviolet light exposure profile of a subject person; and generating a health assessment report for the subject person based upon the ultraviolet light exposure profile; wherein the subject has a skin characteristic that varies based upon exposure to ultraviolet light, and the receiving further receives metadata associated with the multiplicity of images, the metadata including a timestamp associated with each of the multiplicity of images indicative of a time of image recording, and the analysing further includes
determining a presence of the subject person within a plurality of images of the multiplicity of images, anddetermining the skin characteristic of the subject person in each of the plurality of images in which the subject person is present, andthe generating generates the health assessment report based upon the skin characteristic and the timestamp from each of the plurality of images in which the subject person is present; wherein a related person having a relationship with the subject person has a related skin characteristic that varies based upon exposure to ultraviolet light, and the analysing further includes:
determining a presence of the related person within the multiplicity of images;determining the related skin characteristic of the related person for each of the multiplicity of images; anddetermining an ultraviolet light exposure level for the related person, and  the determining the ultraviolet profile of the subject person further includes determining the ultraviolet profile of the subject person based upon the ultraviolet light exposure level of the related person.