Skin inspection device for identifying abnormalities

A skin inspection device for identifying skin abnormalities;

• the skin inspection device comprising:
• a transparent panel having an inspection area;
• an array of contact temperature sensors provided on the transparent panel to record temperature data of an area of skin of a target located in the inspection area,
• wherein the array of the contact temperature sensors are configured to be in contact with the area of the skin;
• one or more cameras for capturing an image of the array of contact temperature sensors and of the area of the skin;
• a processor operably coupled to the one or more cameras and the array of contact temperature sensors for controlling operations of:
• combining the recorded temperature data with image data of the image to generate a data set,
• analyzing the dataset to identify the skin abnormalities;
• and
• generating indicia indicative of an emergence of ulcers and/or other skin abnormalities,
• wherein the array of the contact temperature sensors are spaced such that optical pathways exist between two or more adjacent contact temperature sensors of the array of the contact temperature sensors through the transparent panel,
• wherein the contact temperature sensors of the array of the contact temperature sensors occlude light transmission through the transparent panel to the skin, allowing the one or more cameras to capture the image of the array of contact temperature sensors and of the area of skin of the target located in the inspection area,
• wherein the area of the skin comprises a first area of the skin visible to the one or more cameras through the transparent panel and a second area of the skin contacted by the contact temperature sensors,
• wherein the first area is defined by the optical pathways,
• wherein the first area and the second area are inversely proportional to each other,
• wherein the contact temperature sensors are addressable through coordinates which correspond to one or more pixels in the image comprising the first area and the second area, and
• wherein the processor is configured to associate regions of the image comprising the first area and the second area to the coordinates of the array of contact temperature sensors.