I-Corps: Ultra Violet Guardian: Real Time Estimation of Pedestrians Ultraviolet Exposure

I-Corps：紫外线卫士：实时估计行人紫外线暴露情况

• 批准号: 1340385
• 负责人: Mario Gerla
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: University of California-Los Angeles
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-05-01 至 2014-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1340385&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Ultra; Violet; Guardian; Real

Researchers seek to provide real-time ultraviolet (UV) monitoring across the globe for pedestrians with an UV-exposure monitoring technology for the purpose of protecting users from sun over-exposure and aiding in skin cancer prevention. Using a cell phone device and a Bluetooth enabled UV sensor, volunteers walking outdoors contribute to constructing a global UV irradiance map in their respective areas, by periodically uploading UV irradiance samples to the technology's web service. Subsets of the aggregated UV readings are made anonymous, geographically segmented, then made available to the general public for location based UV irradiance queries via a webpage. With smart phone and the technology's App, the typical customer, even without wearing a UV sensor, can keep track of cumulative exposure and can plan travel paths that minimize UV exposure before stepping outdoors.This technology has the potential to have significant impacts on health and wellness both near and long-term. In the near term: (1) Build a global UV irradiance map in real-time at the pedestrian level through participatory sensing; (2) estimate the pedestrians' UV exposure traveling along a path before they step outdoors: A personal UV monitoring device can prevent over-exposure, however only performs incremental or post processing of the pedestrian's UV exposure. In the long-term: this technology could be used to correlate the pedestrian's UV exposure patterns with skin cancer types: Today, there is little data that correlates UV exposure to the onset of any type of Skin Cancer. If 1 in 5 people are projected to get skin cancer, 20-30 years from now Physicians may be able to obtain UV exposure data from users of this technology that contract skin cancer provided their consent.

研究人员寻求通过紫外线暴露监测技术在全球范围内为行人提供实时紫外线监测，以保护用户免受阳光过度照射，并帮助预防皮肤癌。通过使用手机设备和支持蓝牙的紫外线传感器，走在户外的志愿者通过定期将紫外线辐照度样本上传到该技术的网络服务，为构建各自区域的全球紫外线辐照度地图做出贡献。聚集的UV读数的子集是匿名的、地理上分割的，然后通过网页向公众提供基于位置的UV辐照度查询。有了智能手机和这项技术的App，典型的客户，即使没有佩戴紫外线传感器，也可以跟踪累积暴露在紫外线下的情况，并可以在出门前规划最大限度地减少紫外线暴露的旅行路径。这项技术可能会对健康和健康产生重大影响，无论是短期还是长期。近期：(1)通过参与式传感在行人层面实时建立全球紫外线辐照度地图；(2)估计行人在出门前沿一条小路行驶的紫外线暴露量：个人紫外线监测设备可以防止过度曝光，但只对行人的紫外线暴露量进行增量或后处理。从长远来看：这项技术可以用来将行人的紫外线暴露模式与皮肤癌类型联系起来：今天，几乎没有数据将紫外线暴露与任何类型皮肤癌的发病联系起来。如果预计每5个人中就有1人患皮肤癌，20-30年后，如果医生同意，就可以从患有皮肤癌的这项技术的用户那里获得紫外线暴露数据。