The role of smart mirrors in health: a domain review

Background and aims: The smart mirrors integrate all measurement facilities in one place with acompatible user interface and accordingly provide feedback to improve the health of more people.In this study, an overview of the role and application of smart mirrors in providing people’s healthhas been conducted.Method: A literature review has been conducted with the aim of extracting the application ofsmart mirrors in health. In this study, databases of MEDLINE were searched in September ۲۰۲۳.The keywords were also selected to include “smart mirrors”, “medicine”, and “health issues”.Articles published in English-language journals focusing on smart mirrors for health monitoringhave been included. The authors extracted data from studies by using data extraction forms.Then, the findings of these studies were summarized and reported narratives.Results: According to the publications, Smart mirrors is a new interactive interface that tracksand displays the user’s heart rate, height, weight, body temperature, blood pressure, and sugar levelin real time. People with diseases such as diseases, heart diseases and high blood pressure canuse these smart mirrors to monitor their health and dietary recommendations and exercise routines.Another type of smart mirror detects and monitors facial signs associated with cardio metabolicrisks over time and encourages users to reduce their risk by improving lifestyles. Amongits other advanced capabilities, it can be mentioned the capabilities of recognizing a person’semotions, monitoring and analyzing short-term and long-term emotions. It is an approach to giveordinary people access and control over their physiological data to play a vital role in managingtheir health. It uses an LCD display with a webcam to provide an interactive display. A glass ismounted on the frame, which acts as a reflective surface for users in normal lighting conditions.The monitor and webcam are connected to a processor that runs real-time analysis software.Behind the mirror glass, half of it is covered by the LCD screen and the other half is silvered sothat it appears as a mirror to the user in front. Whenever input is given to the LCD, it is displayedthrough the glass, making the information visible to the user on the front.Conclusion: This proposed work shows an innovative approach to comprehensive health monitoringbased on the latest technology. Using this technique helps people control their physiologicalstate by referring to their previous data. Smart mirror prototypes and conceptual designs forimproving healthcare and impacting people’s health are promising.

کلیدواژه ها:

Smart mirrors ، medicine ، health issues