NTT DATA Corporation announced that it began providing a "Vitals Measurement Service" on a commercial basis from January 2022 as a new function of its cloud-based health management solution Health Data Bank®. This system uses a smartphone camera to record video of a subject's face for 30 seconds, and based on this data estimates figures for blood pressure, pulse, stress level, and other health vitals. The ability to confirm a person's mental and physical health status without the need for special devices will expand the possibilities for companies and organizations employing the service to pursue initiatives that utilize health data.

The Health Data Bank Vitals Measurement Service uses the "Vitals Measurement App" installed on a smartphone or tablet. The app analyzes data from a 30-second video of the face taken with 2 the device's camera, and calculates estimated figures for blood pressure, pulse, stress level, and other vitals. The service uses patented technology from NuraLogix Corporation to analyze face video data taken with a conventional smartphone or tablet camera to determine intravascular blood flow under the skin, and then analyze the changes in blood flow to estimate vital sign data.

The ability to measure mental and physical health status without the need for a special device, using just a smartphone or other device that people use on a daily basis, will expand the possibilities for initiatives that utilize health data, such as "Individual everyday health management," "Corporate employee stress care," and "Businesses using and applying health data." Of note, this service is not a medical device, and as such is not intended to be used for medical purposes (such as to diagnose, treat, or prevent illness). Individual everyday health management; Individuals (employees, customers, residents, etc.) download the vitals measurement app on the smartphone they use on a daily basis, and take a video of their face using the smartphone camera, to determine estimated values for health vital sign. Users can use the vitals measurements and graphs displayed in the app to determine their health status and review their health history.

Corporate employee stress care; Companies can use the vitals measurements of employees, and other information managed through the Health Data Bank database (such as stress checks5 and pulse surveys) to identify high-stress individuals. Linking this to changes in work responsibilities and other actions for improvement will allow companies to quickly find and respond to employees in need of stress care. Businesses using and applying health data; Companies and other organizations can combine the vitals measurements of customers managed in the Health Data Bank database with other customer information they have collected, and with the consent of the individual, analyze the data to offer optimal products according to the customer's health status, or confirm product effectiveness.