International engineering and technology management summit 2021

トルコ・イスタンブールで開催される，International Engineering and Technology Management Summit 2021に，博士課程学生のPorruthai Boonswasdさんと参加します．

2002年から2021年の期間で，遠隔医療に関する特許を分析し，技術動向とグローバルな研究開発動向を明らかにすることを目的にしています．研究の結果，5Gやブロックチェーン，AI，リモートセンシング，生体認証，音声認証などの新規技術が遠隔医療に統合されている動向を確認し，それはCOVID-19パンデミックが契機になっていることがわかりました．

ハイプサイクルが比較的落ち着いてきた技術が遠隔医療に適用されている傾向が見られますが，どのように組み合わせているのか，どの組織がどの分野の技術開発に強いのかも見出せているので，今後業界のロードマッピング制作に活かせると考えています．当日はそうした議論を活性化させられれば楽しいなと感じています．

イスタンブール，過去に１度行きましたが，強く印象に残っている都市です．また何かの機会に行くことができればいいなと感じています．今回はZoom会議です．

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Porruthai Boonswasd and Kunio Shirahada

Revealing trends in telemedicine technology using patent analysis

Abstract:

Following the Covid-19 pandemic, several healthcare providers pushed Telemedicine-based services to minimize direct contact between medical staffs and patients. Therefore, telemedicine-related businesses have high growth opportunities. Transforming businesses from opportunities seen through innovation will provide a competitive advantage. The intellectual property is commonly used to indicate innovative and technological capabilities. This article discusses the insights gained from a study of patents related to telemedicine technologies. The purpose of the study is to identify technology trends and global future R&D trends in telemedicine by conducting a patent analysis in the period of 2002-2021. We discovered that the latest year's patents are involved the integration of novel technologies into telemedicine, such as 5G and blockchain, AI, remote sensing, biometric and voice identification, as well as the association with the COVID-19 pandemic. The insights gained are being used to assist the strategic planning of technological development paths and their potential applications in telemedicine. The analysis results were used to assess the degree of complexity of digital transformation in telemedicine, which led to the development of a technology roadmap.

Keywords: Patent Analysis, Technology Trends, Telemedicine

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