CN112006830A

CN112006830A - Pillow and method of use

Info

Publication number: CN112006830A
Application number: CN201910473757.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 曹乃承; 曹可瀚
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2019-06-01
Filing date: 2019-06-01
Publication date: 2020-12-01

Abstract

The invention provides a pillow which can eliminate snoring and intervene apnea, intelligently wake up according to sleep depth and can collect sleep big data. The pillow comprises a sleeping posture detection module which can measure the sleeping posture of a person and the position of the head on the pillow. The sleep state monitoring module is used for measuring the respiratory heartbeat condition/the movement condition in sleep of a person and determining the sleep state of the person. The snore detecting module is included, and can sense snore and position a snorer. Comprises an upper pillow surface and a lower pillow surface, and a lifting mechanism is arranged between the upper pillow surface and the lower pillow surface. Comprises a pillow surface control module which can control a lifting device to change the height/angle of the upper pillow surface. Comprises a vibration module capable of generating vibration. The data transmission module is used for receiving various data and uploading the data to the big data module. The pillow comprises an APP, and the APP can be arranged in intelligent terminal equipment, such as a smart phone. The big data module can push information to the APP and/or sell drugs/health products/appliances/medical services according to the sleep information/health condition of the person. The pillow can improve the sleep quality and acquire sleep big data.

Description

Pillow and method of use

Technical Field

The invention relates to a pillow, in particular to a pillow capable of eliminating snoring and intervening apnea.

Background

The pillow is a necessary product for people to sleep. A commercially available anti-snoring pillow eliminates snoring by adjusting the left and right inclination angles of the pillow surface to force a person to turn over after snoring is detected. However, since the sleeping posture of the person cannot be determined, the left and right inclination of the pillow surface may cause the person to change from lying on one side to lying on the stomach, and the pillow surface has a large height, which may cause neck injuries such as stiff neck.

The existing pillow does not have the function of monitoring the sleeping state of people, particularly the breathing and the heartbeat pause. The existing pillow does not have the function of determining the waking time according to the sleeping depth state of a person. The existing pillow does not have the function of collecting sleep big data.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention provides a pillow which can eliminate snoring and intervene apnea, intelligently wake up according to sleep depth and collect sleep big data.

The pillow comprises at least one sleeping posture detection module, and can measure the sleeping posture of a person and the position of the head on the pillow. The sleep state monitoring module can measure the respiratory heartbeat condition/the movement condition in sleep of a person and can determine the sleep state of the person. The sleep state monitoring module is preferably a radar monitoring module, preferably a human body measuring radar, and comprises a PCR radar and a UWB radar. Monitoring sleep state, breathing and heartbeat conditions using UWB, PCR radar is a well known technique.

The pillow comprises at least one snore detecting module, and can sense snore and position a snorer.

The pillow of the present invention comprises at least one upper pillow surface and at least one lower pillow surface, the upper pillow surface supporting a person's head/neck. At least one lifting mechanism is arranged between the upper pillow surface and the lower pillow surface. Comprises at least one pillow surface control module which can control the lifting device to change the height/angle of the upper pillow surface. The pillow comprises at least one vibration module capable of generating vibration. The vibration module is connected with the upper pillow surface/the lower pillow surface and drives the pillow to vibrate.

The pillow comprises at least one data transmission module, and the control module can receive various data measured by the sleeping posture detection module, the sleeping state monitoring module and the snoring detection module and upload the data to the big data module. The big data module can be arranged on a server side on the internet. The big data module can analyze the data and determine the information of the time of falling asleep, the sleep quality such as the length of deep sleep, whether snoring exists, whether apnea exists and the like of the person. And judging the physical health condition of the person according to the information. It is a well-known technique to judge the health of a person from sleep information of the person.

The pillow comprises at least one APP, and the APP can be arranged in intelligent terminal equipment, such as a smart phone. The pillow can be connected with an intelligent terminal. The big data module can push information to the APP and/or sell drugs/health products/appliances/medical services according to the sleep information/health condition of the person.

The control module of the pillow can be arranged in an APP of the intelligent terminal, the pillow comprises at least one driving module, the intelligent terminal is connected to the driving module in a wired/wireless mode, and the driving module can control the sleeping posture detection module, the sleeping state measurement module, the snoring detection module, the pillow surface control module and the vibration module to work.

The pillow of the invention can comprise at least one blowing device and can comprise at least one electric shock device.

A method of pillow intervention in snoring comprising the steps of: detecting whether the user of the pillow snores; if snoring, measuring the sleeping position of the human body and/or determining the head/face position of the human body; adjusting the pillow surface according to the sleeping posture and/or blowing air to the face/nasal cavity of the person to intervene snoring.

A method of pillow intervention for breathing abnormalities/pauses comprising the steps of: monitoring the breathing condition of a person in sleep, and detecting whether the breathing abnormality/pause of a pillow user occurs; if breathing abnormity/pause occurs, measuring the sleeping posture of the human body and/or determining the head/face position of the human body; adjusting the pillow surface according to the sleeping posture and/or vibrating the pillow surface and/or blowing air to the face/nasal cavity of the person to intervene the breathing abnormality/pause.

A method of pillow intervention for breathing abnormalities/pauses comprising the steps of: monitoring the breathing condition of a person in sleep, and detecting whether the breathing abnormality/pause of a pillow user occurs; if breathing abnormality/pause occurs, the pillow surface is vibrated to intervene in the breathing abnormality.

A method of pillow intervention for breathing abnormalities/pauses comprising the steps of: monitoring the breathing condition of a person in sleep, and detecting whether the breathing abnormality/pause of a pillow user occurs; if breathing abnormality/pause occurs, the pillow surface is vibrated/electric shock is given to the user to intervene in the breathing abnormality.

The method for intervening the abnormal heartbeat by the pillow comprises the following steps: detecting the heartbeat condition of a person in sleep, and detecting whether the heartbeat of a pillow user is abnormal or suspended; if the heartbeat is abnormal/suspended, measuring the sleeping posture of the user; if the user is not lying on the back or the front, the pillow surface is adjusted to change the sleeping posture of the user into the lying on the back or the front; an electric shock is applied to the back/chest of the human body.

The working method of the pillow comprises the following steps: the pillow monitors the heartbeat/respiration of the user; and if the heartbeat abnormality/breathing abnormality occurs, sending out an acousto-optic alarm to the guardian and/or sending an alarm message to a mobile phone of the guardian and/or dialing a preset telephone.

The pillow waking method comprises the following steps: judging whether the current time is in a preset wake-up time period or not; if yes, monitoring the sleep state of the user; judging whether the user is in a preset wake-up sleep state or not; if so, the pillow surface is vibrated and/or the pillow surface height/angle is continuously adjusted and/or the person is blown in to wake the person.

The pillow waking method comprises the following steps: judging whether the current time is in a preset wake-up time period or not; if yes, monitoring the sleep state of the user; judging whether the user is in a preset wake-up sleep state or not; if yes, measuring the sleeping posture of the human body and/or determining the head/face position of the human body; the pillow surface is constantly adjusted to the sleeping position to cause the person to repeatedly turn over and/or vibrate the pillow surface and/or blow air on the person's face/head to wake the person.

The big data processing method of the pillow comprises the following steps: the data transmission module receives data transmitted by the sleep state monitoring module and/or the snoring detection module and/or the sleeping posture measuring module; and the big data module receives the data transmitted by the data transmission module and processes the data.

The information pushing method of the pillow comprises the following steps: the big data module screens out target users; and the information pushing module pushes information to the target user.

The E-commerce selling method of the pillow comprises the following steps: the big data module screens out target users; and the E-commerce sales module displays the commodity sales information to the target user.

The sleeping posture detection method comprises the following steps: s1, shooting a head image of a person, and carrying out human eye detection; identifying whether human eyes exist in the image; if no human eyes are detected or the human eyes are in a closed eye state, starting to measure the sleeping posture of the human body; if the human eyes are detected and open, the measurement of the human body sleeping posture is not started/stopped.

The pillow comprises at least one intelligent terminal device which can be connected with the driving module in a wired/wireless mode; the intelligent terminal equipment can comprise at least one APP, and the sleeping posture detection control module and/or the sleeping state monitoring control module and/or the snoring management module and/or the pillow surface management module and/or the vibration control module and/or the blowing control module and/or the electric shock control module can be arranged in the APP; the APP can transmit a control command to the drive module and receive data transmitted by the drive module; the APP can exchange data with the server.

The pillow can improve the sleep quality and acquire sleep big data.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the pillow surface structure of the pillow of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a lift mechanism;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the pillow surface structure of the pillow of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a pillow structure;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a pillow structure;

FIG. 8 is a schematic illustration of an embodiment;

FIG. 9 is a block diagram of a pillow structure;

FIG. 10 is a flow chart of pillow intervention snoring;

FIG. 11 is a flow chart of pillow intervention apnea;

FIG. 12 is a flow chart of pillow intervention apnea;

FIG. 13 is a pillow smart wake flow diagram;

FIG. 14 is a pillow smart wake flow diagram;

FIG. 15 is a big data collection flow chart;

fig. 16 is a flow chart of information push;

FIG. 17 is a sales flow chart;

FIG. 18 is a view showing the structure of a pillow;

FIG. 19 is a flow chart for measuring sleeping posture;

FIG. 20 is a view showing the structure of the pillow surface;

FIG. 21 is a view showing the structure of the pillow surface;

FIG. 22 is a view showing the structure of the pillow surface;

FIG. 23 is a view showing the structure of the pillow surface;

FIG. 24 is a view showing the structure of the pillow surface;

like reference numbers in the figures refer to identical or similar components.

Detailed Description

In fig. 1, the pillow comprises a lower pillow surface 101 and an upper pillow surface, the upper pillow surface comprising at least one region of pillow surface, which can comprise at least one head pillow surface 103, at least one neck pillow surface 105. The head pillow surface is positioned below the head, the width of the head pillow surface is equivalent to the length of the head, and the preferred width is 15-25 cm. The neck pillow surface is located below the neck, and the width is preferably 5-10 cm. The length of the pillow surface of the head/neck is preferably 30-70 cm. The upper surface of the neck occipital surface can be curved, preferably convex arc-shaped. The upper surface of the pillow surface of the head can be a curved surface. The head/neck pillow surface can be a single layer/multi-layer structure. The multilayer structure preferably has a rigid bottom layer and a flexible upper layer, wherein the flexible material is coated on the flexible upper layer, for example, the rigid bottom layer is a hard plate, and sponge/porous cotton/rubber is laid on the flexible upper layer. At least one lifting mechanism is arranged between the area pillow surface and the lower pillow surface. At least one first lifting mechanism and at least one second lifting mechanism can be arranged between the area pillow surface and the lower pillow surface, and the first lifting mechanism and the second lifting mechanism can be asynchronously/differentially lifted to change the inclination angle of the area pillow surface; the first lifting mechanism and the second lifting mechanism can be lifted synchronously to change the height of the area pillow surface. At least one lifting mechanism 115, preferably 2 lifting mechanisms, is arranged between the head pillow surface 103 and the lower pillow surface 101. The lifting mechanism can be a known retractable mechanical device, a pneumatic device, or a hydraulic device. At least one lifting mechanism 112 is arranged between the neck pillow surface 105 and the lower pillow surface 101, and preferably 2 lifting mechanisms are arranged left and right. The lifting mechanisms can be extended/shortened, and the plurality of lifting mechanisms can be lifted simultaneously to change the height of the pillow surface and can be lifted asynchronously to change the inclination angle of the pillow surface. The head rest surface and the neck rest surface can be asynchronously/differentially lifted so that the height of the head rest surface is different from that of the neck rest surface, thereby changing the spatial position/angle of the head of the user. When a person lies on the back, the pillow surface of the neck can be adjusted to be higher than the pillow surface of the head, so that the neck of the person rises and the head leans backwards, the natural curvature of the cervical vertebra can be recovered in an auxiliary mode, and the person can breathe smoothly to eliminate snoring. The elevating mechanism can periodically and repeatedly ascend/descend to make the area pillow surface vibrate so as to vibrate the head/neck of the user. The pillow comprises at least one control module which can control the lifting of each lifting mechanism. The control module can include a drive circuit and a control program for the lift mechanism. The control program part can be located in the upper computer/smartphone.

In fig. 2, a lifting mechanism, which is a multi-link lifting mechanism, is disposed between the pillow surfaces, and a plurality of links 117 are arranged in a crossing manner. The brackets 123, 124 are connected to the upper pillow surface 102 and the lower pillow surface 101. The support is provided with slide ways 120 and 121, one end of the connecting rod is connected with a slide block 118, and the slide block can slide in the slide ways. The sliding block and the connecting rods can rotate, one end of each connecting rod is connected with the support through the rotating shaft 122, and the connecting rods can rotate. The connecting rod comprises at least one driving connecting rod 116, one end of the driving connecting rod is a sliding end, a sliding block is arranged at the sliding end, and the sliding block can slide along the sliding way. The sliding end is provided with a short arm, the driving device is connected with the short arm, and the driving device can push/pull the short arm to drive the sliding end of the driving connecting rod to move along the slideway. At the other end of the short arm is arranged at least one nut 133 through which the lead screw 132 passes. The axis of the nut is parallel to the plane of the connecting rod, and the nut cannot rotate around the axis and can rotate relative to the short arm. The motor 131 is connected with the pillow surface and can drive the screw to rotate, and further drive the nut 133 to move along the screw. The action line of the screw rod to the thrust of the nut does not pass through the rotating shaft between the sliding block 118 and the driving connecting rod 116, and a force arm exists between the thrust and the rotating shaft. When moving along the screw, the nut 133 can generate a thrust to the short arm, and in addition, can generate a moment to rotate the driving connecting rod 116 around the sliding block 118, the thrust drives the driving connecting rod 116 to slide, the moment drives the driving connecting rod 116 to rotate, the force and the moment drive the sliding block 118 to move in the slideway 120 together, the included angle between the connecting rods changes, and the support rises/falls to drive the pillow surface to rise/fall.

The existing multi-link structure does not have a short arm, when the link mechanism is at the lowest point, the included angle between the driving link and the horizontal plane is very small, and the force required for pushing the link mechanism to rise is large. In the multi-link mechanism shown in fig. 2, the existence of the short arm can additionally generate a moment for driving the connecting rods to rotate, and the moment can assist the connecting rods to rotate around the rotating shaft between the connecting rods, so that the thrust required for pushing the connecting rod mechanism to ascend is reduced. The lifting mechanism comprises a servo motor driving module, a power supply module and a control module.

The upper pillow surface comprises at least one region of pillow surface; at least one lifting mechanism and at least one tilting mechanism can be arranged between the area pillow surface and the lower pillow surface, and the tilting mechanism can be arranged above/below the lifting mechanism; the tilting mechanism can change the inclination angle of the area pillow surface. In fig. 3, a lifting mechanism 115 and a tilting mechanism 117 are disposed between the head rest surface 103 and the lower rest surface 101. The tilting mechanism is arranged at the top end of the lifting mechanism and can rotate to change the inclination angle of the pillow surface. An elevating mechanism 112 is disposed between the neck pillow surface 105 and the lower pillow surface 101. The lifting mechanism 112 and the lifting mechanism 115 can independently act and stop at different heights, so that the heights of the neck pillow surface and the head pillow surface are different, and the backward tilting angle of the head of the person is changed. When a person lies on the back, the height of the neck pillow surface can be adjusted to be higher than that of the head pillow surface, so that the neck of the person is lifted, the head of the person leans backwards and pulls the neck of the person, and the person with abnormal cervical vertebra curvature can be helped to recover the natural curvature of the neck of the person. The shape of the pillow surface in each sleeping position, including the height/angle of each pillow surface, can be preset. The height of the occipital surface of the head/neck is preset to be the same when the user lies on the side and is equal to the shoulder width minus half of the head width. When the user lies on the back, the height of the neck pillow surface can be preset to be 5-10 cm; the height of the pillow surface of the head can be preset to be 5-15 cm; the head occipital surface can be preset to be 10-5 cm lower than the neck occipital surface. When the sleeping posture of a person changes, the pillow can adjust the pillow surface according to the current sleeping posture and the preset pillow surface shape of the sleeping posture. The human-computer interaction module of the pillow provides an interface for presetting the shape of the pillow surface.

In fig. 4, the pillow comprises a lower pillow surface 101, a head pillow surface 103 and a neck pillow surface 105. The pillow comprises at least one upright post 141 which can be connected with the lower pillow surface, the upright post stands upright/obliquely upwards, and the top end of the upright post can be provided with a cross bar. The posts can be straight/curved/arcuate. At least one functional module can be arranged on the top end of the upright post or the cross bar, and the functional module can comprise a sleeping posture measuring module 301, a sleeping state monitoring module 401, a snoring detection module 501 and a blowing module 620. The functional module is located above/laterally above/posteriorly above the head of the person. The upper pillow surface can include a notch through which the post can pass. The camera/laser of the sleeping posture measuring module, the radar antenna of the sleeping state monitoring module, the sound pickup of the snoring detection module and the air outlet of the air blowing module are preferably arranged at the top end/cross rod of the upright post. The blowing module comprises an air flow generating device which can generate air flow, such as an axial flow fan, a motor and an air pipe; the device comprises at least one airflow regulating and controlling device, can regulate the strength/frequency/rhythm of airflow jet, and can regulate the wind direction, the wind speed and the airflow range; the airflow regulating device comprises a flow deflector/air outlet controlled by a servo mechanism. The air outlet can be arranged above/laterally above the pillow, and the air outlet can face the pillow surface/head of a person; the air outlet can blow air flow to spray on human body. The radar wave emitted by the radar antenna is towards the head, the trunk and the four limbs of a user of the pillow. The number of the sound pick-up devices is preferably 2, and the left side and the right side of the pillow are separately arranged. The camera/laser of the sleeping posture measuring module can scan the head and the trunk of a person under the driving of the servo mechanism to obtain the human body model. The sleeping posture measuring module can identify the head, the trunk and the neck and determine the sleeping posture according to the shape and the position of each part.

In fig. 5, the pillow comprises at least one sleeping position detection module 301. The sleeping posture detection module can be a known sleeping posture detection module, such as a three-dimensional human body measuring sleeping posture detection module, and preferably a three-dimensional laser scanning human body part identification sleeping posture measurement module. The pillow comprises at least one sleep state monitoring module 401, and the sleep state monitoring module comprises a respiration monitoring module/a heartbeat monitoring module/a human body movement detection module. The sleep state monitoring module can be a known sleep state detection module, such as a body measurement radar, preferably a UWB sleep monitoring radar or a PCR body detection radar. The respiration monitoring module can monitor a person's respiration including, but not limited to, respiration rate/amplitude/waveform, and can monitor respiratory anomalies. The heartbeat monitoring module can monitor heartbeat conditions, including heart rate, and can monitor heartbeat abnormalities. Respiratory abnormalities include apnea/cessation. The heart beat abnormalities include arrhythmia/surging/stopping/tachycardia. The human motion detection module can detect the motion conditions of limbs and the trunk, including but not limited to the frequency/amplitude of motion. During sleeping, the sleeping state, such as deep sleep, light sleep and rapid eye movement period, can be determined according to the breathing condition/body movement condition, so as to determine the sleeping quality. The pillow comprises at least one snoring detection module 501, and snoring detection is a well-known technology. The pillow comprises at least one pillow surface control module 100, which comprises an upper pillow surface, a lower pillow surface and a lifting mechanism, and can control the height and the angle of the pillow surface. The pillow includes at least one vibration module 610, which can be a well-known vibration generating device, such as an eccentric motor. The vibration module can generate mechanical vibration and is connected with the upper pillow surface and the lower pillow surface to drive the pillow surfaces to vibrate. The pillow includes at least one air blowing module 620 that can include well-known air flow generating devices, such as fans, bellows, that can generate an air flow to blow over a person's face/head. The pillow includes at least one stun module 630 that includes a high voltage device and at least one pair of electrodes. The electrodes can be thin metal wires/conductive plastic/carbon fibers, preferably flexible conductive material. The electrodes can be arranged on the surface of the pillow and/or on the surface of the torso part of the human body. The electric shock module comprises a voltage adjusting module which can adjust the voltage between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; the human body current detection device comprises a current detection module, can detect the current flowing through a human body and can adjust the current through adjusting voltage, so that the current is smaller than the human body safety current. When the breathing/heartbeat abnormality of the human body is monitored, the electric shock module can carry out electric shock on the human body, and preferably pulse electric shock. The electric shock module can apply a slight electric shock to the head/trunk of the person to interrupt apnea when the person has abnormal breathing; the electric shock can be applied to the chest/back of the human body to recover the heartbeat when the heartbeat of the human is abnormal. The pillow comprises at least one data transmission module 640, which can be connected with the server 701 and the intelligent terminal device 703, upload data to the server and the mobile phone, and receive data and control instructions from the server and the mobile phone. Each functional module is connected with the data transmission module, can upload the data of each module to the data transmission module, and can receive the data and the control command transmitted by the data transmission module. Each functional module can exchange data through the data transmission module. The pillow includes a human-machine interaction module 641. Each functional module can comprise known components such as a power supply module, an interface module, a control module, a driving module, a data line, an interface and the like.

In fig. 6, a person 201 is lying on his side on a pillow. The height of the upper pillow surface 102 is consistent with the width of one-side shoulder of the person, so that the head of the person is kept straight. A cross bar is arranged on the top of the upright 141, and a plurality of functional modules 145 are arranged on the cross bar. A control module 150 can be disposed between the upper and lower pillow surfaces and in electrical/data connection with other functional modules 145. The control module can comprise an upper computer, an embedded system, a driving circuit, a power supply module, a data transmission module, a data line, other function modules and a lifting mechanism. The functional module is located above/laterally above the person, and is capable of measuring the person's head/neck/torso from above.

In fig. 7, the pillow includes at least one upper computer 702, which can be a computer, a mini computer such as a raspberry pi, an intelligent terminal device, an industrial personal computer, an embedded system. The upper computer can be provided with a human-computer interaction module 641, a sleeping posture detection control module 303, a sleeping state monitoring control module 403, a snoring management module 503, a pillow surface management module 180, a vibration control module 611, a blowing control module 621, an electric shock control module 631 and a data transmission module 640. The upper computer is connected with a sleeping posture detection execution module 305, a sleeping state monitoring execution module 405, a snoring sensor module 505, a pillow surface control execution module 181, a vibration execution module 613, a blowing execution module 623 and an electric shock execution module 633 through a driving module 151. The drive module can receive control commands of the upper computer and control the execution modules to execute corresponding operations, and the drive module can receive data from the execution modules and upload the data to the upper computer. The driving module can comprise an interface component, a power supply component, a data transmission component, a switch component, a motor driving component, an MCU/PLA, a relay and a driving board. The upper computer can establish data connection with the server 701 and the smart phone 703 through the data transmission module. The upper computer can run the control program of each functional module, realize the control of each execution module, realize the function of each functional module. And data interaction can be carried out among the control modules. The server comprises a big data processing module which can process various data transmitted by the upper computer. The server comprises an information pushing module and can push information to the smart phone/the upper computer, wherein the information comprises advertisements, product sale information and user sleep condition information.

Sleeping posture detection is a well-known technology. The sleeping posture detection execution module can comprise a camera, a laser and a servo system, and the sleeping posture detection control module can comprise an image processing module, a point cloud processing module, a human body part identification module and a sleeping posture judgment module. The sleeping posture detection execution module can comprise a human body measuring radar, and the sleeping posture detection control module can comprise a radar data processing module. The sleeping posture detection control module can control the sleeping posture detection execution module to measure the human body and judge the sleeping posture according to the measurement result.

Sleep state monitoring is a well-known technique, such as detecting sleep states using anthropometric radar. The sleep state monitoring module can include at least one anthropometric radar module. The human body measuring radar comprises a data processing module and a radar module. The radar module comprises a radar antenna module and a signal processing module. The radar antenna module can emit radar wave energy to irradiate a human body and can receive a reflected signal. The signal processing module can process the signals and transmit the processed data to the data processing module. The data processing module can extract heartbeat/respiration data and limb/trunk movement data of the person from the data, and judge whether the person has abnormal respiration/heartbeat and the sleeping state of the person. The sleep state monitoring control module can include a data processing module of a anthropometric radar. The sleep state monitoring execution module can include a radar module of a anthropometric radar. When a person has breathing/heartbeat abnormality, the sleep state monitoring control module can control the upper computer to send out sound/light alarm, can send alarm information to the guardian mobile phone, and can dial a preset telephone number.

Snoring detection is a well-known technique. The snoring sensor module can comprise a sound/vibration sensor, which can be arranged on the top end/cross bar of the upright, can be arranged above/below the pillow surface. The snore management module processes data transmitted by the sensor, judges whether snore occurs and positions the snorer. The snoring management module can receive the human body sleeping posture information transmitted by the sleeping posture detection module, determine the operation required for inhibiting snoring according to the information, and transmit the operation information to the pillow surface control module, the vibration module, the electric shock module and the air blowing module.

The pillow surface control execution module can comprise an upper pillow surface, a lower pillow surface and a lifting mechanism. The lift mechanism can include an action assembly and a structural assembly. The actuating assembly can include a motor, a lead screw, a slide, a pneumatic actuating cylinder, a hydraulic actuating cylinder, a drive, and known accessories. The structural component can comprise a connecting rod, a slideway, a rack and a rotating shaft. The pillow surface management module can control the lifting mechanism to change the height/angle of the neck pillow surface/the head pillow surface, and further adjust the height, angle and position of the head of a person. The pillow surface management module can receive the sleeping posture information of the person transmitted by the sleeping posture detection module and adjust the height/angle of the pillow surface according to the sleeping posture. The pillow surface management module can receive the control information transmitted by the snoring detection module and adjust the height/angle of the pillow surface according to the information. The pillow surface management module can receive control information of the sleep state monitoring module, and the height/angle of the pillow surface can be adjusted to intervene breathing abnormity when people breathe abnormally.

The vibration execution module can comprise an eccentric motor and a driving assembly, and is connected with the pillow surface. The vibration control module can receive the control information transmitted by the snoring detection module and vibrate the pillow surface according to the information to intervene in snoring. The vibration control module can receive the control information of the sleep state monitoring module, and the pillow surface can be vibrated to intervene when people breathe abnormally.

The blowing execution module can comprise at least one fan, at least one air box and at least one air compressor and can generate continuous/pulse air flow; can include the air current adjusting part, can adjust air current direction, power. The air blowing control module can receive the information transmitted by the snoring detection module, and when snoring occurs, air is blown to the person to intervene the snoring. The air blowing control module can receive information of the sleep state monitoring module, and air can be blown to the person to intervene apnea when the person pauses breathing. The air flow can be blown on the face/head of the person, preferably into the nasal cavity. Preferably, the diameter of the air flow is less than 15cm, and the air speed is less than 10 m/s.

The electric shock execution module comprises electrodes and a power supply module, wherein the power supply module can generate high voltage and apply the high voltage to the positive electrode and the negative electrode of the electrodes. The electrodes are in contact with the human body. The electric shock control module can receive information transmitted by the snoring detection module, and when snoring occurs, the electric shock is given to the human body to turn over the human body/change the sleeping state so as to eliminate the snoring; the sleep state monitoring module/sleep posture detection module can receive information, and when a person pauses breathing, the head/trunk of the person can be electrically shocked to intervene the apnea; the back of the person is shocked while the person is lying on his back on the bed surface to intervene in the cardiac arrest.

When the heartbeat of the person is monitored to stop, the sleeping posture detection module detects the sleeping posture of the person, and when the person lies on the side, the left and right inclination angles of the pillow surface are adjusted to guide the person to turn over to lie on the back or the stomach, so that the back/the chest of the person is in contact with the electrode of the bed surface; and then shock is applied to the back/chest of the person to restore the heart to beating. If the person lies on the back, the electric shock can be directly shocked.

In fig. 8, a person 201 is lying on his side on a pillow. The pillow comprises at least one intelligent terminal device 190, and the intelligent terminal device comprises a smart phone and a tablet computer. The smart phone 190 is arranged in the limiting mechanism at the top end of the stand column, and a human body can be shot by the mobile phone camera. The smart phone is connected to the driving module 151 in a wired/wireless manner. The driving module is connected with the lifting mechanism 115 and other functional modules, and can control the other functional modules to work. The driving module can control a power module of the lifting mechanism, such as a servo motor, an air compressor and an electromagnetic valve. The smart phone comprises at least one pillow APP, the APP can send a control instruction to the driving module, and the driving module can upload information such as data and states measured by the functional modules to the APP. The smart phone comprises a man-machine interaction interface, and parameters and processes controlled by the pillow can be set in the APP.

In fig. 9, the pillow comprises a smart phone 703, which comprises at least one pillow APP. The human-computer interaction module 641, the sleeping posture detection control module 303, the sleeping state monitoring control module 403, the snoring management module 503, the pillow management module 180, the vibration control module 611, the blowing control module 621, the electric shock control module 631 and the data transmission module 640 can be arranged in an APP of the smart phone. The smartphone is capable of exchanging data with the server 701. The smart phone is connected to the driver module 151 in a wired/wireless manner, transmits a control command to the driver module, and receives data transmitted from each execution module.

In FIG. 10, snore detecting module receives a snore flag signal via a sensor at step 520. The sound sensor receives sound signals or the vibration sensor monitors the vibration condition of the pillow surface. The vibration sensor is arranged on the pillow surface and can detect the vibration of the pillow surface. After the signal is filtered and amplified, it is determined in step 521 whether snoring exists. In step 523, the snore detection module locates the snorer. The snorer can be located by the difference of the signals received by the two/more sensors. The snorer is positioned to avoid one person snoring when multiple people are sleeping next to each other causing multiple pillows to detect the snoring. When the vibration sensor is arranged on the pillow surface, the snorer is considered to be a person lying on the current pillow when the vibration is detected. In step 320, the sleeping posture measuring module measures the sleeping posture of the human body; the position of the person's head is determined. In step 525, after the snorer is determined and the sleeping posture of the human body is measured, the snore is intervened according to the sleeping posture. The method for intervening snoring comprises adjusting the height/angle of the head of a person to make the breathing smoother and eliminate the snoring, rotating the head of the person by inclining the pillow surface left and right to force the person to turn over and change the sleeping posture so as to eliminate the snoring, and changing the sleeping depth state of the person by vibration/electric shock/blowing so as to eliminate the snoring. The above-mentioned snoring intervention methods are well known. The pillow can intervene snoring according to the sleeping posture of a person. The pillow can be preset with a pillow surface height adjusting program, and the pillow surface can be adjusted according to the preset program when the user intervenes in snoring. When a person lies on the back, the elevation angle of the head can be changed by adjusting the height of the head pillow surface and/or the neck pillow surface, so that the respiratory tract condition is changed, and the breathing is smooth and the snoring is eliminated. Preferably, the neck occipital surface is adjusted higher in sections/the head occipital surface is adjusted lower in sections, for example, each section is 1 cm. And after adjusting for a period, detecting whether snoring continues, if snoring, continuing sectional adjustment until the head pillow surface is lowered to the preset lowest height or the neck pillow surface is raised to the preset highest height. When the person lies on the back, the left and right inclination angles of the pillow surface of the head can be adjusted to enable the head to rotate to the lower position. When the head of the person turns to one side, the person can be driven to turn over and become a side lying sleeping position; when the sleeping posture detection module detects that the person becomes the side sleeping posture, the head pillow surface is leveled and the height of the upper pillow surface is adjusted to the preset side sleeping height. People often do not snore easily when lying on their side. When a person lies on one side, the left-right inclination of the pillow surface is adjusted to be higher at the side close to the face and lower at the side close to the hindbrain, so that the person can turn over and lie on the back; when the sleeping posture detection module detects that the sleeping posture of the person becomes supine, the pillow surface is leveled and the height of the pillow surface is adjusted to be the preset supine sleeping posture height. The pillow surface is adjusted according to the sleeping posture, so that the pillow surface can be adjusted to a position suitable for the sleeping posture in time after the sleeping posture of the person is changed; the pillow surface is prevented from inclining to face position and then brain position is high when the person lies on side and turning over to face downward posture is avoided. After the sleeping position/head position of the human body is determined, the air flow direction of the air blowing device can be adjusted according to the position of the face/nose, so that the air flow is blown to the face, and preferably to the nasal cavity. The pillow can be adjusted in angle/height, vibrated, blown to face, and slightly shocked to change sleep state of human body, and can also eliminate snoring.

In fig. 11, the sleep state monitoring module measures the sleep state of the person, preferably by measuring the person's breathing with radar, step 421. At step 423, respiratory parameters, including the interval, frequency, and amplitude of the two breaths, are detected. In step 425, a determination is made as to whether an apnea has occurred. The judgment method includes, but is not limited to, setting a breath interval time threshold t, and after the last breath is finished, if no new breath occurs beyond the time t, the apnea is considered. Normal persons have a breath interval of less than 10 s. If an apnea has occurred, the apnea is intervened, step 427. Intervention modes include, but are not limited to, adjusting the occipital surface angle/height, vibrating the occipital surface, blowing air into the face of the person, slightly shocking the person, and assisting the person to resume breathing through external stimulation. The intervention modes can be used independently or in combination. The intervention mode can change the sleep depth state of the person, and the change of the sleep state of the person can eliminate the apnea.

In fig. 12, in step 421, the radar measures the human body, and various measurement data are obtained. In step 423, respiration-related data is extracted from the measurement data. And step 320, the sleeping posture measuring module measures the sleeping posture of the human body and determines the position of the head of the human body. Step 425, determine whether apnea has occurred. If it is, then in step 427, the apnea is intervened based on the person's sleeping position/head position. The intervention mode includes but is not limited to adjusting the angle/height of the pillow surface according to the sleeping posture, and inclining the pillow surface to guide the person to turn over. After the sleeping position/head position of the human body is determined, the air flow direction of the air blowing device can be adjusted according to the position of the face/nose, so that the air flow is blown to the face, preferably to the nasal cavity, to stimulate the person to recover the breathing. Snoring is an important factor causing apnea, and methods of intervening snoring can interfere with apnea. The method for intervening in apnea according to the sleeping posture of a person is the same as the method for intervening in snoring.

It is known to wake a user at the most appropriate time according to a sleep cycle, to wake the user at the most comfortable time period, to avoid a violent mood and to wake more awake.

In fig. 13, the upper computer/smartphone of the pillow includes at least one alarm clock module. In step 450, the user presets a time period for waking up the person by the pillow and a sleep state, namely in which sleep state to wake up, in the alarm clock module through the man-machine interaction module of the pillow APP/upper computer in the smart phone. Preferably during light sleep/rapid eye movement. Unlike the known alarm clock setting wake up time, what is set in step 450 is the time period for wake up, e.g., 6:30 to 7: 00. Then the person lies on the pillow for sleeping. At step 453, the alarm clock module determines whether the time is in a preset wake-up period. If the time is already in the wake period, the sleep state detection module detects the sleep state of the person at that time, i.e., the shade state of the sleep, step 455. In step 457, the alarm clock module determines whether the current sleep state of the person is a preset wake-up sleep state. If not, no wake-up operation is performed. If so, a preset wakeup operation is performed at step 460. Waking operations include, but are not limited to, vibrating the occipital surface, continuously adjusting the height/angle of the occipital surface, blowing air into the body.

In fig. 14, in step 457, if the person is in the preset sleep state, step 320 is entered. The sleep position measurement module measures the sleep position/head position of the person at step 320. Step 460, the alarm clock module performs a wake-up operation according to the person's sleeping posture. The waking operation comprises repeatedly adjusting the angle/height of the pillow surface to shake the head, repeatedly tilting the pillow surface according to the sleeping posture to guide the person to turn over, continuously adjusting the pillow surface according to the sleeping posture to allow the person to turn over repeatedly, blowing air to the face/head of the person, and vibrating the pillow surface. If the person does not enter the preset sleep state all the time during the preset wake-up period, the wake-up operation is performed at the end of the wake-up period regardless of what sleep state the person is in.

The pillow comprises at least one big data module, can establish data connection with a plurality of pillows, can receive various sleep-related data transmitted by the pillows, can process the data, can judge the characteristics of a user of the pillow according to a processing result, can judge the common characteristics of the user according to the region/occupation/sex/age of the user, and can screen target users based on the data processing result/characteristics. In fig. 15, in step 750, each functional module uploads the measured sleep-related data to a data transmission module in the upper computer/intelligent terminal. The sleep-related data includes, but is not limited to, sleep posture data measured by the sleep posture measuring module, breathing/heartbeat/body movement/sleep state data measured by the sleep state monitoring module, snoring condition data measured by the snoring detection module, pillow height/angle data of the pillow surface control module, wake-up time/state data set by the alarm clock module, and data such as sleep time, sleep duration, wake-up time, etc. And step 753, the data transmission module transmits the data to the big data module. The big data module can be arranged in a server/upper computer/intelligent terminal. And step 755, the big data module processes and analyzes the data, and judges the sleeping conditions/health conditions of the person according to the processing result, including but not limited to whether the person sleeps and snores, whether the person breathes in an apnea manner, the duration of each sleeping state, the sleeping quality, the cardio-pulmonary health condition and whether the person works and sleeps regularly.

The pillow comprises at least one information pushing module and can push information to a target user. In fig. 16, the big data module analyzes the sleep data of a certain user to determine the sleep/health of the person, step 755. Step 757, the big data module finds out the target user according to the preset screening standard. For example, people with insomnia, snore, apnea, early-onset, late-sleep and cervical spondylosis. The screening criteria of the above-mentioned person are well known techniques. Step 759, the big data module pushes information to the target user, especially information related to the characteristics of the target user. If the insomnia related information is pushed to the insomnia person, the health warning information is pushed to the apnea person. The preset screening criteria include, but are not limited to, insomnia when the pillow is laid on the pillow for more than 30 minutes without falling asleep, insomnia when the sleep time is less than 6 hours, poor sleep quality when the deep sleep time accounts for less than 30% of the total sleep time, and apnea when the interval of breathing in sleep exceeds 10 seconds.

The upper computer/server/intelligent terminal of the pillow can comprise an e-commerce sales module which can display commodity sales information to a target user. In FIG. 17, the big data module analyzes the user data, step 755. Step 757, the big data module screens out the target users, and the screening standard can be preset. And 760, the E-commerce sales module displays the commodity sales information to the target user to carry out E-commerce sales. The commodity sales information can be displayed on a human-computer interaction interface of the upper computer and can be displayed in a pillow APP of the intelligent terminal. The E-commerce sales module can sell commodities pertinently according to the characteristics of target users, such as medicines for treating insomnia to insomniacs.

In fig. 18, the pillow includes at least one pressure sensor that can be positioned between the lifting mechanism and the pillow surface, as well as on the bottom surface of the lower pillow surface. When a person lies on the pillow, the pressure sensor can measure a pressure value a. A load threshold b can be set, and when a is larger than b, the person lies on the pillow. When a person lies on the pillow, the pillow sleeping posture measuring module/sleeping state monitoring module/snoring detection module is started. Measure the pressure value of a plurality of time points, calculate the pressure change value c of adjacent time point, set up a load and change threshold d, when c > d, think people's head position promptly and change, the people changes the appearance of sleeping, starts the appearance measuring module of sleeping.

Preferably, the left and right sides of the pillow are respectively provided with a pressure sensor, the pillow surface is equivalent to a simple beam, pressure values measured by the left and right sensors are different due to the difference of the left and right positions of the head of a person on the pillow, and the left and right positions of the head of the person on the pillow can be calculated according to the pressure values of the left and right sensors. When the person changes the sleeping posture, the position change of the front and back heads of the person on the pillow and the sleeping posture of the person in front are changed according to the sleeping posture, and the sleeping posture of the person in back can be determined. If the former sleeping posture is supine, and the head position of the person is detected to move leftwards, the person can be inferred to turn over leftwards, and the sleeping posture is left-side lying. The change of the sleeping posture can be further determined according to the position change of the head on the pillow. If the sleeping posture is left side lying, the user detects that the head of the user moves rightwards, and the sleeping posture after the movement can be determined according to the moving distance f of the head. If a threshold value e is set to 1/4 weeks of the head, the person is considered to be supine when f < e. And when f > e, the person is considered to lie on the right side.

Method of operating a pillow comprising at least one pressure sensor, comprising the steps of: s1, measuring the pressure by the pressure sensor; s2, judging whether the measured pressure value is larger than a threshold value; if the measured pressure value is larger than the pressure threshold value, starting a sleeping posture measuring module/a sleeping state monitoring module/a snoring detection module; if the measured pressure value is smaller than the pressure threshold value, the sleeping posture measuring module/the sleeping state monitoring module/the snoring detection module are not started.

The working method of the pillow comprising at least two pressure sensors comprises the following steps: s1, judging whether the pressure value measured by each pressure sensor changes; s2, if the pressure value changes, calculating the current position of the head according to the changed pressure value; and S3, determining the sleeping posture change of the person according to the current head position and the previous head position of the person.

The working method of the pillow comprising the sleep state monitoring module comprises the following steps: s1, the sleep state monitoring module measures the human body; s2, judging whether the human body moves or not; and if the human body moves, starting the sleeping posture measuring module to measure the current sleeping posture of the human body.

The working method of the pillow comprising the sleep state monitoring module comprises the following steps: s1, the sleep state monitoring module measures the human body; s2, judging whether the human body moves or not; if the human body moves, waiting for the human body to stop moving; s3, judging whether the movement of the human body stops or not; and if the movement/movement stops, starting the sleeping posture measuring module to measure the current sleeping posture of the human body.

It is known that laser energy less than 5mW does not cause damage to human eyes. The pillow has the laser power of less than 5mW, and the sweeping time from the human face is very short, so that the eyes cannot be damaged even if the eyes are opened. The infrared laser can be selected, the wavelength of the light wave is not in the human eye sensing range, and the damage to human eyes is further avoided.

In order to avoid laser irradiation on human eyes, the pillow comprises at least one human eye/face detection module, wherein the human eye/face detection module comprises at least one camera, and the camera is arranged above/on the side of the head of a human and faces the pillow. The human eye detection module can detect whether human eyes exist in the picture shot by the camera and the opening and closing states of the human eyes. In fig. 19, when a person lies on the pillow, before the sleeping posture is measured by using a human body sleeping posture measuring device which needs to actively emit laser/light beams such as three-dimensional laser scanning, structured light, TOF and the like, the human eye detection module shoots an image of the head of the person and detects human eyes in step 360. At step 363, it is identified whether there is an open human eye in the image, i.e. whether the human eye is open. If the human eye is detected and is open, the laser/light source is not activated to avoid the light beam being directed into the human eye. If no eyes are detected, either a side/back up or a person closing their eyes, the laser is activated to begin measuring the person's sleeping position at step 365.

The pillow comprises at least one upper pillow surface, the upper pillow surface comprises at least one layer of bottom plate and at least one layer of coating layer, and the bottom plate is connected with the lifting mechanism and can keep the shape of the upper pillow surface. The covering layer can be one layer/multiple layers, comprises at least one layer of flexible material, covers the bottom plate, and plays a role in buffering and increasing comfort level. The coating layer can be separated from the bottom plate and replaced.

In fig. 20, upper occipital floor 108 includes rigid regions 107 disposed on the left and right sides of the occipital surface and at least one elastic region disposed between the rigid regions in the central region of the occipital surface. The elastic region comprises at least one elastic element 109. The elastic area and the rigid area can be covered with a flexible coating. The rigid region is connected to the lifting mechanism 115. The two ends of the elastic element are connected to the rigid area, the elastic element can deform, when a person lies on the pillow, the pillow is positioned in the elastic area, and the elastic element deforms under the action of the weight of the head, so that the person feels that the pillow surface is not hard, and the comfort is improved. The elastic elements include, but are not limited to, springs, rubber, plastic, carbon fiber, fiberglass. The elastic element can be strip-shaped, plate-shaped, wavy or spiral. The elastic region is capable of undergoing a recoverable deformation under the weight of the head. The base plate can include 2 or more elastic regions.

In fig. 21, the upper pillow surface base plate 108 is thick on the left and right sides and thin in the middle region, and rigid regions 107 are provided on the left and right sides. A plurality of elastic members 109 are arranged between the right and left rigid regions, and the ends of the elastic members are connected to the rigid regions.

In fig. 22, the upper pillow surface base plate 108 is a unitary member, with rigid regions 107 on either side of the base plate having a greater thickness, and elastic regions 110 in the middle of the base plate having a lesser thickness than on either side. The base material can be a resiliently deformable material. The elastic region is capable of undergoing a recoverable deformation under the weight of the head.

In fig. 23, the upper pillow surface base plate 108 is a unitary structure, with the sides of the base plate being bent downwardly and inwardly. The bent portion of the base plate is connected to the lifting mechanism 115. A rotating shaft 119 can be arranged between the bending part and the lifting mechanism, so that the bending part can rotate relative to the lifting mechanism to adapt to the deformation of the bottom plate when stressed. The middle region of the bottom plate is an elastic region which can deform, and the bent parts at two sides are rigid regions

In fig. 24, the upper occipital floor includes a brace 1001 with sides bent upwardly and inwardly. The support can be flexible and can also be rigid. The left and right bending parts of the bracket are rigid areas, and at least one elastic element 109 is arranged between the left and right bending parts. The bracket 1001 is connected to the lifting mechanism 115.

Claims

1. A pillow is characterized in that:

comprises at least one sleeping posture measuring module which can measure the sleeping posture of a human body;

the snore detecting module can detect whether a pillow user snores;

the pillow face adjusting module can adjust the angle/height of the pillow face according to the sleeping posture of the human body determined by the sleeping posture measuring module after the snoring detecting module detects the snoring of the user.

2. A pillow is characterized in that:

the snore detecting module can detect whether a pillow user snores;

the device comprises at least one blowing module, and the blowing module can blow air to the face/nasal cavity of a person according to the position of the head of the person determined by the sleeping posture measuring module after the snoring detecting module detects that the user snores.

3. A pillow is characterized in that:

comprises at least one sleeping posture measuring module which can judge the sleeping posture of a human body;

the breathing monitoring module can monitor the breathing condition of a user of the pillow;

the device comprises at least one pillow surface adjusting module, wherein the pillow surface adjusting module can adjust the angle/height/vibration of the pillow surface according to the sleeping posture of a human body determined by the sleeping posture measuring module when the breathing monitoring module detects that a user has abnormal breathing.

4. A pillow is characterized in that:

the breathing monitoring module detects that the user has abnormal breathing and the blowing module can blow air to the face/nasal cavity of the user according to the position of the head of the user determined by the sleeping posture measuring module.

5. A pillow is characterized in that:

including an at least vibration module, can vibrate the pillow face when breathing monitoring module detects that the user appears breathing unusually.

6. A pillow is characterized in that:

the breathing monitoring device comprises at least one electric shock module, and can implement electric shock on the trunk/head of a user when the breathing monitoring module detects that the user has abnormal breathing.

7. A pillow is characterized in that:

the heartbeat monitoring module can monitor the heartbeat condition of a user of the pillow;

the device comprises at least one pillow surface adjusting module, wherein when the heartbeat monitoring module detects that the heartbeat of a user is abnormal, the pillow surface adjusting module can adjust the angle of the pillow surface according to the sleeping posture of the human body determined by the sleeping posture measuring module so as to turn over the human body, so that the sleeping posture of the human body is changed into the supine/prone posture, and the back/chest is in contact with the bed surface;

comprises at least one electric shock module which is used for carrying out electric shock on the back/chest of a human body when the human body lies on the back/stomach.

8. A pillow is characterized in that:

the pillow comprises at least one heartbeat monitoring module and/or at least one respiration monitoring module, and can monitor the heartbeat/respiration condition of a pillow user;

when the heartbeat/respiration monitoring module monitors that the heartbeat/respiration of the user is abnormal, the pillow can give out acousto-optic alarm to the guardian and/or send alarm information to the mobile phone of the guardian and/or make a preset call.

9. A pillow is characterized in that:

the sleep posture monitoring module can judge the sleep state of a person during sleep;

including an at least alarm clock module, the alarm clock module can predetermine wake-up time quantum and wake-up the sleep state when, when being in wake-up time quantum and the people is in predetermined wake-up sleep state, the alarm clock module can vibrate the pillow face and/or constantly adjust the pillow face height/angle and/or blow to the human body in order to wake-up the people.

10. A pillow is characterized in that:

can comprise at least one sleeping posture measuring module which can measure the sleeping posture of a human body;

can include at least one snoring detection module, can detect the user's snoring situation;

the sleep state monitoring module can be used for monitoring the state of a human body during sleep;

comprises at least one data transmission module, the data transmission module can receive the data transmitted by the sleep state monitoring module and/or the snore detecting module and/or the sleeping posture measuring module,

the data transmission module comprises at least one big data module, and the big data module can receive data transmitted by the data transmission module and process the data.