CN113545543A

CN113545543A - Intelligent mask

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Publication number: CN113545543A
Application number: CN202010328880.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 莫若理; 陈建军; 赵明昌
Original assignee: Chison Medical Technologies Co ltd
Current assignee: Chison Medical Technologies Co ltd; Wuxi Chison Medical Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-04-23
Filing date: 2020-04-23
Publication date: 2021-10-26

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of protective masks, in particular to an intelligent mask, which comprises: a mask body; the mask body is used for shielding part or all of the face area at least including the respiratory system of the user; the attaching part is detachably arranged on one side of the mask body facing the respiratory system, so that a respiratory cavity is formed between the mask body and the respiratory system of a user; at least one air passage configured on the mask body; the filtering device is arranged in the air passage and is used for filtering the air entering and exhausting the breathing cavity; the detection device is arranged in the air passage and positioned on one side of the filtering device close to the breathing cavity and is used for detecting air parameters entering and discharging the breathing cavity; and the adjusting device is arranged in the air passage and used for adjusting the breathing environment in the breathing cavity according to the air parameters so as to keep the user in a comfortable breathing state. The invention can make the user keep breathing in a comfortable state.

Description

Intelligent mask

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of protective masks, in particular to an intelligent mask.

Background

The mask is a sanitary article, generally refers to a device which is worn at the mouth and nose part and used for filtering air entering the mouth and nose so as to prevent harmful gas, smell and spray from entering and exiting the mouth and nose of a wearer, and is made of gauze or paper and the like. The mask has a certain filtering effect on air entering the lung, and has a very good protective effect when respiratory infectious diseases such as new coronary pneumonia are prevalent.

At present, the traditional mask is basically a mask made of cotton, such as a disposable medical mask and a KN95 mask, and the mask made of cotton can be tightly attached to the nose or the mouth due to moisture caused by breathing, so that bacteria are easy to breed. The user wears for a long time and can lead to bacterial growing, can feel difficult to breathe more, wears this type of gauze mask for a long time and can produce the problem of oppression.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to overcome the defects in the prior art and provide an intelligent mask which can enable a user to keep a comfortable breathing state.

As a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an intelligent mask comprising:

a mask body to shield at least a part or all of a facial area including a respiratory system of a user;

the attaching part is detachably arranged on one side of the mask body, which faces the respiratory system, so that a respiratory cavity is formed between the mask body and the respiratory system of the user;

at least one air passage configured on the mask body;

a filter device disposed within the airway for filtering air entering and exiting the breathing cavity;

the detection device is arranged in the air passage and positioned on one side of the filtering device close to the breathing cavity and is used for detecting air parameters entering and exiting the breathing cavity;

and the adjusting device is arranged in the air passage and adjusts the breathing environment in the breathing cavity according to the air parameters so as to ensure that the user is kept in a comfortable breathing state.

Further, the detection device includes at least:

a flow detection unit for detecting the flow of air into and out of the breathing cavity;

and the pressure detection unit is used for detecting the air pressure entering and exhausting the breathing cavity.

Further, the adjusting device comprises at least:

a battery;

the air inlet fan is arranged in the air passage and used for sending the air filtered by the filtering device into the breathing cavity;

at least one exhaust fan arranged in the air passage and used for exhausting the air filtered by the filtering device out of the breathing cavity;

and the control unit is used for adjusting and controlling the working states of the at least one air inlet fan and the at least one air outlet fan according to the air parameters.

Further, the filtering device at least comprises one or more of a HEPA filter screen, an activated carbon filter screen, an ion filter screen or an electrostatic adsorption filter screen.

Further, still include:

a monitoring device arranged on the fitting part and used for monitoring whether the user wears the protective mask correctly, the monitoring device at least comprises,

a pressure monitoring unit for monitoring the internal pressure within the breathing cavity;

and the prompting unit is used for sending out incorrect wearing prompting information to the user when the internal pressure is lower than a preset first pressure.

Further, still include:

the filling device is arranged in the air passage and is positioned on one side of the filtering device close to the breathing cavity, so that the air entering the breathing cavity after being filtered by the filtering device at least contains aroma and/or medicines.

Further, still include:

a human body feature detection device disposed at the attachment portion, the human body feature detection device including,

the sensor unit is used for detecting the human body characteristic information of the user, and the human body characteristic information at least comprises one or more of body temperature information, blood oxygen information or blood pressure information;

and the warning unit is used for sending warning information when the human body characteristic information of the user is abnormal.

Further, still include:

temperature regulation apparatus, set up in the air flue for adjust through the air flue gets into the temperature of the air of breathing cavity, temperature regulation apparatus includes:

a temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of air entering the breathing cavity;

and the heating unit is used for heating the air entering the breathing cavity when the air temperature is lower than or equal to the preset temperature.

Further, still include:

the positioning device is arranged at the mask body;

the positioning device comprises a positioning device and a positioning device,

the positioning unit is used for acquiring the position information of the user;

a determining unit that determines whether the user is located in a people gathering area according to the location information;

the judging unit is used for judging whether the user wears the intelligent mask or not when the user is located in the personnel gathering area;

and the alarm unit is used for sending alarm information when the user is located in the personnel gathering area and does not wear the intelligent mask.

Further, the positioning unit obtains the position information of the user at least through one or more of GPS, Bluetooth and WiFi.

According to the intelligent mask, the breathing cavity can be formed between the attaching part and the breathing system of the user, air entering and exhausting the breathing cavity can be filtered, meanwhile, the breathing environment in the breathing cavity is adjusted according to the detected air parameters, and the user can breathe in a comfortable state.

Further, the detecting device of the present invention detects the air flow and air pressure entering and exiting the breathing cavity as feedback parameters of the regulating device.

Furthermore, the adjusting device of the invention can prevent the user from being suffocated under the condition of wearing the intelligent mask for a long time through the air inlet fan and the air outlet fan.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention and not to limit the invention. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an intelligent mask according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of an intelligent mask according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of an intelligent mask according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of an intelligent mask according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of an intelligent mask according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of an intelligent mask according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

At present, the traditional mask is basically a mask made of cotton, such as a disposable medical mask and a KN95 mask, and the mask made of cotton can cling to the nose or the mouth due to moisture caused by breathing, so that bacteria are easy to breed. The user wears for a long time and can lead to bacterial growing, can feel difficult to breathe more, wears this type of gauze mask for a long time and can produce the problem of oppression.

The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the following detailed description and accompanying drawings. Wherein like elements in different embodiments are numbered with like associated elements. In the following description, numerous details are set forth in order to provide a better understanding of the present application. However, those skilled in the art will readily recognize that some of the features may be omitted or replaced with other elements, materials, methods in different instances. In some instances, certain operations related to the present application have not been shown or described in detail in order to avoid obscuring the core of the present application from excessive description, and it is not necessary for those skilled in the art to describe these operations in detail, so that they may be fully understood from the description in the specification and the general knowledge in the art. Furthermore, the features, operations, or characteristics described in the specification may be combined in any suitable manner to form various embodiments. Also, the various steps or actions in the method descriptions may be transposed or transposed in order, as will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art. Thus, the various sequences in the specification and drawings are for the purpose of describing certain embodiments only and are not intended to imply a required sequence unless otherwise indicated where such sequence must be followed.

As one aspect of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, the present invention provides an intelligent mask, comprising: the mask comprises a mask body 200, a fitting part 100, at least one air passage 600, a detection device 400 and an adjusting device 500. The mask body 200 is used for shielding part or all of the face area at least including the respiratory system of the user; the attaching part 100 is detachably disposed on one side of the mask body 200 facing the respiratory system, so that a breathing cavity is formed between the mask body 200 and the respiratory system of the user; at least one air passage 600 configured on the mask body 200; a filter device 300 is disposed within the airway 600 for filtering air entering and exiting the breathing cavity; the detection device 400 is arranged in the airway 600 and positioned at one side of the filtering device 300 close to the breathing cavity, and is used for detecting air parameters entering and exiting the breathing cavity; the adjusting device 500 is disposed in the airway 600, and adjusts the breathing environment in the breathing cavity according to the air parameter, so that the user can keep a comfortable breathing state.

The intelligent mask can form a breathing cavity between the attaching part 100 and a breathing system of a user, so that air entering and exhausting the breathing cavity can be filtered, the breathing environment in the breathing cavity can be adjusted according to detected air parameters, and the user can breathe in a comfortable state.

The mask body 200 shields a respiratory system including at least a nose, a mouth, etc. of a user from an inner portion or an entire facial area of the user. The intelligent mask is different from a cotton mask, and is made of flexible plastics. Preferably, flexible plastics are transparent PC material preparation, can make two people who take the gauze mask see the face of each other very much through intelligent gauze mask, and according to convenient and humanized when communicating. The mask body 200 may be provided with a film to prevent "fogging", which means that the user may condense water vapor inside the mask body 200 when he or she breathes out.

Laminating portion 100 sets up gauze mask body 200 orientation respiratory's one side, laminating portion 100 sets up along the peripheral profile of gauze mask body 200, can make gauze mask body 200 hug closely user's face, so that gauze mask body 200 with form respiratory between user's the respiratory. It is immediately necessary that the breathing cavity is a closed cavity, which can prevent particles, viruses and other harmful gases from entering the breathing cavity from the place where the mask body 200 contacts the face of the user, and further harm the health of the user.

In an embodiment, the attaching portion 100 of the present invention is made of a silicone material, so that the attaching portion 100 deforms according to the contour of the human face to form a sealed breathing cavity.

In one embodiment, in order to better fit the intelligent mask to the face of the user, the fitting part 100 and the mask body 200 of the present invention are detachably disposed, and the user can replace the intelligent mask according to different genders, different face types (square face, round face, melon seed face, etc.), and different age groups. In order to improve the universality of the same user group, the attaching part 100 of the invention can be a shape of the attaching part 100 which is output by a trained CNN neural network model and is suitable for a specific user group, so as to improve the airtightness of the breathing cavity.

In one embodiment, the detection device 400 is used to detect air parameters entering and exiting the breathing cavity, the air parameters including at least air flow and air pressure. It is to be understood that the user can breathe smoothly and also the air pressure. The detection device 400 of the present invention comprises at least: a flow detection unit and a pressure detection unit. The flow detection unit is used for detecting the air flow entering and exiting the breathing cavity. The pressure detection unit is used for detecting the air pressure entering and exhausting the breathing cavity. The flow detecting unit is an air flow sensor provided in the air duct 600, and the pressure detecting unit is a pressure sensor provided in the air duct 600. The sensing device 400 monitors the air flow and air pressure through the airway 600 in real time. When the pressure detection unit detects that air pressure is lower than the preset value, the adjusting device 500 adjusts the air flow entering the breathing cavity through the air passage 600 according to the current air flow, so that the practical personnel can keep breathing smoothly, and the situation of suffocation can not be generated under the long-time wearing situation.

In one embodiment, the adjusting device 500 of the present invention at least comprises: a battery, at least one intake fan, at least one exhaust fan and a control unit. The battery is powered by a small lithium ion battery, and is charged through a USB interface or wirelessly, and the battery is used for supplying power to the air inlet fan, the exhaust fan and the control unit. The battery power condition can be observed through the battery power indicator lamp or the residual power of the battery and the residual service time of the battery power can be confirmed through the mobile phone APP. For example, a user needs to watch a movie in a closed movie theater, and at this time, whether charging needs to be performed in advance can be determined according to the remaining battery life and the movie length. The control unit may be a module including, for example, a central processing unit, a microprocessor, a graphics processing unit, a Random Access Memory (RAM), and a Read Only Memory (ROM). In an embodiment, the control unit may be implemented as an Application Processor (AP). But may also be implemented as hardware elements such as FPGAs or ASICs. However, the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the control unit may include constituent elements (such as software constituent elements, object-oriented software constituent elements, class constituent elements, and task constituent elements), processes, functions, attributes, programs, subprograms, program code segments, drivers, firmware, microcode, circuits, data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays, and variables. Preferably, the control unit is an MCU micro control unit.

In order to prevent the suffocation of the user wearing the mask, at least one air inlet fan and at least one air outlet fan are arranged in the air passage 600. The overall external contour of the intake and exhaust fans is matched to the configuration of the air duct 600. The air inlet fan and the air exhaust fan are low-noise fans, and external air flow outside the mask can be introduced into the breathing cavity. The air inlet fan is arranged in the air passage 600 and used for sending the air filtered by the filtering device 300 into the breathing cavity; an exhaust fan is disposed in the air duct 600 for exhausting the air filtered by the filtering device 300 out of the breathing cavity. And the control unit can adjust and control the working states of the at least one air inlet fan and the at least one air outlet fan according to the air parameters. The working state is as follows: opening and closing, and rotating speed.

It is to be understood that the operating states of the intake fan and the exhaust fan may be asynchronous. In one embodiment, when the user's respiratory system requires more air, the control unit may increase the speed of the intake fan and decrease the speed of the exhaust fan to enable the user to breathe in a comfortable state.

In an embodiment, after the intelligent mask is used for a long time, dust and other pollution is accumulated on the fan blades at the air inlet end of the air inlet fan and the fan blades at the end, close to the breathing cavity, of the air outlet fan, and the control unit can control the air inlet fan and the air outlet fan to rotate reversely so as to remove dust particles and the like, so that a self-cleaning function is realized.

To prevent harmful gases, droplets, and viruses from entering and exiting the respiratory system of the user, the filtering apparatus 300 of the present invention includes at least one or more of a HEPA screen, an activated carbon screen, an ion screen, or an electrostatic adsorption screen. Preferably, a HEPA screen, an activated carbon screen, an ion screen and an electrostatic adsorption screen are included. The removal efficiency of the particles with the diameter of less than 0.3 micron (1/200 of the hair diameter) can reach more than 99.97 percent.

Aiming at the condition that the user cannot correctly wear the mask and the function of the mask is lost, the intelligent mask further comprises a monitoring device 700. Monitoring devices 700 sets up on laminating portion 100, monitoring devices 700 is used for monitoring whether the user correctly wears protective mask. Whether detection device 400 sets up and is used for monitoring user's face to tightly laminate with the laminating portion 100 of intelligent gauze mask on laminating portion 100, prevents to appear because of wearing incorrectly, leads to harmful substance to get into the respiratory system who then gets into the user in the respiratory cavity.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the monitoring device 700 of the present invention at least comprises: pressure monitoring unit and suggestion unit. The pressure monitoring unit, the pressure detecting unit for monitoring the internal pressure in the respiratory cavity can be a conventional pressure sensor or a distributed pressure sensor. The distributed pressure sensor is disposed along a surface of the fitting 100 that is in contact with a user. Preferably, the distributed pressure sensor of the present invention is a distributed optical grating pressure sensor. And the prompting unit is used for sending out incorrect wearing prompting information to the user when the internal pressure is lower than a preset first pressure. The prompting mode of the prompting information can be acousto-optic prompting, vibration prompting or prompting the user through a mobile phone APP. The user can clearly know which positions of the intelligent mask are not worn well through prompts on the mobile phone app. The user can be guided to wear the mobile phone through the mobile phone app.

Further, as shown in fig. 3, the present invention further includes a filling device 800, the filling device 800 is disposed in the airway 600 and is located at a side of the filtering device 300 close to the breathing cavity, so that the air filtered by the filtering device 300 and entering the breathing cavity at least contains aroma and/or medicine. It is to be understood that the filling device 800 of the present invention is detachably mounted in the airway 600 and is located at one side of the filtering device 300 close to the breathing cavity. The user can breathe the wanted smell according to personal preference, such as rose fragrance, sweet osmanthus fragrance and the like, and the user experience is improved. The medicine can be filled, on one hand, viruses can be removed, on the other hand, the respiratory system of a user can be improved, and for example, the user can be treated by filling the corresponding medicine in patients with rhinitis, asthma, pneumonia and the like.

As shown in fig. 4, the present invention further includes a human body characteristic detecting device 900 disposed at the attaching portion 100. The sensor unit is used for detecting the human body characteristic information of the user, wherein the human body characteristic information at least comprises one or more of body temperature information, blood oxygen information or blood pressure information; and the warning unit sends warning information when the human body characteristic information of the user is abnormal. In one embodiment, the temperature sensor is in contact with the skin to monitor the temperature of the human body in real time; the photoelectric sensor in the mask is utilized to realize the monitoring of the blood oxygen saturation, and the blood pressure information can adopt a patch type pressure sensor. The collected data can be uploaded to a user mobile phone APP in a WiFi or Bluetooth mode. When the human body characteristic information of the user is abnormal, alarm information can be sent out through the warning unit, and the prompting mode of the alarm information can be acousto-optic prompting, vibration prompting or prompting of the user through a mobile phone APP. The user can clearly know various human body characteristic information through prompts on the mobile phone app. The sensor unit can add different sensors according to the demand, such as blood pressure, heartbeat heart rate, particles, aerosol.

Inhalation of cold air by persons living in cold winter or in cold regions may cause respiratory discomfort. As shown in fig. 5, the intelligent mask of the present invention further includes a temperature adjusting device 1000. A temperature regulating device 1000 is disposed within the airway 600 for regulating the temperature of air entering the breathing cavity through the airway 600. The temperature adjustment device 1000 includes: a temperature sensor and a heating unit. The temperature sensor is used for measuring the temperature of air entering the breathing cavity; when the air temperature of the heating unit is lower than or equal to the preset temperature, the heating unit heats air entering the breathing cavity. The temperature adjustment device 1000 may further include a refrigerating unit for refrigerating air entering the breathing cavity when the air temperature is higher than a preset temperature.

For epidemic diseases that are transmitted through the respiratory system, the user is required to wear the mask for a long time. For example, new coronary pneumonia disease requires wearing a mask for a long time, but some people do not wear the mask, and aggregated viral infection may occur.

As shown in fig. 6, the smart mask of the present invention further includes a positioning device 2000. The positioning device is arranged at the mask body 200; the positioning device comprises a positioning unit, a determining unit, a judging unit and an alarming unit, wherein the positioning unit is used for acquiring the position information of the user; the determining unit determines whether the user is located in a people gathering area according to the position information; the judging unit judges whether the user wears the intelligent mask when the user is located in the personnel gathering area; and the alarm unit sends alarm information when the user is located in the personnel gathering area and does not wear the intelligent mask. And the positioning unit acquires the position information of the user at least through one or more of GPS, Bluetooth and WiFi.

In an embodiment, the positioning unit may be connected to the mobile phone of the user through wifi or bluetooth, so as to obtain the current position of the user. And the system can also be directly connected with wifi of a market so as to acquire the position information of the user. When the user is located personnel and gathers the district, for example market, aircraft, bus, cinema, can judge whether the user wears the gauze mask through the judging unit. The judging unit may judge whether the user uses the mask of the present invention by collecting the human body characteristic detecting device 900 or the detecting device 400 of the intelligent mask of the present invention.

In another embodiment, the intelligent mask of the present invention can also detect the inhaled air, and when a hazard, such as a new coronavirus, appears in the inhaled air, the intelligent mask can send an alarm message through the alarm unit and upload the current position information of the user, so as to facilitate the subsequent epidemic prevention personnel to perform positioning and tracking, and minimize the risk of the aggregated infection.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, those skilled in the art may make various modifications and variations without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, and such modifications and variations fall within the scope defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. An intelligent mask, comprising:

at least one air passage configured on the mask body;

2. The smart mask of claim 1 wherein the detection means comprises at least:

3. The smart mask of claim 1 wherein said adjustment means comprises at least:

a battery;

4. The smart mask of claim 1 wherein the filtration device comprises at least one or more of a HEPA screen, an activated carbon screen, an ionic screen, or an electrostatic adsorption screen.

5. The smart mask of any one of claims 1-4 further comprising:

6. The smart mask of any one of claims 1-4 further comprising:

7. The smart mask of any one of claims 1-4 further comprising:

8. The smart mask of any one of claims 1-4 further comprising:

9. The smart mask of any one of claims 1-4 further comprising:

the positioning device is arranged at the mask body;

the positioning device comprises a positioning device and a positioning device,

10. The intelligent mask according to claim 9, wherein the positioning unit obtains the position information of the user at least through one or more of GPS, bluetooth, and WiFi.