EP0263124A1 - Dispositif contre le ronflement - Google Patents

Dispositif contre le ronflement

Info

Publication number
EP0263124A1
EP0263124A1 EP19870901591 EP87901591A EP0263124A1 EP 0263124 A1 EP0263124 A1 EP 0263124A1 EP 19870901591 EP19870901591 EP 19870901591 EP 87901591 A EP87901591 A EP 87901591A EP 0263124 A1 EP0263124 A1 EP 0263124A1
Authority
EP
European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
snoring
circuitry
microphone
filter
sound
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Withdrawn
Application number
EP19870901591
Other languages
German (de)
English (en)
Inventor
William Nevil Heaton Johnson
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Scientific Applied Research SAR PLC
Original Assignee
Scientific Applied Research SAR PLC
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Scientific Applied Research SAR PLC filed Critical Scientific Applied Research SAR PLC
Publication of EP0263124A1 publication Critical patent/EP0263124A1/fr
Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F5/00—Orthopaedic methods or devices for non-surgical treatment of bones or joints; Nursing devices; Anti-rape devices
    • A61F5/56—Devices for preventing snoring

Definitions

  • THIS INVENTION relates to a device for awakening a sleeping person as soon as he or she begins to snore, for example to avoid such snoring awakening a person sleeping nearby.
  • a device for awakening a sleeping person as soon as he or she begins to snore comprising a microphone and associated electrical circuitry arranged to respond select ⁇ ively to sound frequencies or patterns particularly characteristic of snoring, and means, controlled by said circuitry, for awakening a sleeping person when the sound of snoring is detected by said microphone.
  • the electrical circuitry may incorporate a filter or filter network interposed between said microphone and further circuitry associated with, for example, an alarm device, said filter or filter network being arranged to pass preferentially electrical signals of a selected frequency band or selected frequency bands to said further circuitry.
  • Such further circuitry may be arranged to operate the alarm device when the magnitude of the signal transmitted through the filter or filter network exceeds a pre ⁇ determined threshold.
  • the filter may comprise an electronic AC filter or, alternatively, the filter may comprise an acoustical filter or an electro- acoustical filter relying upon mechanical resonances in a resonating element.
  • the device may incorporate sophisticated micro-electronic circuitry arranged, for example, to provide an indication that snoring is occurring only if the detected sound occurs at intervals consistent with the rate of breathing during sleep, thus minimising further the risk, already substantially reduced, by utilising a filter or filter network, that the sleeper will be awakened as a result of detection by the device of extraneous noise other than the noise of snoring.
  • the intensity or perceptibility of the alarm signal produced by the device may be arranged to increase progressively, either continuously or stepwise, as the time for which the wearer has been snoring increases, so that if the wearer does not respond to the alarm signal as soon as snoring begins, the alarm signal increases progressively in intensity until he does.
  • the device is preferably a self-contained unit of the size and form of the earpiece of a modern hearing aid so that the user can insert the device in his ear before he goes to sleep.
  • the device when it detects the sound of snoring, is arranged to produce an audible alarm signal in the wearer's ear, the signal being appropriately selected to maximise its tendency to awaken the wearer.
  • the audible signal thus generated is supplied directly to the wearer's ear and because the body of the device acts itself to attenuate transmission of the alarm signal to the outside, the alarm signal can readily be made sufficiently unobtrusive to be highly unlikely to awaken a person sleeping nearby or otherwise to cause inconvenience to others.
  • the device may simply comprise a microphone, sound transducer and an amplifier and filter interposed functionally between the two so that the alarm signal produced is simply an amplified version of the wearer's own snoring.
  • the device may be unnecessary for the device to be conditioned to operate with any particular threshold, although even in this case, the device is preferably so arranged that low-level sounds are amplified substantially less than sounds of the intensity likely to be associated with snoring.
  • the device may be arranged to apply some form of alarm signal other than an audible signal, for example, a tactile signal to some part of the wearer's body.
  • the means for producing the alarm signal need not be incorporated in the same casing as the means for detecting snoring so that, for example, the microphone and the bulk of the electrical circuitry may be housed in a part of the device attached to the headboard of a bed with the connection between the alarm device and such circuitry being effected, for example, by a flexible electrical conductor, or even by way of a low-power radio link or the like.

Landscapes

  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Otolaryngology (AREA)
  • Pulmonology (AREA)
  • Nursing (AREA)
  • Orthopedic Medicine & Surgery (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Biomedical Technology (AREA)
  • Heart & Thoracic Surgery (AREA)
  • Vascular Medicine (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Public Health (AREA)
  • Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
  • Measuring And Recording Apparatus For Diagnosis (AREA)
  • Emergency Alarm Devices (AREA)

Abstract

Un dispositif, permettant de réveiller un dormeur dès les premiers ronflements, comprend un microphone et un circuit électrique associé conçu pour réagir sélectivement à des fréquences sonores ou à des types de sons particulièrement caractéristiques du ronflement, et des moyens commandés par ledit circuit, permettant de réveiller le dormeur, lorsque les ronflements sont détectés par ledit microphone, par exemple en produisant un signal d'alarme audible dans un écouteur que le dormeur porte dans l'oreille.
EP19870901591 1986-03-13 1987-03-13 Dispositif contre le ronflement Withdrawn EP0263124A1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB868606197A GB8606197D0 (en) 1986-03-13 1986-03-13 Anti-snoring device
GB8606197 1986-03-13

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
EP0263124A1 true EP0263124A1 (fr) 1988-04-13

Family

ID=10594524

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
EP19870901591 Withdrawn EP0263124A1 (fr) 1986-03-13 1987-03-13 Dispositif contre le ronflement

Country Status (4)

Country Link
EP (1) EP0263124A1 (fr)
AU (1) AU7124987A (fr)
GB (1) GB8606197D0 (fr)
WO (1) WO1987005494A1 (fr)

Families Citing this family (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE9100060U1 (de) * 1991-01-04 1991-04-25 Bruckhoff Apparatebau GmbH, 3000 Hannover Vorrichtung zur Unterbindung des Schnarchens
EP0647441A1 (fr) * 1993-03-09 1995-04-12 Dieter Kowoll Collier avec module électronique pour éviter le ronflement par des moyens acoustiques
DE19706645B4 (de) * 1997-02-20 2004-03-25 Mahlo, Hans-Wolfgang, Dr. Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Reduzierung von Schnarchgeräuschen und schlafbezogenen Atmungsstörungen mit Antischall
KR100682896B1 (ko) * 2004-11-08 2007-02-15 삼성전자주식회사 기상 알람 발생장치 및 방법
GB2437920B (en) * 2006-05-09 2011-08-10 Anthony Van Jeffrey Newton Sleeping aid
US10242657B2 (en) 2016-05-09 2019-03-26 Snorehammer, Inc. Snoring active noise-cancellation, masking, and suppression

Family Cites Families (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4539440A (en) * 1983-05-16 1985-09-03 Michael Sciarra In-canal hearing aid
US4644330A (en) * 1983-10-11 1987-02-17 Dowling Anthony R Anti-snoring device
FR2568397B1 (fr) * 1984-07-27 1987-08-14 Mequignon Jean Claude Procede permettant de stopper le ronflement humain des son emission et appareil necessaire a la mise en oeuvre de ce procede

Non-Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
See references of WO8705494A1 *

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
GB8606197D0 (en) 1986-04-16
WO1987005494A1 (fr) 1987-09-24
AU7124987A (en) 1987-10-09

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
EP0145160B1 (fr) Dispositif pour prévenir le ronflement
US5341127A (en) Self-contained bed wetting alarm
US4788533A (en) Device for interrupting the snoring of a sleeping person
US4237449A (en) Signalling device for hard of hearing persons
US6989744B2 (en) Infant monitoring system with removable ear insert
US4297677A (en) Personal ambient sound referenced annunciator
US6067006A (en) Personal audible alarm
US7612655B2 (en) Alarm system for hearing impaired individuals having hearing assistive implanted devices
US6093158A (en) Systems for modifying behavioral disorders
US5458105A (en) Wrist worn anti-snore apparatus for detecting snoring and for producing vibratory motion
ES2218133T3 (es) Dispositivo para la atenuacion de sonidos en el oido humano.
US6270466B1 (en) Bruxism biofeedback apparatus and method including acoustic transducer coupled closely to user's head bones
US5343532A (en) Hearing aid device
US20070239225A1 (en) Training device and method to suppress sounds caused by sleep and breathing disorders
US6014345A (en) Apparatus and system for damping external noises with means for producing sound and preventing oversleeping
US6035047A (en) System to block unwanted sound waves and alert while sleeping
EP3928530A1 (fr) Masquage dynamique à paramètres dynamiques
HU214430B (hu) Horkolásgátló készülék alvó személyek számára
EP0263124A1 (fr) Dispositif contre le ronflement
US4784115A (en) Anti-stuttering device and method
CN110742720B (zh) 一种电子止鼾器
CN107426437A (zh) 一种闹钟提醒方法及装置
RU62811U1 (ru) Устройство для изоляции от внешних звуковых воздейстий во время сна и позволяющее услышать обусловленный целенаправленный сигнал
DE202005004709U1 (de) Vorrichtung zum Unterbrechen von Schnarchgeräuschen
US20140003202A1 (en) Alarm Clock With Earpiece

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PUAI Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: A1

Designated state(s): AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: THE APPLICATION IS DEEMED TO BE WITHDRAWN

18D Application deemed to be withdrawn

Effective date: 19880216

RIN1 Information on inventor provided before grant (corrected)

Inventor name: JOHNSON, WILLIAM, NEVIL, HEATON