JP2013255667A - Sleep recording device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sleep recording device allowing a user to understand own sleeping habit by recording an occurrence of snore during deep sleep, concurrently using it as a reference when determining a disease state, and capable of protecting physiological health.SOLUTION: A sleep recording device including a logic electronic circuit records snore data during a sleeping period in a hollow housing 20. The logic electronic circuit 30 includes a power supply unit 31, a detection unit 32, a processing unit 33, an input unit 36, a recording unit 34, and a display unit 35. The power supply unit 31 supplies a power that the logic electronic circuit 30 needs. The detection unit 32 detects snoring sound during the sleeping period and further outputs a signal. The processing unit 33 transmits/receives the signal, amplifies it, and further, calculates the number of snoring times in a prescribed period on the basis of the logic. The input unit 36 determines the length of the period for performing the operation, the number of times of measuring the snoring sound, and a change in an initial setting value of the processing unit 33.

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for recording a sleep situation, and more particularly to a sleep recording apparatus.

  Sleep is the most suitable method for relieving fatigue, but it may harm health due to snoring that occurs during sleep. The state where snoring occurs is an abnormal state. Snoring is a characteristic of a disease in which the throat portion is blocked, and is one of the characteristics of sleep apnea syndrome.

  The cause of snoring is mainly caused by the vibration of the soft part such as the uvula of the upper airway, the soft palate, the anteroposterior palatal arch of the tonsils, and the tongue base with breathing. The detailed process is described in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2.

  Medical practices or physical structures can be used to reduce the occurrence of snoring.

  In the case of medical practice, appropriate drugs must be prescribed according to the patient's medical condition. Moreover, when judging a medical condition, a highly accurate medical equipment is used and the physiological signal of a human body is detected. In particular, the medical condition is determined by detecting the electroencephalogram for a long time. With regard to a technique for detecting a physiological signal of a human body, Patent Documents 3 to 6 are disclosed. However, no matter how sophisticated the science and technology products are, they cannot be effective without the cooperation of patients.

  The physical structure generally refers to a snoring prevention mechanism. The principle of the snoring prevention mechanism is that the number of snoring sounds is measured by a voice sensor during a predetermined sleep cycle, and when the snoring sound reaches a predetermined number of times, the pillow is displaced horizontally or vertically, and the user's head The part is changed from the supine position to the lateral position. This secures the user's airway and prevents snoring. Patent Documents 7 to 10 disclose techniques for preventing snoring.

  Furthermore, the techniques of Patent Documents 11 to 15 are disclosed by the inventors of the present invention focusing on techniques for preventing snoring.

  However, since the user cannot recognize that he / she is snoring during a deep sleep, he is skeptical about the effect of the conventional snoring prevention mechanism described above. Therefore, the present invention has been devised to help the user understand his / her sleep habits.

Taiwan Patent No. 572754 Taiwan Utility Model Registration No. 249632 Taiwan Patent Application Publication No. 200906366 Taiwan Patent Application Publication No. 201018502 Taiwan Patent Application Publication No. 201002766 Taiwan Patent Application Publication No. 201116255 Taiwan Utility Model Registration No. 398261 Taiwan Patent No. 325306 Taiwan Utility Model Registration No. 401394 Taiwan Utility Model Registration No. 401395 Taiwan Utility Model Registration No. 329431 Taiwan Utility Model Registration No. 331956 Taiwan Utility Model Registration No.332475 Taiwan Utility Model Registration No. 349762 Taiwan Utility Model Registration No. 357262

The main purpose of the present invention is to record the occurrence of snoring during a deep sleep, and to allow the user to understand his / her sleep habits, and at the same time, can be used as a reference when judging the medical condition and protect physiological health. An object of the present invention is to provide a sleep recording device that can be used.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a sleep recording apparatus capable of preventing the occurrence of snoring by activating the snoring prevention mechanism when snoring occurs and changing the sleeping phase to secure the airway. It is in.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sleep recording apparatus including a logic electronic circuit that records snoring data during a sleep period in a hollow housing, wherein the logic electronic circuit is A power supply unit, a detection unit, a processing unit, an input unit, a recording unit, and a display unit; the power supply unit supplies power required by the logic electronic circuit; and the detection unit is in the sleep period. In addition to detecting snoring sound, outputting a signal, the processing unit performs transmission / reception and amplification of the signal, calculates the number of snoring sounds in a predetermined period based on logic, and the input unit performs calculation Determining the length of the period, the number of times the snore sound is measured, and the change of the initial setting value of the processing unit, and the recording unit It updates the data of the number of fine the snore, the display unit, the sleep recording apparatus is provided, which comprises displaying the results with respect to time and frequency of the recording unit.

  The input unit is preferably one or more push buttons partially exposed from the housing.

  The power supply unit is preferably a battery.

  The power supply unit is preferably an electric wire of an external power source.

  It is preferable that the electric wire is connected to a snoring prevention mechanism that supplies electric power necessary for the sleep recording device.

  The snoring prevention mechanism preferably includes an audio sensor that detects a snoring sound, and the audio sensor is preferably used as a sensor unit of the sleep recording device.

It is a perspective view which shows the sleep recording device by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the snoring detection step of the sleep recording device by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the connection relation of the sleep recording device and snoring prevention mechanism by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the connection relation of the sleep recording device by one Embodiment of this invention, and the snoring prevention mechanism.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the sleep recording apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  The present invention provides a sleep recording apparatus. In a sleep recording apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, a logic electronic circuit that records snoring data during a sleep period is disposed in a hollow casing. The logic electronic circuit includes a power supply unit, a detection unit, a processing unit, an input unit, a recording unit, and a display unit. The power supply unit supplies power required by the logic electronic circuit. The detection unit detects a snoring sound during the sleep period and outputs a signal. The processing unit performs transmission / reception and amplification of signals, and calculates the number of snore sounds in a predetermined cycle based on logic. The input unit determines the length of the cycle for performing the calculation, the number of times of snoring sound measurement, and the change of the initial setting value of the processing unit. The recording unit updates data of the period time and the number of snore sounds. The display unit displays the results regarding the time and number of times of the recording unit. Here, in general, the input unit refers to a push button partially exposed from the housing.

  Sleep recording devices are classified into two types, basic sleep recording devices and applied sleep recording devices, depending on the state of use.

  The basic sleep recorder is used alone during the sleep period and has its own power supply unit and detection unit. The basic sleep recording device records the number of snore sounds in a predetermined cycle during the user's deep sleep. Generally, the power supply unit is a battery, and may be an electric wire from an external power source.

  The applied sleep recording device is connected to a snoring prevention mechanism. An electric wire is connected between the applied sleep recording device and the snoring prevention mechanism, and the electric wire serves as a power supply unit. That is, the power required for the sleep recording device is supplied from the snoring prevention mechanism. Further, the applied sleep recording device does not need to have a detection unit, and can detect a snoring sound by a voice sensor included in the snoring prevention mechanism.

  In addition, the applied sleep recording device can select two types of use modes (a) or (b) below.

  (A) Recording mode: The sleep recording device performs basic functions and records the number of snoring sounds in a predetermined cycle during the user's deep sleep. During the recording period, the snoring prevention mechanism does not perform any operation.

  (B) Snoring prevention mode: The sleep recording device performs a function of recording the number of snoring sounds generated in a predetermined cycle during the user's deep sleep, and also prevents snoring when the number of snoring sounds reaches an initial setting value. Start the mechanism and change the user's head to the lateral position. This secures the airway and prevents snoring.

  Hereinafter, the purpose, structure and features of a sleep recording apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIG. 1, in the basic sleep recorder 10, a logic electronic circuit 30 that records snoring data during a sleep period is disposed in a hollow housing 20.

  The logic electronic circuit 30 has an external power source wire. The electric wire is used as a power supply unit 31 and supplies power required by the entire logic electronic circuit 30. The logic electronic circuit 30 has a detection unit 32. The detection unit 32 detects a snoring sound and outputs a signal to the processing unit 33. The processing unit 33 performs transmission / reception and amplification of signals, and calculates the number of snore sounds in a predetermined cycle based on logic. The recording unit 34 updates data relating to the period time and the number of snore sounds. The display unit 35 displays the data results relating to the time and number of times of the recording unit 34 in the form of a design, data or chart.

  The processing unit 33 is connected to a plurality of push buttons. Some of the plurality of push buttons are exposed to the outside of the housing 20 and can be regarded as the input unit 36 of the logic electronic circuit 30. Via the input unit 36, the length of the cycle in which the processing unit 33 performs the calculation and the number of times to snore are determined.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the sleep recording apparatus after energization enters step 41 for adjusting the initial setting value after step 40 of turning on is performed via the input unit. At this time, step 42 for updating the set value for the processing unit is performed. If the initial set value is not adjusted, step 43 for holding the original setting is performed. Next, the occurrence items in the sleep period are recorded.

  The set value here is the number of snore sounds allowed to appear within a predetermined time, for example, allowing the appearance of snore sound once within one hour. When the allowable number of times is exceeded, it enters the alert area.

  When the detection unit performs step 44 for detecting the snoring sound, if no snoring sound is detected, step 45 for continuously detecting the snoring sound is performed. Only when the snoring sound is detected, the signal is output to the processing unit, the signal is transmitted / received and amplified, the number of snoring sounds in a predetermined cycle is calculated based on the logic, and compared with the above-mentioned initial set value, Step 46 of recording data is performed. At the same time, a step 47 of displaying the result on the display unit is performed by the design, data or chart system until the step 48 of turning off the power is performed. The contents of step 47 for displaying the result are changed via the input unit, and the previous sleep data is displayed and the date and time are adjusted.

  The data stored in the recording unit 34 can be output from the USB to the outside of the basic sleep recording device 10 and stored in a computer or a recording device.

  The sleep recording apparatus of the present invention can implement the following embodiments based on the above-described structure. As shown in FIG. 3, the applied sleep recording device 50 is connected to the snoring prevention mechanism 60 via the power supply unit 51. The power supply unit 51 is an electric wire, is connected to the power control system 61 inside the snoring prevention mechanism 60, and supplies the power required by the applied sleep recording device 50. Further, the snoring prevention mechanism 60 can detect a snoring sound by using the original voice sensor 62 as a detection unit, and can output a signal to the applied sleep recording device 50.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the applied sleep recording device 50 is attached to the side portion of the snoring prevention mechanism 60.

While the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed above, as may be appreciated by those skilled in the art, they are not intended to limit the invention in any way. Various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the scope of the claims of the present invention should be construed broadly including such changes and modifications.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Basic type sleep recording apparatus 20 Case 30 Logic electronic circuit 31 Power supply unit 32 Detection unit 33 Processing unit 34 Recording unit 35 Display unit 36 Input unit 40 Step 41 to turn on 41 Step 42 to adjust initial setting value 42 Update setting value Step 43 Maintaining the original setting Step 44 Detecting the snoring sound Step 45 Continuing to detect the snoring sound Step 46 Recording the data Step 47 Displaying the result Step 48 Turning off the step 50 Applied sleep recorder 51 Power Supply Unit 60 Snoring Prevention Mechanism 61 Power Control System 62 Audio Sensor

Claims (6)

A sleep recording device comprising a logic electronic circuit for recording snoring data during a sleep period in a hollow housing,
The logic electronic circuit has a power supply unit, a detection unit, a processing unit, an input unit, a recording unit, and a display unit,
The power supply unit supplies power required by the logic electronic circuit;
The detection unit detects a snoring sound during the sleep period and outputs a signal,
The processing unit performs transmission / reception and amplification of the signal, and on the basis of logic, calculates the number of snore sounds in a predetermined cycle,
The input unit determines the length of the cycle for performing the calculation, the number of times of snoring sound measurement, and the change of the initial setting value of the processing unit,
The recording unit updates data of the period time and the number of snore sounds,
The sleep recording apparatus, wherein the display unit displays a result regarding the time and the number of times of the recording unit.   The sleep recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the input unit is one or more push buttons partially exposed from the housing.   The sleep recording apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the power supply unit is a battery.   The sleep recording apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the power supply unit is an electric wire of an external power source.   The sleep recording apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the electric wire is connected to a snoring prevention mechanism that supplies electric power necessary for the sleep recording apparatus.   The sleep recording apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the snoring prevention mechanism includes an audio sensor that detects a snoring sound, and the audio sensor is used as a sensor unit of the sleep recording apparatus.

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