KR101556193B1

KR101556193B1 - Smart phone case for stimulating the skin

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Publication number: KR101556193B1
Application number: KR1020150062173A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 이창두; 권기진
Original assignee: 주식회사 알파메딕
Priority date: 2015-04-30
Filing date: 2015-04-30
Publication date: 2015-10-01
Also published as: WO2016175470A1

Abstract

The present invention relates to a smart phone case for stimulating skin, which can increase blood flow by supplying charge onto skin by means of a driving signal of the smart phone, or can promote health of a user by releasing bodily wastes from skin. According to the present invention, the smart phone case comprises: a case main body combined to the smart phone, a (+) electrode, and a (-) electrode. The present invention further includes: an authorized electrode provided on a surface of the case main body where the skin contacts to; and a receiving part receiving the driving signal from the smart phone to supply power to the authorized electrode which is electrically connected with.

Description

Smart phone case for skin stimulation {Smart phone case for stimulating the skin}

The present invention relates to a smartphone case, and more particularly, to a smartphone for skin stimulation that can increase the blood flow by applying a current to skin by a driving signal of a smart phone, Case.

Recently, portable mobile (smartphone) has diversified its functions and applications so that users can use DMB, MP3, camera, video, movie, game and internet beyond the level of a phone capable of simple call due to the development of technology. It is expanding. Recently, the size of liquid crystal is getting larger, the thickness is becoming very thin and the weight is lighter for the purpose of portability and usability. This technology intensive material has become an expensive instrument.

As is well known, smart phones are utilizing real-time applications such as buses, subway, walking and driving with excellent portability and various functions. As a result, the number of lost or damaged cases is increasing, and various smartphone cases are being developed to protect expensive smart phones. In recent years, besides the basic functions of protecting the smartphone, a case for improving the health of the user has been developed.

For example, Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2013-0040034 proposes a "multi-function smartphone case" having a copper nano-antibacterial pad and a fragrance radiating part. The smartphone case is provided with an antibacterial pad for protecting the user from harmful electromagnetic waves and various pathogens generated when a smartphone is used, .

Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2015-000557 discloses a "smartphone case having a far-infrared ray emitting function" having a health supplement pad made of a functional admixture. The smartphone case has been proposed to protect the health of the user by providing a health supplement pad having a far infrared ray and anion radiation function and an electromagnetic wave shielding function in the case body.

Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2014-0098295 discloses a "cellular phone case having an electromagnetic wave shielding function" provided with a thin metal sheet. It has been proposed that a thin film sheet made of the above-mentioned smart phone casing, gold, silver, copper, and aluminum is built in to effectively block electromagnetic waves.

1. Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2013-0040034 (entitled: Multifunction smartphone case) 2. Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2015-000557 (entitled "Smartphone Case Having Far-Infrared Emitting Function") 3. Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2014-0098295 (entitled "Mobile Phone Case Having Electromagnetic Interference Function)

Such a conventional smartphone case is intended to improve the health of the user through electromagnetic wave shielding, far-infrared rays or negative ion emission. As the smartphone case is always grasped by the user, the environment of the smartphone case And to improve the health of the user.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a smartphone case that can improve the health of the user through the contact skin.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a smartphone case including a case body coupled to a smartphone, a positive electrode and a negative electrode, An electrode, and a receiver for receiving a driving signal from the smartphone to apply power to the electrically-connected applied electrode.

Also, in the present invention, the driving signal may be an audio signal of a smartphone.

In addition, the present invention may further include an amplifying unit for amplifying the audio signal.

Also, in the present invention, the driving signal may be a battery direct current power of a smart phone.

Also, in the present invention, the driving signal may be a signal obtained by converting the battery DC power of the smartphone into an AC power of a predetermined frequency.

In addition, the present invention may further comprise a sensing electrode capable of measuring a current value fed back by applying a current to the skin contacting the case body.

In addition, the present invention may further include a temperature sensor capable of sensing skin temperature in contact with the case body.

Further, the present invention may further comprise temperature display means capable of displaying the temperature measured by the temperature sensor.

In addition, the present invention may further include a lens for photographing a skin enlarged image in contact with the case body on which the camera of the smartphone is seated.

The smartphone case according to the present invention can improve the health of the user by increasing the blood flow or discharging the skin waste by applying current to the skin contacted by the driving signal of the smart phone.

1 is a view illustrating a smartphone case and a smart phone connected thereto according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a diagram showing the function of Fig.
3 is a view showing a smartphone case and a smart phone connected thereto according to another embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a diagram showing the function of Fig. 3. Fig.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a smartphone case and a smartphone connected thereto according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating functions of FIG.

1 and 2, a smartphone case 100 according to the present invention includes a case body 110, an applied electrode 120 provided on a surface of the case body 110, And a receiving unit 130 for receiving signals.

The case body 110 receives and protects the smart phone 200 on the opened front face. Although the figure shows an example in which the smart phone 200 is received on the front surface of the case, various known case shapes such as a wallet type, a ring type, and a card type can be adopted.

The applicator electrode 120 is made of a conductive material to which a power source can be applied to supply a minute current to the user's skin and is provided in the case body 110. The application electrode 120 is composed of a (+) electrode 121 and a (-) electrode 122 which are spaced apart from each other on a back surface or a side surface of the main body 110, Apply current to skin. The current applied to the skin through the applied electrode 120 is a minute current of several tens of millimeters of amperes. The AC current is applied to generate heat inside the skin to be contacted. Or, Power may be applied, which will be described later.

The receiving unit 130 receives the driving signal from the smartphone 200 and applies power to the electrically-connected electrode 20. According to the present embodiment, audio signals output from the audio signal output unit 210 of the smartphone may be used as driving signals. In order to receive signals, connection terminals 162 and 163 are provided on both sides of the cable 160, And is connected to the audio terminal of the receiver 200 and the reception terminal of the receiver 130, respectively.

2, the case 100 of the present invention receives the audio signal of the smartphone 200 through the receiving unit 130, and the audio signal is amplified through the amplifying unit 170, 120.

Here, the audio signal applied to the applied electrode 120 is an AC power source, and when a current is applied to the human body through skin contacted to the applied electrode 120, the molecules constituting the cell tissue vibrate and collide with each other As a result, the body tissue develops heat. Heat inside the skin promotes the circulation of blood and lymph by promoting cell function and increasing blood flow through artery and capillary dilation, and promotes metabolism. In the present invention, the amplified audio signal may be rectified by the rectifying unit 180 and applied to the applying electrode 120 in the form of a DC power source. The DC power may be supplied to the human body through the skin contacted to the applying electrode 120 When the negative electrode is energized, negative ions move in a direction opposite to the current flow from the (+) electrode to the (-) electrode, and the waste in the skin is discharged outside the skin.

The user can select a power source to be applied to the application electrode 20 through the control unit 22 of the smartphone 200 as an AC or DC power source. In order to receive the user's selection information, the case body 10 is provided with a communication unit 190 . As the communication unit 190, a USB wired communication module or a wireless communication module such as Bluetooth may be used.

The case body 110 is provided with a sensing electrode 140 for measuring a value of a current fed back to the skin through the applied electrode 20. The current value measured by the sensing electrode 140 is transmitted to the control unit 220 of the smartphone 200 through the communication unit 190. The control unit 220 compares the applied current value with the feedback current value, The degree of moisture content of the skin and the contact angle (degree) between the skin contacting the smartphone case and the skin can be determined.

In addition, a temperature sensor 150 for measuring a skin temperature to which a current is applied may be provided in the case body 110. As the temperature sensor 150, an NTC thermistor whose resistance to a change in skin temperature is decreased, or a PTC thermistor whose resistance increases rapidly with a change in temperature can be used. The temperature measured by the temperature sensor 150 is transmitted to the control unit 220 of the smartphone 200. The control unit 220 controls the temperature of the audio signal The user can notify the user of the temperature by means of the temperature notification means provided in the case body 110. The temperature notifying means may be a light emitting means such as an LED 164 which is turned off at a normal temperature and turned on at a temperature of caution.

In addition, a magnifying lens 165 may be provided on the case body 110 to photograph a skin enlarged image in contact with the case body 110. The magnifying lens 165 is installed in front of the camera of the smart phone and is used to enlarge a skin portion to which a current is applied. The state of the surface of the skin of the user can be grasped through the photographed image, and a current suitable for the user, that is, whether the AC power supply or the DC power supply is applied, the power supply size to be applied, and the like can be set.

The operation of the smartphone case for skin stimulation according to the present invention constructed as above will be described below. First, the user connects the audio signal terminal of the smartphone 200 and the reception terminal of the case body 110 with the cable 161. When the user executes the skin management application program on the smartphone 200, the audio signal is output and input to the receiving unit 130. [ The audio signal is applied to the applied electrode 120 with an AC or DC power source according to the user's power setting. When AC power is applied, heat is generated inside the contacted skin to increase the blood flow amount. When DC power is supplied, the waste ions are discharged out of the skin by the negative ions moving in the opposite direction to the current direction. The sensing electrode 140 and the temperature sensor 160 provided in the case body 110 measure the current fed back to the skin and the skin temperature in real time while the electric current is applied to the skin through the applied electrode 120, 190 to the smartphone 200, and the controller 210 determines the degree of skin moisture and skin heat through the received data. If the surface temperature of the skin is excessively high, the controller 210 of the smartphone may interrupt the output of the audio signal, and may light the LED 164 or the like provided on the surface thereof to inform the user that the temperature is the attention temperature. In addition, the user can accurately grasp the surface state of the user's skin through the image captured through the camera of the smartphone.

FIG. 3 is a view showing a smartphone case and a smartphone connected thereto according to another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating functions of FIG. 3 and 4, the smartphone case 300 according to the present embodiment is connected to the charging terminal of the smartphone through the connection terminals 162 and 163 of the cable 160, receives a driving signal from the battery 240 do. As described in the foregoing embodiment, the AC or DC power can be selectively supplied to the application electrode 320 by the user. That is, when the user sets the AC power source through the skin management application program, the power source of the battery 240 is changed to AC through the power conversion unit 250 of the smart phone and is received by the reception unit 330, The power supply of the battery 240 is supplied to the receiving unit 330. The power applied to the receiving unit 330 is supplied to the skin through the application electrode 320 and sensed by the sensing electrode 340 and the temperature sensor 350 to transmit information to the smartphone. same.

As described above, the smartphone case according to the present invention has a function of protecting an expensive smart phone, a current application to the skin contacted by a driving signal of a smart phone to increase blood flow, It can improve health.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

100,300: smartphone case 110: case body
120, 320: an applied electrode 130, 330:
140, 340: sensing electrode 150, 350: temperature sensor
170,370 amplifying unit 180,380 rectifying unit
190, 230, 390: communication unit 200:
210: audio signal output unit 220:

Claims

In a smartphone case connected to a smartphone,
A case body coupled to the smartphone;
An electrode provided on the surface of the case body which is in contact with the skin, the electrode being made of a (+) electrode and a (-) electrode; And
And a receiver for receiving an audio signal or a battery power signal of the smartphone to apply power to the applied electrode electrically connected to the smartphone.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the audio signal or the battery power signal is supplied to the applied electrode by a DC or AC power source.

The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising a sensing electrode capable of measuring a current value fed back by applying a current to skin contacting the case body.

The method according to claim 1,
And a temperature sensor capable of detecting a temperature of the skin contacted to the case body.

5. The method of claim 4,
And a temperature display means for displaying the temperature measured by the temperature sensor.

The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising an enlargement lens for capturing an enlarged skin image of the skin contacted to the case body on which the camera of the smart phone is seated.

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