KR101668654B1 - System for snoring prevention and method thereof On Internet of Things - Google Patents

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KR101668654B1
KR101668654B1 KR1020150045946A KR20150045946A KR101668654B1 KR 101668654 B1 KR101668654 B1 KR 101668654B1 KR 1020150045946 A KR1020150045946 A KR 1020150045946A KR 20150045946 A KR20150045946 A KR 20150045946A KR 101668654 B1 KR101668654 B1 KR 101668654B1
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Abstract

The present invention relates to a snoring apparatus comprising: a sound detection unit for measuring a snoring sound volume and transmitting a measured size; a pair of air bags each capable of being contracted and expanded according to an amount of air to be inserted; A processor unit for controlling the air injecting unit to inject or discharge air into the air bag, and a communication module for transmitting the sound volume of the snoring transmitted by the sound sensing unit and the operation status of the processor unit A snoring prevention pillow, a snoring volume transmitted by a sound sensing unit, which is transmitted through a communication module of each pillow, and operation status information of the processor unit, stores and manages the received information, A central control unit for transmitting a control signal for controlling the air injection unit, And a user terminal for receiving a control command or an information request command for the selected one or more pillows to the central control unit and receiving information corresponding to the information request command from the central control unit, Based snoring prevention system.

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[0001] The present invention relates to an Internet based snoring prevention system and method thereof,

The present invention relates to a snoring prevention system and an operation method thereof, and more particularly, to a snoring prevention system and a snoring prevention system which can actively control based on a snare Internet and store and analyze a snoring pattern of a user, The present invention relates to a snoring prevention system and a method of operating the snoring prevention system.

In general, snoring refers to the sound that occurs when the muscles of the neck or tongue are loosened and the sore muscles are squeezed into the airways to narrow the airways.

When sleepers take their sleep, their nose suffers from oxygen insufficiency in the heart, resulting in sleep apnea, which puts a heavy burden on the heart, as well as fatigue after sleeping and disturbing the family's face, causing pain to the family. There is a closed end. In addition, sleep apnea, which stops breathing when sleeping, is the main factor that causes sleepiness and mental concentration during the day, leading to decreased work efficiency.

In this way, people with severe snoring symptoms usually have poor memory, irritability, and problems with family life. Naturally, it is known that the risk of accidents during driving is high. In addition, this sleep apnea improves the incidence of serious diseases such as hypertension, stroke and myocardial infarction. When the breath stops, the blood oxygen level drops. When hypoxia is the most severe, heart rate is the fastest and can cause myocardial infarction or serious arrhythmia, Also, the fatigue of the musculoskeletal system is not restored, but rather fatigue is accumulated.

However, it has been known that snoring symptoms at the time of sleep are excellent preventive effects when the head and shoulders are sideways when sleeping, and many snoring prevention pillars using such a principle have been proposed. The snoring prevention pillow according to the related art using the above-described principle generally has a structure in which an air pump and an air bag are installed inside a pillow so that a person can turn his / her head to the side. That is, the snoring prevention pillow according to the related art is configured such that the pillow is inclined to one side automatically after a certain time passes by the air pump and the air bag inside, so that the user's neck is inclined to the left and right at a predetermined time interval do.

However, the pillow having the above-described structure is operated at a fixed time regardless of the snoring and the intention of the user, and thus, there is a problem that it interferes with comfortable sleeping. In particular, people tend to naturally turn around when sleeping and return to one side. In this case, because the throat is tilted in one direction, it is necessary to change the direction to the other side only when the nose is caught because the sarsine is struck in the same direction and the airway is obstructed.

In addition, the snoring prevention pillow according to the related art has a problem that it is impossible to store the snoring pattern of the user during sleep and the snoring pattern of the user can not cope with the snoring pattern.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2015-0003987 (published on Jan. 12, 2015)

The snoring prevention system according to the present invention is designed to solve the above-mentioned problems, and a snoring prevention system in which a snoring of a user's snoring is sensed and a user's head is guided to the left and right, And to provide the above objects.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a snoring prevention system and an operation method thereof that can be actively controlled based on a thing Internet and store and analyze a snoring pattern of a user to provide information on health of a user .

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a snore detection apparatus comprising: a sound sensing unit for measuring a snoring sound volume and transmitting a measured size; a pair of air bags each of which can be contracted and expanded according to an amount of air to be inserted; A processor unit for controlling the air injection unit to inject or discharge air into the air bag, a processor unit for controlling the air snoop sound volume transmitted by the sound detection unit and an operation state of the processor unit The snoop sound volume transmitted by the sound detection unit transmitted through the communication module unit of each pillow, and the operation status information of the processor unit, and transmits the received information to the snoop control unit And transmits a control signal for controlling the air injection unit to the processor unit of each pillow And a sound module unit for outputting sound signals to the central control unit and the outside, and transmits a control command or an information request command to the selected one or more pillows to the central control unit, And a user terminal for receiving the snoring prevention system.

The central control unit may compare the received snore size with a preset size and transmit a control signal for controlling the air injection unit to the processor unit when the received snore has a sound size exceeding a preset size have.

The central control unit may further include a control signal for controlling the sound module unit of the user terminal to the user terminal when the received snoring size is larger than a preset size, Can be transmitted.

In addition, the central control unit compares the received snore size with a predetermined size, and when the snore size of the received snore exceeds a preset size, the central control unit may transmit an assistance request signal to an external terminal set in advance by the user .

The central control unit may include a signal analyzing unit to analyze the information transmitted from the communication module unit and received by the central control unit, and to change the air injection rate and shape in the air injecting unit according to the analyzed information And transmit a control signal for controlling the processor unit.

In addition, the user terminal may analyze the information received from the central control unit by a preset period, analyze the information, and provide the analyzed information to the user.

Also, if the analyzed information is compared with a preset condition, and the analyzed information satisfies a preset condition, the user terminal can recommend a product that the user has previously specified to the central control unit to the user.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a sound detection unit, an air bag, an air injection unit, a processor unit, and a communication module unit are installed in a pillow, and the devices are connected to a central control unit provided outside the pillow, A second step of activating the sound sensing unit when the snoring sound of the user is sensed by the sound sensing unit, the sound sensing unit recognizing the snoring sound of the user sensed by the sound sensing unit, A fourth step of transmitting the snoring volume of the snoring received by the communication module to the central control unit, and the central control unit comparing the received snore sound size with a predetermined size And a control signal for controlling the air injection unit to the processor unit when the received snoring sound size exceeds a preset size, Snoring of things Internet-based, including a fifth step of transmitting the operation provides a method of prevention system.

Also, the central control unit compares the received snore size with a preset size, and when the received snore has a sound size exceeding a predetermined size, transmits a control signal for controlling the sound module unit of the user terminal to the user terminal And transmitting a help request signal to an external terminal set by a user in advance.

If the control command or the information request command for one or more pillows selected by the user terminal is transmitted to the central control unit, the central control unit may further include transmitting information corresponding to the information request command to the user terminal have.

The user terminal may further include a step of hysterising and analyzing the information received from the central control unit according to a predetermined period, and providing the analyzed information to the user.

The method may further include comparing the analyzed information with a preset condition, and if the analyzed information satisfies a preset condition, the user terminal may include recommending a user to the user in advance, have.

According to the present invention, the snoring of the user is detected and the user's head is guided to the left and right, so that the snoring can be efficiently prevented by appropriately acting according to the state of the snoring of the user.

In addition, the present invention can actively control the snoring of the user based on the object Internet and store and analyze the snoring pattern of the user, thereby providing health information to the user.

1 is a schematic view illustrating a configuration of a snoring prevention system based on a snare Internet according to the present invention.
2 is a view showing a configuration of a snoring prevention pillow according to the present invention.
3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a central control unit according to the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a user terminal according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 illustrates an example of a configuration in which a snoring prevention system based on a snare Internet is connected to the outside according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 to 8 are sectional views showing an operating state of a snoring prevention pillow according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 9 is a flow diagram illustrating an embodiment of a method for providing a snoring prevention system based on the Internet of Things.

For a better understanding of the present invention, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The embodiments of the present invention may be modified into various forms, and the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments described in detail below. The present embodiments are provided to enable those skilled in the art to more fully understand the present invention. Therefore, the shapes and the like of the elements in the drawings can be exaggeratedly expressed to emphasize a clearer description. It should be noted that in the drawings, the same members are denoted by the same reference numerals. Further, detailed descriptions of well-known functions and configurations that may be unnecessarily obscured by the gist of the present invention are omitted.

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

1 is a schematic view illustrating a configuration of a snoring prevention system based on a snare Internet according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a snoring prevention system based on the Internet of the present embodiment includes a snoring prevention pillow 100, a central control unit 200, and a user terminal 300.

2 is a view showing a configuration of a snoring prevention pillow according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the snoring prevention pillow according to the present invention includes a sound detection unit 101 and 102 for measuring a sound size of the snoring and transmitting the measured size, and a pair of A processor unit 130 for controlling the air injecting unit to inject or discharge air into or from the air bag, and a control unit 130 for controlling the air injecting unit, And a power supply unit 150 for supplying power to the snoring prevention pillow, as shown in FIG.

Specifically, the sound sensing units 101 and 102 may be small microphones for detecting a snoring sound when sleeping. The sound detection units 101 and 102 are provided at the left and right ends of the pillow, respectively, and determine the current head direction of the user according to the size of the input snoring sound, and determine whether the air bags 111, .

The air bladders 111 and 112 are airtightly sealed in the outside, and air is filled in the air bladders 111 and 112 in a predetermined amount. Both sides of the air bladders are filled with the same amount of air to form a horizontal state, .

In FIG. 2, the air bladders 111 and 112 are shown on the left and right sides, respectively, but this is an embodiment according to the present invention. It is also possible to arrange a plurality of air bags 111, 112 of the same number as the right and left or different numbers of left and right.

The air injecting unit 120 is configured to move air to the air bags 111 and 112 with respect to the air bags 111 and 112 on both sides according to a control signal of the processor unit 130, But it is also possible to exist outside the pillow. When the air bag is positioned between the inner air bags 111 and 112 of the pillow, an air moving passage for moving the air is formed inside the air injecting unit 120 do.

The processor unit 130 is configured to transmit a control signal for injecting or discharging air into the air injecting unit 120. In particular, when the snoring sound is sensed by the sound sensing units 101 and 102, 200 to control the amount of air injected into the air bags 111, 112 on both sides. The adjustment of the amount of air injection induces the left and right movement of the pillow user's head.

The communication module 140 receives the snoring volume of the snoring transmitted by the sound sensing units 101 and 102 and determines the sound volume of the snoring and the operation status of the processor unit 130 ).

In addition, the communication module unit 140 enables data communication between the central control unit 200 and each snoring prevention pillow 100 through a wired and wireless communication line. At this time, the communication module unit 140 may include various communication interfaces, and may include hubs, gateways, and the like as needed.

The power supply unit 150 is configured to supply power for driving the sound sensing units 101 and 102, the air injection unit 120, the processor unit 130 and the communication module unit 140, However, it is preferable that the battery pack is composed of a rechargeable battery for supplying power to the battery pack itself.

3 is a diagram showing the configuration of the central control unit 200 according to the present invention.

3, the central control unit 200 controls the sound intensity of the snoring transmitted by the sound sensing units 101 and 102 transmitted through the communication module unit 140 of each pillow, A storage management unit 220 for storing and managing the received information, a storage unit 220 for storing information received from the central control unit 200 and transmitted from the communication module unit 140, A signal analyzing unit for transmitting a control signal for controlling the processor unit 130 to change the air injection speed and the shape of the air in the air injecting unit 120 according to the analyzed information, And a transmission unit 240 for transmitting a control signal for controlling the air injection unit 120 to the control unit 130.

Specifically, the receiving unit 210 receives the sound volume of the snoring of each pillow transmitted from the communication module unit 140 through the wired and wireless communication line, and the operation status information of the processor unit 130.

The storage management unit 220 stores the sound volume of the snoring of each pillow received by the receiving unit 210 and the operation status information of the processor unit 130.

In addition, the storage management unit 220 stores the snoring sound levels at various stages in order to compare the snoring size of the snoring of each pillow received at the receiver 210. [ The sound level of snoring at various stages stored in the storage management unit 220 is not arbitrarily determined. The sound level of the snoring at each stage is determined through consultation with a physician and the like, The sound volume is stored in the storage management unit 220. At this time, the user of the pillow can store the snoring sound size, which may be determined to be dangerous to the user, in the storage management unit 220 by consulting a doctor or the like.

When the snoring size of each pillow is received by the receiving unit 210, the storage management unit 220 determines whether the snoring of the pillow received by the pillow is greater than the sound size of the snoring of the pillow, And stores the operation state information.

In this case, the storage management unit 220 determines whether the snoring received from the pillow is the sound volume and the operation status information of the processor unit 130, Of the snore size that the user of the snore stores. Then, the received snore compares the snore size of the snore with the stored snore size of the snore at various stages.

When the storage management unit 220 determines that the snoring size of the received snoring is larger than the size of the snoring stored by the user, the storage management unit 220 controls the processor unit 130 of the pillow And transmits a control signal for guiding left and right movement of the pillow user's head through the transmission unit 240, which will be described later.

When the storage management unit 220 determines that the snoring size of the received snoring is larger than the snoring size of the snoring stored by the user, the storage management unit 220 stores the user's terminal 300 to control the sound module unit 340 of the user terminal and transmit a control signal for generating a sound signal from the sound module unit 340 of the user terminal through a transmission unit 240 to be described later.

When the storage management unit 220 determines that the snoring size of the received snoring is larger than the size of the snoring stored by the user, the storage management unit 220 transmits the snoring information to the user of the pillow through the transmission unit 240, Through the external terminal or the SNS set in advance, notifies the pillow user that the pillow user is in an emergency, and transmits a help request signal indicating that assistance from outside is required.

When the user terminal 300 transmits information that the information analyzed by the user terminal 300 described below satisfies a preset condition, the storage management unit 220 stores the user information of the user terminal 300 The user terminal 300 may store a list of goods such as a snoring treatment or a snoring symptom to be recommended to the user terminal 300, a snoring treatment list or a snoring treatment specialty hospital list for snoring symptom relief.

Even if the goods list or the hospital list is not stored or stored in the storage management unit 220, the storage management unit 200 may store the goods list or the hospital list on the basis of the conditions of the goods, A list of goods or a list of hospitals using the wired / wireless communication network, and may store the retrieved result. Information indicating that the information analyzed by the user terminal 300, which will be described later, satisfies predetermined conditions, 300 may transmit the information to the user of the user terminal 300 that has transmitted the information.

The signal analyzer 230 analyzes the operation status information of the processor unit 130 of each pillow received from the receiver 210 and stored in the storage management unit 220.

The operation of the signal analyzer 230 determines that the sound volume of the snake user received by the receiver 210 is larger than a predetermined size and the processor unit 130 of each pillow When the snoring of the user of the pillow is not stopped or the snoring of the pillow user received by the receiving unit 210 has a predetermined size When it is determined that it is necessary to change the air infusion speed and shape of the air infusion section 120 of each pillow such as the case where the snoring can be stopped by inducing the left and right movement of the user's head, A control signal for controlling the processor unit 130 of each pillow to change the air injection speed and shape of the air bag 120 is transmitted through a transmission unit 240, The.

The transmission unit 240 transmits a control signal for controlling the air injection unit 120 of each pillow to the communication module unit 140 of each pillow via the wireless communication line, A control signal for controlling the sound module unit 340 of the user terminal, a help request signal for notifying the user of the pillow through the external terminal or the SNS, and a signal request signal from the signal analyzer 230 to the air injection unit 120 of each pillow To control the processor unit 130 of each pillow so as to change the air injection speed and shape of the pillow.

4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a user terminal 300 according to the present invention.

4, the user terminal 300 according to the present invention transmits a control command or an information request command to the reception unit 210 of the central control unit 200 and transmits the control command or information request command to the transmission unit 240 of the central control unit 200 A storage analysis unit 320 for storing and analyzing information corresponding to the request information request received by the transmission / reception unit 310, and a storage unit 320 for storing the information corresponding to the information request command received by the transmission / A display unit 330 for displaying the information analyzed by the storage analysis unit 320 to a user of the user terminal 300 and a display unit 330 for displaying the information analyzed by the storage analysis unit 320 in the storage management unit 220 of the central control unit 200, For outputting a sound signal to the outside of the user terminal 300 when the transmitter 240 of the central control unit 200 transmits a control signal for outputting a sound signal to the user terminal 300 and the transmitter- And a sound module unit 340.

The transmission / reception unit 310 transmits to the reception unit 210 of the central control unit 200 whether the central control unit 200 can control the pillow designated by the user of the user terminal 300. That is, when the pillow designated by the user of the user terminal 300 agrees to be controlled by the central control unit 200 as part of the snoring prevention system, the pillow designated by the user is transmitted from the central control unit 200 Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > snoring < / RTI > prevention system.

On the other hand, if the pillow designated by the user of the user terminal 300 does not accept that the pillow is controlled by the central control unit 200 as part of the snoring prevention system, It is not controlled by the central control unit 200 until it accepts the control of the central control unit 200 as a separate signal. That is, the pillow designated by the user does not operate as a part of the snoring prevention system.

The transceiver 310 may be configured to receive the sound volume of the snoring of the pillow designated by the user terminal 300 stored in the storage management unit 220 of the central control unit 200, The snore corresponding to the information request command transmitted by the transmitting unit 240 of the central control unit 200 is transmitted to the receiving unit 210 of the central control unit 200, And receives operational status information of the processor unit 130. [

In addition, the analysis result received by the transmission / reception unit 310 and analyzed by the storage analysis unit 320 described later is transmitted to the reception unit 210 of the central control unit 200, and the central control unit 200 A list of goods such as a product for treating snoring or snoring that is transmitted by the transmitting unit 240 of the snoring apparatus or a list of snoring treatment hospitals for snoring treatment or snoring symptom relief.

The storage analyzing unit 320 analyzes the snoring sound volume of the pillow designated by the user terminal 300 stored in the storage management unit 220 of the central control unit 200 received by the transceiving unit 310, The sleeping pattern of the pillow user, the snoring pattern, the size of the snoring sound, the snoring pattern, and the snoring pattern of the pillow user designated by the user terminal 300 are stored in the user terminal 300, The operation of the preventive pillow, the presence or absence of the obesity, and the like in the storage analyzer 320.

The display unit 330 may display a GUI form on the display unit 330 to select whether the pillow designated by the user of the user terminal 300 is under the control of the central control unit 200. [ At this time, the GUI for selecting whether to select or not can be expressed in an icon form, but is not limited thereto.

In addition, the display unit 330 may display an analysis result received by the transmission / reception unit 310 and analyzed by the storage analyzing unit 320.

The display unit 330 may include a list of goods such as a snoring treatment or snoring relieved by the snoring transmitted by the transmitting unit 240 of the central control unit 200 received by the transceiving unit 310, This treatment or a list of snoring treatment hospitals for the treatment of snoring symptoms can be displayed.

The sound module unit 340 receives the control signal transmitted from the storage unit 220 of the central control unit 200 through the transmission unit 240 and outputs the sound signal to the outside of the user terminal 300 .

In detail, if the storage management unit 220 of the central control unit 200 determines that the snoring size of the received snoring is larger than the size of snoring stored by the user, Controls the sound module unit 340 of the user terminal to the user terminal 300 registered as a user of the pillow and transmits a control signal for generating a sound signal from the sound module unit 340 of the user terminal to the transmission unit The sound module 340 of the user terminal 300 outputs the sound signal to the outside of the user terminal 300 when the transmitter / receiver 310 of the user terminal 300 receives the sound signal .

The user terminal 300 according to the present invention may be a wireless communication device such as a personal wireless device, a smart phone, or the like, but is not limited thereto, and an apparatus that can perform communication such as a wired communication device and a wired phone, It is possible to become the user terminal 300.

FIG. 5 illustrates an example of a configuration in which a snoring prevention system based on a snare Internet is connected to the outside according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5, a snoring prevention system based on a snare Internet comprising a snoring prevention pillow 100, a central control unit 200, and a user terminal 300 may be applied to an external SNS, a smart phone, a landline telephone, Online market, etc.

At this time, the transmission unit 240 of the central control unit 200 of the snoring prevention system based on the object Internet can transmit an assistance request signal to the SNS, the smart phone, the wired telephone and the wireless communication equipment, The storage management unit 220 of the central control unit 200 can acquire information recommending a suitable product to the user.

The help request signal transmitted to the SNS, the smart phone, the landline telephone, and the wireless communication device may be a text message such as a text message, a voice or video message recorded in advance by the user, It may be in letter form. That is, any form that can inform the user that assistance is needed may be sent as a help request signal.

When the storage management unit 220 determines that the snoring size of the snoring is larger than the size of the snoring stored in the storage unit 220, And transmits a help request signal set by the user to the SNS such as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. At this time, the help request signal may be transmitted only to the person associated with the SNS account of the pillow user, or may be transmitted to the unspecified majority who is not associated with the SNS account of the pillow user. However, although it is possible to send a randomly selected person to an unspecified number of persons who are not associated with the SNS account of the pillow user, it is possible to determine the position of the pillow user and to determine the position of the pillow user, And send an assistance request signal to the person adjacent to the network. This is because sending the help request signal to the SNS is the most widely used to inform the pillow user of the emergency situation.

When the storage management unit 220 determines that the snoring size of the snoring received by the user is larger than the size of snoring stored by the user, the storage management unit 220 Transmits a help request signal preset by the user through the transmission unit 240. [ In order to transmit the help request signal to the communication device of wired or wireless, the user of the wireless communication device contacts the user directly or informs the user of the pillow by the police or the fire station, This is the fastest way to tell that you are in an emergency.

The management storage unit 200 may be connected to the online marketplace even if the storage management unit 220 does not store or store a product list such as a snoring treatment or a snoring symptom, May search for a product list in an online market using a wired / wireless communication network and store the retrieved result on the basis of conditions such as a product price or a kind predetermined by a user and analyze the retrieved result in the user terminal 300 The user terminal 300 can recommend the information to the user of the user terminal 300 that has transmitted the information when the information transmitted from the user terminal 300 satisfies a preset condition.

6 to 8 are sectional views showing an operating state of a snoring prevention pillow according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, when the user takes a sleeping state in a normal state, the same amount of air is injected into the pillow left and right air bags, thereby achieving an equilibrium state. At this time, the user's head may be directed from the equilibrium state to the ceiling, but in general, the user tilts to one side since the user turns his / her body while sleeping.

In this state, when the nose is picked up, the sound detection units 101 and 102 on both sides of the pillow sense the snoring sound. Sounds of different sizes are sensed by the sound detection units 101 and 102 on both sides. That is, as shown in the figure, when the nose of the user is tilted to the left, a larger sound is sensed by the sound sensing unit 101 on the left side of the pillow. At this time, the central control unit 200 determines which side of the current user's head is inclined according to the sound volume detected by the sound detection units 101 and 102, and controls the air injection unit 120 to control the air bag 111 and 112, respectively.

6, when the nose of the user is tilted to the left, a larger sound is sensed by the sound sensing unit 101 on the left side, and the air injection unit 120 is positioned on the right side The air in the air bag 112 is forcibly moved to the left air bag 111, and the user's head naturally tilts to the right side due to the movement of the air. When the nose is tilted to the right side, a larger sound is sensed by the right sound sensing unit 102, and the central control unit 200 senses the sound of the left air bag 111 as shown in FIG. The air injection unit 120 is controlled to forcibly move the air to the right air bag 112, and the user's head naturally leans back to the left.

When the user considers the nose during sleep, as described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 8, air is injected into or released from the air pocket of the snoring prevention pillow to induce lateral movement of the user's head, Snoring can be stopped.

Figure 9 is a flow diagram illustrating an embodiment of a method for providing a snoring prevention system based on the Internet of Things.

9, the sound sensing units 101 and 102, the air bags 111 and 112, the air injection unit 120, the processor unit 130, and the communication module unit 140 are installed in the pillow, The central control unit 200 provided outside the pillow is connected to the user through a wireless connection so as to prepare for operation of the snoring prevention system using the Internet.

In operation S920, when the snoring sound of the user of the pillow is sensed by the sound sensing units 101 and 102, the sound sensing units 101 and 102 that are in a sleep state are operated to conserve power.

The sound sensing units 101 and 102 sense the snoring volume of the user's snoring sensed by the sound sensing units 101 and 102 and transmit the detected snoring size of the user's snoring to the communication module unit 140 in operation S930, .

The communication module 140 receives the snoring volume of the snoring and the operation status of the processor 130 using radio communication and transmits the received information to the central control unit (S940).

The central control unit 200 compares the snoring volume received from the receiver 210 with a preset size of the snoring unit 220 and when the snoring size of the received snoring exceeds a preset size, The control unit 130 controls the air injection unit 120 to transmit a control signal for directing the left / right movement of the user's head (S950).

The central control unit 200 compares the received snore size with a predetermined size and when the received snore has a sound size exceeding a predetermined size, the central control unit 200 transmits the snore to the user module 300 340 to transmit a control signal for outputting a sound signal to the outside of the user terminal 300 and transmits an assistance request signal to an external terminal or a SNS preset by the user in operation S960.

When a control command or information request command for one or more pillows selected by the user terminal 300 is transmitted to the central control unit 200, the central control unit 200 transmits information corresponding to the information request command to the user terminal (S970).

The storage analysis unit 320 of the user terminal 300 stores the information received from the central control unit 200. The storage analysis unit 320 analyzes and analyzes the information according to a predetermined period, Information is provided to the user (S980).

If the analyzed information satisfies a preset condition, the user terminal 300 displays a list of goods or a list of hospitals that the user has designated in advance in the central control unit 200, (330) to the user (S990).

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined in the following claims. It will be understood.

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A sound detection unit for measuring the size of the snoring sound and transmitting the measured size, a pair of air bags each of which can be contracted and expanded according to the amount of air to be inserted, an air injection unit for adjusting the air insertion amount of the air pocket, A processor module for controlling the air injector to inject or discharge air into the air bag; and a communication module for transmitting the snoring volume of the snoring transmitted by the sound detector and the operation status of the processor, This preventive pillow;
The snoring volume of the snoring transmitted by the sound detection unit of each snoring prevention pillow and the operation status information of the processor unit are received and the snoring of the snoring prevention pillow is compared with the snoring of the snoring prevention pillow, And a control unit for controlling the air injecting unit to control the air injecting unit by the processor unit of each snoring prevention pillow, wherein the sound intensity is stored in the snoring prevention pillow, A central control unit for transmitting the control signal; And
And a sound module unit for outputting a sound signal to the outside. The control unit transmits a control command or an information request command to the selected one or more pillows to the central control unit, and receives the information corresponding to the information request command from the central control unit A storage analyzing unit for storing and analyzing information corresponding to the information request command received by the transceiver unit and a display unit for displaying information analyzed by the storage analyzing unit, Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > a < / RTI &
Wherein each of the snoring prevention pillows, the central control unit, and the user terminal transmits and receives control signals and information through a wire / wireless communication network,
Wherein the transceiver is operated by the central control unit as a part of the snoring prevention process when the control acceptance signal of the snoring prevention pillow designated by the user is transmitted to the central control unit and the control consent of the snoring prevention pillow Wherein the control unit is not controlled by the central control unit when the signal is not transmitted to the central control unit. The method according to claim 1,
The central control unit,
Based snoring prevention system that transmits a control signal for controlling the air injection unit to the processor unit when the received snoring sound size is compared with a predetermined size and the received snoring has a sound size exceeding a predetermined size . 3. The method of claim 2,
The central control unit,
A snooze Internet-based snooze server for transmitting a control signal for controlling the sound module unit of the user terminal to the user terminal when the received snore sound size is compared with a predetermined size and the received snore has a sound size exceeding a predetermined size Snoring prevention system. 3. The method of claim 2,
The central control unit,
The snort prevention system according to claim 1, wherein the snoring prevention system comprises: a snoring prevention unit for snorting an object based on snoring, wherein a snoring sound level of the snoring is compared with a predetermined size, and a received snoring sound level exceeds a preset size. The method according to claim 1,
The central control unit,
A control unit for controlling the processor unit to analyze the information transmitted from the communication module unit and received by the central control unit and to change the air injection speed and shape in the air injection unit according to the analyzed information, Wherein the snoring prevention system transmits a signal to the snoring prevention system. The method according to claim 1,
The user terminal comprises:
Wherein the information obtained from the central control unit is hysterized and analyzed according to a predetermined cycle, and the analyzed information is provided to the user. The method according to claim 6,
Comparing the analyzed information with a predetermined condition, and if the analyzed information satisfies a preset condition, the user terminal recommends a product previously designated to the central control unit by the user to the user, Snoring prevention system. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the display unit displays information on a snoring treatment hospital list for snoring treatment or snoring symptom relief received from the central control unit. The method according to claim 1,
The central control unit may be configured to preset the social network service (SNS) preset by the user terminal if the snore size of the received snoring is larger than the snore size stored by the user. And a help request signal is transmitted to the snoring system. The method according to claim 1,
The central control unit searches a product list or a hospital list using a wired / wireless communication network based on conditions including a predetermined product price or a hospital location received from the user terminal, stores the retrieved result, And transmits the searched result to the user terminal when the predetermined condition is satisfied in the terminal. delete delete
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