KR102254510B1 - A smart pillow to prevent snoring using magnetic rheological elastomer - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a smart pillow for preventing snoring using MRE, wherein the smart pillow for preventing snoring using MRE according to the present invention comprises: a pillow body supporting the user's head; A cushion unit disposed inside the pillow body and having a variable hardness by magnetic force; A magnetic force providing unit connected to the cushion unit and providing magnetic force to the cushion unit; A snoring detection unit provided on one side of the pillow body to detect a snoring of a user; And a control unit for controlling the operation of the cushion unit, the magnetic force providing unit, and the snoring detection unit.

Description

Smart pillow for snoring prevention using MRE {A SMART PILLOW TO PREVENT SNORING USING MAGNETIC RHEOLOGICAL ELASTOMER}

The present invention relates to a smart pillow for preventing snoring using MRE. More specifically, by detecting the snoring of a sleeping person and changing the shape of the pillow according to the hardness of the MRE cushion member whose hardness is changed by the magnetic force applied or disconnected when snoring is detected, the position of the sleeping person's head or sleeping posture can be changed. It relates to a smart pillow for snoring prevention using MRE that can change and stop snoring.

Recently, modern people are not getting enough sleep in their busy daily lives. Therefore, interest in the quality of sleep is increasing day by day. In this chronic lack of sleep, modern people are naturally striving for quality sleep.

Accordingly, the majority of modern people are willing to pay a certain amount for products that are useful for a good night's sleep, and interest in items and materials that enable them to take a good night's sleep is high.

Typically, pillows are used when sleeping, and by allowing them to be belled according to a curved neck disk, they can take a good night's sleep according to the maintenance of natural airways.

In particular, users tend to have different pillow heights and cushioning feelings that they feel comfortable with according to their habits or tastes, and they wish to use a pillow that is suitable for the height of the pillow and the cushioning feeling of the pillow, that is, the hardness according to their own needs.

However, conventional pillows are manufactured in such a way that it is impossible to individually tailor them to an optimal state according to an individual's body or to an individual's sleeping habits or tastes.

In addition, conventional pillows do not have a means to prevent or stop phenomena such as snoring, teething, or sleep apnea, which has a special sleep disorder, which interferes with sleep of sleepers as well as sleep of neighbors sleeping together. It also has a problem that interferes with it.

Snoring is a condition in which the flow of air completely stops due to snoring while snoring during sleep for 10 seconds or more, which appears 5 or more times per hour of sleep or 30 or more times during 7 hours of sleep. It corresponds to sleep apnea syndrome), and in most cases, deep breathing occurs, and respiratory distress (dyspnoea) such as oxygen deficiency syndrome/assidosis/central respiratory control disorder is caused.

In addition, causes of snoring include respiratory or heart disease, kidney/liver/endocrine metabolic disease, and various addictions, and are known to be neurogenic or psychogenic.

For this snoring phenomenon, caffeine/camper/lobelin/carbon dioxide, etc., as a respiratory stimulant, are used as therapeutic agents, but it is known that the cause treatment is not possible, and morphine or opium is sometimes used to calm the respiratory center.

On the other hand, when snoring is manifested in the sleeper, sleep apnea can be stopped by waking the sleeper. The implementation of such first aid measures requires an observer during a long sleep period, and the sleeper himself is not able to wake himself from sleep. Because it is difficult, there is a need for a means of automatically waking a sleeping person in a snoring state by shaking or changing the sleeping posture of the sleeping person to stop or reduce the snoring symptoms.

In addition, the symptoms of snoring during sleep are known to exhibit excellent preventive effects when the head or shoulder of a sleeping person is placed sideways, and many pillows for preventing snoring using this principle have been proposed.

Republic of Korea Utility Model Publication No. 20-0278833 relates to a snoring pillow, a lever provided so that one end is fixedly coupled to the final output shaft of the power transmission means; A cam protrusion provided at the other end of the lever so as to protrude toward the upper side thereof; The cam groove is formed so that the cam protrusion is moved in the transverse direction with respect to the frame part, and the frame part and the frame part and the frame part so that the cam protrusion can be moved longitudinally with respect to the frame part as the cam protrusion is rotated together with the lever. Disclosed is a configuration including a movable plate provided as a separate, formed and equipped movable plate so that the flat surface is formed as a bevelable surface.

This pursues a method of installing a motor and a cam inside the pillow so that the sleeping person's head turns to the side by shaking the pillow from side to side. However, if a certain amount of time elapses by installing a motor and a cam inside the pillow frame Since the upper part of the pillow is automatically inclined obliquely, there is a problem that it is impossible to take a good night's sleep with pain due to severe irritation to the cervical vertebrae behind the neck.

In addition, there are disadvantages of not only being able to prevent snoring due to low effectiveness because the pillows are often incorrectly cut by movement during sleep, and not only not economical due to difficult manufacturing due to complicated configuration, but also a lot of poor effectiveness.

Therefore, the user can control the hardness of the pillow suitable for his or her own taste, that is, the cushion feeling, and the snoring detection unit is provided to detect snoring during bedtime, and the hardness of the pillow is actively changed to change the shape of the pillow. , There is a need to develop a pillow that is easy to change the hardness and prevent snoring that can stop or reduce snoring by changing the position of the head of the sleeping person and the sleeping posture according to the changed pillow shape.

[Patent Document] KR 20-0278833 (Registration Date June 05, 2002)

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is provided on one side outside the pillow body and the MRE cushion member whose hardness is variable by the magnetic force applied or disconnected based on the snoring signal sensed by the snoring detection unit. By including an adjustment knob configured to manually manipulate the hardness of the cushion part step by step, the user can adjust the hardness of the pillow before going to bed according to his or her taste and sleeping habits, and actively detects the sleeper's snoring state while sleeping. For preventing snoring using MRE, which allows the sleeping person to get a good night's sleep by changing the shape of the pillow according to the change in the hardness of the pillow so that the sleeping posture or the head and shoulder positions of the sleeping person can be changed to stop or reduce snoring. Its purpose is to provide a smart pillow.

A smart pillow for preventing snoring using MRE according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object includes: a pillow body supporting the user's head; A cushion part disposed inside the pillow body and having a variable hardness by magnetic force; A magnetic force providing unit connected to the cushion unit and providing magnetic force to the cushion unit; A snoring detection unit provided on one side of the pillow body to detect a snoring of a user; And a control unit for controlling the operation of the cushion unit, the magnetic force providing unit, and the snoring detection unit.

In addition, the smart pillow for preventing snoring using the MRE according to the present invention is characterized in that the cushion unit is composed of a plurality of cushion modules, and the cushion modules are each independently connected to the magnetic force providing unit.

In addition, the smart pillow for preventing snoring using the MRE according to the present invention includes a pressure sensor that senses a load pressure contacted by the cushion module; And an MRE cushion member provided at the lower end of the pressure sensor and having a variable hardness by an applied or disconnected magnetic force.

In addition, the smart pillow for preventing snoring using the MRE according to the present invention is that when the MRE cushion member is applied with magnetic force, the hardness becomes higher than before applying the magnetic force and becomes harder, and when the magnetic force is disconnected or decreased, the hardness becomes lower than before the magnetic force is disconnected or decreased, and becomes soft. It is characterized.

In addition, the smart pillow for preventing snoring using MRE according to the present invention includes: a vibration sensor for sensing the vibration of the pillow body by the snoring detection unit; And an acoustic sensor for detecting a snoring sound. It characterized in that it consists of any one.

In addition, the smart pillow for preventing snoring using the MRE according to the present invention is provided on one side outside the pillow body, and an adjustment knob configured to manually manipulate the hardness of the cushion part desired by the user step by step; characterized in that it further comprises .

In addition, the smart pillow for preventing snoring using the MRE according to the present invention is characterized in that the control unit receives the measured value measured by the snoring detection unit, and determines the hardness of each of the cushion modules.

In addition, the smart pillow for preventing snoring using the MRE according to the present invention receives the contact load pressure value sensed by the pressure sensor by the control unit, determines the position of the user's head or shoulders, and determines the hardness of each of the cushion modules. It is characterized by that.

In addition, the smart pillow for preventing snoring using the MRE according to the present invention is characterized in that the control unit determines the hardness of the cushion module by receiving the control knob signal.

According to the smart pillow for preventing snoring using MRE according to the present invention as described above, the MRE cushion member whose hardness is variable by magnetic force is provided to change the hardness of the MRE cushion member when the sleeper's snoring is detected, so that the sleeping person's head or There is an effect that the snoring symptoms can be stopped by allowing the position of the shoulder to change.

In addition, there is an effect that the snoring detection unit is provided to detect the snoring symptoms of the sleeping person without an observer observing the sleeping person's sleep, so that the snoring prevention operation can be performed immediately and actively.

In addition, by performing the position change of the head or shoulder of the sleeping person according to the change in the hardness of the MRE cushion member, there is an effect of inducing a comfortable sleep without burdening the body structure of the sleeping person.

In addition, an adjustment knob is provided so that the user can manually adjust the cushioning feeling or height of the pillow before going to bed according to the user's taste or request, so that the cushion of the pillow can be adjusted according to the individual's body, sleep habit, or taste using the pillow. It has the effect of being able to apply by adjusting the sense or height.

In addition, the cushion part of the pillow is composed of a plurality of modules, and each cushion module is connected to the magnetic force providing unit to independently receive magnetic force, so that the shape of the pillow can be varied in various ways so that snoring sleeps. There is an effect that the change of the position of the ruler can be easily performed.

In addition, a control unit for controlling the operation of the pillow is provided to receive the measured value measured by the snoring detection unit and derive the hardness value of each of the cushion modules required for the change of the sleeper's posture, thereby facilitating the change of the snoring sleeper's posture. It has the effect of allowing it to be performed.

In addition, by using an MRE cushion member having a variable hardness for change of the sleeping person's posture to stop snoring, there is an effect that the hardness change can be implemented simply and efficiently by only providing magnetic force.

In addition, it is possible to obtain an economical effect that the configuration is simple, manufacturing is easy, and production and maintenance costs are low.

1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a smart pillow for preventing snoring using MRE according to the present invention.
Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a detailed configuration of the cushion part of the smart pillow for preventing snoring using the MRE according to the present invention.
Figure 3 (a) is a first state diagram showing a state of use of the smart pillow for preventing snoring using the MRE according to the present invention.
Figure 3 (b) is a second state diagram showing a state of use of the smart pillow for preventing snoring using the MRE according to the present invention.
Figure 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the snoring detection unit of the smart pillow for preventing snoring using the MRE according to the present invention.
Figure 5 is a partial enlarged view showing a detailed configuration of the adjustment knob of the smart pillow for preventing snoring using the MRE according to the present invention.
Figure 6 is a flow chart showing the operating state of the smart pillow for preventing snoring using the MRE according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. First of all, it should be noted that the same components or parts in the drawings denote the same reference numerals as much as possible. In describing the present invention, detailed descriptions of related known functions or configurations are omitted so as not to obscure the subject matter of the present invention.

1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a smart pillow for preventing snoring using MRE according to the present invention.

The smart pillow for preventing snoring using MRE according to the present invention is a pillow body 100, a cushion part 200, a magnetic force providing part 300, a snoring detection part 400, an adjustment knob as shown in FIG. 500) and a control unit 600.

The pillow body 100 is provided to support the user's head.

Specifically, the pillow body 100 is an exterior housing constituting the exterior of the pillow, and is configured to comfortably support the head, neck, or shoulders of a user sleeping or lying down, and the cushion unit 200, magnetic force The providing unit 300 and the control unit 600 may be built-in, and the snoring detection unit 400 and the adjustment knob 500 may be disposed on an external side.

In addition, the pillow body 100 is made of a fabric having a soft outer skin, and the cushion part 200 is filled therein to provide a cushioning feeling to the user.

In addition, the pillow body 100 may form an inclined curved portion (not shown) in which the thickness of the pillow increases from the center toward both ends.

The inclined curved portion (not shown) can perform a functional role of restraining the head of a sleeper sleeping on the side by the curved surface of the inclined bent portion (not shown) from deviating from the outside of the pillow body 100. have.

Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view showing the detailed configuration of the cushion part of the smart pillow for preventing snoring using the MRE according to the present invention, Figure 3 (a) is a first showing the state of use of the smart pillow for preventing snoring using the MRE according to the present invention Fig. 1 is a state diagram, and Fig. 3(b) is a second state diagram showing a state of use of a smart pillow for preventing snoring using MRE according to the present invention.

The cushion part according to the present invention is disposed inside the pillow body 100 as shown in FIGS. 2 to 3 (b), and is provided so that the hardness is varied by magnetic force.

In addition, the cushion part 200 is composed of a plurality of cushion modules 210, and the cushion modules 210 are provided to be independently connected to the magnetic force providing part 300, respectively.

Specifically, the cushion part 200 is filled in the pillow body 100 and provided to provide a cushioning feeling to the user, and may include a plurality of cushion modules 210.

Accordingly, the cushion unit 200 is composed of a plurality of cushion modules 210, and each cushion module 210 is connected to the magnetic force providing unit 300 to receive magnetic force independently from the neighboring cushion modules 210. By allowing the cushion module 210 to vary the hardness of each of the cushion modules 210, the shape of the pillow is varied, and accordingly, the change of the snoring sleeper's posture can be easily performed.

In addition, the cushion module 210 receives the measured value measured by the snoring detection unit 300 and controls the control unit 600 to determine the hardness of each of the cushion modules 210 for a change in the sleeper's posture. As a result, the magnetic force is applied or interrupted, or increases or decreases.

In addition, the cushion module 210 may be composed of a plurality of the inside of the pillow body 100, the number, arrangement, or shape of the cushion module 210 is not limited to the number, arrangement, or shape shown. It can be applied in various ways.

Accordingly, the cushion module 210 may include a pressure sensor 211 and an MRE cushion member 212.

The pressure sensor 211 is provided to sense a contact load pressure.

Specifically, the pressure sensor 211 is a pressure sensor that is disposed on the upper end of the cushion module 210 to detect the pressure acting on the cushion module 210, the measured pressure value to the control unit 600 By transmitting, the control unit 600 is provided to determine the position of the head or shoulder of the sleeping person to determine the hardness of each of the cushion modules 210.

Therefore, the pressure sensor 211 determines the current sleeper's posture and the position of the head or shoulder when the control unit 600 attempts to change the sleeper's posture to stop snoring by changing the sleeper's posture. It is possible to derive an appropriate hardness change value of each of the cushion modules 210.

Accordingly, the pressure sensor 211 is connected to the control unit 600 to transmit and receive measured information.

The MRE cushion member 212 is provided at the lower end of the pressure sensor 211, and is provided so that the hardness is varied by an applied or disconnected magnetic force.

Specifically, the MRE cushion member 212 is provided at the bottom of the pressure sensor 211 and applied under the control of the control unit 600 or the hardness is varied by a magnetic force that is blocked (MRE (Magnetic Rheological Elastomer)). It may be a cushion member including a rheological elastic body).

The MRE (magnetic rheological elastomer) can be viewed as a material in which a magnetic fluid and an elastomer are mixed. Here, a magnetic fluid is a type of suspension liquid in which magnetic particles are dispersed in a solvent such as oil, and an external magnetic field If there is no, it acts as a liquid, and when an external magnetic field is applied, magnetic particles are arranged in a row, and it is a substance that has a solid property.

Therefore, from the point of view of viscosity, the viscosity tends to increase as the magnetic field becomes stronger, and from the point of view of the yield strength, the yield strength, which was only zero in the absence of an external magnetic field, occurs as an external magnetic field is applied. .

In addition, an elastomer is a polymer compound that has a property that it increases several times when pulled by applying an external force and returns to its original length when the external force is removed.

Representative examples include vulcanized rubber called elastic rubber, and elastic fibers (spandex), which are elastomers without chemical bonding, are also known as elastic rubber.

In this case, the reason why it is stretched when a force is applied is because the long linear polymer slips and becomes long as a whole.

However, since there are legs (in vulcanized rubber, for example, -S-S- is sulfur), when the applied force is stopped, the relationship of the deformed legs returns to its original stable state by molecular motion.

Accordingly, when the magnetic force is applied, the MRE cushion member 212 has a characteristic that the hardness is increased and becomes harder than before the magnetic force is applied, and when the magnetic force is cut off or the magnetic force is decreased, the hardness is lowered than before the magnetic force is disconnected or decreased, so that the MRE cushion member 212 has a characteristic of being soft.

Accordingly, the MRE cushion member 212 allows the hardness of the pillow 1, that is, the cushion feel or the height of the pillow 1 according to the user's taste or sleeping posture, to be controlled by manual operation of the adjustment knob 500.

Therefore, the smart pillow 1 for preventing snoring using the MRE according to the present invention is composed of a Magnetic Rheological Elastomer (MRE) whose hardness is variable by an applied magnetic force, so that the pillow 1 according to the user's individual taste To be able to adjust the cushioning or height of the product.

In addition, when the snoring of the sleeping person is detected by the snoring detection unit 400, the MRE cushion member 212 has a hardness to change the position of the sleeping person or the position of the head or shoulder in order to stop the snoring of the sleeping person. Can be controlled.

Specifically, when snoring is detected, the pillow 1 receives the sensor value detected by the pressure sensor 211 by the control unit 600 to change the sleeper's posture, and the current position or posture of the sleeper It detects and enables to determine the hardness value of each cushion module 210 for changing the sensed position or posture.

In addition, the control unit 600 controls the magnetic force applied from the magnetic force providing unit 300 to each module in order to change the hardness of each cushion module 210 determined in this way.

Accordingly, the MRE cushion member 212 allows the hardness of the MRE cushion member 212 to be varied as necessary, so that the sleeping person's posture can be changed according to the change of the hardness.

In addition, the MRE cushion member 212, which is hardened by increasing the hardness due to the application of magnetic force, has a relatively high cross-section, and the MRE cushion member 212, which is softened due to the decrease in hardness due to the magnetic force cut off, has a relatively low cross-section by the weight of the sleeping person. You lose.

Therefore, in the case of a sleeper who is difficult to change his posture because he is sleeping even if he is snoring, even if there is no posture displacement by the observer, even if there is no posture displacement by the observer, the sleeper's posture is changed only by the hardness change of the MRE cushion member 212 so that snoring can be stopped. There is an effect.

In addition, in the MRE cushion member 212, the pressure sensor 211 for sensing pressure is disposed at the upper end, and adjacent to the magnetic force providing unit 300 for providing magnetic force to each of the MRE cushion members 212 at the lower end. Can be placed.

The magnetic force providing unit 300 is connected to the cushion unit 200 and is provided to provide a magnetic force to the cushion unit 200.

Specifically, the magnetic force providing unit 300 is connected to each of the MRE cushion members 212 and provided to provide or disconnect magnetic force to each of the MRE cushion members 212 under the control of the control unit 600.

More specifically, the magnetic force providing unit 300 is the hardness of the MRE cushion member 212 when the control unit 600 is required to adjust the hardness of the cushion unit 200 by the user or change the posture according to the sleeper's snoring. In order to change the MRE, the magnetic force applied to the MRE cushion member 212 is blocked or the blocked magnetic force is applied.

On the other hand, the magnetic force providing unit 300 may be an electromagnet, and the electromagnet is magnetized when a current flows, and is a magnet that returns to its original unmagnetized state when the current flows, regardless of the supply of current. It is distinguished from permanent magnets that always retain magnetism.

In addition, in the electromagnet, when a current flows through the conducting wire, a concentric circular magnetic field is formed around the conducting wire.

In addition, the electromagnet has the advantage of obtaining a very strong magnetic field that cannot be obtained with a permanent magnet by using this principle.

In addition, when the magnetization of the electromagnet progresses to a certain extent, even if the current is increased further, the magnetization does not proceed anymore, and this is called a self-saturation state.

In addition, the electromagnet makes it possible to change the strength of the magnetic field relatively easily by artificially adjusting the current.

Figure 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the snoring detection unit of the smart pillow for preventing snoring using the MRE according to the present invention.

The snoring detection unit 400 according to the present invention is provided on one side of the pillow body 100 as shown in FIG. 4, and is provided to detect the snoring of the user.

In addition, the snoring detecting unit 400 may be composed of any one of a vibration sensor 410 for detecting vibration of the pillow body 100 due to snoring and an acoustic sensor 420 for detecting a snoring sound. have.

Specifically, the snoring detection unit 400 is composed of either a vibration sensor 410 or an acoustic detection sensor 420 that detects vibration or sound due to snoring of a sleeping person, and the pillow body 100 is external It is more preferable to be provided on one side.

In addition, the snoring detection unit 400 may be composed of the vibration sensor 410 and the sound detection sensor 420.

In addition, the snoring detection unit 400 transmits the sensed snoring information to the control unit 600 so that the control unit 600 can perform the next operation for stopping snoring of a sleeping person.

The snoring detection unit 400 may be provided on one side outside the pillow body 100, as shown, but is not shown, but any one of the left and right sides of the pillow body 100 or the left and right sides of the pillow body 100 Each may be provided.

In addition, the acoustic sensor 420 is configured such that a microphone embedded in the pillow body 100 senses a user's snoring sound and transmits it to the control unit 600 through a signal cable.

Figure 5 is a partial enlarged view showing a detailed configuration of the adjustment knob of the smart pillow for preventing snoring using the MRE according to the present invention.

The adjustment knob 500 according to the present invention is provided on one side outside the pillow body 100 as shown in FIG. 5, and can be configured to manually manipulate the hardness of the cushion part 200 desired by the user step by step. have.

Specifically, the adjustment knob 500 is an operation button provided to enable manual operation so that the user can adjust and use the hardness of the cushion part 200, that is, the cushion feeling in a state suitable for the user's request, and the pillow body (100) It may be provided on one side of the outside.

Accordingly, the adjustment knob 500 is a step-by-step on/off button 510 for stopping or executing the hardness adjustment operation of the pillow 1 and the hardness of the cushion part 200, that is, the cushioning feeling of the cushion part 200 It may include a hardness control button 520 that can be selected as.

In addition, the on/off button 510 may be composed of a reed switch (not shown) that is turned off by a magnetic force of a magnetic material, and at this time, the reed switch (not shown) is turned on inside the on/off button 510. -Although a magnetic to turn off may be provided, the on/off button according to the present invention is not limited thereto, and may be a mechanical switch capable of being turned on and off by receiving pressure from an external force.

At this time, the hardness control button 520 may be provided so that the user can manually set the hardness level of the cushion unit 200 to high (Hard), medium (Medium), and low (Soft) as shown. have.

In addition, the hardness step of the hardness control button 520 is not limited to the three steps described above, but may be applied in various steps.

In addition, the hardness control button 520 may be a button type set by pressing as shown, and although not shown, may be a dial type set by turning a dial.

In addition, the on/off button 510 and the hardness control button 520 may be a voice recognition operation operated by recognizing a user's voice.

Thus, the control knob 500 transmits the input operation signal to the control unit 600, the control unit 600 determines the hardness of the cushion module 210, and the magnetic force is applied from the magnetic force providing unit 300 Or be disconnected.

The control unit 600 is provided to control the operation of the cushion unit 200, the magnetic force providing unit 300, and the snoring detection unit 400.

In addition, the control unit 600 receives the measured value measured by the snoring detection unit 400 to determine the hardness of each of the cushion modules 210.

In addition, the control unit 600 receives the contact load pressure value sensed by the pressure sensor 211, determines the position of the user's head or shoulders, and determines the hardness of each of the cushion modules 210.

In addition, the control unit 600 receives the signal from the adjustment knob 500 to determine the hardness of the cushion module 210.

Specifically, the control unit 600 receives the measured value sensed by the snoring detection unit 400 and the load of the pillow 1 measured by the pressure sensor 211 to stop the snoring of the sleeping person. The pressure value is received to derive the current sleeper's posture and the position of the head or shoulder, and the hardness change value of each of the cushion modules 210 required to change the current sleeper's posture or position is derived.

In addition, the control unit 600 controls the magnetic force provided to each of the cushion modules 210 by the magnetic force providing unit 300 so that the hardness change of the cushion module 210 as described above can be executed.

On the other hand, the control unit 600 is the magnetic force providing unit 300 so that the change of the hardness according to the hardness value of the cushion module 210 set by the user by manual operation through the adjustment knob 500 can be executed. The magnetic force provided to each of the modules 210 is controlled.

In addition, when the snoring detection unit 400 does not detect the snoring of the sleeping person, the control unit 600 controls the hardness change of the cushion module 210 to be stopped.

Figure 6 is a flow chart showing the operating state of the smart pillow for preventing snoring using the MRE according to the present invention.

Therefore, the smart pillow 1 for preventing snoring using the MRE according to the present invention executes the hardness change of the cushion module 210 when snoring is detected in the snoring detection unit 400 as shown in FIG. Active and continuous control is possible to stop snoring by changing the sleeping person's posture and position, and when it is detected that snoring is stopped due to the change of the sleeping person's posture and position, the hardness change of the cushion module 210 is stopped. So that the sleeping person can sleep comfortably.

According to the smart pillow for preventing snoring using MRE according to the present invention as described above, the MRE cushion member whose hardness is variable by magnetic force is provided to change the hardness of the MRE cushion member when the sleeper's snoring is detected, so that the sleeping person's head or The position of the shoulder can be changed so that the snoring symptoms can be stopped.

In addition, a snoring detection unit is provided to detect the snoring symptoms of a sleeping person without an observer observing the sleeping person's sleep, so that the snoring prevention operation can be performed immediately and actively.

In addition, by changing the position of the sleeping person's head or shoulders according to the variation of the hardness of the MRE cushion member, it is possible to induce a comfortable sleep without burdening the body structure of the sleeping person.

In addition, an adjustment knob is provided so that the user can manually adjust the cushioning feeling or height of the pillow before going to bed according to the user's taste or request, so that the cushion of the pillow can be adjusted according to the individual's body, sleep habit, or taste using the pillow. Adjust the feeling or height so that it can be applied.

In addition, the cushion part of the pillow is composed of a plurality of modules, and each cushion module is connected to the magnetic force providing unit to independently receive magnetic force, so that the shape of the pillow can be varied in various ways so that snoring sleeps. This makes it possible to easily change the position of the ruler.

In addition, a control unit for controlling the operation of the pillow is provided to receive the measured value measured by the snoring detection unit and derive the hardness value of each of the cushion modules required for the change of the sleeper's posture, thereby facilitating the change of the snoring sleeper's posture. So that it can be done.

In addition, by using an MRE cushion member having a variable hardness for change of the sleeping person's posture to stop snoring, the hardness change can be realized simply and efficiently by only providing magnetic force.

In addition, it is possible to obtain an economical effect that the configuration is simple, manufacturing is easy, and production and maintenance costs are low.

The terms and words used in the present specification and claims described above should not be construed as being limited to their usual or dictionary meanings, and the present inventors appropriate the concept of terms in order to describe their own invention in the best way. It should be interpreted as a meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention on the basis of the principle that it can be defined.

Accordingly, the configurations shown in the drawings and embodiments described in the present specification are only one of the most preferred embodiments of the present invention, and do not represent all the technical ideas of the present invention, and thus they can be replaced at the time of application. It is to be understood that there may be a variety of equivalents and variations that may exist.

1: Smart pillow for snoring prevention using MRE
100: pillow body 200: cushion part
210: cushion module 211: pressure sensor
212: MRE cushion member 300: magnetic force providing unit
400: snoring detection unit 410: vibration sensor
420: acoustic sensor 500: adjustment knob
510: on/off button 520: hardness control button
600: control unit

Claims (9)

A pillow body that supports the user's head;
A cushion part disposed inside the pillow body and having a variable hardness by magnetic force;
A magnetic force providing unit connected to the cushion unit and providing magnetic force to the cushion unit;
A snoring detection unit provided on one side of the pillow body to detect a snoring of a user; And
A control unit for controlling the operation of the cushion unit, the magnetic force providing unit, and the snoring detection unit;
Smart pillow for preventing snoring using MRE, characterized in that it comprises a.
The method of claim 1,
The cushion part,
Consisting of a plurality of cushion modules;
The cushion module is a smart pillow for preventing snoring using MRE, characterized in that each independently connected to the magnetic force providing unit.
The method of claim 2,
The cushion module,
A pressure sensor for sensing a contact load pressure; And
An MRE cushion member provided below the pressure sensor and having a variable hardness by an applied or disconnected magnetic force;
Smart pillow for preventing snoring using MRE, characterized in that it comprises a.
The method of claim 3,
The MRE cushion member,
When the magnetic force is applied, the hardness becomes higher than before the magnetic force is applied and it becomes hard,
Smart pillow for preventing snoring using MRE, characterized in that when the magnetic force is cut or decreased, the hardness is lowered and softened than before the magnetic force is cut or decreased.
The method of claim 1,
The snoring detection unit,
A vibration sensor that senses the vibration of the pillow body due to snoring; And
Acoustic sensor for detecting a snoring sound;
Smart pillow for preventing snoring using MRE, characterized in that consisting of any one.
The method of claim 2,
An adjustment knob provided on an outer side of the pillow body and configured to manually manipulate the hardness of the cushion part desired by the user step by step;
Smart pillow for preventing snoring using MRE, characterized in that it further comprises.
The method of claim 2,
The control unit,
Smart pillow for preventing snoring using MRE, characterized in that receiving the measured values measured by the snoring detection unit and determining the hardness of each of the cushion modules.
The method of claim 3,
The control unit,
Smart pillow for preventing snoring using MRE, characterized in that by receiving the contact load pressure value sensed by the pressure sensor, determining the position of the user's head or shoulders, and determining the hardness of each of the cushion modules.
The method of claim 6,
The control unit,
Smart pillow for preventing snoring using MRE, characterized in that receiving the control knob signal to determine the hardness of the cushion module.

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