KR20160073102A - Anti-Snoring smart pillow - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a pillow and, particularly, to a pillow for anti-snoring capable of preventing snoring of a user by adjusting a height of a pillow according to a current position of the user when snoring is detected, and changing a head position of the user in a direction opposite to the current position of the user by generating a vibration in the current position. According to the present invention, the pillow for anti-snoring comprises: a pillowcase and a pillow cotton generally and commonly used for forming an external frame of a pillow; a sound detecting portion disposed outside the pillow; a pressure detecting portion including a pressure sensor and a vibration generating portion including a vibration generator disposed in the upper portion of the pillow to be symmetrical in left and right directions based on a horizontal axis of the pillow; a height adjusting portion which is disposed inside the pillow to be symmetrical in left and right directions based on a horizontal axis of the pillow, and whose high and low points are repeated for three times, respectively, through a driving force of a motor; and a controlling portion for generating the driving force of the motor according to a position of pressure and a volume of sound detected through the pressure detecting portion and the volume detecting portion.

Description

Anti-snoring smart pillow

The present invention relates to a pillow, and more particularly, to a pillow capable of preventing a snoring of a user by detecting and changing a position of a user when a snoring of a user is sensed.

Snoring can develop into sleep apnea and can cause multiple complications if it lasts for a long time.

When snoring and sleep apnea are accompanied, about 17 to 34% of patients die after 10-12 years, which is a significant number in case of absence of the symptom.

As a pillow for preventing snoring, Korean Patent No. 10-0846389 entitled "Snoring Prevention Pillow" and Korea Patent No. 10-1286092 entitled "Pillow for preventing snoring by lying down sideways to take sleep" have been proposed.

According to the " snoring prevention pillow ", Korean Patent Registration No. 10-0846389 discloses a method for detecting a user's snoring and moving the liquid body in a predetermined or reverse direction through a thread. In addition, according to Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1286092, "snoring prevention pillow that induces sleeping sideways to take a sleep surface", a method of guiding sleep in a lateral direction through a support protrusion formed at the center is disclosed.

Conventional products disclose repetitive height adjustment techniques in the left and right direction without considering movement during the user's sleep.

However, the present invention takes such problems into account and provides an additional supplementary measure to thereby exhibit an effective snoring prevention effect.

Disclosure of Invention Technical Problem [8] The present invention provides a pillow for detecting a user's position through a pressure sensor to facilitate snoring prevention.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a pillow which can easily prevent the nose by changing the state of the sleeping state through vibration.

A snoring prevention pillow,

A generally-used pillowcase and a pillow pad constituting the appearance of the pillow;

A volume sensing unit including a sound sensor disposed outside the pillow;

A vibration generator including a pressure sensor and a vibration generator including a pressure sensor disposed symmetrically in the left and right directions around the horizontal axis of the pillow;

A height adjuster disposed symmetrically in the left and right direction around the horizontal axis of the pillow inside the pillow pad and repeating high and low points of the pillow every three times through the driving force of the motor;

A control unit for generating a driving force of the motor according to the magnitude of the volume and the position of the pressure sensed by the volume sensing unit and the pressure sensing unit;

The present invention provides an improved snoring prevention pillow for a user who has not been considered in the conventional height adjustment method and who is able to avoid positional shift during sleep.

The snoring prevention pillow according to the present invention has the following effects.

(1) According to the present invention, the height adjuster composed of the motor and the gear can prevent the snoring by adjusting the height according to the user's current position.

(2) The present invention can minimize the effect of the snoring prevention pillow according to the posture change during sleep by sensing the user's current position of the pressure sensing part made up of the pressure sensor.

(3) According to the present invention, the vibrating part composed of the vibration generator works together with the height adjusting part, so that the snoring prevention effect can be increased.

1 is a structural view of a snoring prevention pillow according to the present invention.
2 is an exploded view of the snoring prevention pillow according to the present invention.
(3) FIG. 3 is a view showing the driving unit shown in FIG.
(4) FIG. 4 is a view showing a height adjusting unit connected to the driving unit.
(5) FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the gears of the height adjusting portion shown in FIG.
(6) FIG. 6 is a view showing the motor of the height adjuster shown in FIG.
7 is a view showing the control unit shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, the pressure sensing unit and the vibration generating unit are connected to each other and the volume sensing unit is connected to the outside.

The operating point is determined through the pressure sensing unit and the volume sensing unit.

As shown in FIG. 1, the height of the pillow is adjusted by inserting a height adjuster inside the pillow.

The above two terms operate through the control unit.

As shown in FIG. 2, the two height adjustment connecting shafts connect the two gears so that the upper and lower gears in the left and right directions operate together.

As shown in FIG. 3, each connection axis is controlled through a motor of a driving unit.

The height adjusting unit and the vibration generating unit are operated and stopped through the control unit.

11: pillowcase
12: Pressure sensor
13: Vibration generator
14: pillow cotton
15: driving part and height adjusting part fixing plate
21: Height adjuster Fixed shaft
31: Height adjustable gear
32: Driving motor
33: Height adjustable connection axis
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Claims (3)

A snoring prevention pillow,
A generally-used pillowcase and a pillow pad constituting the appearance of the pillow;
A volume sensing unit including a sound sensor disposed outside the pillow;
A vibration generator including a pressure sensor and a vibration generator including a pressure sensor disposed symmetrically in the left and right directions around the horizontal axis of the pillow;
A height adjuster disposed symmetrically in the left and right directions around the horizontal axis of the pillow in the pillow pad and repeating high and low points of the pillow every three times through the driving force of the motor;
A control unit for generating a driving force of the motor according to the magnitude of the volume and the position of the pressure sensed by the volume sensing unit and the pressure sensing unit;
Characterized in that the snoring prevention pillow comprises:
The method according to claim 1,
And the height adjusting portion and the vibration generating portion of the user's current position are operated according to the detection of the pressure sensing portion.
3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
And the driving of the snoring prevention pillow is stopped after the gear of the height adjusting portion is converted into a low point in both the left and right directions about the horizontal axis of the pillow after a certain period of time after stopping the high point.

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