KR20160149689A - Apparatus for suppressing snore noise - Google Patents

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KR20160149689A
KR20160149689A KR1020150087189A KR20150087189A KR20160149689A KR 20160149689 A KR20160149689 A KR 20160149689A KR 1020150087189 A KR1020150087189 A KR 1020150087189A KR 20150087189 A KR20150087189 A KR 20150087189A KR 20160149689 A KR20160149689 A KR 20160149689A
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Abstract

A snoring noise cancellation device is provided. The apparatus for canceling snoring according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a sound sensing unit for sensing a breathing sound of a snoring user by using a beamforming technique, a snoring unit for determining whether the snoring of the sensed breathing sound is present, And a cancel signal output unit for outputting the cancel signal. The cancel signal generating unit generates a cancel signal that cancels the breathing sound determined to be snoring, and a cancel signal output unit that outputs the generated cancel signal.

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[0001] APPARATUS FOR SUPPRESSING SNORE NOISE [0002]

The present invention relates to techniques for canceling snoring noise.

In general, sleep disorders such as snoring and sleep apnea not only cause a variety of systemic disorders such as disturbances in interpersonal relationships, narcolepsy, heart disease, and respiratory disease but also deterioration in sleep quality, It has a serious effect.

Especially, when the snoring is continued during sleep, it is reported that the probability of hypertension is twice as high and the incidence of myocardial infarction is higher than that of a normal person who does not snoring.

Such snoring occurs when air is not easily able to pass through the narrowed throat that passes through the air before the air enters the airway during breathing. This causes the quality of the sleep to be lowered, which leads to insufficient sleep It can cause headaches when awakened from sleep.

In addition, fatigue due to insufficient sleep, as well as insufficient supply of oxygen to the brain, may lead to symptoms such as memory and concentration loss, and it may interfere with sleep due to dyspnea during sleep and may lead to sleep disorders such as sleep apnea Is high.

In order to prevent snoring, there has been used a method in which a device is inserted between molar teeth so that the mouth is held by the mouth. However, this method is for making a passageway of air, and a person who uses it has a disadvantage of feeling a foreign body feeling.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems of the conventional art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method for canceling the snoring noise.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a device for canceling snoring of a snare, comprising: a sound sensing unit for sensing breath sounds of a snoring user using a beamforming technique; A snoring signal generating unit for generating a cancel signal for canceling the breath sounds judged to be snoring corresponding to the regularity of the snoring, And an offset signal output unit for outputting the generated offset signal.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, by snoring snoring noise, people snoring at snoring around the user can take a good night's sleep.

In addition, since the snoring can be prevented from damaging people around the snore due to noise regardless of the location, snoring can contribute to improvement of the user's interpersonal relationship.

It should be understood that the effects of the present invention are not limited to the above effects and include all effects that can be deduced from the detailed description of the present invention or the configuration of the invention described in the claims.

1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an apparatus for canceling snoring noise according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a view illustrating a snoring noise canceling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.
3 is a view illustrating a snoring noise canceling apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a view illustrating a snoring noise canceling apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of canceling snoring noise according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein.

In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is referred to as being "connected" to another part, it includes not only "directly connected" but also "indirectly connected" .

Also, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements, not excluding other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

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

1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an apparatus for canceling snoring noise according to an embodiment of the present invention.

A snoring device 100 for canceling snoring according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a sound sensing unit 110, a snoring determination unit 120, Unit 130 and an offset signal output unit 140.

The sound sensing unit 110 may include a microphone, and the snoring may receive a breathing sound generated during sleeping from the user.

The sound detection unit 110 can intensively detect a breathing sound generated from a specific direction, that is, a direction in which the snoring is laid by a user, using a beamforming method.

For reference, the sound sensing unit 110 may be installed in the snoring noise canceling apparatus 100, or may be connected to the noise canceling apparatus 100 in a wired or wireless manner so that the snoring is directed toward the user's head have.

On the other hand, the snoring determination unit 120 may determine whether the snoring is the user's snoring based on the sound signal input from the sound sensing unit 110. [

The characteristics of the snoring signal are different from general sound, frequency and temporal characteristics. The frequency of the snoring signal is 100Hz ~ 2kHz, and it has more than a certain threshold and duration of 0.5 ~ 2.5 seconds.

The snoring determination unit 120 may determine the snoring from the breath sounds of the snoring user by using the characteristics of the snoring signal and determine the regularity of the snoring signal.

Here, 'regularity' may mean that the duration of the snoring signal and the snore time between the snoring signals have a certain time within the error range. To this end, the snoring determination unit 120 may determine that the snoring signal The regularity can be grasped by calculating the average by checking the duration time and the resting time between the previous snoring signal and the next snoring signal several times.

On the other hand, the cancel signal generator 130 can generate a signal that cancels the snoring of the snoring determined to be snoring by the user (hereinafter, referred to as 'snoring noise').

For this, the cancel signal generator 130 may generate a cancel signal having a waveform whose phase is opposite to that of the snoreline signal, which corresponds to the regularity of the snoring signal detected by the snoring detector 120.

Meanwhile, the cancel signal output unit 140 may include a speaker, and may output a cancel signal corresponding to the snoring noise generated by the cancel signal generating unit 130.

At this time, the offset signal output unit 140 may amplify the offset signal and output the amplified offset signal.

For example, when the cancel signal generating unit 130 and the cancel signal output unit 140 are separated from each other, the cancel signal corresponding to the snoring noise generated by the cancel signal generating unit 130 is a wireless communication such as Bluetooth Signal to the cancel signal output unit 140 using the method shown in FIG.

FIG. 2 is a view illustrating a snoring noise canceling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.

A snare noise cancellation apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first housing 210 including an arch shape surrounding a head of a first user who is a snoring user, And a second housing 220 including an arch shape surrounding the head of a second user taking sleep.

The sound sensing unit 110 shown in FIG. 1 may be disposed in the arch of the first housing 210 and the cancel signal output unit 140 may be disposed in the arch of the first housing 210.

When the first user, who is the snoring user, snoops during the sleep, the snoring noise canceling apparatus 100 determines whether or not the snoring of the breathing sound received through the sound sensing unit 110 is present and outputs a corresponding cancel signal And outputting it through the cancel signal output unit 140, thereby making it possible for the second user who is sleeping at the side to be prevented from being disturbed by the sleep due to the snoring noise.

In particular, since the sound sensing unit 110 and the cancel signal output unit 140 are disposed in the housing including the arch shape, the snoring can further improve accuracy in generating the breathing sound of the user and the corresponding canceling signal .

3 is a view illustrating a snoring noise canceling apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

2, the snare noise canceling apparatus 100 according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a first housing 310 and a second housing 320. The first housing 310 and the second housing 320 320 may be separated from each other as shown in FIG.

1, the sound sensing unit 110, the snoring determination unit 120, and the cancel signal generation unit 130 may be included in the first housing 310, and the cancel signal output unit 140 may include And may be included in the second housing 320.

At this time, the cancel signal corresponding to the snoring noise generated in the cancel signal generating unit 130 included in the first housing 310 is canceled by the cancel signal included in the second housing 320 To the output unit 140.

Of course, the sound sensing unit 110 may be included in the first housing 310, and the snoring determination unit 120, the cancel signal generation unit 130, and the cancel signal output unit 140 May be included in the second housing 320.

In this case, the breathing sound signal sensed by the sound sensing unit 110 of the first housing 310 may be transmitted to the second housing 320 using a wireless communication method such as Bluetooth, The snoring determination unit 120 of the snore determining unit 120 may determine whether snoring of the breathing sound is received using wireless communication.

When the first housing 310 and the second housing 320 are separated from each other as shown in FIG. 3, the first housing 310 and the second housing 320 may be coupled to one side of the first housing 310 and the second housing 320, (Not shown) may be formed and installed together with one bed mattress or mat.

Here, the engaging portion (not shown) may be formed of a protrusion, a groove, a magnet, or a Velcro.

4 is a view illustrating a snoring noise canceling apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

1, the snoring determination unit 120 and the cancel signal generation unit 130 may be included in a bed mattress or a mat.

Here, the bed mattress or mat is used by a first user who is a snoring user for two people and a second user who snoops around the user.

At this time, the sound sensing unit 110 and the offset signal output unit 140 may be connected to the snoring determination unit 120 and the offset signal generation unit 130 included in the bed mattress or mat by wire or wirelessly.

The sound sensing unit 110 and the offset signal output unit 140 may be installed facing the first user and the second user using the housing as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. Even if the housing is not used, You can also use stand-type microphones and speakers.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of canceling snoring noise according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The snoring noise canceling apparatus 100 detects the breathing sound of the first user, which is the snoring user, using the beam forming technique (S501).

After S501, the snoring noise canceller 100 determines whether snoring is occurring using the sensed breathing sound (S502).

As a result of the determination in S502, if the snoring state is present, the snoring noise canceling apparatus 100 recognizes the regularity of the snoring signal (S503).

After S503, the snoring noise canceller 100 generates a cancellation signal corresponding to the regularity of the snoring signal (S504).

After step S504, the snoring noise canceling apparatus 100 outputs the generated snoring noise canceling signal through the speaker located around the head of the second user taking sleep at the snare's vicinity (S505).

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing description of the present invention is for illustrative purposes only and that those of ordinary skill in the art can readily understand that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the present invention. will be.

It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive.

For example, each component described as a single entity may be distributed and implemented, and components described as being distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention.

100: snoring noise cancellation device
110: sound detection unit
120: snoring judge
130:
140: offset signal output section

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In a snoring noise canceling apparatus,
A sound detection unit for detecting a breathing sound of the snoring user by using a beamforming technique;
A snoring determination unit for determining whether the snoring of the sensed breathing sound is present and determining the regularity of the snoring;
A canceling signal generating unit for generating a canceling signal for canceling the breathing sound determined to be the snoring corresponding to the regularity of the snoring; And
A cancel signal output unit for outputting the generated cancel signal,
Wherein the snare noise canceling device comprises:
The method according to claim 1,
The sound sensing unit
The snoring is positioned to face the head of the first user,
The offset signal output unit
Wherein the snare is positioned to face the head of a second user taking sleep at the user's perimeter,
Wherein the sound detection unit and the offset signal output unit are installed in a housing including an arch shape surrounding each user's head.
3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein a first housing including an arch shape surrounding the head of the first user and a second housing including an arch shape surrounding the head of the second user are integrally formed.
3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein a first housing including an arch shape surrounding the head of the first user and a second housing including an arch shape surrounding the head of the second user are separated from each other, .
5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein a coupling portion is formed on one side of the first housing and on one side of the second housing for coupling to each other.
5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the sound detection unit is located in the first housing and the offset signal output unit is located in the second housing.
The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the first housing and the second housing each include a communication unit for transmitting and receiving the offset signal using wireless communication.
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