KR20230100439A - Diffuser for early screening for dementia - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention includes an Edge AI (Artificial Intelligence) chip capable of AI (Artificial Intelligence) analysis, and by spraying fragrance to stimulate the user's olfactory nerve, to determine the user's cognitive ability and dementia accordingly It relates to a screening diffuser device, comprising: a fragrance spraying module including a plurality of discharge holes through which fragrance is sprayed and an input/output unit for input data related to a user; An incense cartridge module including a fragrance cartridge member including a plurality of incense cartridges in the shape of a circular drum and a pressurizing incense cartridge pressing member that presses the incense cartridge member from the lower side of the incense cartridge member to spray incense; and a fragrance control module for analyzing the input data related to the user based on Edge AI (artificial intelligence) and controlling the fragrance cartridge module.

Description

Dementia screening diffuser device {Diffuser for early screening for dementia}

The present invention includes an Edge AI (Artificial Intelligence) chip capable of AI (Artificial Intelligence) analysis, and by spraying fragrance to stimulate the user's olfactory nerve, to determine the user's cognitive ability and dementia accordingly It relates to a screening diffuser device.

According to data released by the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, the number of dementia patients in Korea has quadrupled over the past 10 years, and 1 out of 10 people over the age of 65 are suffering from dementia. In 2019, the number of people receiving treatment (patients) for dementia was 799,000, an increase of more than 4 times compared to 2009 (188,000) (average annual increase rate of 16%), and medical expenses were 2.43 trillion Won and outpatient prescription drugs amounted to 319.9 billion won. By gender, the number of women was 565,040, which was 2.4 times higher than that of men (234,226). By age, 220,780 were over the age of 85, 206,488 were 80-84, and 176,324 were 75-79. In particular, as the number of dementia patients is steadily increasing even under the age of 60, social interest in prevention and treatment is required. In 2019, the number of dementia patients under the age of 40 was 1,151, an annual average increase of 4%, and those aged 40 to 59 were 35,608, an average annual increase of 15%. In addition, the number of patients with mild cognitive impairment, a high-risk group in the pre-dementia stage, increased more than 18 times from 2009 (15,000) to 276,000.

Meanwhile, in foreign countries, fragrance is applied to screening for olfactory disorders and dementia, and fragrance can be applied to screening for dementia. This is because the disease worsens as the amygdala and cerebrum, which affect the brain, are damaged.

Therefore, the organs damaged by dementia are similar to the organs involved in the process of perceiving scents. When we smell a scent, it is transmitted as an electrical signal to the limbic system of the brain through the sense of smell. Starting from the idea that 'it can help alleviate', scents that can stimulate the olfactory nerve are being used in animal experiments, research and development, and diagnosis of dementia.

However, in the case of conventionally used diffusers (incense spraying devices), paper types such as UPSIT (developed by 3M in 1984, including 40 most widely used fragrances), CC-SIT, B-SIT, etc., and KVSS (16 fragrances) Including), SS-OIT, etc. are mainly used, and in the case of dementia patients using the diffuser, an assistant must be accompanied to use the diffuser. It is inconvenient in that manual operations such as selection of the smell of the diffuser and adjustment of the concentration (unable to adjust the concentration of the smell except for the threshold test), change of the test method, confirmation of the result, and calculation of the score are required to diagnose the smell. In addition, there is a point in which the cost increases in diagnosing a dementia patient through a diffuser according to the need for a progress assistant.

Korean Publication No. (KR) No. 2021-0138435 (2021.11.19.) Korean registration number (KR) No. 10-2305828 (2021.09.17.) Korean registration number (KR) No. 10-2041848 (2019.11.01.) Korean registration number (KR) No. 10-2237539 (2021.04.01.)

The present invention takes into account the above problems, and the present invention provides a diffuser device for early screening of dementia, which is a diffuser with AI (Artificial Intelligence) voice recognition function in an embedded environment and sprays fragrance for olfactory identification, threshold test, and cognitive test. is to do

A fragrance spraying device according to embodiments of the present invention includes: a fragrance spraying module including a plurality of discharge holes through which fragrance is sprayed and an input/output unit for input data related to a user; An incense cartridge module including a fragrance cartridge member including a plurality of incense cartridges in the shape of a circular drum, and an incense cartridge pressing member that presses the incense cartridge member from the lower side of the incense cartridge member to spray incense; and a fragrance control module for analyzing the input data related to the user based on Edge AI (artificial intelligence) and controlling the fragrance cartridge module.

In the embodiments of the present invention, the fragrance spraying module is located on the top of the fragrance spraying device, includes a plurality of discharge holes through which fragrance is sprayed, and has an oval-shaped plate member including the user-related input data input/output unit ;am.

In embodiments of the present invention, the user-related input data input and output unit, through the camera of the fragrance injector device, a user photographing unit for sensing the separation distance between the fragrance injector and the user and photographing the user's face; a speaker unit outputting a description of a olfactory test scenario describing a user's location based on the separation distance between the perfume injector and the user; It includes; a microphone unit for inputting the user's voice data mentioned in relation to the sprayed scent.

In embodiments of the present invention, the user photographing unit, based on the scale ratio of the photographed user's face image data and the real world, a location distance measurement unit for sensing the separation distance between the user and the fragrance injector in real time; and a user location information transmitter for generating information data calculated by calculating a point where the user's face is located based on the separation distance between the fragrance injector and the user, and transmitting the generated information to the speaker unit.

In embodiments of the present invention, the speaker unit outputs a voice message describing a point where the user's face is located based on information data obtained by calculating a point where the user's face is located based on the separation distance do.

In the embodiments of the present invention, the incense cartridge module includes the incense cartridge member of the circular drum including the N number of holes capable of containing the N incense cartridges in a cylindrical shape, and the lower end of the end point of the upper circumference of the circular drum and the incense cartridge pressing member for pressing the incense cartridge member based on the information data received from the incense control module.

In embodiments of the present invention, the fragrance cartridge pressing member may include a cartridge selection unit for selecting one or more fragrance cartridges from among the N fragrance cartridges based on information data received from the fragrance control module; a vibration plate for applying pressure to the flavor cartridge selected by the cartridge selection unit through vibration; and a diaphragm intensity control unit for adjusting the intensity of the diaphragm.

In the embodiments of the present invention, the flavor control module includes Edge AI (Artificial Intelligence) capable of AI (Artificial Intelligence) inference based on an embedded system, and based on the Edge AI (Artificial Intelligence) an input information analysis unit that analyzes the information collected from the user-related input data input/output unit; and an injection cartridge that calculates the number of fragrance cartridges to be sprayed and the concentration of fragrance based on the analysis result data derived from the input information analysis unit. wealth; and a fragrance information data transmission unit for transmitting the information data derived from the injection cartridge unit to the fragrance cartridge module.

In embodiments of the present invention, the input information analysis unit may include: a user information input unit that collects user face recognition voice data and user face image data input to the user related input data input/output unit in real time; a user orientation recognition verification unit that analyzes the user orientation recognition voice data based on AI (Artificial Intelligence) voice recognition and cross-verifies the user's orientation recognition state by analyzing facial expression image data of the user's face that changes in real time according to the orientation; includes

In embodiments of the present invention, the input information analysis unit may include: a voice matching unit for matching the user direction recognition voice data and the fragrance related data; a scent perception determining unit for calculating a scent perception ability rate according to the matching result value derived from the acoustic sound matching unit; a dementia determining unit for determining whether or not the user has dementia according to the rate of cognitive ability; and a dementia stage discrimination unit for discriminating the severity of the user's dementia according to the scent recognition ability rate.

According to the diffuser system and method for early screening of dementia as described above,

First, the user's cognitive ability can be identified according to the user's voice recognition and AI (Artificial Intelligence) analysis, and the user's dementia status and severity can be provided.

Second, it is possible to identify the severity of the user's dementia by spraying the fragrance to the user step by step by adjusting the fragrance concentration step by step.

Third, cross-validation of scent perception can be performed by analyzing the user's olfactory perception and facial expression change according to scent injection.

1 and 2 are configuration diagrams and schematic diagrams of the present invention.
3 is a schematic diagram of a fragrance spraying module 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a configuration diagram of a user-related input data input/output unit 120 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a schematic diagram of a user photographing unit 123 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a schematic diagram of a fragrance cartridge module 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a configuration diagram of a fragrance cartridge pressing member 240 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a configuration diagram of a fragrance control module 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a diagram showing the relationship between the flavor control module 300 and the cartridge selection unit 240a according to an embodiment of the present invention.
10 is a configuration diagram of the input information analysis unit 320 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

A diffuser device for early screening of dementia according to embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Since the present invention can have various changes and various forms, specific embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the text. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to a specific form disclosed, and should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention. Like reference numerals have been used for like elements throughout the description of each figure. In the accompanying drawings, the dimensions of the structures are shown enlarged than actual for clarity of the present invention, or reduced than actual in order to understand the schematic configuration.

Also, terms such as first and second may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. These terms are only used for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, a first element may be termed a second element, and similarly, a second element may be termed a first element, without departing from the scope of the present invention. Meanwhile, unless otherwise defined, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by a person of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries should be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning in the context of the related art, and unless explicitly defined in the present application, they should not be interpreted in an ideal or excessively formal meaning. don't

1 and 2 are configuration diagrams and schematic diagrams of the present invention.

1 and 2, the fragrance spraying device includes a fragrance spraying module 100, a fragrance cartridge module 200, and a fragrance control module 300.

The incense spray module 100 includes a plurality of discharge holes through which incense is sprayed and an input/output unit for user-related input data, and the incense cartridge module 200 includes a incense cartridge member including a plurality of incense cartridges in the shape of a circular drum, and incense cartridges. It includes a fragrance cartridge pressing member that presses the fragrance cartridge member from the lower side of the fragrance cartridge member for spraying, and the fragrance control module 300 analyzes the user-related input data based on Edge AI (Artificial Intelligence) and analyzes the fragrance cartridge control the module.

3 is a schematic diagram of a fragrance spraying module 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3 , the fragrance spraying module 100 is an oval-shaped plate member located at the top of the fragrance spraying device, including a plurality of discharge holes through which fragrance is sprayed, and including the user-related input data input/output unit. It consists of

4 is a configuration diagram of a user-related input data input/output unit 120 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 4 , the user related input data input/output unit 120 includes a user capturing unit 120a, a speaker unit 120b and a microphone unit 120c.

The user photographing unit 120a senses the separation distance between the fragrance injector and the user through the camera of the fragrance injector and photographs the user's face, and the speaker unit 120b is the separation distance between the fragrance injector and the user. Based on the information data obtained by calculating the position where the user's face will be located based on the separation distance between the fragrance injector and the user, the user's face is displayed. Outputs a voice message describing the location to be located. In the case of the microphone unit 120c, the user's voice data mentioned in relation to the sprayed fragrance is input.

5 is a schematic diagram of a user photographing unit 123 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5 , the user photographing unit 123 includes a location distance measurement unit 123a and a user location information transmission unit 123b. In the case of the location distance measurement unit 123a, based on the scale ratio of the user's face image data and the real world, the distance between the fragrance injector and the user is sensed in real time, and the user location information transmission unit 123b transmits the scent Based on the separation distance between the injection device and the user, information data is generated by calculating a point where the user's face will be located, and transmitted to the speaker unit 126.

6 is a schematic diagram of a fragrance cartridge module 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6 , the fragrance cartridge module 200 includes a fragrance cartridge member 220 and a fragrance cartridge pressing member 240 . The incense cartridge member 220 is a circular drum cylinder including the N number of holes which can contain the N number of the incense cartridges in the shape of a cylinder. In addition, the fragrance cartridge pressing member 240 is located at the lower end of the end point of the upper circumference of the circular drum, and presses the fragrance cartridge member 220 based on the information data received from the fragrance control module 300.

7 is a configuration diagram of a fragrance cartridge pressing member 240 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7 , the fragrance cartridge pressing member 240 includes a cartridge selector 240a, a diaphragm strength control unit 240b, and a diaphragm 240c. The cartridge selection unit 240a selects one or more fragrance cartridges among the N fragrance cartridges based on the information data received from the fragrance control module 300, and in the case of the diaphragm 240c, the cartridge selection unit 240a ) Apply pressure to the selected flavor cartridge by vibration, and in the case of the diaphragm intensity control unit 240b, the intensity of the diaphragm 240c is adjusted.

8 is a configuration diagram of the fragrance control module 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the relationship between the fragrance control module 300 and the cartridge selection unit 240a according to an embodiment of the present invention. .

Referring to FIG. 8 , the fragrance control module 300 includes an input information analysis unit 320, an injection cartridge unit 340, and a fragrance information data transmission unit 360. The flavor control module 300 includes Edge AI (Artificial Intelligence) capable of AI (Artificial Intelligence) inference based on an embedded system. Therefore, the input information analysis unit 320 analyzes the information collected from the user-related input data input/output unit based on the Edge AI (Artificial Intelligence), and the injection cartridge unit 340 analyzes the input information analysis unit 320 Based on the analysis result data derived from , the number of fragrance cartridges to be sprayed and the concentration of fragrance are calculated, and the fragrance information data transmitter 360 transfers the information data derived from the spray cartridge unit 340 to the fragrance cartridge module 200. transmit

That is, to be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 9, the blend concentration transmitter 340a, when the fragrance recognition ability rate is 40% or more and less than 50%, fragrance blend concentration information of one or more and less than four fragrance cartridges Signal data is generated, and when the fragrance recognition ability rate is 20% or more and less than 40%, fragrance compound concentration information signal data of 4 or more and less than 10 fragrance cartridges is generated, and the fragrance recognition ability rate is less than 20% , Perfume mixture concentration information signal data of 10 or more and less than N fragrance cartridges are generated and transmitted to the cartridge selection unit 240a. Accordingly, the cartridge selection unit 240a selects one or more fragrance cartridges among the N fragrance cartridges to match the concentration of fragrance set according to the signal data transmitted from the fragrance information data transmission unit 360 . The vibrating plate strength control unit 240b applies pressure to the fragrance cartridge selected by the cartridge selection unit 240a so that the fragrance is sprayed at the concentration of the fragrance set above.

10 is a configuration diagram of the input information analysis unit 320 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 10, the input information analysis unit 320 includes a user information input unit 320a, a user orientation recognition verification unit 320b, an acoustic sound matching unit 320c, a scent perception determination unit 320d, a dementia determination unit ( 320e) and a dementia stage identification unit 320f. The user information input unit 320a collects user face recognition voice data and user face image data input in real time to the user related input data input/output unit 120, and the user face recognition verification unit 320b collects artificial intelligence (AI) voice data. The recognition-based voice data for recognizing the user's scent is analyzed, and the facial expression image data of the user's face that changes in real time according to the scent is analyzed to cross-verify the user's scent recognition state. In addition, in the case of the acoustic sound matching unit 320c, the user's face recognition voice data and the scent-related data are matched, and the scent perception determining unit 320d matches the matching result value derived from the acoustic sound matching unit 320c. According to this, the scent perception ability rate is calculated, and the dementia determination unit 320e determines whether or not the user has dementia according to the scent perception ability rate. In addition, the dementia stage identifying unit 320f identifies the severity of the user's dementia according to the scent recognition ability rate.

The present invention provides a diffuser device for early screening of dementia, which is a diffuser with AI (Artificial Intelligence) voice recognition function in an embedded environment and sprays scent for olfactory identification, threshold test, and cognitive test, as described above. According to the diffuser device for screening, first, the user's cognitive ability is identified according to the user's voice recognition and AI (Artificial Intelligence) analysis, and the user's dementia status and severity can be provided. Second, it is possible to identify the severity of the user's dementia by spraying the fragrance to the user step by step by adjusting the fragrance concentration step by step. Third, cross-validation of scent perception can be performed by analyzing the user's olfactory perception and facial expression change according to scent injection.

Although the detailed description of the present invention described above has been described with reference to preferred embodiments of the present invention, those skilled in the art or those having ordinary knowledge in the art will find the spirit of the present invention described in the claims to be described later. And it will be understood that the present invention can be variously modified and changed without departing from the technical scope.

100: fragrance spray module 120: user related input data input/output unit
123: user shooting unit 123a: location distance measuring unit
123b: user location information transmission unit 126: speaker unit
129: microphone unit 140: discharge hole
200: fragrance cartridge module 220: fragrance cartridge member
240: fragrance cartridge pressing member 240a: cartridge selection unit
240b: diaphragm intensity control unit 240c: diaphragm
300: flavor control module 320: input information analysis unit
320a: user information input unit 320b: user-oriented recognition verification unit
320c: scent matching unit 320d: scent perception determining unit
320e: dementia determination unit 320f: dementia stage identification unit
340: Injection cartridge unit 360: Perfume information data transmission unit

Claims (10)

In the fragrance injector,
A fragrance dispensing module including a plurality of discharge holes through which incense is sprayed and an input/output unit for input data related to a user;
An incense cartridge module including a fragrance cartridge member including a plurality of incense cartridges in the shape of a circular drum, and an incense cartridge pressing member that presses the incense cartridge member from the lower side of the incense cartridge member to spray incense;
A diffuser device for early screening of dementia, characterized in that it includes a fragrance control module for controlling the analysis of the user-related input data and the scent cartridge module based on Edge AI (articial intelligence). According to claim 1,
The fragrance injection module,
Located at the top of the fragrance injector,
It includes a plurality of discharge holes through which fragrance is sprayed,
A diffuser device for early screening of dementia, characterized in that: an oval-shaped plate member including the user-related input data input/output unit. According to claim 1,
The user related input data input/output unit,
a user photographing unit for sensing a separation distance between the fragrance injector and the user through the camera of the incense injector and photographing the user's face;
a speaker unit outputting a description of a olfactory test scenario describing a user's location based on the separation distance between the perfume injector and the user;
A diffuser device for early screening of dementia, characterized in that it includes; a microphone unit for inputting the user's voice data mentioned in relation to the sprayed scent. According to claim 3,
The user photographing unit,
Based on the scale ratio of the captured user's face image data and the real world,
a location distance measurement unit for sensing a separation distance between the incense injector and the user in real time;
A diffuser for early dementia screening comprising a; user location information transmission unit generating information data obtained by calculating a point where the user's face will be located based on the distance between the fragrance injector and the user and transmitting the information to the speaker unit; Device. According to claim 4,
the speaker unit,
Dementia, characterized in that for outputting a voice message explaining the point where the user's face is located based on the information data obtained by calculating the point where the user's face is located based on the distance between the fragrance injector and the user Diffuser device for early screening. According to claim 1,
The fragrance cartridge module,
The circular drum incense cartridge member including the N number of holes capable of containing the N number of the incense cartridges in the shape of a cylinder;
Located at the lower end of the end point of the upper circumference of the circular drum,
The diffuser device for early screening of dementia, characterized in that it includes; the fragrance cartridge pressing member for pressing the fragrance cartridge member based on the information data received from the fragrance control module. According to claim 6,
The fragrance cartridge pressing member,
a cartridge selection unit for selecting one or more fragrance cartridges among the N fragrance cartridges based on the information data received from the fragrance control module;
a vibration plate for applying pressure to the flavor cartridge selected by the cartridge selection unit through vibration; and
A diffuser device for early screening of dementia, characterized in that it comprises a; diaphragm intensity control unit for adjusting the intensity of the diaphragm. According to claim 1,
The fragrance control module,
Includes Edge AI (Artificial Intelligence) capable of AI (Artificial Intelligence) inference based on embedded system,
An input information analysis unit that analyzes information collected from the user-related input data input/output unit based on the Edge AI (Artificial Intelligence);
Based on the analysis result data derived from the input information analysis unit,
a spray cartridge unit for calculating the number of fragrance cartridges to be sprayed and the concentration of fragrance;
A diffuser device for early screening of dementia, characterized in that it comprises a; fragrance information data transmission unit for transmitting the information data derived from the injection cartridge unit to the fragrance cartridge module. According to claim 8,
The input information analysis unit,
a user information input unit for collecting user face recognition voice data and user face image data input in real time to the user related input data input/output unit;
a user orientation recognition verification unit that analyzes the user orientation recognition voice data based on AI (Artificial Intelligence) voice recognition and cross-verifies the user's orientation recognition state by analyzing facial expression image data of the user's face that changes in real time according to the orientation; A diffuser device for early screening of dementia, characterized in that it comprises a. According to claim 9,
The input information analysis unit,
a voice matching unit that matches the user's face recognition voice data with the face-related data;
a scent perception determining unit for calculating a scent perception ability rate according to the matching result value derived from the acoustic sound matching unit;
a dementia determining unit for determining whether or not the user has dementia according to the rate of cognitive ability; and
A diffuser device for early screening of dementia, characterized in that it comprises a; dementia stage discrimination unit for discriminating the severity of the user's dementia according to the scent recognition ability rate.

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