TW202005629A - Smart pill Box characterized in that according to each sound receiving unit receiving the time value or energy value or value change of the sound wave emitted from each sound emitting unit, the processing unit can monitor whether the pill in the pill box is taken - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a smart pill box including: a pill box assembly provided with at least one pill storing space, wherein each pill storing space is provided with a sound emitting unit and a sound receiving unit; a processing unit disposed on the pill box assembly, wherein each sound emitting unit and each sound receiving unit of the pill box assembly are respectively electrically connected to the processing unit; and a wireless communication module disposed on the pill box assembly and also electrically connected to the processing unit. According to each sound receiving unit in each pill storing space receiving the time value or energy value or value change of the sound wave emitted from each sound emitting unit, the processing unit can monitor whether the pill in the pill box is taken. Thereby, the present invention has the effect of simplifying structure, improving the precision and accuracy of monitoring, and greatly promoting product practicability.

Description

Smart medicine box

The invention relates to a medicine box, in particular to a smart medicine box which can detect the quantity of medicines so as to judge whether a user takes medicines on time.

For those who need medication, sometimes it is inevitable that they will forget to take medication. Therefore, some people will install APPs with medication reminder functions on electronic devices such as smartphones. However, these APPs only have relatively negative Reminder function, and the basis of the reminder message is the (pre-set by the user) time, not the actual state of the medicine being taken, so it is impossible to really judge whether the user has taken the medicine out of the pill box (bag) For this, patent documents such as Republic of China Patent Nos. M411938, M541303, I559915, and I572351 all disclose a smart pill box that can detect whether the drug is removed or the number of drugs (remaining) , To determine whether to further send a reminder message to the user based on the detection result, but the detection principle is different, for example, by weighing, but because the weight of a single pill is mostly very light, so this method must be matched with more precise Electronic scales will result in increased costs; in addition, the more typical detection method is the use of optical principles (such as infrared detectors), but this method is more susceptible to the environment and/or the actual location of the drug The detection results limit the accuracy and reliability of the product.

In addition, the Republic of China Patent Publication No. TW201503886A discloses a vibration device to vibrate the medicine box, and then monitor the sound signal emitted by the vibration medicine box by the monitor to determine the presence or absence of the medicine in the medicine box. This method requires additional configuration. The power mechanism such as a motor controls the vibration device. The overall structure is not only more complicated, but the sound signal heard by the monitor comes from the pill box being struck by the vibration device, including (at least) the vibration device, the pill box and the medicine. The sound obtained by the collision between the two persons is also likely to be affected by factors such as the position of the medicine in the pill box, so this method is not easy to achieve the precision of the number of medicines in the detection of the number of medicines. It is only suitable for general or rough detection, for example, when the remaining number of medicines is small (such as only 3 or 5 tablets left), it is difficult to meet this conventional technical solution. Determining whether the medicine is actually taken out and taken.

Therefore, how to improve the above problems is the technical difficulty that the applicant in this case wants to solve.

In view of the above-mentioned problems existing in the existing smart pill box, the purpose of the present invention is to develop a smart pill box with a simple structure and which can improve the precision and accuracy of detection.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an intelligent medicine box, comprising: a medicine box assembly, having a medicine box body and a cover body, the medicine box body forming at least one medicine storage space, each of the medicine storage spaces A sound-emitting unit and a sound-receiving unit are provided in each; a processing unit is provided on the medicine box assembly, and each sound-emitting unit and sound-receiving unit of the medicine box assembly are electrically connected to the processing unit; a wireless communication module Is installed on the pill box assembly, and the wireless communication module is also electrically connected to the processing unit; wherein, the processing unit receives the corresponding sound emitting units according to the sound receiving units in the medicine storage spaces The value of the time or energy of the emitted sound wave or the amount of change in the value determines the amount or change of the medicine in each medicine storage space, so as to detect whether the medicine in the medicine box has been taken.

Wherein, the sound generating unit and the sound collecting unit in each medicine storage space are located at the same level, and the sound collecting unit is located directly in front of the sound generating unit.

Wherein, the sound generating unit and the sound collecting unit in each medicine storage space are located at different levels, and the sound collecting unit is located directly in front of the sound generating unit.

Wherein, the sound generating unit and the sound collecting unit in each of the medicine storage spaces are located at the same level, and the sound collecting unit is located in front of the side of the sound generating unit.

Wherein, the sound generating unit and the sound collecting unit in each of the medicine storage spaces are located at different levels, and the sound collecting unit is located in front of the side of the sound generating unit.

In addition, the present invention also provides an intelligent medicine box, comprising: a medicine box assembly having a medicine box body and a cover body, the medicine box body forming at least one medicine storage space, and a sound generating unit provided on the medicine box assembly Each medicine storage space is provided with a radio unit; a processing unit is provided on the pill box assembly, the sound unit of the pill box assembly and each of the radio units are electrically connected to the processing unit; a wireless communication The module is arranged on the pill box assembly, and the wireless communication module is also electrically connected with the processing unit; wherein, the processing unit receives the sound emitting unit according to each sound receiving unit in each medicine storage space The value of the time or energy of the emitted sound wave or the amount of change in the value determines the amount or change of the medicine in each medicine storage space, so as to detect whether the medicine in the medicine box has been taken.

In this way, the present invention can have the effect of simplifying the structure and improving the precision and accuracy of detection, thereby greatly improving the practicality of the product.

1‧‧‧Pill box components

11‧‧‧Pill box body

12‧‧‧cover

13‧‧‧Sound unit

14‧‧‧Radio unit

15‧‧‧ medicine storage space

2‧‧‧Processing unit

3‧‧‧Wireless communication module

4‧‧‧ medicine

The first figure is a schematic diagram of a three-dimensional structure of an embodiment of the present invention.

The second figure is a schematic front view of a second embodiment of the invention.

The third figure is a schematic top view of a third embodiment of the invention.

The fourth figure is a schematic diagram of the detection action when there are many medicines in the medicine box according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The fifth figure is a schematic diagram of a detection action when there are fewer medicines in a medicine box according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The sixth figure is a schematic top view of a fourth embodiment of the invention.

Please refer to the first figure, which is a three-dimensional structural schematic diagram of an embodiment of a smart pill box of the present invention. The smart pill box includes: a pill box assembly 1 having a pill box body 11 and A lid body 12 which can be operated to control the open or closed state of the medicine box body 11, the medicine box body 11 is formed with at least one medicine storage space 15, generally speaking, when there are a plurality of When the medicine storage space 15 is used, it is convenient to store different kinds of medicines, and each of the medicine storage spaces 15 is respectively provided with a sound generating unit 13 and a sound collecting unit 14, specifically, the sound generating unit 13 may be a speaker (speaker) ) Or a receiver (receiver), the radio unit 14 may be a microphone (microphone).

A processing unit 2, the processing unit 2 is disposed on the pill box assembly 1, the sound emitting unit 13 and the sound receiving unit 14 of the pill box assembly 1 are electrically connected to the processing unit 2, respectively, in an implementation of the present invention In the example and the first figure, the processing unit 2 is disposed on the bottom surface of the cover 12, but in fact it is not limited to this. The processing unit 2 may specifically be a processor or a controller.

A wireless communication module 3, the wireless communication module 3 is disposed on the pill box assembly 1, and the wireless communication module 3 is also electrically connected with the processing unit 2, in an embodiment of the present invention and the first In the figure, the wireless communication module 3 is disposed on the bottom surface of the cover 12, but in fact it is not limited to this. The wireless communication module 3 may be a Bluetooth module such as a Bluetooth Low Energy module (Bluetooth Low) Energy, BLE), WiFi module or 3G, 4G (LTE) and other mobile Internet module.

In addition, in one embodiment of the present invention and the first figure, the sound generating unit 13 and the sound collecting unit 14 in each of the medicine storage spaces 15 are located at the same level, and the sound collecting unit 14 is located at the sound generating unit Right in front of 13, that is, the two are arranged one behind the other or one left and one right.

In addition, please refer to the second figure is a schematic front view of a second embodiment of the present invention, wherein the sound generating unit 13 and the sound receiving unit 14 in each of the medicine storage spaces 15 are located at different levels, Moreover, the sound-receiving unit 14 is located directly in front of the sound-emitting unit 13, that is, the two assume a one-on-one configuration.

In addition, please refer to the third figure is a schematic top view of the third embodiment of the present invention (here, for the convenience of description, the lid body 12 of the pill box assembly 1 is omitted and not drawn), wherein , The sound-generating unit 13 and the sound-receiving unit 14 in each of the medicine storage spaces 15 are located at the same horizontal height, and the sound-receiving unit 14 is located in front of the side of the sound-generating unit 13; similarly, in other feasible embodiments of the present invention In the embodiment, the sound generating unit 13 and the sound collecting unit 14 in each of the medicine storage spaces 15 can also be located at different levels, and the sound collecting unit 14 is positioned in front of the sound generating unit 13 (not shown) ).

The working principle of the present invention is explained below: Please refer to the first figure, since the sound generating unit 13 and the sound collecting unit 14 are respectively provided in each of the medicine storage spaces 15, the sound waves generated or emitted by the sound generating unit 13 (i.e. (Detection signal) can travel in the medicine storage space 15 and be received and sensed by the sound pickup unit 14, wherein, in one embodiment of the present invention, the user's mobile phone can be sent to the command notification through the wireless communication module 3 first The processing unit 2 instructs the sounding unit 13 to issue the detection signal. Next, please refer to the fourth and fifth figures, respectively, showing a single one of the smart pillboxes of the present invention. In the case where a larger number of medicines 4 and a smaller number of medicines 4 are placed in the medicine storage space 15, at this time, according to physics or acoustic principles, it can be known that the sound waves emitted by the sound generating unit 13 travel in the medicine storage space 15 At this time, the drug 4 will hinder the sound wave, and this hindrance will be at least manifested in the time and the amount of energy received by the sound receiving unit 14 when receiving the sound wave (in terms of microphones, the energy of the sound wave is usually expressed as The effect of electrical signals such as the size of voltage signals or current signals), resulting in time delay and energy attenuation, and the number of drugs 4 is directly proportional to the degree of impact of the blocking effect, so that the present invention can be Based on the principle, through a certain operation and/or logic judgment process, the purpose of accurately sensing the change in the number of medicines in the medicine box is achieved. For example, in one embodiment of the present invention, the processing unit 2 can be real-time (real- time) or timing at different time points (for example, before and after the time when the medicine should be used), compare the changes in the time or energy of the sound wave received by the sound emitting unit 13 from the sound receiving unit 14 to know whether the number of medicines 4 There is a change, which is used as a basis for whether the user has taken the medicine, and the processing unit 2 can further send a warning message to the user's mobile phone through the wireless communication module 3 when determining that the user has not actually taken the medicine. To achieve the purpose of reminding the user to take medicine; of course, in other feasible embodiments of the present invention, it is also possible to pre-establish a medicine storage space 15 with different amounts of medicine 4 respectively, the sound receiving unit 14 receives the sound from the sounding unit 13 A database of specific values of time or energy of sound waves, so that the processing unit 2 can use the data comparison or search to know the actual number of the current drug 4 and then serve as a basis for the user to take the drug or send a reminder.

The present invention uses the principle that sound waves encounter time obstacles or energy decay when encountering obstacles as the basis for judging the number of medicines in the medicine box. Compared with the prior art such as the conventional TW201503886A, the present invention does not require additional vibration devices. It may have the advantage of a simple structure. In addition, the sound wave of the present invention is generated by the sound generating unit 13 rather than being emitted through the collision between objects. The sound wave signal is more stable and is not disturbed by factors such as the position of the medicine 4, thereby The invention can achieve better detection precision and accuracy, and can greatly improve the practicality of the invention.

In addition, please refer to the sixth figure for a schematic top view of the fourth embodiment of the present invention. The difference from the embodiment shown in the first figure is that the medicine box body 11 of this embodiment has a plurality of medicine storage Space 15, however, in this embodiment, each sound storage unit 15 is not provided with a sounding unit 13 (but each sound storage unit 15 is still provided with a sound receiving unit 14), but in the medicine box Only a single sound-generating unit 13 is provided on the assembly 1, that is, each sound-collecting unit 14 located in each medicine storage space 15 shares the same sound-generating unit 13, so that this embodiment can also achieve the same effect and purpose At the same time, the present invention can also have a better effect of simplifying the structure.

However, the above detailed descriptions are specific descriptions of the preferred embodiments of the present invention. These embodiments are not intended to limit the patent scope of the present invention, and any equivalent implementation or change without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention shall be Included in the patent scope of this case.

1‧‧‧Pill box components

11‧‧‧Pill box body

12‧‧‧cover

13‧‧‧Sound unit

14‧‧‧Radio unit

15‧‧‧ medicine storage space

2‧‧‧Processing unit

3‧‧‧Wireless communication module

Claims (6)

An intelligent medicine box, comprising: a medicine box assembly, having a medicine box body and a cover body, the medicine box body is formed with at least one medicine storage space, and each sound storage space is respectively provided with a sound generating unit and a sound collecting unit; A processing unit is provided on the pill box assembly, and each sound emitting unit and sound receiving unit of the pill box assembly are electrically connected to the processing unit; a wireless communication module is provided on the pill box assembly, and The wireless communication module is also electrically connected to the processing unit; wherein, the processing unit is based on the time or energy value of the sound waves emitted by the sound emitting units according to the sound receiving units in the medicine storage spaces. The amount of numerical change determines the amount or change of the medicine in each medicine storage space, so as to detect whether the medicine in the medicine box has been taken. The smart medicine box as described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein both the sound-generating unit and the sound-receiving unit in the medicine storage space are located at the same level, and the sound-receiving unit is located directly in front of the sound-generating unit. The smart medicine box as described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein both the sound generating unit and the sound collecting unit in the medicine storage space are located at different levels, and the sound collecting unit is located directly in front of the sound generating unit. The smart medicine box as described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein both the sound-generating unit and the sound-receiving unit in the medicine storage space are located at the same level, and the sound-receiving unit is located in front of the side of the sound-generating unit. The smart medicine box as described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the sound-generating unit and the sound-receiving unit in each of the medicine storage spaces are located at different levels, and the sound-receiving unit is located in front of the side of the sound-generating unit. An intelligent medicine box includes: a medicine box assembly having a medicine box body and a cover body; the medicine box body is formed with at least one medicine storage space; the sound medicine unit is provided with an audible unit in each of the medicine storage spaces A radio unit is provided respectively; a processing unit is provided on the pill box assembly; the sound generating unit of the pill box assembly and each of the radio units are electrically connected to the processing unit; a wireless communication module is provided on the On the pill box assembly, and the wireless communication module is also electrically connected to the processing unit; wherein, the processing unit receives the time or energy of the sound wave emitted by the sound emitting unit according to each sound receiving unit in each medicine storage space The value or the amount of change in the value determines the amount or change of the medicine in each medicine storage space, so as to detect whether the medicine in the medicine box has been taken.

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