TWI823678B - Breathing practice assistance system - Google Patents

Abstract

A breathing practice assistance system includes a breath module and a mobile displaying module. The breath module includes a breath detecting unit for detecting and obtaining the breath temperature information; a breath identifying unit dividing the breath temperature information into inhaling information, breath holding information, and exhaling information; and a temporary information storage unit receiving and responding to the first access request of the breath identifying unit, so that the breath identifying unit is able to store the aforementioned information. The temporary information storage unit receives and responds to the second access request of a first wireless communication unit, so that the first wireless communication unit extracts and outputs the aforementioned information. Therein, an access controlling unit controls the temporary information storage unit to preferentially respond to the second access request. The mobile displaying module is used for receiving and displaying the aforementioned information.

Description

Breathing exercise assistance system

The present invention relates to an auxiliary system, in particular to a breathing exercise auxiliary system.

As we know, deep breathing, also known as abdominal breathing, has been proven to be an effective method of reducing stress. When we take slow, deep breaths, it activates the parasympathetic nervous system and releases acetylcholine to help us achieve a calm mood. The physical benefits of deep breathing include lowering heart rate, lowering blood pressure and reducing muscle tension, allowing more oxygen to be delivered to the brain and other organs, which can improve our spirit and energy. Other benefits of deep breathing include reducing anxiety, relieving stress, and focusing attention. Strength and improve sleep, etc.

Among them, many scholars have proposed a variety of breathing practice patterns related to deep breathing to meet various needs. For example, the 4-4-8-4 breathing practice pattern is used for body relaxation, and the 5-0-5-0 breathing practice pattern It is used to improve concentration and so on.

Based on the aforementioned breathing practice model, many manufacturers have developed breathing practice devices or systems that can assist in detecting breathing status. However, existing breathing practice devices or systems usually have low convenience (such as VR devices, connected auxiliary breathing devices, etc.) Computers with status devices, etc.) or breathing feedback is not real-time (such as smartphones loaded with APPs to assist in detecting breathing status, breathing teaching charts, etc.).

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention discloses a breathing exercise assistance system, which achieves real-time breathing feedback and facilitates user use through a breathing module and a motion display module.

To achieve the above object, one embodiment of the present invention provides a breathing exercise assistance system, which includes a breathing module and a motion display module. The breathing module is installed in a mask. The breathing module has a breathing detection unit, a breathing identification unit, a first wireless communication unit, an information temporary storage unit and an access control unit. The breathing detection unit detects A respiratory temperature is used to obtain a respiratory temperature information. The respiratory identification unit distinguishes the respiratory temperature information into an inhalation information, a breath-holding information and an expiration information through a complex identification function; when the information temporary storage unit receives one of the first breathing identification units When accessing the request, the information temporary storage unit responds to the first access request for the breath identification unit to store the inhalation information, breath-holding information and expiration information; when the information temporary storage unit receives the second access request from the first wireless communication unit When requested, the information temporary storage unit responds to the second access request for the first wireless communication unit to extract and output the inhalation information, breath-holding information and expiration information; when the information temporary storage unit simultaneously receives the first access request and the second When accessing the request, the access control unit controls the information temporary storage unit to respond to the second access request first; the mobile display module has a second wireless communication unit and a display unit, and the second wireless communication unit is wirelessly connected to the first wireless communication unit. The unit receives inhalation information, breath-holding information and expiration information, and the display unit displays the inhalation information, breath-holding information and expiration information for the user to view.

Thereby, the breathing module of the present invention can instantly and accurately feedback the user's breathing status to the mobile display module through each unit, so that the user can real-time understand and adjust his own breathing through the mobile display module. state to achieve the purpose of assisting the user in breathing exercises.

Furthermore, the breathing module of the present invention is installed on the mask, and the breathing module and the mobile display module transmit information through wireless connection communication. Therefore, the user can easily put on the mask and display the information through the mobile phone. The display module starts the breathing exercise, so that the present invention can achieve the purpose of convenient use.

In order to facilitate the explanation of the central idea of the present invention expressed in the above creative content column, specific embodiments are hereby expressed. Various objects in the embodiments are drawn according to proportions suitable for enumeration and description, rather than according to the proportions of actual components, and will be described first.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 7B , a breathing exercise assisting system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is disclosed. It includes a breathing module 10 provided in a mask 1 and a mobile display module wirelessly connected to the breathing module 10 . Group 20. Among them, the mobile display module 20 is a device with a mobile computing display function such as a smart phone or a tablet computer.

The breathing module 10 has a breathing detection unit 11, a breathing identification unit 12, a first wireless communication unit 13, an information temporary storage unit 14 and an access control unit 15. The respiratory detection unit 11 detects a respiratory temperature to obtain a respiratory temperature information 111; the respiratory identification unit 12 distinguishes the respiratory temperature information 111 through a complex identification function 121 into an inhalation information 111a, a breath-holding information 111b and an expiration information 111c. .

When the information temporary storage unit 14 receives the first access request 122 from the breath identification unit 12, the information temporary storage unit 14 responds to the first access request 122 so that the breath identification unit 12 can store the inspiratory information 111a, Breath-holding information 111b and exhalation information 111c; when the information temporary storage unit 14 receives the second access request 131 of the first wireless communication unit 13, the information temporary storage unit 14 responds to the second access request 131 for the first The wireless communication unit 13 extracts and outputs the inhalation information 111a, breath-holding information 111b, and expiration information 111c; when the information temporary storage unit 14 receives the first access request 122 and the second access request 131 at the same time, the access control unit 15 controls The information temporary storage unit 14 responds to the second access request 131 first.

As shown in Figure 2, in the embodiment of the present invention, the identification function 121 includes a slope conversion function 121a, a smoothing function 121b and a piecewise function 121c. The respiratory identification unit 12 sequentially performs slope conversion processing, smoothing processing and segmentation processing on the respiratory temperature information 111 through the slope conversion function 121a, the smoothing function 121b and the segmentation function 121c, so as to distinguish the respiratory temperature information 111 into inspiratory information. 111a, breath-holding information 111b and exhalation information 111c.

As shown in Figure 5a and Figure 5b, they are respectively the temperature change graph of the respiratory temperature information 111, and the temperature slope change graph converted by the slope conversion process in Figure 5a, where the slope conversion function 121a is: , is the nth temperature slope, Read the value of the nth temperature signal, is the nth temperature sampling time; as shown in Figure 5b, it can be seen that there is still a lot of noise in the figure, so in order to eliminate the noise and highlight the slope change, the smoothing process is performed through the smoothing function 121b, as shown in Figure As shown in 5c, it is a temperature slope change diagram obtained by the smoothing process, in which the smoothing function 121b is: , is the current smoothing result, is the weight, ; As shown in Figure 5d, it is a segmented diagram of the respiratory state obtained by the segmentation processing in Figure 5c, where I is the inhalation information 111a, H is the breath-holding information 111b, and E is the expiration information 111c. The piecewise function 121c is: . Thereby, through the aforementioned processing, the respiratory recognition unit 12 can clearly distinguish the respiratory temperature information 111 into inspiratory information 111a, breath-holding information 111b, and expiratory information 111c for use by the subsequent action display module 20.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the access control unit 15 sets the permission of the second access request 131 to be higher than the permission of the first access request 122 through the embedded real-time operating system (FreeRTOS), and controls it through a semaphore. The information temporary storage unit 14 responds to the first access request 122 or the second access request 131 to prevent the first wireless communication unit 13 from outputting erroneous inhalation information 111a, breath-holding information 111b or expiration information 111c to the mobile display module. 20.

As shown in Figure 4, in the embodiment of the present invention, the mask 1 has a cover body 1a, and the breathing module 10 is located at the middle and lower side of the inner edge of the cover body 1a. Among them, as shown in Figures 6a to 6c, they are segmented diagrams of the respiratory state obtained by disposing the breathing module 10 in the middle and upper part of the inner edge of the mask body 1a, on both sides of the inner edge, and in the middle and lower part of the inner edge. It can be seen that When the breathing module 10 is installed in the upper middle and both sides of the inner edge of the mask body 1a (as shown in Figures 6a and 6b), the breathing recognition unit 12 will not be accurate due to too much noise (such as circle selection). The respiratory temperature information 111 is clearly divided into inhalation information 111a, breath-holding information 111b and expiration information 111c. Therefore, in the embodiment of the present invention, the breathing module 10 is disposed at the middle and lower part of the inner edge of the mask body 1a, so as to This enables the respiratory recognition unit 12 to accurately and clearly distinguish the respiratory temperature information 111 into inhalation information 111a, breath-holding information 111b and expiration information 111c.

The mobile display module 20 has a second wireless communication unit 21 and a display unit 22 . The second wireless communication unit 21 is wirelessly connected to the first wireless communication unit 13 and receives the inhalation information 111a, breath-holding information 111b and expiration information 111c. The display unit 22 displays the inhalation information 111a, breath-holding information 111b and expiration information 111c for use. Check it out.

As shown in FIG. 3 , in the embodiment of the present invention, the mobile display module 20 further includes a breathing selection unit 23 , a breath-holding information recognition unit 24 , a breathing interaction unit 25 , a sound unit 26 and a history storage unit 27 .

As shown in Figure 3 and Figure 7a, in the embodiment of the present invention, the breathing selection unit 23 is preset with a plurality of breathing practice modes 231, and the display unit 22 can display the breathing practice modes 231 for the user to select and perform corresponding operations. Breathing exercises, in which each breathing exercise pattern 231 has four breathing stages (in sequence, the inhalation stage, the first breath-holding stage, the exhalation stage and the second breath-holding stage), and the numbers shown in Figure 7a are for each The number of seconds for the breathing phase. For example, the breathing exercise pattern 231 of 4-4-8-4 is to inhale for 4 seconds, hold for 4 seconds, exhale for 8 seconds, and hold for 4 seconds in sequence. Furthermore, the 4-4-8-4 breathing exercise mode 231 is suitable for relaxation; the 5-0-5-0 breathing exercise mode 231 is suitable for improving concentration; the 4-0-8-0 breathing exercise Mode 231 is suitable for improving sleep quality, whereby the user can select the breathing exercise mode 231 according to their own needs.

As shown in Figure 3 and Figure 7b, in the embodiment of the present invention, the apnea information 111b is divided into a first apnea information 111b1 and a second apnea information 111b2, and the apnea information identification unit 24 is based on the breathing exercise selected by the user. The mode 231 and the Finite-State Machine (FSM) identify the breath-holding information 111b as the first breath-holding information 111b1 or the second breath-holding information 111b2. Among them, the first breath-holding information 111b1 is the breath-holding information 111b that appears after the inhalation information 111a, and the second breath-holding information 111b2 is the breath-holding information 111b that appears after the exhalation information 111c, so as to correctly identify whether the user's current breath-holding state is in The first breath-holding phase in the breathing exercise mode 231 is also the second breath-holding phase.

As shown in Figure 3 and Figure 7b, in the embodiment of the present invention, the breathing interaction unit 25 displays an inhalation information on the display unit 22 according to the inhalation information 111a, the first breath-holding information 111b1, the expiration information 111c and the second breath-holding information 111b2. The breath progress bar 251, a first breath-holding progress bar 252, an exhalation progress bar 253 and a second breath-holding progress bar 254 allow the user to instantly understand and adjust his/her breathing status from the progress bars displayed on the display unit 22.

As shown in Figure 3, in the embodiment of the present invention, the sound unit 26 can respectively emit an inhalation prompt sound 261 corresponding to the inhalation progress bar 251, the first breath-holding progress bar 252, the expiration progress bar 253 and the second breath-holding progress bar 254. , a first breath-holding prompt sound 262, an expiration prompt sound 263 and a second breath-holding prompt sound 264, so that the user can perform breathing exercises according to the aforementioned prompts without looking at the display unit 22.

As shown in FIG. 3 , in the embodiment of the present invention, the history storage unit 27 stores the breathing practice mode 231 selected by the user and the practice time of the breathing practice mode 231 by the user, so that the user can view and understand his or her own training time. Has breathing practice improved?

As shown in Table 1 below, the conversion reaction time of each breathing stage of the breathing practice mode 231 (taking 4-4-8-4 as an example) is revealed. Wherein, I is the inhalation stage, _H1 is the first breath-holding stage, E is the expiration stage and _H2 is the second breath-holding stage, the standard value of the conversion reaction time is 200ms, and is as follows As shown in Table 1, the conversion response time of the present invention (127ms) is far lower than the standard value (200ms). It can be seen that the present invention can indeed stably and quickly identify the user's current location in a very short time. breathing stage. Table 1 Breathing state transition Whole average value 0.127 0.114 0.143 0.124 0.127 standard deviation 0.052 0.052 0.06 0.054 0.055 (Unit: s)

As shown in Table 2 below, the recognition accuracy of each breathing stage of each breathing exercise mode 231 is revealed. Among them, if the recognition response time of the present invention is less than 200ms, it is a correct recognition result, and the system in Table 2 below is obtained by counting the usage data of 30 users after use, I is the inhalation stage, and H ₁ is the third One apnea phase, E is the expiration phase and _H2 is the second apnea phase. As shown in Table 2 below, the identification accuracy rates of the present invention are all higher than 99%. It can be seen that the present invention can indeed stably and correctly identify the user's current breathing stage in a very short time. Table 2 breathing pattern average ＜5-0-5-0＞ 0.996 0.998 0.997 ＜4-0-8-0＞ 0.997 0.998 0.998 ＜4-4-8-4＞ 0.996 0.998 0.996 0.998 0.997 average 0.996 0.998 0.997 0.998 0.997

Thereby, the breathing module 10 of the present invention can instantly and accurately feedback the user's breathing status to the motion display module 20 through each unit, so that the user can understand and adjust in real time through the motion display module 20 own breathing status to assist the user in breathing exercises.

Furthermore, the respiratory module 10 of the present invention is installed on the mask 1, and the respiratory module 10 and the mobile display module 20 transmit information through wireless connection communication, so the user can easily put the mask 1 on. Put it on and start breathing exercises through the mobile display module 20, so that the present invention can achieve the purpose of convenient use.

Although the present invention has been described with a preferred embodiment, those skilled in the art can make various modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. All modifications or changes that do not violate the spirit of this creation are within the scope of the patent application for this creation.

100: Breathing exercise assistance system

1:Mask

1a: cover

10: Breathing module

11: Respiration detection unit

111: Breathing temperature information

111a: Inspiratory information

111b: Breath-holding information

111b1: First breath-holding information

111b2: Second breath hold information

111c: Exhalation information

12: Breathing recognition unit

121:Identification function

121a: Slope transfer function

121b: Smoothing function

121c: Piecewise function

122: First access request

13: First wireless communication unit

131: Second access request

14: Information temporary storage unit

15:Access control unit

20: Action display module

21: Second wireless communication unit

22:Display unit

23: Breathing selection unit

231: Breathing practice mode

24: Breath-holding information identification unit

25: Breathing interactive unit

251: Inhalation progress bar

252: First apnea progress bar

253: Exhalation progress bar

254: Second breath-holding progress bar

26: Sound unit

261: Inspiratory sound

262: First breath-hold prompt sound

263: Exhalation prompt sound

264: Second apnea prompt sound

27:Historical storage unit

[Fig. 1] is a block diagram of a breathing exercise assisting system according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Fig. 2] is a block diagram of a breathing module according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Fig. 3] is a block diagram of a mobile display module according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 4] is a schematic diagram of the appearance of the mask according to the embodiment of the present invention, showing that the breathing module is located at the middle and lower side of the inner edge of the mask. [Fig. 5a] is a schematic diagram of a temperature curve according to an embodiment of the present invention, used to represent the temperature curve of respiratory temperature information. [Fig. 5b] is a schematic diagram of the temperature slope change according to the embodiment of the present invention, which is used to represent the temperature slope change converted by the slope conversion process in Fig. 5a. [Fig. 5c] is a schematic diagram of the temperature slope change according to the embodiment of the present invention, which is used to represent the temperature slope change obtained by smoothing in Figure 5b. [Fig. 5d] is a segmented schematic diagram of the respiratory state according to the embodiment of the present invention, which is used to represent the segmented respiratory state obtained by segmentation processing in Fig. 5c. [Fig. 6a] is a segmented schematic diagram of the breathing state according to the embodiment of the present invention, which is used to show the segmented schematic diagram of the breathing state measured when the breathing module is installed in the upper middle of the inner edge of the mask. [Fig. 6b] is a segmented schematic diagram of the breathing state according to the embodiment of the present invention, which is used to show the segmented schematic diagram of the breathing state measured when the breathing module is installed on both sides of the inner edge of the mask. [Fig. 6c] is a segmented schematic diagram of the breathing state according to the embodiment of the present invention, which is used to show the segmented schematic diagram of the breathing state measured when the breathing module is installed at the middle and lower part of the inner edge of the mask. [Fig. 7a] is a schematic diagram of a mobile display module according to an embodiment of the present invention, showing that the display unit can display a plurality of breathing exercise modes. [Fig. 7b] is a schematic diagram of a mobile display module according to an embodiment of the present invention, showing that the breathing interactive unit can display a progress bar through the display unit.

100: Breathing exercise assistance system

1:Mask

1a: cover

10: Breathing module

20: Action display module

Claims (9)

A breathing exercise auxiliary system, which includes: a breathing module, which is installed on a mask. The breathing module has a breathing detection unit, a breathing identification unit, a first wireless communication unit, an information temporary storage unit and An access control unit. The respiratory detection unit detects a respiratory temperature to obtain respiratory temperature information. The respiratory identification unit distinguishes the respiratory temperature information into an inhalation information, a breath-holding information and an expiration through a complex identification function. Information; when the information temporary storage unit receives a first access request of the breath recognition unit, the information temporary storage unit responds to the first access request for the breath recognition unit to store the inhalation information, the breath holding information and the exhalation information; when the information temporary storage unit receives a second access request of the first wireless communication unit, the information temporary storage unit responds to the second access request for the first wireless communication unit Extract and output the inhalation information, the breath-holding information and the exhalation information; when the information temporary storage unit receives the first access request and the second access request at the same time, the access control unit controls the information temporary storage The unit responds to the second access request first; and a mobile display module has a second wireless communication unit and a display unit, the second wireless communication unit is wirelessly connected to the first wireless communication unit and receives the The inhalation information, the apnea information and the exhalation information are displayed on the display unit for the user to view; wherein, the identification functions include a slope conversion function, a smoothing function and A piecewise function, the respiratory identification unit sequentially performs slope conversion processing, smoothing processing and segmentation processing on the respiratory temperature information through the slope conversion function, the smoothing function and the piecewise function, so as to convert the respiratory temperature information into It is divided into the inhalation information, the breath-holding information and the exhalation information. The breathing exercise assisting system as described in claim 1, wherein the slope conversion function is:

, where s _n is the nth temperature slope, T _n is the nth temperature signal reading value, t _n is the nth temperature sampling time; the smoothing function is:

,in,

is the current smoothing result, α is the weight, 0

α

1; The piecewise function is: f ( x )=

The breathing exercise assisting system as described in claim 1, wherein the access control unit sets the permission of the second access request to be higher than the permission of the first access request through an embedded real-time operating system (FreeRTOS), and The information temporary storage unit is controlled to respond to the first access request or the second access request through a semaphore. The breathing exercise assisting system of claim 1, wherein the mobile display module further includes a breathing selection unit, the breathing selection unit is preset with a plurality of breathing exercise modes, and the display unit displays the breathing exercise modes, so as to For users to choose. The breathing exercise assisting system as described in claim 4, wherein the mobile display module further includes an apnea information identification unit, the apnea information is divided into a first apnea information and a second apnea information, the apnea information identification unit The breath-holding information is identified as the first breath-holding information or the second breath-holding information according to each breathing practice mode selected by the user and a Finite-State Machine (FSM). The breathing exercise assisting system as described in claim 5, wherein the mobile display module further includes a breathing interaction unit, and the breathing interaction unit is based on the inhalation information, the first breath-holding information, the exhalation information and the second breath-holding information. The breath-holding information is displayed on the display unit correspondingly to an inhalation progress bar, a first breath-holding progress bar, an expiration progress bar and a second breath-holding progress bar. The breathing exercise assisting system as described in claim 6, wherein the action display module It also includes a sound unit, which can respectively emit an inhalation prompt sound, a first breath-holding prompt sound, One expiration prompt sound and one second breath closing prompt sound. The breathing exercise assisting system of claim 7, wherein the mobile display module further includes a history storage unit that stores each breathing exercise mode selected by the user and each breathing exercise performed by the user. Pattern practice time. The breathing exercise auxiliary system of claim 1, wherein the mask has a cover body, and the breathing module is located at the middle and lower side of the inner edge of the cover body.

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