US20230039062A1 - Intelligent pill box - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure relates to a technical field of electronics, and in particular to an intelligent pill box.
- the present disclosure provides an intelligent pill box, which improves intelligence of the intelligent pill box.
- the intelligent pill box provided by embodiments of the present disclosure includes a pill box main body, an alarm, and a vibration sensor.
- the pill box main body is configured to store pills.
- the alarm is disposed in the pill box main body, and the alarm is configured to remind a user to take the pills.
- the vibration sensor is disposed in the pill box main body, and the vibration sensor is configured to turn off the alarm when the vibration sensor detects that the pill box main body is rotated.
- the pill box main body includes: a box body, a box cover assembly, a cover body, and a pill tray.
- the box cover assembly is connected with the box body, an accommodating space is formed between the box cover assembly and the box body, and a pill taking port is defined on the box cover assembly.
- the cover body is disposed in the accommodating space.
- the pill tray is disposed in the accommodating space, a mounting hole is defined in a middle of the pill tray, the pill tray is sleeved on the cover body through the mounting hole, the pill tray includes a plurality of pill grids surrounding the cover body, and the pill tray rotates relative to the box cover assembly, so that one of the plurality of the pill grids is correspondingly opposite to the pill taking port.
- the pill box main body further includes: a driving mechanism and a shifting rod.
- the driving mechanism is disposed in the accommodating space.
- a first end of the shifting rod is connected with the driving mechanism, and a second end of the shifting rod is in driving connection with the pill tray.
- the driving mechanism drives the shifting rod to rotate, so that the shifting rod drives the pill tray to rotate.
- a plurality of shifting grooves are defined in one side, distal from the box cover assembly, of the pill tray.
- Shifting pieces are disposed on the second end of the shifting rod, and the shifting pieces are clamped into the shifting grooves to drive the pill tray to rotate.
- the driving mechanism includes: a motor, a reduction gear set, and an output gear.
- the motor is disposed on the box body.
- the reduction gear set is connected to an output end of the motor.
- the output gear is rotatably connected with the reduction gear set, and the output gear is further detachably connected with the shifting rod.
- the shifting rod includes an annular skirt having a plurality of notches.
- the intelligent pill box further includes an infrared sensing device, the infrared sensing device includes an infrared emitter and an infrared receiver, and the infrared emitter and the infrared receiver are disposed on the two sides of the annular skirt.
- the infrared receiver When the annular skirt is rotated between the infrared emitter and the infrared receiver, the infrared receiver cannot receive infrared light emitted by the infrared emitter, and the infrared receiver controls the alarm to emit reminding information.
- the infrared receiver When the notches are located between the infrared emitter and the infrared receiver, the infrared receiver receives the infrared light emitted by the infrared emitter, and the infrared receiver controls the driving mechanism to stop working.
- the intelligent pill box further includes a timer.
- the timer is disposed on the pill box main body, and the timer is configured to control the driving mechanism to start working when preset time of the timer is arrived, so that the annular skirt is rotated between the infrared emitter and the infrared receiver.
- the box cover assembly includes a box cover and a sliding cover.
- the sliding cover is slidably disposed on the box cover, and the sliding cover slides relative to the box cover so as to block the pill taking port or expose the pill taking port.
- the box cover assembly further includes an observation port.
- the observation port is adjacent to the pill taking port where the pill taking port is correspondingly opposite to the one of the plurality of the pill grids, each of the pill grids of the pill tray is provided with a corresponding number of times of taking pills and the observation port is configured to show the corresponding number of the times of taking the pills of each of the pill grids.
- the intelligent pill box further includes: a display and a time setting function key.
- the display is disposed on the pill box main body, and the display is configured to display a system time and set a pill taking reminding time.
- the time setting function key is disposed on the pill box main body, and the time setting function key is configured to adjust the system time and preset the pill taking reminding time.
- the display is disposed on the box body, a first through hole, corresponding to the display, is defined on the cover body.
- a material of the box cover assembly is a transparent material.
- the box body further includes a lock pin groove.
- a lock hole, corresponding to the lock pin groove, is defined on the box cover assembly.
- the intelligent pill box further includes a lock pin, and the lock pin penetrates through the lock pin groove to lock with the lock hole, so as to tightly lock the box body and the box cover assembly.
- the lock pin rotates relative to the lock hole to lock or unlock the lock pin with the lock hole.
- the intelligent pill box further includes a key, the key is detachably connected with the lock pin, and the key drives the lock pin to rotate.
- a key groove is defined in one side, distal from the box cover assembly, of the box body.
- the key is detachably disposed in the key groove.
- the alarm includes a prompting lamp, and the prompting lamp is disposed on one side, facing the box cover assembly, of the cover body.
- the alarm includes a loudspeaker, and the loudspeaker is disposed in the pill box main body.
- the intelligent pill box further includes a microprocessor and a wireless communication unit. Both the vibration sensor and the wireless communication unit are connected with the microprocessor.
- the microprocessor acquires rotation information, detected by the vibration sensor, of the pill box main body, and the microprocessor sends the rotation information to external equipment through the wireless communication unit.
- the pill box main body is configured to store the pills
- the alarm reminds the user to take the pills stored in the pill box main body
- the alarm may send out remindings through audio, light, etc.
- the pill box main body is rotated to pour out the pills from the pill box main body.
- the vibration sensor detects rotation of the pill box main body, and the vibration sensor may deduce that the user already knows that the pills need to be taken out from the pill box main body, so that the vibration sensor may intelligently turn off the alarm.
- the intelligent pill box provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure is more intelligent.
- users using the intelligent pill box are generally elderly people or people suffering from serious illnesses, and hands of the users are often not flexible. Some users even cannot accurately trigger an off switch, and manually turning off the alarm may take a longer time. Further, the alarm generally adopts a relatively sharp reminding tone, so that the users hear the uncomfortable reminding tone for a long time, which causes great discomfort to ears and mood of the users.
- the intelligent pill box provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure, when the intelligent pill box detects that the intelligent pill box rotates, the alarm is turned off, the users do not need to find the off switch again, the alarm may be turned off more quickly, which is convenient for the user to use, and power consumption of the intelligent pill box may be reduced.
- FIG. 1 is a first structural schematic diagram of an intelligent pill box according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 2 is a second structural schematic diagram of an intelligent pill box according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional schematic diagram taken along line C-C of FIG. 2 of the intelligent pill box.
- FIG. 4 is an exploded schematic diagram of the intelligent pill box shown in FIG. 2 .
- FIG. 5 is a structural schematic diagram of a pill tray and a shifting rod of the intelligent pill box shown in FIG. 2 .
- FIG. 6 is an enlarged schematic diagram of portion A of the pill tray and the shifting rod shown in FIG. 5 .
- FIG. 7 is a structural schematic diagram of the shifting rod of the intelligent pill box shown in FIG. 2 .
- FIG. 8 is a structural schematic diagram of a first portion of the intelligent pill box shown in FIG. 2 .
- FIG. 9 is a structural schematic diagram of a second portion of the intelligent pill box shown in FIG. 2 .
- FIG. 10 is a structural schematic diagram of another angle of the intelligent pill box shown in FIG. 2 .
- FIG. 11 is an enlarged schematic diagram of portion B of the intelligent pill box shown in FIG. 10 .
- FIG. 12 is a structural schematic diagram of a lock pin in the intelligent pill box shown in FIG. 10 .
- FIG. 13 is an enlarged schematic diagram of portion C of the intelligent pill box shown in FIG. 10 .
- FIG. 14 is a structural schematic diagram of a key of the intelligent pill box shown in FIG. 10 .
- FIG. 15 is a third structural schematic diagram of an intelligent pill box according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 1 is a first structural schematic diagram of an intelligent pill box according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the intelligent pill box 1 includes a pill box main body 10 , an alarm 20 , and a vibration sensor 30 .
- the pill box main body 10 is configured to store pills.
- the alarm 20 is disposed in the pill box main body 10 , and the alarm 20 is configured to remind a user to take the pills.
- the alarm 20 reminds the user to take the pills stored in the pill box main body 10 , and the alarm 20 may send out remindings through audio, light, etc.
- the vibration sensor 30 is disposed in the pill box main body 10 , and the vibration sensor 30 is configured to turn off the alarm 20 when the vibration sensor 30 detects that the pill box main body 10 is rotated. For example, when the user needs to take the pills stored in the pill box main body 10 , the pill box main body 10 is rotated to pour out the pills from the pill box main body 10 . At this time, the vibration sensor 30 detects rotation of the pill box main body 10 , and the vibration sensor 30 may deduce that the user already knows that the pills need to be taken out from the pill box main body 10 , so that the vibration sensor 30 may intelligently turn off the alarm 20 . The user does not need to manually turn off a reminder function, which operation is simple.
- the intelligent pill box 1 Compared with a pill box that requires the user to manually turn off the alarm in related art, the intelligent pill box 1 provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure is more intelligent. Moreover, users using the intelligent pill box are generally elderly people or people suffering from serious illnesses, and hands of the users are often not flexible. Some users even cannot accurately trigger an off switch, manually turning off the alarm may take a longer time. Further, the alarm 20 generally adopts a relatively sharp reminding tone, so that the users hear the uncomfortable reminding tone for a long time, which causes great discomfort to ears and mood of the users.
- the alarm 20 when the intelligent pill box 1 detects that the intelligent pill box 1 rotates, the alarm 20 is turned off, the user does not need to find the off switch again, the alarm 20 may be turned off more quickly, which is convenient for the user to use, and power consumption of the intelligent pill box may be reduced.
- the vibration sensor 30 may detect a range of a rotation angle of the pill box main body 10 .
- the vibration sensor 30 may recognize and turn off the alarm 20 .
- the vibration sensor 30 is turned off when the pill box main body 10 is laid flat, the vibration sensor 30 is turned on when the pill box main body 10 is erected. When the vibration sensor 30 is turned on, the alarm 20 stops working.
- FIG. 2 is a second structural schematic diagram of an intelligent pill box according to one embodiment of the present disclosure
- FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional schematic diagram taken along line C-C of FIG. 2 of the intelligent pill box
- FIG. 4 is an exploded schematic diagram of the intelligent pill box shown in FIG. 2
- the pill box main body 10 includes a box body 120 , a cover body 140 , a pill tray 160 , and a box cover assembly 180 .
- the box cover assembly 180 is connected with the box body 120 , an accommodating space 121 is formed between the box cover assembly 180 and the box body 120 , and a pill taking port 181 is defined on the box cover assembly 180 .
- the box body 120 and the box cover assembly 180 constitute a main frame of the intelligent pill box 1 .
- the cover body 140 is disposed in the accommodating space 121 .
- the pill tray 160 is disposed in the accommodating space 121 , a mounting hole 161 is defined in a middle of the pill tray 160 , the pill tray 160 is sleeved on the cover body 140 through the mounting hole 161 , the pill tray 160 includes a plurality of pill grids 162 surrounding the cover body 140 , and the pill tray 160 rotates relative to the box cover assembly 180 , so that one of the plurality of the pill grids 162 is correspondingly opposite to the pill taking port 181 .
- the plurality of the pill grids 162 of the pill tray 160 are independently disposed, and each of the plurality of pill grids 162 may store the pills that the user takes at one time.
- the pill tray 160 rotates relative to the box cover assembly 180 , so that different pill grids 162 may be correspondingly rotated to the pill taking port 181 , and the pills in the corresponding pill grids 162 are taken out through the pill taking port 181 .
- the pill box main body 10 is inverted, so that the pills in the pill grids 162 are poured out through the pill taking port 181 .
- the pill box main body 10 further includes a driving mechanism 132 and a shifting rod 134 .
- the driving mechanism 132 is disposed in the accommodating space 121 .
- a first end of the shifting rod 134 is connected with the driving mechanism 132 , and a second end of the shifting rod 134 is in driving connection with the pill tray 160 .
- the driving mechanism 132 drives the shifting rod 134 to rotate, so that the shifting rod 134 drives the pill tray 160 to rotate.
- the driving mechanism 132 drives the pill tray 160 to rotate through the shifting rod 134 , so that the different pill grids 162 may be correspondingly rotated to the pill taking port 181 .
- FIG. 5 is a structural schematic diagram of a pill tray and a shifting rod of the intelligent pill box shown in FIG. 2
- FIG. 6 is an enlarged schematic diagram of portion A of the pill tray and the shifting rod shown in FIG. 5
- FIG. 7 is a structural schematic diagram of the shifting rod of the intelligent pill box shown in FIG. 2
- a cover body notch 143 is defined on the cover body 140
- the shifting rod 134 may extend out from the cover body notch 143 to be matched with the pill tray 160 to rotate.
- a plurality of shifting grooves 164 are defined in one side, distal from the box cover assembly 180 , of the pill tray 160 .
- the second end of the shifting rod 134 may extend out of the cover body notch 143 of the cover body 140 , shifting pieces 1342 are disposed on the second end of the shifting rod 134 , and the shifting pieces 1342 are clamped into the shifting grooves 164 to drive the pill tray 160 to rotate.
- shifting pieces 1342 are disposed on the second end of the shifting rod 134 at intervals, and when the shifting rod 134 rotates, one of the shifting pieces 1342 may move out of the shifting grooves 164 into the shifting grooves 164 , so that the shifting grooves 164 are pushed to rotate, and the pill tray 160 is driven to rotate.
- the corresponding shifting piece 1342 is moved out from the shifting grooves 164 and is separated from the shifting grooves 164 .
- Another shifting piece 1342 may be moved out of the shifting grooves 164 into the shifting grooves 164 , so as to continue to push the pill tray 160 to rotate.
- the shifting rod 134 includes an annular skirt 1344 having a plurality of notches 1343 .
- the intelligent pill box 1 further includes an infrared sensing device 136 , the infrared sensing device 136 includes an infrared emitter 1362 and an infrared receiver 1364 , and the infrared emitter 1362 and the infrared receiver 1364 are disposed on the two sides of the annular skirt 1344 .
- the annular skirt 1344 is rotated between the infrared emitter 1362 and the infrared receiver 1364 , the infrared receiver 1364 cannot receive infrared light emitted by the infrared emitter 1362 , and the infrared receiver 1364 controls the alarm 20 to emit reminding information.
- the infrared receiver 1364 When the notches 1343 are located between the infrared emitter 1362 and the infrared receiver 1364 , the infrared receiver 1364 receives the infrared light emitted by the infrared emitter 1362 , and the infrared receiver 1364 controls the driving mechanism 132 to stop working.
- the driving mechanism 132 includes a motor 1322 , a reduction gear set 1324 , and an output gear 1326 .
- the motor 1322 is disposed on the box body 120 .
- the reduction gear set 1324 is connected to an output end of the motor 1322 .
- the output gear 1326 is rotatably connected with the reduction gear set 1324 , and the output gear 1326 is further detachably connected with the shifting rod 134 .
- the reduction gear set 1324 controls a rotating speed of the output gear 1326 , so that a rotating speed of the shifting rod 134 and the pill tray 160 is conveniently controlled.
- the pill tray 160 is controlled to only rotate one of the pill grids 162 , namely that, the next one of the pill grids 162 is rotated to the corresponding pill taking port 181 .
- FIG. 8 is a structural schematic diagram of a first portion of the intelligent pill box shown in FIG. 2 .
- the intelligent pill box 1 further includes a timer 40 .
- the timer 40 is disposed on the pill box main body 10 , and the timer 40 is configured to control the driving mechanism 132 to start working when preset time of the timer 40 is arrived, so that the annular skirt 1344 is rotated between the infrared emitter 1362 and the infrared receiver 1364 .
- the intelligent pill box 1 further includes a display 50 and a time setting function key 60 .
- the display 50 is disposed on the pill box main body 10 , and the display 50 is configured to display a system time and set a pill taking reminding time.
- the time setting function key 60 is disposed on the pill box main body 10 , and the time setting function key 60 is configured to adjust the system time and preset the pill taking reminding time.
- the display 50 is disposed on the box body 120 , a first through hole 141 , corresponding to the display 50 , is defined on the cover body 140 .
- a material of the box cover assembly 180 is a transparent material. The user may see the display 50 through the box cover assembly 180 of the transparent material and the first through hole 141 .
- the material of the box cover assembly 180 may be set as required, for example, the material of the box cover assembly 180 may be one of transparent glass, transparent plastic, transparent resin, etc.
- FIG. 9 is a structural schematic diagram of a second portion of the intelligent pill box shown in FIG. 2 .
- the box cover assembly 180 includes a box cover 182 and a sliding cover 184 .
- the sliding cover 184 is slidably disposed on the box cover 182 , and the sliding cover 184 slides relative to the box cover 182 so as to block the pill taking port 181 or expose the pill taking port 181 .
- a main body of the sliding cover 184 may be disposed inside the box cover 182 , and the sliding cover 184 may further includes a handle protruding from the pill taking port 181 . The user may push the sliding cover 184 to slide through the handle, so as to expose the pill taking port 181 or block the pill taking port 181 .
- a positioning structure clamped with the sliding cover 184 may be disposed on the box cover 182 , and the sliding cover 184 may be positioned, so that the sliding cover 184 may stably block the pill taking port 181 .
- the positioning structure may be a clamping structure.
- magnetic attraction positioning structures matched with each other may disposed on the box cover 182 and the sliding cover 184 , so that the sliding cover 184 and the box cover 182 are magnetically attracted together.
- a magnet is disposed on the box cover 182
- a metal or another magnet matched with the magnet is disposed on the sliding cover 184 .
- a magnet is disposed on the sliding cover 184
- a metal or another magnet matched with the magnet is disposed on the box cover 182 .
- the box cover assembly 180 further includes an observation port 185 .
- the observation port 185 is adjacent to the pill taking port 181 , where the pill taking port 181 is correspondingly opposite to the one of the plurality of the pill grids 162 , each of the pill grids 162 of the pill tray 160 is provided with a corresponding number of times of taking pills and the observation port 185 is configured to show the corresponding number of the times of taking the pills of each of the pill grids 162 .
- the box cover assembly 180 may include the box cover 182 , the sliding cover 184 , and a cover plate 186 . Structures of the box cover 182 and the sliding cover 184 may be obtained through the above embodiments, and details are not described herein again.
- the cover plate 186 is detachably connected to the box cover 182 .
- the observation port 185 may be disposed on the cover plate 186 or on the box cover 182 .
- the observation port 185 may correspond to an annular convex edge 166 of the pill tray 160 , and a position of the corresponding pill grid 162 on the annular convex edge 166 may be pasted or engraved with a typeface of the number of the times of taking the pills (such as 1, 2, 3, etc.), and the user may view the current number of the times of taking the pills through the observation port 185 .
- the number of the times of taking the pills may be further set at other positions of the pill tray 160 .
- the observation port 185 may be a through hole or may be made of the transparent material.
- FIG. 10 is a structural schematic diagram of another angle of the intelligent pill box shown in FIG. 2
- FIG. 11 is an enlarged schematic diagram of portion B of the intelligent pill box shown in FIG. 10
- FIG. 12 is a structural schematic diagram of a lock pin in the intelligent pill box shown in FIG. 10
- the box body 120 further includes a lock pin groove 123 .
- a lock hole 187 corresponding to the lock pin groove 123 , is defined on the box cover assembly 180 .
- the intelligent pill box 1 further includes a lock pin 72 , and the lock pin 72 penetrates through the lock pin groove 123 to lock with the lock hole 187 , so as to tightly lock the box body 120 and the box cover assembly 180 . Only after the user takes out the lock pin 72 from the lock hole 187 , the box cover assembly 180 may be opened, so as to place the pills in the pill grids 162 of the pill tray 160 . Before the lock pin 72 is removed from the lock hole 187 , the box cover assembly 180 cannot be opened, so as to avoid the box cover assembly 180 from being opened by mistake and protect safety of the pills in the pill tray 160 .
- the lock pin groove 123 may still limit the lock pin 72 , so as to prevent the lock pin 72 from being lost.
- the lock pin 72 may further be removed from the lock pin groove 123 .
- the lock pin 72 rotates relative to the lock hole 187 to lock or unlock the lock pin 72 with the lock hole 187 .
- a protrusion is defined on an end portion of the lock pin 72 , and the end portion of the lock pin 72 may be clamped into the lock hole 187 along a preset angle.
- the lock pin 72 may rotate in the lock hole 187 , the protrusion of the end portion of the lock pin 72 is clamped to a limiting structure of an inner wall of the lock hole 187 after rotating, so that the lock pin 72 cannot be separated from the lock hole 187 , thereby the lock pin 72 is locked with the lock hole 187 .
- the lock pin 72 When the lock pin 72 needs to be taken out, the lock pin 72 is rotated, so that the protrusion of the end portion of the lock pin 72 is separated from the limiting structure of the inner wall of the lock hole 187 . Then, the lock pin 72 may be removed from the lock hole 187 , so as to unlock the lock pin 72 and the lock hole 187 .
- FIG. 13 is an enlarged schematic diagram of portion C of the intelligent pill box shown in FIG. 10
- FIG. 14 is a structural schematic diagram of a key of the intelligent pill box shown in FIG. 10
- the intelligent pill box 1 further includes a key 74 , the key 74 is detachably connected with the lock pin 72 , and the key 74 drives the lock pin 72 to rotate.
- a triangular groove is defined on the end portion of the lock pin 72
- a triangular protrusion portion matched the triangular groove is defined on an end portion of the key 74
- the triangular protrusion portion of the key 74 may be clamped into the triangular groove.
- a tail portion of the key 74 may be configured as a holding portion, the user holds the holding portion to rotate to drive the lock pin 72 to rotate, thereby realizing locking and unlocking of the lock pin 72 and the locking hole 187 .
- the lock pin 72 is almost completely clamped in the pill box main body 10 . If there is no key 74 , the lock pin 72 is not easy to rotate, so that the intelligent pill box 1 is not easy to be opened, and the safety of the pills in the intelligent pill box 1 is ensured.
- a key groove 125 is defined in one side, distal from the box cover assembly 180 , of the box body 120 .
- the key 74 is detachably disposed in the key groove 125 , so that the key 74 may be conveniently stored, the key 74 may follow the pill box main body 10 , and the key 74 is not easy to lose.
- the alarm 20 includes a prompting lamp 22 , and the prompting lamp 22 is disposed on one side, facing the box cover assembly 180 , of the cover body 140 .
- the prompting lamp 22 may second out remindings through normal brightness, flicker, etc.
- the prompting lamp 22 may be an LED lamp or other kinds of lamps.
- a color of the prompting lamp 22 may be set as required, such as one or more of red, blue, green, orange, white, etc.
- FIG. 15 is a third structural schematic diagram of an intelligent pill box according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the alarm 20 includes a loudspeaker 24 , and the loudspeaker 24 is disposed in the pill box main body 10 .
- the loudspeaker 24 may send out remindings through audio, and a volume of the loudspeaker 24 may gradually increase according to a duration of reminding.
- the loudspeaker 24 may be a speaker or a buzzer, etc.
- the intelligent pill box 1 further includes a microprocessor 82 and a wireless communication unit 84 . Both the vibration sensor 30 and the wireless communication unit 84 are connected with the microprocessor 82 .
- the microprocessor 82 acquires rotation information, detected by the vibration sensor 30 , of the pill box main body 10 , and the microprocessor 82 sends the rotation information to external equipment through the wireless communication unit 84 . It may be understood that according to the alarm 20 and the vibration sensor 30 , the microprocessor 82 may know pill taking information such as whether pill taking time has been reached, and whether the user has taken pills or not, etc.
- the microprocessor 82 may send the pill taking information to an external device such as a mobile phone through the wireless communication unit 84 , so that the user may further know the pill taking information through the external device.
- the wireless communication unit 84 may be one or more of a Bluetooth communication module, a WIFI communication module, and a mobile communication module (such as 2G, 3G, 4G, or 5G).
- the microprocessor 82 may deduce that the user has taken out the pills through the pill box main body 10 and taken the pills.
- the pill box main body 10 is rotated, so that the microprocessor 82 may send the pill taking information to the mobile phone of the user or the mobile phone of other users (such as family members) through the wireless communication unit 84 .
- the microprocessor 82 may further send at least one of alarm information, the system time, the pill taking reminding time, current pill grids information (or the number of the times of taking the pills) to the external device through the wireless communication unit 84 .
- the microprocessor may further be connected to the vibration sensor and the alarm.
- the alarm sends out remindings (for example, the reminding tone or a reminding light is sent out)
- the microprocessor may receive the rotation information detected by the vibration sensor, and the microprocessor controls the alarm to be turned off according to the rotation information.
- the timer is reached for a preset time (such as a preset pill taking time)
- the timer sends corresponding information to the microprocessor
- the microprocessor controls the alarm to send the prompt information according to the information
- the microprocessor simultaneously detects whether the vibration sensor has detected the rotation information of the pill box main body.
- a level of an output end of the vibration sensor may be changed (for example, a high level becomes a low level), and the level of the output end may turn off the alarm.
- the output end controls on and off of a power supply pin and a power supply end of the alarm through a switch tube (such as a field effect transistor).
- a switch tube such as a field effect transistor
- the intelligent pill box 1 in the present embodiments includes a circuit board 80 . At least one of the microprocessor 82 , the wireless communication unit 84 , the vibration sensor 30 , the loudspeaker 24 , and the timer 40 is disposed on the circuit board 80 .
- the intelligent pill box provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure includes the plurality of pill grids and has functions of being configured to separate and place the pills, being accurately rotated the pill tray to turn to a target pill grid, regularly reminding, automatically turning off a reminding through detecting rotation of the intelligent pill box, and timely feeding back a state of the intelligent pill box to the external device such as a handheld device end through the wireless communication unit, so that the users are timely and effectively reminded to take the pills.
- the system time and a plurality of pill taking reminding time are firstly set through the time setting function key 60 and the timer 40 , and then the corresponding system time and the preset pill taking reminding time are displayed on the display 50 .
- the infrared sensing device 136 is correspondingly opposite to one of the detection notches 1343 on the shifting rod 134 , the infrared sensing device 136 is turned on, namely that, the infrared receiver 1364 receives the infrared light sent by the infrared emitter 1362 , the driving mechanism 132 does not work, the shifting rod 134 and the pill tray 160 do not rotate, and the pill taking port 181 is correspondingly opposite to one of the pill grids 162 .
- the microprocessor 82 controls the driving mechanism 132 to start working.
- the shifting rod 134 synchronously rotates, and the shifting pieces 1342 cooperate with the shifting grooves 164 to enable the pill tray 160 to rotate.
- the annular skirt 1344 passes through the infrared sensing device 136 , and the infrared sensing device 136 is disconnected, namely that, the infrared receiver 1364 cannot receive the infrared light sent by the infrared emitter 1362 .
- the loudspeaker 24 of the alarm 20 sends out an alarm sound, and the prompting lamp 22 such as an LED light bar flashes to remind.
- the driving mechanism 132 continues to work until when the next one of the detection notches 1343 is correspondingly opposite to the infrared sensing device 136 , the infrared sensing device 136 is turned on. Then, the microprocessor 82 controls the driving mechanism 132 to stop working, so that the shifting rod 134 stops rotating. The pill tray 160 rotates to the next target pill grid 162 to be correspondingly opposite to the pill taking port 181 . At the same time, the wireless communication unit 84 such as the Bluetooth communication module is wirelessly reported to the intelligent handheld device, and current pill taking status is recorded to remind the user to take the pills.
- the wireless communication unit 84 such as the Bluetooth communication module is wirelessly reported to the intelligent handheld device, and current pill taking status is recorded to remind the user to take the pills.
- the user slides the sliding cover 184 to expose the pill taking port 181 , turns the box body 120 vertically, and pours out the pills from the pill taking port 181 .
- the vibration sensor 30 is turned on, the loudspeaker 24 of the alarm 20 stops alarming, the prompting light 22 such as the LED light bar stops flashing, and finally the sliding cover 184 is slid to close the pill taking port 181 , the box body 120 is laid flat to wait for next time to take the pills.
Abstract
The present disclosure provides an intelligent pill box, including a pill box main body, an alarm, and a vibration sensor. The pill box main body is configured to store pills. The alarm is disposed in the pill box main body, and the alarm is configured to remind a user to take the pills. The vibration sensor is disposed on the pill box main body, and the vibration sensor is configured to turn off the alarm when the vibration sensor detects that the pill box main body is rotated. The intelligent pill box may intelligently turn off the alarm, which is convenient for a user to use.
Description
- The present application is a continuation-in-part of a U.S. application Ser. No. 29/802,081, filed on Aug. 3, 2021, and the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety
- The present disclosure relates to a technical field of electronics, and in particular to an intelligent pill box.
- Elderly people or people suffering from serious illnesses often need to quantitatively take various pills at regular intervals every day, and they often need help from others in order to correctly take the pills on time. However, even with the help of others, it is still easy to miss or forget to take the pills. In order to help patients regularly and quantitatively take the pills, various intelligent pill boxes appear on market, which are still not intelligent enough.
- The present disclosure provides an intelligent pill box, which improves intelligence of the intelligent pill box.
- The intelligent pill box provided by embodiments of the present disclosure includes a pill box main body, an alarm, and a vibration sensor.
- The pill box main body is configured to store pills.
- The alarm is disposed in the pill box main body, and the alarm is configured to remind a user to take the pills.
- The vibration sensor is disposed in the pill box main body, and the vibration sensor is configured to turn off the alarm when the vibration sensor detects that the pill box main body is rotated.
- Optionally, the pill box main body includes: a box body, a box cover assembly, a cover body, and a pill tray.
- The box cover assembly is connected with the box body, an accommodating space is formed between the box cover assembly and the box body, and a pill taking port is defined on the box cover assembly.
- The cover body is disposed in the accommodating space.
- The pill tray is disposed in the accommodating space, a mounting hole is defined in a middle of the pill tray, the pill tray is sleeved on the cover body through the mounting hole, the pill tray includes a plurality of pill grids surrounding the cover body, and the pill tray rotates relative to the box cover assembly, so that one of the plurality of the pill grids is correspondingly opposite to the pill taking port.
- Optionally, the pill box main body further includes: a driving mechanism and a shifting rod.
- The driving mechanism is disposed in the accommodating space.
- A first end of the shifting rod is connected with the driving mechanism, and a second end of the shifting rod is in driving connection with the pill tray.
- The driving mechanism drives the shifting rod to rotate, so that the shifting rod drives the pill tray to rotate.
- Optionally, a plurality of shifting grooves are defined in one side, distal from the box cover assembly, of the pill tray.
- Shifting pieces are disposed on the second end of the shifting rod, and the shifting pieces are clamped into the shifting grooves to drive the pill tray to rotate.
- Optionally, the driving mechanism includes: a motor, a reduction gear set, and an output gear.
- The motor is disposed on the box body.
- The reduction gear set is connected to an output end of the motor.
- The output gear is rotatably connected with the reduction gear set, and the output gear is further detachably connected with the shifting rod.
- Optionally, the shifting rod includes an annular skirt having a plurality of notches.
- The intelligent pill box further includes an infrared sensing device, the infrared sensing device includes an infrared emitter and an infrared receiver, and the infrared emitter and the infrared receiver are disposed on the two sides of the annular skirt.
- When the annular skirt is rotated between the infrared emitter and the infrared receiver, the infrared receiver cannot receive infrared light emitted by the infrared emitter, and the infrared receiver controls the alarm to emit reminding information.
- When the notches are located between the infrared emitter and the infrared receiver, the infrared receiver receives the infrared light emitted by the infrared emitter, and the infrared receiver controls the driving mechanism to stop working.
- Optionally, the intelligent pill box further includes a timer.
- The timer is disposed on the pill box main body, and the timer is configured to control the driving mechanism to start working when preset time of the timer is arrived, so that the annular skirt is rotated between the infrared emitter and the infrared receiver.
- Optionally, the box cover assembly includes a box cover and a sliding cover. The sliding cover is slidably disposed on the box cover, and the sliding cover slides relative to the box cover so as to block the pill taking port or expose the pill taking port.
- Optionally, the box cover assembly further includes an observation port. The observation port is adjacent to the pill taking port where the pill taking port is correspondingly opposite to the one of the plurality of the pill grids, each of the pill grids of the pill tray is provided with a corresponding number of times of taking pills and the observation port is configured to show the corresponding number of the times of taking the pills of each of the pill grids.
- Optionally, the intelligent pill box further includes: a display and a time setting function key.
- The display is disposed on the pill box main body, and the display is configured to display a system time and set a pill taking reminding time.
- The time setting function key is disposed on the pill box main body, and the time setting function key is configured to adjust the system time and preset the pill taking reminding time.
- Optionally, the display is disposed on the box body, a first through hole, corresponding to the display, is defined on the cover body. A material of the box cover assembly is a transparent material.
- Optionally, the box body further includes a lock pin groove. A lock hole, corresponding to the lock pin groove, is defined on the box cover assembly.
- The intelligent pill box further includes a lock pin, and the lock pin penetrates through the lock pin groove to lock with the lock hole, so as to tightly lock the box body and the box cover assembly.
- Optionally, the lock pin rotates relative to the lock hole to lock or unlock the lock pin with the lock hole.
- Optionally, the intelligent pill box further includes a key, the key is detachably connected with the lock pin, and the key drives the lock pin to rotate.
- Optionally, a key groove is defined in one side, distal from the box cover assembly, of the box body. The key is detachably disposed in the key groove.
- Optionally, the alarm includes a prompting lamp, and the prompting lamp is disposed on one side, facing the box cover assembly, of the cover body.
- Optionally, the alarm includes a loudspeaker, and the loudspeaker is disposed in the pill box main body.
- Optionally, the intelligent pill box further includes a microprocessor and a wireless communication unit. Both the vibration sensor and the wireless communication unit are connected with the microprocessor. The microprocessor acquires rotation information, detected by the vibration sensor, of the pill box main body, and the microprocessor sends the rotation information to external equipment through the wireless communication unit.
- In embodiments of the present disclosure, the pill box main body is configured to store the pills, the alarm reminds the user to take the pills stored in the pill box main body, and the alarm may send out remindings through audio, light, etc. When the user needs to take the pills stored in the pill box main body, the pill box main body is rotated to pour out the pills from the pill box main body. At this time, the vibration sensor detects rotation of the pill box main body, and the vibration sensor may deduce that the user already knows that the pills need to be taken out from the pill box main body, so that the vibration sensor may intelligently turn off the alarm. Compared with a pill box requiring the user to manually close the alarm in related art, the intelligent pill box provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure is more intelligent. Moreover, users using the intelligent pill box are generally elderly people or people suffering from serious illnesses, and hands of the users are often not flexible. Some users even cannot accurately trigger an off switch, and manually turning off the alarm may take a longer time. Further, the alarm generally adopts a relatively sharp reminding tone, so that the users hear the uncomfortable reminding tone for a long time, which causes great discomfort to ears and mood of the users. According to the intelligent pill box provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure, when the intelligent pill box detects that the intelligent pill box rotates, the alarm is turned off, the users do not need to find the off switch again, the alarm may be turned off more quickly, which is convenient for the user to use, and power consumption of the intelligent pill box may be reduced.
- In order to more clearly illustrate technical solutions in embodiments of the present disclosure, drawings required in description of the embodiments are briefly described below. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are merely some embodiments of the present disclosure, and for a person skilled in art, other drawings may be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.
- For a more complete understanding of the present disclosure and beneficial effects of the present disclosure, the following description is made with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which same reference numerals refer to same parts in the following description.
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FIG. 1 is a first structural schematic diagram of an intelligent pill box according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. -
FIG. 2 is a second structural schematic diagram of an intelligent pill box according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. -
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional schematic diagram taken along line C-C ofFIG. 2 of the intelligent pill box. -
FIG. 4 is an exploded schematic diagram of the intelligent pill box shown inFIG. 2 . -
FIG. 5 is a structural schematic diagram of a pill tray and a shifting rod of the intelligent pill box shown inFIG. 2 . -
FIG. 6 is an enlarged schematic diagram of portion A of the pill tray and the shifting rod shown inFIG. 5 . -
FIG. 7 is a structural schematic diagram of the shifting rod of the intelligent pill box shown inFIG. 2 . -
FIG. 8 is a structural schematic diagram of a first portion of the intelligent pill box shown inFIG. 2 . -
FIG. 9 is a structural schematic diagram of a second portion of the intelligent pill box shown inFIG. 2 . -
FIG. 10 is a structural schematic diagram of another angle of the intelligent pill box shown inFIG. 2 . -
FIG. 11 is an enlarged schematic diagram of portion B of the intelligent pill box shown inFIG. 10 . -
FIG. 12 is a structural schematic diagram of a lock pin in the intelligent pill box shown inFIG. 10 . -
FIG. 13 is an enlarged schematic diagram of portion C of the intelligent pill box shown inFIG. 10 . -
FIG. 14 is a structural schematic diagram of a key of the intelligent pill box shown inFIG. 10 . -
FIG. 15 is a third structural schematic diagram of an intelligent pill box according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. - Technical solutions in embodiments of the present disclosure are clearly and completely described below with reference to accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, rather than all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in art without creative efforts shall fall within a protection scope of the present disclosure.
- The embodiments of the present disclosure provide an intelligent pill box. Please refer to
FIG. 1 , whereFIG. 1 is a first structural schematic diagram of an intelligent pill box according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. Theintelligent pill box 1 includes a pill boxmain body 10, analarm 20, and avibration sensor 30. The pill boxmain body 10 is configured to store pills. Thealarm 20 is disposed in the pill boxmain body 10, and thealarm 20 is configured to remind a user to take the pills. For example, thealarm 20 reminds the user to take the pills stored in the pill boxmain body 10, and thealarm 20 may send out remindings through audio, light, etc. Thevibration sensor 30 is disposed in the pill boxmain body 10, and thevibration sensor 30 is configured to turn off thealarm 20 when thevibration sensor 30 detects that the pill boxmain body 10 is rotated. For example, when the user needs to take the pills stored in the pill boxmain body 10, the pill boxmain body 10 is rotated to pour out the pills from the pill boxmain body 10. At this time, thevibration sensor 30 detects rotation of the pill boxmain body 10, and thevibration sensor 30 may deduce that the user already knows that the pills need to be taken out from the pill boxmain body 10, so that thevibration sensor 30 may intelligently turn off thealarm 20. The user does not need to manually turn off a reminder function, which operation is simple. Compared with a pill box that requires the user to manually turn off the alarm in related art, theintelligent pill box 1 provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure is more intelligent. Moreover, users using the intelligent pill box are generally elderly people or people suffering from serious illnesses, and hands of the users are often not flexible. Some users even cannot accurately trigger an off switch, manually turning off the alarm may take a longer time. Further, thealarm 20 generally adopts a relatively sharp reminding tone, so that the users hear the uncomfortable reminding tone for a long time, which causes great discomfort to ears and mood of the users. According to theintelligent pill box 1 provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure, when theintelligent pill box 1 detects that theintelligent pill box 1 rotates, thealarm 20 is turned off, the user does not need to find the off switch again, thealarm 20 may be turned off more quickly, which is convenient for the user to use, and power consumption of the intelligent pill box may be reduced. - It should be noted that the
vibration sensor 30 may detect a range of a rotation angle of the pill boxmain body 10. For example, when the rotation angle of the pill boxmain body 10 exceeds 30 degrees or 60 degrees, thevibration sensor 30 may recognize and turn off thealarm 20. For another example, thevibration sensor 30 is turned off when the pill boxmain body 10 is laid flat, thevibration sensor 30 is turned on when the pill boxmain body 10 is erected. When thevibration sensor 30 is turned on, thealarm 20 stops working. - Please refer to
FIG. 2 ,FIG. 3 , andFIG. 4 , whereFIG. 2 is a second structural schematic diagram of an intelligent pill box according to one embodiment of the present disclosure,FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional schematic diagram taken along line C-C ofFIG. 2 of the intelligent pill box, andFIG. 4 is an exploded schematic diagram of the intelligent pill box shown inFIG. 2 . The pill boxmain body 10 includes abox body 120, acover body 140, apill tray 160, and abox cover assembly 180. Thebox cover assembly 180 is connected with thebox body 120, anaccommodating space 121 is formed between thebox cover assembly 180 and thebox body 120, and apill taking port 181 is defined on thebox cover assembly 180. Thebox body 120 and thebox cover assembly 180 constitute a main frame of theintelligent pill box 1. Thecover body 140 is disposed in theaccommodating space 121. Thepill tray 160 is disposed in theaccommodating space 121, a mountinghole 161 is defined in a middle of thepill tray 160, thepill tray 160 is sleeved on thecover body 140 through the mountinghole 161, thepill tray 160 includes a plurality ofpill grids 162 surrounding thecover body 140, and thepill tray 160 rotates relative to thebox cover assembly 180, so that one of the plurality of thepill grids 162 is correspondingly opposite to thepill taking port 181. The plurality of thepill grids 162 of thepill tray 160 are independently disposed, and each of the plurality ofpill grids 162 may store the pills that the user takes at one time. Thepill tray 160 rotates relative to thebox cover assembly 180, so thatdifferent pill grids 162 may be correspondingly rotated to thepill taking port 181, and the pills in the correspondingpill grids 162 are taken out through thepill taking port 181. For example, the pill boxmain body 10 is inverted, so that the pills in thepill grids 162 are poured out through thepill taking port 181. - The pill box
main body 10 further includes adriving mechanism 132 and a shiftingrod 134. Thedriving mechanism 132 is disposed in theaccommodating space 121. A first end of the shiftingrod 134 is connected with thedriving mechanism 132, and a second end of the shiftingrod 134 is in driving connection with thepill tray 160. Thedriving mechanism 132 drives the shiftingrod 134 to rotate, so that the shiftingrod 134 drives thepill tray 160 to rotate. Thedriving mechanism 132 drives thepill tray 160 to rotate through the shiftingrod 134, so that thedifferent pill grids 162 may be correspondingly rotated to thepill taking port 181. - Please refer to
FIG. 4 , and in conjunction withFIG. 5 ,FIG. 6 andFIG. 7 , whereFIG. 5 is a structural schematic diagram of a pill tray and a shifting rod of the intelligent pill box shown inFIG. 2 ,FIG. 6 is an enlarged schematic diagram of portion A of the pill tray and the shifting rod shown inFIG. 5 , andFIG. 7 is a structural schematic diagram of the shifting rod of the intelligent pill box shown inFIG. 2 . Acover body notch 143 is defined on thecover body 140, and the shiftingrod 134 may extend out from thecover body notch 143 to be matched with thepill tray 160 to rotate. Specifically, a plurality of shiftinggrooves 164 are defined in one side, distal from thebox cover assembly 180, of thepill tray 160. The second end of the shiftingrod 134 may extend out of thecover body notch 143 of thecover body 140, shiftingpieces 1342 are disposed on the second end of the shiftingrod 134, and the shiftingpieces 1342 are clamped into the shiftinggrooves 164 to drive thepill tray 160 to rotate. For example, a plurality of shiftingpieces 1342 are disposed on the second end of the shiftingrod 134 at intervals, and when the shiftingrod 134 rotates, one of the shiftingpieces 1342 may move out of the shiftinggrooves 164 into the shiftinggrooves 164, so that the shiftinggrooves 164 are pushed to rotate, and thepill tray 160 is driven to rotate. After the shiftingrod 134 rotates by a certain angle, thecorresponding shifting piece 1342 is moved out from the shiftinggrooves 164 and is separated from the shiftinggrooves 164. Anothershifting piece 1342 may be moved out of the shiftinggrooves 164 into the shiftinggrooves 164, so as to continue to push thepill tray 160 to rotate. - The shifting
rod 134 includes anannular skirt 1344 having a plurality ofnotches 1343. Theintelligent pill box 1 further includes aninfrared sensing device 136, theinfrared sensing device 136 includes an infrared emitter 1362 and an infrared receiver 1364, and the infrared emitter 1362 and the infrared receiver 1364 are disposed on the two sides of theannular skirt 1344. When theannular skirt 1344 is rotated between the infrared emitter 1362 and the infrared receiver 1364, the infrared receiver 1364 cannot receive infrared light emitted by the infrared emitter 1362, and the infrared receiver 1364 controls thealarm 20 to emit reminding information. When thenotches 1343 are located between the infrared emitter 1362 and the infrared receiver 1364, the infrared receiver 1364 receives the infrared light emitted by the infrared emitter 1362, and the infrared receiver 1364 controls thedriving mechanism 132 to stop working. - Please refer to
FIG. 3 , thedriving mechanism 132 includes amotor 1322, areduction gear set 1324, and anoutput gear 1326. Themotor 1322 is disposed on thebox body 120. Thereduction gear set 1324 is connected to an output end of themotor 1322. Theoutput gear 1326 is rotatably connected with thereduction gear set 1324, and theoutput gear 1326 is further detachably connected with the shiftingrod 134. The reduction gear set 1324 controls a rotating speed of theoutput gear 1326, so that a rotating speed of the shiftingrod 134 and thepill tray 160 is conveniently controlled. For example, thepill tray 160 is controlled to only rotate one of thepill grids 162, namely that, the next one of thepill grids 162 is rotated to the correspondingpill taking port 181. - Please refer to
FIG. 8 , whereFIG. 8 is a structural schematic diagram of a first portion of the intelligent pill box shown inFIG. 2 . Theintelligent pill box 1 further includes atimer 40. Thetimer 40 is disposed on the pill boxmain body 10, and thetimer 40 is configured to control thedriving mechanism 132 to start working when preset time of thetimer 40 is arrived, so that theannular skirt 1344 is rotated between the infrared emitter 1362 and the infrared receiver 1364. - Please continue to refer to
FIG. 8 , theintelligent pill box 1 further includes adisplay 50 and a time settingfunction key 60. Thedisplay 50 is disposed on the pill boxmain body 10, and thedisplay 50 is configured to display a system time and set a pill taking reminding time. The time settingfunction key 60 is disposed on the pill boxmain body 10, and the time settingfunction key 60 is configured to adjust the system time and preset the pill taking reminding time. - The
display 50 is disposed on thebox body 120, a first throughhole 141, corresponding to thedisplay 50, is defined on thecover body 140. A material of thebox cover assembly 180 is a transparent material. The user may see thedisplay 50 through thebox cover assembly 180 of the transparent material and the first throughhole 141. The material of thebox cover assembly 180 may be set as required, for example, the material of thebox cover assembly 180 may be one of transparent glass, transparent plastic, transparent resin, etc. - Please refer to
FIG. 9 , whereFIG. 9 is a structural schematic diagram of a second portion of the intelligent pill box shown inFIG. 2 . Thebox cover assembly 180 includes abox cover 182 and a slidingcover 184. The slidingcover 184 is slidably disposed on thebox cover 182, and the slidingcover 184 slides relative to thebox cover 182 so as to block thepill taking port 181 or expose thepill taking port 181. For example, a main body of the slidingcover 184 may be disposed inside thebox cover 182, and the slidingcover 184 may further includes a handle protruding from thepill taking port 181. The user may push the slidingcover 184 to slide through the handle, so as to expose thepill taking port 181 or block thepill taking port 181. - It should be understood that a positioning structure clamped with the sliding
cover 184 may be disposed on thebox cover 182, and the slidingcover 184 may be positioned, so that the slidingcover 184 may stably block thepill taking port 181. The positioning structure may be a clamping structure. In some other embodiments, magnetic attraction positioning structures matched with each other may disposed on thebox cover 182 and the slidingcover 184, so that the slidingcover 184 and thebox cover 182 are magnetically attracted together. For example, a magnet is disposed on thebox cover 182, and a metal or another magnet matched with the magnet is disposed on the slidingcover 184. For another example, a magnet is disposed on the slidingcover 184, and a metal or another magnet matched with the magnet is disposed on thebox cover 182. - The
box cover assembly 180 further includes anobservation port 185. Theobservation port 185 is adjacent to thepill taking port 181, where thepill taking port 181 is correspondingly opposite to the one of the plurality of thepill grids 162, each of thepill grids 162 of thepill tray 160 is provided with a corresponding number of times of taking pills and theobservation port 185 is configured to show the corresponding number of the times of taking the pills of each of thepill grids 162. For example, thebox cover assembly 180 may include thebox cover 182, the slidingcover 184, and acover plate 186. Structures of thebox cover 182 and the slidingcover 184 may be obtained through the above embodiments, and details are not described herein again. Thecover plate 186 is detachably connected to thebox cover 182. Theobservation port 185 may be disposed on thecover plate 186 or on thebox cover 182. For another example, theobservation port 185 may correspond to an annularconvex edge 166 of thepill tray 160, and a position of the correspondingpill grid 162 on the annularconvex edge 166 may be pasted or engraved with a typeface of the number of the times of taking the pills (such as 1, 2, 3, etc.), and the user may view the current number of the times of taking the pills through theobservation port 185. Certainly, in some other embodiments, the number of the times of taking the pills may be further set at other positions of thepill tray 160. Theobservation port 185 may be a through hole or may be made of the transparent material. - Please refer to
FIG. 10 ,FIG. 11 , andFIG. 12 , whereFIG. 10 is a structural schematic diagram of another angle of the intelligent pill box shown inFIG. 2 , FIG. 11 is an enlarged schematic diagram of portion B of the intelligent pill box shown inFIG. 10 , andFIG. 12 is a structural schematic diagram of a lock pin in the intelligent pill box shown inFIG. 10 . Thebox body 120 further includes alock pin groove 123. Alock hole 187, corresponding to thelock pin groove 123, is defined on thebox cover assembly 180. Theintelligent pill box 1 further includes alock pin 72, and thelock pin 72 penetrates through thelock pin groove 123 to lock with thelock hole 187, so as to tightly lock thebox body 120 and thebox cover assembly 180. Only after the user takes out thelock pin 72 from thelock hole 187, thebox cover assembly 180 may be opened, so as to place the pills in thepill grids 162 of thepill tray 160. Before thelock pin 72 is removed from thelock hole 187, thebox cover assembly 180 cannot be opened, so as to avoid thebox cover assembly 180 from being opened by mistake and protect safety of the pills in thepill tray 160. It should be noted that after thelock pin 72 is removed from thelock hole 187, thelock pin groove 123 may still limit thelock pin 72, so as to prevent thelock pin 72 from being lost. Certainly, in some other embodiments, thelock pin 72 may further be removed from thelock pin groove 123. - The
lock pin 72 rotates relative to thelock hole 187 to lock or unlock thelock pin 72 with thelock hole 187. For example, a protrusion is defined on an end portion of thelock pin 72, and the end portion of thelock pin 72 may be clamped into thelock hole 187 along a preset angle. Thelock pin 72 may rotate in thelock hole 187, the protrusion of the end portion of thelock pin 72 is clamped to a limiting structure of an inner wall of thelock hole 187 after rotating, so that thelock pin 72 cannot be separated from thelock hole 187, thereby thelock pin 72 is locked with thelock hole 187. When thelock pin 72 needs to be taken out, thelock pin 72 is rotated, so that the protrusion of the end portion of thelock pin 72 is separated from the limiting structure of the inner wall of thelock hole 187. Then, thelock pin 72 may be removed from thelock hole 187, so as to unlock thelock pin 72 and thelock hole 187. - Please refer to
FIG. 13 andFIG. 14 , whereFIG. 13 is an enlarged schematic diagram of portion C of the intelligent pill box shown inFIG. 10 andFIG. 14 is a structural schematic diagram of a key of the intelligent pill box shown inFIG. 10 . Theintelligent pill box 1 further includes a key 74, the key 74 is detachably connected with thelock pin 72, and the key 74 drives thelock pin 72 to rotate. For example, a triangular groove is defined on the end portion of thelock pin 72, a triangular protrusion portion matched the triangular groove is defined on an end portion of the key 74, and the triangular protrusion portion of the key 74 may be clamped into the triangular groove. A tail portion of the key 74 may be configured as a holding portion, the user holds the holding portion to rotate to drive thelock pin 72 to rotate, thereby realizing locking and unlocking of thelock pin 72 and thelocking hole 187. - It should be noted that the
lock pin 72 is almost completely clamped in the pill boxmain body 10. If there is no key 74, thelock pin 72 is not easy to rotate, so that theintelligent pill box 1 is not easy to be opened, and the safety of the pills in theintelligent pill box 1 is ensured. - A
key groove 125 is defined in one side, distal from thebox cover assembly 180, of thebox body 120. The key 74 is detachably disposed in thekey groove 125, so that the key 74 may be conveniently stored, the key 74 may follow the pill boxmain body 10, and the key 74 is not easy to lose. - Please continue to refer to
FIG. 9 . Thealarm 20 includes a promptinglamp 22, and the promptinglamp 22 is disposed on one side, facing thebox cover assembly 180, of thecover body 140. The promptinglamp 22 may second out remindings through normal brightness, flicker, etc. The promptinglamp 22 may be an LED lamp or other kinds of lamps. A color of the promptinglamp 22 may be set as required, such as one or more of red, blue, green, orange, white, etc. - Please refer to
FIG. 15 , whereFIG. 15 is a third structural schematic diagram of an intelligent pill box according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. Thealarm 20 includes aloudspeaker 24, and theloudspeaker 24 is disposed in the pill boxmain body 10. Theloudspeaker 24 may send out remindings through audio, and a volume of theloudspeaker 24 may gradually increase according to a duration of reminding. Theloudspeaker 24 may be a speaker or a buzzer, etc. - The
intelligent pill box 1 further includes amicroprocessor 82 and awireless communication unit 84. Both thevibration sensor 30 and thewireless communication unit 84 are connected with themicroprocessor 82. Themicroprocessor 82 acquires rotation information, detected by thevibration sensor 30, of the pill boxmain body 10, and themicroprocessor 82 sends the rotation information to external equipment through thewireless communication unit 84. It may be understood that according to thealarm 20 and thevibration sensor 30, themicroprocessor 82 may know pill taking information such as whether pill taking time has been reached, and whether the user has taken pills or not, etc. Themicroprocessor 82 may send the pill taking information to an external device such as a mobile phone through thewireless communication unit 84, so that the user may further know the pill taking information through the external device. Thewireless communication unit 84 may be one or more of a Bluetooth communication module, a WIFI communication module, and a mobile communication module (such as 2G, 3G, 4G, or 5G). For example, after thealarm 20 works, if themicroprocessor 82 receives the rotation information of the pill boxmain body 10 transmitted by thevibration sensor 30, themicroprocessor 82 may deduce that the user has taken out the pills through the pill boxmain body 10 and taken the pills. In a pill taking process, the pill boxmain body 10 is rotated, so that themicroprocessor 82 may send the pill taking information to the mobile phone of the user or the mobile phone of other users (such as family members) through thewireless communication unit 84. Themicroprocessor 82 may further send at least one of alarm information, the system time, the pill taking reminding time, current pill grids information (or the number of the times of taking the pills) to the external device through thewireless communication unit 84. - Optionally, the microprocessor may further be connected to the vibration sensor and the alarm. After the alarm sends out remindings (for example, the reminding tone or a reminding light is sent out), if the vibration sensor detects the rotation information when the pill box rotates, the microprocessor may receive the rotation information detected by the vibration sensor, and the microprocessor controls the alarm to be turned off according to the rotation information. When the timer is reached for a preset time (such as a preset pill taking time), the timer sends corresponding information to the microprocessor, the microprocessor controls the alarm to send the prompt information according to the information, and the microprocessor simultaneously detects whether the vibration sensor has detected the rotation information of the pill box main body. It should be noted that, in some other embodiments, after the vibration sensor detects that the pill box main body rotates, a level of an output end of the vibration sensor may be changed (for example, a high level becomes a low level), and the level of the output end may turn off the alarm. The output end controls on and off of a power supply pin and a power supply end of the alarm through a switch tube (such as a field effect transistor). When the level of the output end changes, the power supply pin and the power supply end of the alarm are disconnected, so as to turn off the alarm. Compared with a control through the microprocessor, reaction of a level control of the output end of the vibration sensor is more rapid.
- It should be noted that the
intelligent pill box 1 in the present embodiments includes acircuit board 80. At least one of themicroprocessor 82, thewireless communication unit 84, thevibration sensor 30, theloudspeaker 24, and thetimer 40 is disposed on thecircuit board 80. - The intelligent pill box provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure includes the plurality of pill grids and has functions of being configured to separate and place the pills, being accurately rotated the pill tray to turn to a target pill grid, regularly reminding, automatically turning off a reminding through detecting rotation of the intelligent pill box, and timely feeding back a state of the intelligent pill box to the external device such as a handheld device end through the wireless communication unit, so that the users are timely and effectively reminded to take the pills.
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intelligent pill box 1 in the embodiments, an use of theintelligent pill box 1 is exemplarily described below. Referring toFIG. 1 toFIG. 12 , when using theintelligent pill box 1, the system time and a plurality of pill taking reminding time are firstly set through the time settingfunction key 60 and thetimer 40, and then the corresponding system time and the preset pill taking reminding time are displayed on thedisplay 50. At this time, theinfrared sensing device 136 is correspondingly opposite to one of thedetection notches 1343 on the shiftingrod 134, theinfrared sensing device 136 is turned on, namely that, the infrared receiver 1364 receives the infrared light sent by the infrared emitter 1362, thedriving mechanism 132 does not work, the shiftingrod 134 and thepill tray 160 do not rotate, and thepill taking port 181 is correspondingly opposite to one of thepill grids 162. - When the pill taking reminding time is reached, the
microprocessor 82 controls thedriving mechanism 132 to start working. The shiftingrod 134 synchronously rotates, and the shiftingpieces 1342 cooperate with the shiftinggrooves 164 to enable thepill tray 160 to rotate. At this time, theannular skirt 1344 passes through theinfrared sensing device 136, and theinfrared sensing device 136 is disconnected, namely that, the infrared receiver 1364 cannot receive the infrared light sent by the infrared emitter 1362. At the same time, theloudspeaker 24 of thealarm 20 sends out an alarm sound, and the promptinglamp 22 such as an LED light bar flashes to remind. - The
driving mechanism 132 continues to work until when the next one of thedetection notches 1343 is correspondingly opposite to theinfrared sensing device 136, theinfrared sensing device 136 is turned on. Then, themicroprocessor 82 controls thedriving mechanism 132 to stop working, so that the shiftingrod 134 stops rotating. Thepill tray 160 rotates to the nexttarget pill grid 162 to be correspondingly opposite to thepill taking port 181. At the same time, thewireless communication unit 84 such as the Bluetooth communication module is wirelessly reported to the intelligent handheld device, and current pill taking status is recorded to remind the user to take the pills. - Then the user slides the sliding
cover 184 to expose thepill taking port 181, turns thebox body 120 vertically, and pours out the pills from thepill taking port 181. Thevibration sensor 30 is turned on, theloudspeaker 24 of thealarm 20 stops alarming, the promptinglight 22 such as the LED light bar stops flashing, and finally the slidingcover 184 is slid to close thepill taking port 181, thebox body 120 is laid flat to wait for next time to take the pills. - The intelligent pill box provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure is described in detail above. Principles and the embodiments of the present disclosure are set forth in the present document. Description of the above embodiments is merely configured to help to understand methods of the present disclosure and core idea of the present disclosure. Meanwhile, for the person skilled in the art, according to the idea of the present disclosure, there are changes in specific implementation modes and the application ranges. In summary, content of the present disclosure should not be construed as limiting the present disclosure.
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7. The intelligent pill box according to claim 19 , wherein the intelligent pill box further comprises a timer; the timer is disposed on the pill box main body, and the timer is configured to control the driving mechanism to start working when preset time of the timer is arrived, so that the annular skirt is rotated between the infrared emitter and the infrared receiver.
8. The intelligent pill box according to claim 19 , wherein the box cover assembly comprises a box cover and a sliding cover; the sliding cover is slidably disposed on the box cover, and the sliding cover slides relative to the box cover so as to block the pill taking port or expose the pill taking port.
9. The intelligent pill box according to claim 19 , wherein the box cover assembly further comprises an observation port, the observation port is adjacent to the pill taking port where the pill taking port is correspondingly opposite to the one of the plurality of the pill grids, each of the pill grids of the pill tray is provided with a corresponding number of times of taking pills and the observation port is configured to show the corresponding number of the times of taking the pills of each of the pill grids.
10. The intelligent pill box according to claim 19 , wherein the intelligent pill box further comprises:
a display; and
a time setting function key;
the display is disposed on the pill box main body, the display is configured to display a system time and set a pill taking reminding time; the time setting function key is disposed on the pill box main body, and the time setting function key is configured to adjust the system time and preset the pill taking reminding time.
11. The intelligent pill box according to claim 10 , wherein the display is disposed on the box body, a first through hole, corresponding to the display, is defined on the cover body; and a material of the box cover assembly is a transparent material.
12. The intelligent pill box according to claim 19 , wherein the box body further comprises a lock pin groove, a lock hole, corresponding to the lock pin groove, is defined on the box cover assembly; the intelligent pill box further comprises a lock pin, and the lock pin penetrates through the lock pin groove to lock with the lock hole, so as to tightly lock the box body and the box cover assembly.
13. The intelligent pill box according to claim 12 , wherein the lock pin rotates relative to the lock hole to lock or unlock the lock pin with the lock hole.
14. The intelligent pill box according to claim 13 , wherein the intelligent pill box further comprises a key, the key is detachably connected with the lock pin, and the key drives the lock pin to rotate.
15. The intelligent pill box according to claim 14 , wherein a key groove is defined in one side, distal from the box cover assembly, of the box body; and the key is detachably disposed in the key groove.
16. The intelligent pill box according to claim 19 , wherein the alarm comprises a prompting lamp, and the prompting lamp is disposed on one side, facing the box cover assembly, of the cover body.
17. The intelligent pill box according to claim 19 , wherein the alarm comprises a loudspeaker, and the loudspeaker is disposed in the pill box main body.
18. The intelligent pill box according to claim 19 , wherein the intelligent pill box further comprises a microprocessor and a wireless communication unit, both the vibration sensor and the wireless communication unit are connected with the microprocessor, the microprocessor acquires rotation information, detected by the vibration sensor, of the pill box main body, and the microprocessor sends the rotation information to external equipment through the wireless communication unit.
19. An intelligent pill box, comprising:
a pill box main body;
an alarm;
a vibration sensor;
wherein the pill box main body is configured to store pills; the alarm is disposed in the pill box main body, and the alarm is configured to remind a user to take the pills; the vibration sensor is disposed in the pill box main body, and the vibration sensor is configured to turn off the alarm when the vibration sensor detects that the pill box main body is rotated;
the pill box main body comprises a box body, a box cover assembly, a cover body, and a pill tray; the box cover assembly is connected with the box body, an accommodating space is formed between the box cover assembly and the box body, a pill taking port is defined on the box cover assembly; the cover body is disposed in the accommodating space; the pill tray is disposed in the accommodating space, a mounting hole is defined in a middle of the pill tray, and the pill tray is sleeved on the cover body through the mounting hole; the pill tray comprises a plurality of pill grids surrounding the cover body, and the pill tray rotates relative to the box cover assembly, so that one of the plurality of the pill grids is correspondingly opposite to the pill taking port;
the pill box main body further comprises a driving mechanism and a shifting rod; the driving mechanism is disposed in the accommodating space; a first end of the shifting rod is connected with the driving mechanism, a second end of the shifting rod is in driving connection with the pill tray; and the driving mechanism drives the shifting rod to rotate, so that the shifting rod drives the pill tray to rotate;
a plurality of shifting grooves are defined in one side, distal from the box cover assembly, of the pill tray; shifting pieces are disposed on the second end of the shifting rod, and the shifting pieces are clamped into the shifting grooves to drive the pill tray to rotate;
the driving mechanism comprises a motor, a reduction gear set, and an output gear; the motor is disposed on the box body; the reduction gear set is connected to an output end of the motor; the output gear is rotatably connected with the reduction gear set, and the output gear is further detachably connected with the shifting rod;
the shifting rod comprises an annular skirt having a plurality of notches;
the intelligent pill box further comprises an infrared sensing device, the infrared sensing device comprises an infrared emitter and an infrared receiver, the infrared emitter and the infrared receiver are disposed on two sides of the annular skirt;
when the annular skirt is rotated between the infrared emitter and the infrared receiver, the infrared receiver cannot receive infrared light emitted by the infrared emitter, and the infrared receiver controls the alarm to emit reminding information; and
when the notches are located between the infrared emitter and the infrared receiver, the infrared receiver receives the infrared light emitted by the infrared emitter, and the infrared receiver controls the driving mechanism to stop working.
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