JP2008160293A - Wireless sensory sound bedding apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a highly convenient wireless sensory sound bedding apparatus capable of generating sensory sound and sensory vibrations in bedding and supporting good sleep and relaxation of a user. <P>SOLUTION: The wireless sensory sound bedding apparatus 21 comprises: a player 24 where an operation part 23 capable of freely remotely controlling a driver unit 22 is disposed and music can be freely reproduced; the driver unit 22 provided with a wireless reception function for converting signals received from the player 24 to drive signals; a speaker 25 for sound-outputting the signals from the driver unit 22; a vibration transducer 26 for converting the signals from the driver unit 22 to vibrations; and a bedding pad 27 where the driver unit 22, the speaker 25 and the vibration transducer 26 are disposed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a wireless sensation sound bedding apparatus that generates body sensation sounds and body sensation vibrations in a bedding and the like and aims to support a user's sleep and relaxation.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, devices that generate this kind of body sensation sound and body sensation vibration in bedding and the like are already generally known.
For example, various bedding beds and easy chairs equipped with body sensations, body vibrations, heartbeat / snoring detection sensors, and the like are known, and examples of these will be described with reference to FIGS.

  5 and 6, reference numeral 1 denotes a conventional sensation bed bedding device. The sensation bed bedding 1 is a bedding pad 3 placed on a bed mat 2 and a player arranged outside the bedding pad 3. A dual-purpose drive unit 4 is provided, and two flat speakers 5 (5R, 5L) wired to the player combined drive unit 4 and a player combined drive unit 4 are wired to the bottom of the bedding pad 3 and wired. A plurality of vibration transducers 6, 6... Are arranged.

The two flat speakers 5 (5R, 5L) are arranged in the vicinity of the bedside of the user 7 sleeping on the bedding pad 3, and the plurality of vibration transducers 6, 6,. It is arranged in the vicinity of the user's 7 back, waist and legs.
The player combined drive unit 4 includes an SD card insertion unit 8 for inserting an SD card, and a player operation unit 9 for performing operations such as music selection, sound quality, volume, timer mode, sleep mode, and playback / stop of the player unit. A drive unit operation unit 10 is provided for controlling the magnitude and amount of vibration of the vibration transducers 6, 6... By controlling signals transmitted from the drive unit.
In the figure, 11 is a heartbeat / snoring sensor for detecting heartbeat and snoring, 12 is a connection cord between each component in the bedding pad 3 and the player / drive unit 4, and 13 is a power cord. is there. The detection result by the heartbeat / snoring sensor 11 can be reflected in the output of the flat speaker 5 or the vibration transducers 6, 6... To notify the user 7 of the abnormality or to treat the user 7.

Further, there are the following prior art documents related to this type of technology.
For example, Patent Document 1 discloses that a body acoustic pad has a two-layer structure of a vibration propagation mat and a free vibration mat so that the vibration of a low-frequency transmitter is efficiently applied to the human body without impairing the feeling of sleeping as a bed pad. A sensible acoustic bed pad that can be conveyed is described.
Patent Document 2 describes a bedding pad with a speaker in which a speaker is embedded in a bed pad with a sound generation surface facing upward.
Patent Document 3 discloses a sealed air type that collects biological information such as heart rate, respiratory rate, body movement including squirrels and snoring using a sound sensor attached to an air bag or a sealed cabinet whose internal volume is variable. A biological information collecting apparatus using a sound sensor is described.
The applicant of the present application has already applied for a sleep support system based on Japanese Patent Application No. 2006-170605.
The sleep support system detects sleep, bruxism, apnea symptoms, etc. while supporting sleep induction, sleep maintenance, and refreshing wake-up by using low-frequency body vibration that makes use of the rhythm preferred by users. This is a sleep support system that can provide appropriate low-frequency sensation vibration and detect REM sleep timing related to a pleasant awakening to realize the sensation vibration or a refreshing wake-up.
JP 2006-43361 A JP 2006-50509 A JP 2001-145605 A

5 and 6, the bed-bedding device of the conventional example has a relatively large player / drive unit that cannot be placed on the user's hand and is installed outside the bed pad, so that the user can sleep while sleeping. The music selection or sound operation and the vibration setting operation cannot be performed, and it is necessary to go to the player and the drive unit installed outside, which impairs convenience.
Note that the above-described prior art documents do not solve the above-described problems.

  In view of the above-described situation, the present invention provides a highly-convenient wireless sensory bedding device that can generate sensory sounds and vibrations in bedding and the like and can provide a user's sleep support and relaxation support. With the goal.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides the following configurations.
The invention according to claim 1 has a wireless transmission function, an operation unit that can remotely control the driver unit is provided, and a player that can play music,
The driver unit having a wireless reception function, controlled by a remote operation from the player, and converting a signal received from the player into a drive signal;
A speaker connected to the driver unit and outputting a sound from the driver unit;
A vibration transducer connected to the driver unit for converting a signal from the driver unit into vibration;
A wireless sensation acoustic bedding apparatus comprising the driver unit, a speaker, and a bedding pad on which a vibration transducer is disposed.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the driver unit includes an internal antenna, an RF receiver module, a DA converter, an electrically variable volume, a preamplifier, left and right drive amplifiers, and left and right connected to the speakers. The speaker terminals are serially connected sequentially,
An adder, an electric variable volume, a preamplifier, a vibration drive amplifier, and a vibration transducer terminal connected to the vibration transducer are sequentially serially connected to the DA converter,
A microcomputer is connected to each of the RF receiving module, the electric variable volume, the driving amplifier, and the vibration driving amplifier,
The signal received wirelessly from the player is output to the left and right speaker terminals as an audio signal,
Output to the vibration transducer terminal as an audio signal obtained by adding the signals output from the DA converter,
When the operation signal operated by the operation unit is received from the player, the microcomputer is configured to control the electric variable volume, the drive amplifier, or the vibration drive amplifier based on the operation signal. The wireless sensation acoustic bedding apparatus according to claim 1 is provided.

  In the invention according to claim 3, the bedding pad is formed in a three-layer structure including an upper layer portion, a middle layer portion, and a lower layer portion, and the driver unit, the speaker, and the vibration transducer are disposed in the middle layer portion. The wireless body sensation acoustic bedding apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a part or all of the upper layer portion is formed of a good conductor for sound vibration, and when the user lies sideways on the bedding pad, the user hears the sound vibration of the speaker. It is comprised so that voice can be recognized by the bone conduction effect, The wireless body sensation acoustic bedding apparatus as described in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 3 provided.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a player having a wireless transmission function, an operation unit that can remotely control the driver unit, and a player that can play music.
The driver unit having a wireless reception function, controlled by a remote operation from the player, and converting a signal received from the player into a drive signal;
A speaker connected to the driver unit and outputting a sound from the driver unit;
A vibration transducer connected to the driver unit for converting a signal from the driver unit into vibration;
Since it provides a wireless sensation acoustic bedding device comprising the driver unit, a speaker, and a bedding pad on which a vibration transducer is disposed,
It is possible to generate body sensation sound and body sensation vibration on the bedding pad to support the user's sleep and relaxation, and the driver unit can be remotely operated with the player at hand, making it a highly convenient wireless sensation sound bedding device Can be provided.

According to the invention of claim 2, the driver unit is connected to an internal antenna, an RF receiving module, a DA converter, an electrically variable volume, a preamplifier, left and right driving amplifiers, and the speaker. The left and right speaker terminals are serially connected in sequence,
An adder, an electric variable volume, a preamplifier, a vibration drive amplifier, and a vibration transducer terminal connected to the vibration transducer are sequentially serially connected to the DA converter,
A microcomputer is connected to each of the RF receiving module, the electric variable volume, the driving amplifier, and the vibration driving amplifier,
The signal received wirelessly from the player is output to the left and right speaker terminals as an audio signal,
Output to the vibration transducer terminal as an audio signal obtained by adding the signals output from the DA converter,
When the operation signal operated by the operation unit is received from the player, the microcomputer is configured to control the electric variable volume, the drive amplifier, or the vibration drive amplifier based on the operation signal. ,
In addition to the effect of the first aspect of the invention, the electronic variable volume, drive amplifier, or vibration drive amplifier of the driver unit is controlled by remote control by the player, and the sound volume adjustment, vibration volume adjustment, sound, vibration ON / OFF control can be performed.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the bedding pad is formed in a three-layer structure including an upper layer portion, a middle layer portion, and a lower layer portion, and the driver unit, the speaker, and the vibration transducer are disposed in the middle layer portion. So
In addition to the effects of the invention described in claim 1 or 2, it is possible to softly experience body sensation and body vibration without impairing the sleeping comfort of the bedding pad, and a driver unit, a speaker, and a vibration transducer are provided outside the bedding pad. Since it is not exposed or protruded, a good appearance can be obtained.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, part or all of the upper layer portion is formed of a good conductor for sound vibration, and when a user lies sideways on the bedding pad, the sound vibration of the speaker is reduced. Since it is configured so that the user can recognize speech by bone conduction effect,
In addition to the effects of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3, a hearing-impaired person can listen to music by the bone conduction effect, and a healthy person also listens to comfortable music by the bone conduction effect. be able to.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings showing examples.
In FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 21 denotes a wireless body sensation acoustic bedding apparatus according to the present invention. The wireless body sensation sound bedding apparatus 21 has a wireless transmission function, and allows the driver unit 22 to be operated remotely. An operation unit 23, which is a switch group, is provided, has a player 24 capable of playing music, and a wireless reception function, and is controlled by a remote operation from the player 24 and drives a signal received from the player 24. A driver unit 22 that converts the signal into a signal, a speaker 25 that is connected to the driver unit 22 and outputs a signal from the driver unit 22, and a vibration transducer that is connected to the driver unit 22 and converts the signal from the driver unit 22 into vibration. 26, driver unit 22, speaker 25, and vibration transducer And a bedding pad 27 support 26 is disposed.

  The player 24 is a portable player having a small and light structure that can be sufficiently operated with one hand, an SD card insertion section 28 for inserting a sound source medium SD card, a function for playing music (not shown), and a music signal as a driver. A wireless transmission function (not shown) for wireless transmission to the unit 22 and signals for operating various functions of the driver unit 22 and various functions of the player 24 are operated. An operation unit 23 for operating various functions, a liquid crystal display unit 29 for displaying information on the player 24 and the driver unit 22, and an LED (Light Emitting Diode) display unit 30 for power display and charge display are provided.

  Further, a cradle 31 for charging the player 24 is provided as an auxiliary device for the player 24, and the cradle 31 includes an insertion port 32 for inserting the player 24 during charging and a power cord 33 provided with an AC adapter. ing.

  The driver unit 22 includes a wireless reception function (not shown) for receiving information from the player 24, and a conversion function (not shown) for converting the received music signal into a drive signal. 25 and vibration transducers 26, 26...

The bedding pad 27 is formed in a three-layer structure including an upper layer portion 27a, a middle layer portion 27b, and a lower layer portion 27c, and the driver unit 22, speakers 25, 25, and vibration transducers 26, 26. 27b.
As a result, it is possible to softly experience body sensation and body vibration without impairing the sleeping comfort of the bedding pad 27, and the driver unit 22, speakers 25, 25, and vibration transducers 26, 26. Since it is not exposed or protruded or the outer surface of the bedding pad 27 is not protruded, a good appearance can be obtained.
The bedding pad 27 is placed on the bed mat 34.

Further, the speakers 25, 25 are, for example, flat speakers, and are arranged so as to be positioned in the vicinity of the bedside of the user 35 sleeping on the bedding pad 27.
The vibration transducers 26, 26... Are arranged in the vicinity of the back, waist, and feet of the user 35 who sleeps on the bedding pad 27, and the vibration generated from the vibration transducers 26, 26. Is transmitted to the user 35.
Then, the vibration amount of the vibration transducer 26 arranged on the upper side from the waist of the user 35 is set to be conservative so that the user's 35 feels comfortable, and the vibration transducer 26 in the vicinity of the user's 35 foot is The vibration amount is set to be relatively large.

A part or all of the upper layer portion 27a of the bedding pad 27 is formed of a good conductor for sound vibration, for example, a soft foamed resin body such as urethane, and the sound vibration of the speakers 25, 25. 27a is transmitted, or the upper layer portion 27a is made to resonate, and when the user lies down on the bedding pad 27, the user can recognize voice by the bone conduction effect through the upper layer portion 27a.
As a result, a hearing-impaired person can recognize voice by the bone conduction effect, and a healthy person can obtain a comfortable voice recognition experience by the bone conduction effect.

The bedding pad 27 is provided with a heartbeat / snoring sensor 36 for detecting the heart rate and heartbeat interval of the user 35 and the number of snoring and the like near the back of the user 35.
When an apnea state or snoring is detected by the heartbeat / snoring sensor 36, the vibration of the vibration transducer 26 is changed, a sound source alarm sound is generated by the speaker 25, and the user 35 is appropriately turned over or awakened. Can be treated.
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 37 denotes a power cord provided with an AC adapter.

  Thus, after the player 24 is charged by the cradle 31, the player 24 is turned on by the operation unit 23, and the player 24 plays the music on the SD card (not shown) inserted in the SD card insertion unit 28. The music signal is transmitted to the driver unit 22 by the wireless transmission function of the player 24. The driver unit 22 receives the signal by the wireless reception function, converts the signal as appropriate, and the speakers 25, 25 or the vibration transducers 26, 26. ..., the speakers 25, 25 output sound, and the vibration transducers 26, 26, ... output vibration of the music signal instead of vibration.

  In FIG. 3, reference numeral 51 denotes an electric circuit inside the bedding pad disposed on the bedding pad 27, and the electric circuit 51 inside the bedding pad is an internal antenna 52 and an RF receiving module 53 connected to the internal antenna 52. A DA converter 54 connected to the RF receiving module 53, an electric variable volume 55 connected to the DA converter 54, a preamplifier 56 connected to the electric variable volume 55, and a preamplifier 56. Left and right drive amplifiers 57 and 57, and left and right speaker terminals 58 and 58 connected to the drive amplifiers 57 and 57, respectively. The wireless content received by the RF receiving module 53 is, for example, a 2.4 GHz PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) digital signal.

  The bedding pad electrical circuit 51 is connected to an adder 61 connected to the DA converter 54, an electrical variable volume 62 having 3 channels (channels) connected to the adder 61, and an electrical variable volume 62. Pre-amplifier 63, three vibration drive amplifiers 64, 64, 64 connected to the pre-amplifier 63, and six vibration transducer terminals 65, 65 connected to the vibration drive amplifiers 64, 64, 64. … And.

Furthermore, the microcomputer 66 connected to the RF receiving module 53, the electric variable volumes 55 and 62, the drive amplifiers 57 and 57, the vibration drive amplifiers 64, 64 and 64, and the heartbeat / snoring detection connected to the microcomputer 66, respectively. An amplifier 67, a heartbeat / snoring detection input terminal 68 connected to the heartbeat / snoring detection amplifier 67, and a power supply regulator 69 for supplying power to the above-described components are provided.
.. Are connected to speaker terminals 58, 58, respectively, and vibration transducers 26, 26,... Are connected to vibration transducer terminals 65, 65,.

  Thus, when the music signal which is a 2.4 GHz PCM radio wave signal from the player 24 is received by the RF receiving module 53 via the internal antenna 52 in the bedding pad electrical circuit 51, the music signal is converted to DA. The signal is converted into an analog signal by the converter 54, divided into an Lch audio signal and an Rch audio signal, the audio volume is adjusted by the electrically variable volume 55, and amplified by the preamplifier 56 and the drive amplifiers 57 and 57. Thereafter, the signal is output to the left and right speaker terminals 58 and 58.

  On the other hand, the L / R signal analog-converted by the DA converter 54 becomes an audio signal obtained by adding the Lch signal and the Rch signal by the adder 61, and the vibration amount is adjusted by the electric variable volume 62 having 3 channels. Next, the 3ch signal output from the electric variable volume 62 enters the preamplifier 63, is amplified, amplified by the three vibration drive amplifiers 64, 64, 64, and then branched to 6 Are output to the individual vibration transducer terminals 65, 65.

The electric variable volumes 55 and 62, drive amplifiers 57 and 57, and vibration drive amplifiers 64, 64, and 64 are controlled by control signals p and n transmitted from the microcomputer 66 or drive ON / OFF signals t and k. Is done.
The volume control signal p transmitted from the microcomputer 66 changes the volume of the sound volume of the electric volume 55, and the volume control signal n changes the volume of the vibration volume of the electric volume 62.
The drive ON / OFF signal t is transmitted to the drive amplifiers 57, 57 to control ON / OFF of the speakers 25, 25, and the drive ON / OFF signal k is transmitted to the vibration drive amplifiers 64, 64, 64, and the vibration transducer 26 , 26... Are controlled.

  The microcomputer 66 outputs the control signals p, n, t, and k based on the received signal when the operation signal operated by the operation unit 23 of the player 24 is received by the RF receiving module 53 via the internal antenna 52. To do.

The signal detected by the heartbeat / snoring sensor 36 and input from the heartbeat / snoring detection input terminal 68 is amplified by the heartbeat / snoring detection amplifier 67 and input to the microcomputer 66. Based on the input signal, the user 35 can be notified or treated using sound or vibration, but the description is omitted in this case.
The power supply regulator 69 supplies power to the entire bedding pad electrical circuit 51.

  In FIG. 4, reference numeral 81 denotes an in-player electric circuit disposed in the player 24. The in-player electric circuit 81 includes a charging battery 82, a charging circuit unit 83 connected to the charging battery 82, and a charging. A stabilized power source 84 connected to the battery 82 and the charging circuit unit 83, an SD card insertion unit 28, an MP-3 decoder (demodulator) 85 connected to the SD card insertion unit 28, and MP− 3, an RF transmission module 86 connected to the decoder 85, an internal RF antenna 87 connected to the RF transmission module 86, a microcomputer connected to the SD card insertion unit 28, the MP-3 decoder 85 and the RF transmission module 86. 88, an operation unit 23 connected to the microcomputer 88, and an EE which is a rewritable storage element for temporarily storing data. A ROM 89, and a liquid crystal display unit 29. The RF transmission module 86 transmits, for example, a 2.4 GHz PCM (pulse code modulation signal) digital signal. The operation unit 23 sets playback, sleep, timer, music selection, and the like, and sets the amount of sound and vibration to be transmitted to the driver unit.

  Thus, when the SD card is inserted into the SD card insertion unit 28, the reproduction signal of the music data stored in the SD card is taken out under the control of the microcomputer 88 based on the operation of the operation unit 23, and the music data The reproduction signal is restored from the compressed data to a complete PCM digital signal by the MP-3 decoder 85, and is wirelessly transmitted from the RF transmission module 86 to the driver unit 22 as a high-frequency signal in the 2.4 GHz band via the internal RF antenna 87. The

On the other hand, the microcomputer 88 controls each component in the player electric circuit 81 based on the operation of the operation unit 23. The liquid crystal display unit 29 displays various information regarding the player 24.
Further, the player 24 transmits to the driver unit 22 an operation signal for the amount of sound and vibration of the driver unit 22 operated by the operation unit 23, and the liquid crystal display unit 29 also displays information on the operation signal.

It is a perspective view which shows the wireless body sensation sound bedding apparatus by this invention. 1 is a schematic diagram of an electrical circuit within a bedding pad according to the present invention. FIG. It is a detailed view of an electric circuit in the bedding pad according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is an electric circuit diagram in a player according to the present invention. It is a front view of the body sensation sound bedding apparatus of a prior art example. It is the schematic of the electric circuit in bedding pad of the body sensation sound bedding apparatus of a prior art example.

Explanation of symbols

21 Radio-sensitive acoustic bedding device 22 Driver unit 23 Operation unit 24 Player 25 Speaker 26 Vibration transducer 27 Bedding pad 27a Upper layer portion 27b Middle layer portion 27c Lower layer portion

Claims (4)

With a wireless transmission function, an operation unit that can remotely control the driver unit is arranged, and a player that can play music,
The driver unit having a wireless reception function, controlled by a remote operation from the player, and converting a signal received from the player into a drive signal;
A speaker connected to the driver unit and outputting a sound from the driver unit;
A vibration transducer connected to the driver unit for converting a signal from the driver unit into vibration;
A wireless sensation acoustic bedding apparatus comprising the driver unit, a speaker, and a bedding pad on which a vibration transducer is disposed. In the driver unit, an internal antenna, an RF receiving module, a DA converter, an electrically variable volume, a preamplifier, left and right drive amplifiers, and left and right speaker terminals connected to the speaker are serially connected in sequence. ,
An adder, an electric variable volume, a preamplifier, a vibration drive amplifier, and a vibration transducer terminal connected to the vibration transducer are sequentially serially connected to the DA converter,
A microcomputer is connected to each of the RF receiving module, the electric variable volume, the driving amplifier, and the vibration driving amplifier,
The signal received wirelessly from the player is output to the left and right speaker terminals as an audio signal,
Output to the vibration transducer terminal as an audio signal obtained by adding the signals output from the DA converter,
When the operation signal operated by the operation unit is received from the player, the microcomputer is configured to control the electric variable volume, the drive amplifier, or the vibration drive amplifier based on the operation signal. The wireless body sensation acoustic bedding apparatus according to claim 1.   The bedding pad is formed in a three-layer structure including an upper layer portion, a middle layer portion, and a lower layer portion, and the driver unit, the speaker, and the vibration transducer are disposed in the middle layer portion. 3. The wireless sensation acoustic bedding device according to 2.   A part or all of the upper layer part is formed of a good conductor for voice vibration, and when the user lies down on the bedding pad, the user can recognize the voice vibration of the speaker by the bone conduction effect. The wireless body sensation acoustic bedding apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the apparatus is configured as described above.

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