SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AIDING BREATHING

• US 20160206836A1
• Filed: 01/15/2015
• Published: 07/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: KUO, Yen-Liang, WU, Chun-Yih, HU, Chih-Jen
• Application Number:
  US14/598,198
• Publication Number:
  US 20160206836A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0003 Accessories therefor, e.g. sensors, vibrators, negative pressure
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0069 the speed thereof being controlled by respiratory parameters, e.g. by inhalation
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/06 Respiratory or anaesthetic masks
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/201 Controlled valves
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2016/0015 inhalation detectors
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3334 Measuring or controlling the flow rate
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3546 Range
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/60 with identification means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/63 Motion, e.g. physical activity

Abstract

A system for aiding breathing is provided. The system includes a breathing detection device, a sound-receiving device, an airflow providing device and a processing device. The breathing detection device detects a body displacement of a target, wherein the body displacement corresponds to a breathing of the target. The sound-receiving device detects a breathing sound of the target. The airflow providing device generates an airflow. The processing device determines a breathing condition of the target according to the body displacement and further determines whether a sleep apnea condition of the target occurs according to the breathing condition and the breathing sound. The processing device controls the airflow providing device to generate the airflow to a respiratory organ of the target when the sleep apnea condition occurs.

Claims

1. A system for aiding breathing, comprising:

a breathing detection device to detect a body displacement of a target, wherein the body displacement corresponds to a breathing of the target;

a sound-receiving device to detect a breathing sound of the target;

an airflow providing device to generate an airflow; and

a processing device to determine a breathing condition of the target according to the body displacement and further determine whether a sleep apnea condition of the target occurs according to the breathing condition and the breathing sound, such that when the sleep apnea condition occurs, the processing device controls the airflow providing device to generate the airflow to a respiratory organ of the target.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the breathing detection device is a radar device to perform a transmission and reception of a wireless wave on the target to detect the body displacement.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing device stores an algorithm therein to perform calculation according to the breathing condition and the breathing sound, such that when a stop time of the breathing of the target exceeds a certain time and the breathing sound reveals a frequency change of the snoring behavior, the processing device determines that the sleep apnea condition of the target occurs.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the airflow providing device comprises an air supplying mask and an air supplying device, wherein the air supplying mask is disposed on a mouth and a nose of the target.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the air supplying device is a high pressure gas cylinder, and the airflow providing device further comprises a valve such that the processing device opens the valve to allow the target breathing when the sleep apnea condition does not occur, and closes the valve to control the high pressure gas cylinder to transmit the airflow to the mouth and the nose of the target through the air supplying mask when the sleep apnea condition occurs.

6. A method for aiding breathing used in a system for aiding breathing, wherein the method comprises:

detecting a body displacement of a target by a breathing detection device of the system for aiding breathing, wherein the body displacement corresponds to a breathing of the target;

detecting a breathing sound of the target by a sound-receiving device of the system for aiding breathing;

determining a breathing condition of the target by a processing device of the system for aiding breathing according to the body displacement;

determining whether a sleep apnea condition of the target occurs by the processing device according to the breathing condition and the breathing sound; and

controlling an airflow providing device of the system for aiding breathing by the processing device to generate the airflow to a respiratory organ of the target when the sleep apnea condition occurs.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the breathing detection device is a radar device, and the step of detecting the body displacement further comprises:

performing a transmission and reception of a wireless wave on the target by the radar device; and

detecting the body displacement according to the transmission and reception of the wireless wave.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the processing device stores an algorithm therein, and the step of determining whether the sleep apnea condition of the target occurs further comprises:

performing calculation according to the breathing condition and the breathing sound by the processing device; and

determining that the sleep apnea condition of the target occurs by the processing device when a stop time of the breathing of the target exceeds a certain time and the breathing sound reveals a frequency change of the snoring behavior.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the airflow providing device comprises an air supplying mask and an air supplying device, wherein the air supplying mask is disposed on a mouth and a nose of the target.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the air supplying device is a high pressure gas cylinder connected to the air supplying mask through a valve, the method further comprises:

opening the valve by the processing device to allow the target breathing when the sleep apnea condition of the target does not occur; and

dosing the valve by the processing device to control the high pressure gas cylinder to transmit the airflow to the mouth and the nose of the target through the air supplying mask when the sleep apnea condition of the target occurs.