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US 7,387,124 · App. 11/074,742 · Granted Jun 17, 2008

Method of and device for snore detection

Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,387,124
App. No.
11/074,742
Granted
Jun 17, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a snore detection device comprising a pressure sensor for detecting vibration generated by the human body with respiration, a sound sensor for detecting sound generated by the human body with respiration, and a judging circuit for judging the occurrence of snoring based on output signals of the two sensors. The judging circuit detects a peak occurrence time in variations generated by the output signal of the pressure sensor and a peak occurrence time in variations generated by the output signal of the sound sensor, to judge whether snoring occurs based on the peak occurrence times, respectively, of vibration and sound.

Claims (1)

1. A snore detection device comprising a pressure sensor for detecting vibration generated by the human body with respiration, a sound sensor for detecting sound generated by the human body with respiration, and a judging circuit for judging whether snoring occurs based on output signals from the two sensors, the judging circuit comprising peak detection means for detecting a peak occurrence time in variations generated by the output signal of the pressure sensor and a peak occurrence time in variations generated by the output signal of the sound sensor, and judging means for judging whether snoring occurs based on the peak occurrence times, respectively, of vibration and sound detected by the peak detection means.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2005
From: NODA, SATOSHI; MINAMIURA, TAKESHI; SAKAI, HIDETAKA
To: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 016372/0065 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2004-090380 · Mar 25, 2004 · national
JP 2004-183732 · Jun 22, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20050211247A1 · Sep 29, 2005