Sleep Quality Improvement Methods and Pillows

Abstract

The invention provides a method and a corresponding device for improving abnormal sleep breathing patterns and improving sleep quality; using a flexible pressure distribution sensing device installed on a pillow to measure the pressure distribution of the sleeping person's lying head and neck, and use the To infer the possible sleeping position, and at the same time detect and analyze the breathing audio signal of the sleeper during sleep, to infer whether the sleeper has related physiological phenomena of obstructive breathing abnormalities, such as severe snoring or apnea symptoms. Based on the above possible sleeping positions and breathing abnormalities, a pillow that can automatically adjust the shape can be used to adjust the posture of the sleeper's head and neck to change the sleeper's posture so as to relax the muscles and unblock the airway, so as to To achieve the purpose of good sleep quality.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a method and a pillow for improving sleep quality by utilizing pillow design and action mode, in particular to an improving method and pillow for adjusting a user's sleeping posture to improve sleep quality. Background technique [0002] Human beings spend one-third of their life in sleep, and poor sleep quality has a significant impact on human physiology and psychology. Many people have sleep disturbances; even if they can fall asleep smoothly, the disturbance of some physiological reactions during sleep will seriously affect their physical and psychological conditions, and even damage their lives. Taking snoring as an example, some snorers also have symptoms of sleep apnea, which leads to suffocation. It has been reported that severe cases may affect the health of the brain and heart due to the damage caused by long-term accumulation of hypoxia. In addition, poor head and neck sleeping positions can also cause neck...

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In addition, poor head and neck sleeping positions can also cause neck muscle spasms and strains (commonly known as stiff neck) and affect the overall sleep quality

[0003] At present, there are quite a lot of anti-snoring and sleep-relieving devices on the market, such as nose-cleaning and anti-snoring device, anti-snoring braces, or anti-snoring chin support. These anti-snoring devices need to be worn by the user in advance, and the wearing method also makes the user unable to have a comfortable feeling

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