Device for supplementing voice and method for controlling the same

Abstract

A device for supplementing a voice includes: a sensing unit sensing a bio-signal corresponding to a first vibration of vocalization and generating a first signal corresponding to the bio-signal; a vibration unit generating a second vibration using the first signal; and a power unit supplying a power to the sensing unit and the vibration unit.

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[0001]This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2012-0003868, filed on Jan. 12, 2012, No. 10-2012-0022979, filed on Mar. 6, 2012 and No. 10-2012-0039843, filed on Apr. 17, 2012, which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.BACKGROUND[0002]1. Field[0003]The present disclosure relates to a device for supplementing a voice, and for example, to a device for supplementing a voice that generates a vibration for sound by attachment to or contact with a body and a method for controlling the device.[0004]2. Description of Related Art[0005]A sound of human beings is expressed through a voice. The voice generated by vocal organs is classified into: a pronunciation or a speech sound for communication of linguistic transinformation; and a non-linguistic vocalization irrelevant to communication. While a sound of animals without a vowel is differently felt by a listener according to his own thought, a voice of human beings with a vowel constitutes vari...

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Benefits of technology

[0013]An advantage of the present disclosure is to provide a device for supplementing a voice where vocalization of excellent quality is obtained by generating a vibration at or near a vocal cord.

[0014]Another advantage of the present disclosure is to provide a device for supplementing a voice where vocalization of excellent quality is obtained by generating an amplified vibration or an attenuated vibration from an original vibration.

[0015]Another advantage of the present disclosure is to provide a device for supplementing a voice where vocalization of excellent quality is obtained by generating a frequency modulated vibration for an original vibration.

Problems solved by technology

However, the voice disability is not completely cured and an effect of the surgery is not accurate.

However, the voice by the artificial vocal cord has a poor quality to have a mere conversation.

Accordingly, a number of troubles in a social life are still not surmounted.

Besides the vocal disability, people suffer from a vocal disorder such that vocalization is not controlled due to an uncontrollable voice.

For example, a voice may be too loud, too quiet or too hoarse.

Although the surgery of the larynx or the vocal cord is performed to overcome the vocal disability or the vocal disorder, the curing method is not a perfect solution because the surgery is sometimes impossible.

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