JPH073357Y2 - Watch with snoring prevention device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wrist watch with a snoring prevention device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a wristwatch worn on a user's wrist through a wristband is well known, and in recent years, a quartz wristwatch having a battery built therein has become widespread.

[0003]

Conventional wristwatches are used for the sole purpose of displaying the time of day. Even a wristwatch equipped with a calendar function and an alarm function only displays the time in a broad sense, and is still a single purpose.

Therefore, if the wristwatch can be provided with versatility, it is possible to break the existing concept of the conventional wristwatch and bring a new life to the daily life of the user.

However, as is well known, since wristwatches are required to be as small and lightweight as possible, there are naturally limitations in providing versatility.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems The inventor of the present invention considers that if a snoring prevention device can be incorporated in a wristwatch, it can contribute to a user who is suffering from snoring, and provides a wristwatch with a snoring prevention device. It was found that there is an advantage.

In view of this, the present invention is configured as a means, in a wristwatch worn on a user's wrist through a wristband, a microphone, and an oscillation circuit that receives a signal generated from the microphone and generates a weak current. A snoring prevention device including a terminal for discharging a current output from the oscillation circuit is incorporated in a wristwatch housing, and the terminal is exposed from the housing so as to face a user's wrist.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, a wrist watch 1 has a housing 3 to be worn on a user's wrist via a wrist band 2, and a time display section 4 is provided on the surface of the housing 3. In order to configure the time display unit 4, a known electric timepiece device 5 is incorporated in the housing 3 as shown in FIG. 2, and is configured by a battery that is replaceably installed in the housing 3. It is driven by the power source 6. In the illustrated example, the time display unit 4 is of a needle type that displays the time with a long hand, a short hand, and a second hand, but it may be a liquid crystal type that displays the time as a number.

A snoring prevention device 7 is provided in the housing 3.
Is decorated. As shown in FIG. 2, the snoring prevention device 7 includes a microphone 8 and an amplifier 9 that amplifies a signal generated from the microphone 8, an oscillation circuit 10 that receives the signal and generates a weak current, and the oscillation circuit 10. And a terminal block 11 provided with terminals 11a and 11b for discharging the current output from the terminal 11.
The a and 11b are exposed from the housing 3 so as to face the user's wrist. In the illustrated embodiment, the terminal block 11
Is attached to a lid body 12 that detachably covers the rear opening of the housing 3, and the terminals 11a and 11b are attached to the lid body 1.
It is exposed so as to slightly project from the outer surface of 2.

The snoring prevention device 7 is driven by a power source 6 common to the timepiece device 5 or another power source (not shown).
A switch 13 for turning on and off this power source is provided on the side portion of the housing 3 (see FIG. 1).

Therefore, according to this embodiment, the user is
By mounting the wristwatch 1 on the wrist via the wristband 2, it can be used in the same manner as a conventional wristwatch.

When the user is worried that snoring may disturb his neighbors when traveling, such as traveling, the snoring can be prevented by going to bed with the wristwatch 1 worn on the wrist and turning on the switch 13. The device 7 is driven. When the user snorers, it is detected by the microphone 8,
A signal is emitted from the microphone 8. This signal is amplified by the amplifier 9 and then input to the oscillation circuit 10, whereby a weak current is emitted from the oscillation circuit 10, and this weak current is discharged from the terminals 11a and 11b. One of the terminals 11a and 11b is grounded, a weak current is discharged from the other, and both terminals 11a and 11b are in contact with the user's wrist when the wristwatch 1 is worn. Is stimulated.

It is generally known that, when snoring, when a physical stimulus is externally applied to the human body, the snoring is stopped for a certain period of time. Therefore, when the electrical stimulus is applied. , User snoring stops. afterwards,
When the user snores again after the lapse of a predetermined time, the user's wrist is again electrically stimulated to stop snore again, as described above. After that, this is repeated, and as a result, continuous snoring is prevented.

[0015]

According to the present invention, the wristwatch can be provided with versatility, and the scope of use of the wristwatch can be expanded by moving away from the conventional single purpose limited to simple time display.

In particular, according to the present invention, the snoring prevention device is incorporated in the wristwatch without impairing the need for the wristwatch to be as small and lightweight as possible. Therefore, when a plurality of people stay in the same room at the time of travel, etc., there is a practicality that they can sleep without worrying about the neighbors.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, (A) is a plan view of a wristwatch, (B) is a side view, and (C) is a bottom view.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Wrist Watch 2 Wrist Band 3 Housing 4 Time Display 5 Clock Device 6 Power Supply 7 Snoring Prevention Device 8 Microphone 9 Amplifier 10 Oscillation Circuit 11 Terminal Block 11a Terminal 11b Terminal 12 Lid 13 Switch

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A wristwatch worn on a user's wrist via a wristband, a microphone, an oscillation circuit that generates a weak current upon receiving a signal generated from the microphone, and a current output from the oscillation circuit. A watch with a snoring prevention device, characterized in that a snoring prevention device comprising a squeezing terminal is provided inside a wristwatch housing, and the terminal is exposed from the housing so as to face a user's wrist.