Method for operating snoring-preventing smart mattress system

A method of operating a smart mattress system for preventing snoring, the system including:

• an air mattress (10) configured to self-adjust its own pressure and to measure the pressure in real time;
• a user terminal (30) receiving a set value or user information from a user and transmitting the set value or the user information to the air mattress (10);
• a server (50) receiving measurement data from the air mattress (10) to analyze a sleep pattern and sleep quality of a user and transmitting the analyzed sleep pattern and sleep quality to the user terminal (30);
• and an air pillow (70) connected with the air mattress (10), the user terminal (30), and the server (50) and configured to self-adjust its own pressure, the air mattress (10) including a microphone (22) measuring noise around the air mattress (10) and a snoring determination unit (23) determining whether the user is snoring, the method comprising:
• a set value information receiving step (S100) of receiving, by the air mattress (10) and the air pillow (70), the set value including an initial pressure value, an alarm time, or the user information including a body condition of the user from the user terminal (30);
• an initial pressure adjusting step (S200) of individually adjusting pressure of an air pocket (110) of the air mattress (10) and pressure of an air cell (72) of the air pillow (70) based on the set value or the user information;
• a pressure measuring step (S300) of respectively measuring, by a pressure sensor unit (14) and a pillow pressure sensor unit (75), in real time the pressure of the air pocket (110) and the pressure of the air cell (72) that change depending on a movement of the user;
• a pressure change amount calculating step (S400) of calculating, by a pressure change amount calculating unit (19), a pressure change amount of the air pocket (110) based on a pressure measurement value measured in real time;
• a pressure adjustment amount calculating step (S500) of individually calculating, by a pressure adjustment amount calculating unit (20), a pressure adjustment amount of the air pocket (110) and a pressure adjustment amount of the air cell (72) based on the calculated pressure change amount;
• a pressure adjusting step (S600) of individually adjusting the pressure of the air pocket (110) and the pressure of the air cell (72) based on the pressure adjustment amounts calculated by the pressure adjustment amount calculating unit (20);
• a sleep information analyzing step (S700) of receiving, by the server (50), the measurement data including the pressure measurement value, the pressure change amount, the sleep time, and the pressure adjustment amount for each section from the air mattress (10) to analyze the sleep pattern and the sleep quality of the user;
• an information providing step (S800) of receiving, by the user terminal (30), user's sleep information analyzed by the server (50) to provide the sleep information to the user;
• and
• a snoring detecting step (S900) of detecting whether the user is snoring during a sleep time of the user,
• wherein when it is detected that the user is snoring in the snoring detecting step (S900), pressure is changed in the air pocket (110) and the air cell (72),
• wherein the sleep information analyzing step (S700) includes a sleep quality analyzing step (S730) of dividing, by the server (50), the sleep state of the user into the deep sleep state, the light sleep state, and the wake state based on the measurement data received from the air mattress (10), determining the sleep state based on the measurement data, and analyzing the sleep quality,
• wherein in the sleep quality analyzing step (S730), a score is assigned to each of ranges A, B, and C according to an average change amount of the pressure change amount of the air pocket (110), wherein a score a is assigned to the range A, a score b is assigned to the range B, and a score c is assigned to the range C, wherein,
• the range A is defined as the user being in a deep sleep (NREM sleep:
• non-rapid eye movement sleep) state, and the score a is 10 point,
• the range B is defined as the user being in a light sleep (REM sleep:
• rapid eye movement sleep) state, and the score b is 5 point, and
• the range C is defined as the user being in a wake state, and the score c is 1 point, wherein the scoring sleep quality is defined as follows:
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• T2 is time for which the average change amount of the pressure change amount remains in the range B, and
• T3 is time for which the average change amount of the pressure change amount remains in the range C.