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.

What is claimed is:  
     
       1. A device for supplementing a voice, comprising:
 a switching unit outputting a signal; 
 a first control unit and a second control unit for wireless communication; 
 a vibration generating unit generating a vibration according to the signal; and 
 a power unit supplying a power to the switching unit and the vibration generating unit, 
 wherein the switching unit is installed at an outer portion of a body, and the power unit and the vibration generating unit wiredly communicate with the switching unit; 
 the power unit comprises a first power unit for supplying a power to the first control unit and the vibration generating unit and a second power unit for supplying the power to the second control unit and the switching unit; and 
 the first power unit, the vibration generating unit and the first control unit are installed at one of an upper portion of a larynx, a cervical portion, a vocal cord and a subcutaneous tissue adjacent to the vocal cord, and the second power unit, the switching unit and the second control unit are installed at an outer portion of a body, and wherein the first power unit, the vibration generating unit and the first control unit wirelessly communicate with the second power unit, the switching unit and the second control unit. 
 
     
     
       2. The device according to  claim 1 , wherein the vibration generating unit generates the vibration using one of an electromagnetic induction between a magnet and a coil and a piezoelectric phenomenon. 
     
     
       3. The device according to  claim 1 , wherein the power unit includes a battery. 
     
     
       4. The device according to  claim 3 , wherein the power unit is recharged by one of an electromagnetic induction method, a human body communication method, an electromagnetic resonance method, an electromagnetic wave method, an ultrasonic method and a solar heat method. 
     
     
       5. The device according to  claim 1 , wherein the power unit, the vibration generating unit and the switching unit are installed at one of an upper portion of a larynx, a cervical portion, a vocal cord and a subcutaneous tissue adjacent to the vocal cord. 
     
     
       6. The device according to  claim 1 , wherein the power unit, the vibration generating unit and the switching unit wrapped by a capsule are installed at one of an upper portion of a larynx, a cervical portion, a vocal cord and a subcutaneous tissue adjacent to the vocal cord. 
     
     
       7. The device according to  claim 1 , wherein the vibration generating unit is installed at one of an upper portion of a larynx, a cervical portion, a vocal cord and a subcutaneous tissue adjacent to the vocal cord, and the power unit is installed at an outer portion of a body, and wherein the vibration generating unit wiredly communicates with the power unit and the switching unit. 
     
     
       8. The device according to  claim 1 , wherein the device has one of a hanging type on a cervical portion, an attaching type to a vocal cord and an implant type in a tissue. 
     
     
       9. The device according to  claim 1 , wherein the switching unit controls an intensity of the vibration generated by the vibration generating unit. 
     
     
       10. A device for supplementing a voice, comprising:
 a switching unit configured to output a signal; 
 a vibration generating unit configured to be installed inside a body and configured to generate a vocalization vibration according to the signal; and 
 a power unit configured to supply a power to the switching unit and the vibration generating unit, 
 wherein the vibration generating unit is configured to generate the vocalization vibration by using at least one of an electromagnetic induction between a magnet and a coil and a piezoelectric phenomenon; 
 the switching unit is configured to be located outside of the body or installed at an outer portion of the body; and 
 the power unit and the vibration generating unit are configured to communicate with the switching unit. 
 
     
     
       11. The device according to  claim 10 , wherein the vibration generating unit comprises a film speaker configured to generate the vocalization vibration according to the signal. 
     
     
       12. The device according to  claim 10 , wherein the vibration generating unit comprises the coil and a vibration plate that generate the vocalization vibration by using the electromagnetic induction. 
     
     
       13. The device according to  claim 10 , wherein the vibration generating unit comprises a vibration plate and a piezoelectric ceramic that generate the vocalization vibration.