JPH0350946Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial field of application] This invention relates to a timing acquisition device.
It can be effectively used for breathing timing training, etc.

[Prior art and its problems] Ideal breathing has an effective effect on improving health, and by practicing it, one can improve one's health.

Humans obtain oxygen through breathing, and in order to obtain a large amount of oxygen, we take deep breaths. However, it is difficult to maintain deep breathing for a long time.

Therefore, if we consider people who have mastered the ideal breathing method, such as Zen monks, they breathe deeply by keeping their exhalations long and their inhalations relatively short. uses a method called Kazukan Kan, which involves counting according to the inhalation and exhalation.

Also, in sports such as golf, it is important to keep the rhythm of the swing constant, but if you do not spend time on movements such as back swings, you will lose time intuitively by counting and doing things like breathing. I understand.

However, there is a problem in that skill is required to perform each of the above operations at accurate timing, and it is difficult for an ordinary person to do so.

This is because the movement timing must be grasped intuitively, and it is not possible to accurately and continuously judge the amount of time that must be spent on each movement.

[Problem] The present invention aims to enable anyone to accurately grasp the repetition timing of two movements that require different time consumption, such as exhalation and inhalation as described above. The objective is to make it possible to mechanically display the images alternately.

[Technical Means] The technical means of the present invention for solving the above problem is to cause the first timer and the second timer to operate alternately for respective set times, and to
A display means is connected to these timers, and the display means is in a first display state when receiving an output from the first timer and in a second display state when receiving an output from the second timer. This allows the state to change.

[Effect] The above technical means works as follows.

First, when the first timer operates, the display means receives an output signal from the first timer and operates;
The display means maintains the first display state while there is an output from the first tamper.

Eventually, when the first timer is set up and no longer outputs, the second timer starts operating. Then, the display means is
It operates upon receiving the output of this second timer and maintains the second display state. And this second
The display state continues while the second timer is operating.

When the second timer is set up, the first timer starts operating again and the display means returns to the first display state again.

Thereafter, the first timer and the second timer operate repeatedly for their respective set times, and the first and second timers operate repeatedly for their respective set times.
The display means also periodically repeats the first and second display means in response to the operation of each second timer.

[effect] The present invention has the following unique effects.

Since two times of different lengths can be mechanically displayed alternately, by recognizing this display, you can repeat two movements that require different times, such as exhalation and inspiration during breathing training. Anyone can accurately grasp the feeding timing.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention is that the display on the display means is continuously changed.

According to this embodiment, since the display means changes continuously and periodically to display two different states,
It is suitable for training that requires gradual changes in the state of the body, such as deep breathing.

[Example] Next, an example of the present invention described above will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 shows a first embodiment of the present invention, in which the timing learning instrument of the present invention is controlled by a computer. A first lamp 2 and a second lamp 3 whose operation is controlled are provided. And the above first
The lamp 2 and the second lamp 3 are colored in different colors. Further, both the first lamp 2 and the second lamp 3 correspond to the display means described above.

The microcomputer 4 is designed to execute a program according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 3, and the first lamp 2 and the second lamp 3 are controlled in the order described below.

That is, when the power to the appliance is turned on, appliance control starts from A in FIG. 3, but first, a first set time T1 and a second set time T2 are set respectively.

In addition, the first set time T1 and the second set time T1 set above
The value of the set time T2 is set to a value slightly closer to the ideal breathing timing than normal breathing, and as will be described later, each of these set times is gradually brought closer to the ideal value.

Next, the built-in timer of the computer is reset, the first lamp 2 is turned on, and the first lamp 2 is kept turned on until the timer exceeds the first set time.

Subsequently, when the timer elapses the first set time, the first lamp 2 that was turned off is turned off, and
The procedure in the program moves to the control step for the second lamp 3 shown in FIG. The timer that operates for the first set time corresponds to the first timer described above, and the state in which the first lamp is lit becomes the first display state described above.

When the microcomputer 4 starts the process of controlling the second lamp 3, it first resets the built-in timer of the computer and turns on the second lamp 3. Further, the lighting state of the second lamp 3 corresponds to the second display state described above.

Subsequently, the second lamp 3 is kept lit until a second set time has elapsed by a built-in timer of the computer, and is turned off after the second set time has elapsed. The timer that continues to operate during this second set time corresponds to the second timer described above.

When the second lamp 3 goes out, the first set time T1
is increased by the first minute time t, and the second set time T2 is increased by the second minute time t2.
That is, the first and second set times are changed to bring the breathing closer to ideal breathing.

The instrument control is then transferred back to the first step,
The first lamp 2 is turned on. After that, the lighting of the second lamp 3 and the first lamp 2 is repeated alternately in sequence, and the lengths differ depending on the lighting of the first lamp 2 and the second lamp 3, which remain ON for the time set for each. Two times can be displayed alternately.

In the first embodiment, since the first set time, second set time, etc. are changed over time, breathing training can be performed while gradually approaching ideal breathing from normal breathing. Therefore, breathing training can be done easily and naturally, and even better effects can be obtained.

Next, FIG. 4 shows an electric circuit diagram used in a second embodiment of the present invention.

The basic configuration of this circuit is composed of an oscillation circuit 5, a counter 6 that operates in response to the output from the oscillation circuit 5, an acoustic device 7, and an optical device 8. Each corresponds to the display means described above.

The oscillation circuit 5 includes an inverter 51 having a Schmitt trigger function, diodes 53 and 54, resistors 55 and 56, and variable resistors 57 and 58 inserted into the input circuit of the inverter 51.
It consists of a capacitor 52 inserted between the input side of the circuit and ground.

The two diodes 53 and 54 are connected in parallel in opposite directions, and the first diode 53
A resistor 55 and a first variable resistor 57 are connected in series, and a resistor 56 and a second variable resistor 58 are connected in series to the other second diode 54 as well.

By adjusting the first variable resistor 57 and the second variable resistor 58, the charging and discharging time 52 is determined. 1 timer, and determines the "H" output time from the inverter 51. On the other hand, the combination of the second variable resistor 58 and the capacitor 52 corresponds to the second timer described above, and determines the "L" output time from the inverter 51.

Then, the inverter 51 outputs a square wave having a period determined by the adjustment of the variable resistors 57 and 58.

In this embodiment, the inverter 51 used in the oscillation circuit 5 has a Schmitt trigger function, but a normal operational amplifier may also be used.

Next, the counter 6 is connected to the output side of the inverter 51 in the oscillation circuit 5, and is configured to count the number of square waves output from the inverter 51. And with this count,
The number of repetitions of deep breathing movements, etc. can be displayed.

The audio device 7 includes an amplifier circuit 75 whose gain changes depending on voltage fluctuations and an audio signal generator 76.

Note that it is preferable that the sound emitted from the acoustic device 7 be a sound that exists in the natural world, such as the sound of insects or waves, and in such a case, breathing etc. will be psychologically easier.

Finally, the optical device 8 is circuit-connected to the output part of the capacitor 52 in the oscillation circuit 5, and an amplifier circuit 81 is connected between the optical device 8 and the oscillation circuit 5.
has been inserted. In this embodiment, the optical device 8 includes an LED 83 that turns on and off continuously;
83... is used, and each LED 83, 83 has a
Current limiting resistors 84, 84 and diodes 85, 8
5 are connected in series.

In the second embodiment, when there is a square wave output from the inverter 51, the output of the acoustic device 7 gradually becomes stronger in accordance with the triangular wave converted by the triangular wave generating circuit 72, and the sound attenuates and eventually disappears. generate. Then, this changing intensity corresponds to the display means (acoustic display means) described above,
The period of change from weak to strong is the first display state described above,
The opposite change ranges correspond to the second display state, respectively.

The change time from weak to strong and vice versa can be freely selected by adjusting the first variable resistor 57 and the second variable resistor 58, as described above.

Next, the optical device 8 is a display means that can be grasped visually, and when there is a triangular wave output from the capacitor 52, each LED 83, 83... will follow the order set by the diodes 85, 85 connected to each. The light will turn on over time. Also, all LED8
After LEDs 3, 83, . . . turn on, each LED 83, 83 goes out over time in the reverse order.

The time required for each LED 83, 83... to turn on is determined by the adjustment of the first variable resistor 57, and the time required for each LED 83, 83... to turn off is determined by the adjustment of the second variable resistor 57. 58, determined by adjusting the second variable resistor 58.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of the present invention, Figs. 2 and 3 are explanatory diagrams of the first embodiment of the invention, and Fig. 4 is an electric circuit diagram of the second embodiment. Lamp, 3... Second lamp, 5...
Oscillation circuit, 6... Counter, 7... Sound device,
8...Optical device.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] The first timer and the second timer are configured to operate alternately for respective set times, and a display means is connected to these timers, and the display means is configured to operate from the first timer to the second timer. The timing learning device changes the state to the first display state when receiving the output from the timer and to the second display state when receiving the output from the second timer. The timing learning device according to claim 1, wherein the display on the display means is continuously changed.