JPH0596009A - Computer system device and computer data input device by utilization of brain wave using this device and stress decreasing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To allow the formation and input of a computer program to be executed by utilizing the respectively separate brain wave states generated at the time of the specific mind operation attached with a condition as a result of training. CONSTITUTION:A brain wave detector 9 mounted to the operator himself and the brain wave state detected by this brain wave detector 9 are displayed on a display device 2, an acoustic device 3, etc. The biofeedback training to recognize the relevancy of the specific key operations of an input device 4 at the time of data input and the brain wave state generated at this time by attaching the condition thereto is executed. The data, etc., are inputted with the computer unit 1 by the pattern matching corresponding to the respectively separate brain wave states generated by the operator via the computer program for data input specifying this relevancy in a routine operation stage.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention makes it possible to easily create and input a program such as computer software by utilizing each distinctive electroencephalogram state that occurs during a specific mental work conditioned by being trained. The present invention relates to a computer system device capable of reducing stress and the like during these operations, a computer data input device using an electroencephalogram using the same, and a stress reducing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a computer system in which various devices such as a main memory device, a control device, an arithmetic device, an input device, and an output device are combined has been used for creating programs such as computer software and inputting data. It is performed by operating various keys on an input device such as.

When creating this program,
It is necessary to precisely describe a procedure for instructing a computer to perform a desired work, and the procedure is described by storing and inputting the procedure in a main storage device through a mechanical input means such as a key operation.

[0004]

However, since the program creation and input must be performed in a very strict procedure and must be performed accurately, the person involved in this program is forced to have mental tension. , Mental stress is likely to occur, and physical fatigue is also extremely large. Moreover, it is a normal condition that work is continuously performed for a long time, and it is practically difficult to secure a rest time during the work even if the work is a long time. However, it is the current situation that the worker continues to work without recognizing his own fatigue, and this may cause mistakes in creation due to physical and mental fatigue.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the existing circumstances as described above, and the brain waves generated by the worker himself / herself and the mental work being performed at that time are performed. It focuses on the relationship recognized between and, by performing electroencephalographic training (biofeedback) that is conditioned between them, and detecting the electroencephalogram during mental work that is observed when conditioned. It is designed to be able to perform input work related to the peculiar EEG state that occurs.

That is, the worker himself / herself recognizes the brain waves constantly detected by the worker during the input work and the state of the brain waves, and the worker himself / herself trains the relation between these works and the brain waves at that time. By doing so, the worker can condition the work performed by the worker, for example, the mental state peculiar to the data input work itself and the peculiar brain wave generated at that time. On the other hand, a computer program for data input that conditions the work and the specific electroencephalogram generated at this time is created separately, and, for example, input work is performed through the computer program for data input. It allows the user to perform tasks conditioned by the electroencephalograms that occur during certain types of mental work while he or she is present.

Further, the mental stress state, abnormal state, etc. of the worker during the program making work are judged from the electroencephalogram to prevent the mental fatigue and stress from being overlooked by the worker. It also allows you to do it.

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However, the electroencephalogram has a frequency of 8 to 1 when a human is awake, resting, or having his eyes closed.
The standard α wave of 3 Hz is generated, and this α wave is
It changes due to eye opening, mental activity, and sensory stimulation, and when there is mental work such as this, the α wave disappears and becomes a low-amplitude fast wave α
It becomes a state of blocking, and a β wave having a frequency in a high amplitude region of 13 Hz or higher is generated. Therefore, since the state in which the β wave is generated is one in which some mental activity is being performed, the detection of this and the understanding of the state of occurrence and the relationship with the specific mental activity indicate the different mental activity. The present invention has been completed, paying attention to the fact that it is possible to detect the electroencephalogram state peculiar to each of the above and to convert it into computer program creation and input work.

Further, if mental fatigue or stress is generated during work, δ such as high frequency wave, low frequency wave, etc.
Since abnormal brain waves including waves and θ waves are recognized, even if the operator himself overlooks the occurrence of these brain waves, it is assumed that a stress condition is output as a caution signal. The purpose of this is to make the worker himself aware of the necessity of proper rest and so on, and to alleviate it.

That is, in order to achieve the above-mentioned object,
A computer system device for brain wave training according to the present invention includes a computer main body 1, a display device 2, an audio device 3, and data input / output devices 4 and 5, and inputs an operator's brain wave to a computer. Is detected by the electroencephalogram detector 9 during the work, and the electroencephalogram state is displayed on the display device 2 and is output to the acoustic device 3.
It is characterized by being able to perform biofeedback training by electroencephalogram.

Further, in the computer data input device utilizing the electroencephalogram using the computer system device for the electroencephalogram training, the electroencephalogram of the worker is pattern-matched by the computer program for data input,
It is characterized in that the computer body 1 is made to perform a predetermined input work.

Furthermore, in a stress relieving device using an electroencephalogram that also uses a computer system device for electroencephalogram training, the electroencephalogram of the worker is monitored during work, and tension or abnormality for a certain period of time is determined from the electroencephalogram. A caution signal or music for relaxing is displayed on the display device 2,
Alternatively, it is characterized in that the sound is output to the audio device 3.

[0013]

In the computer system device according to the present invention and the computer data input device and stress relieving device utilizing the brain waves using the same, the brain wave detector 9 mounted on the worker himself and the brain wave detector 9 are used. Display device 2 and acoustic device 3 for displaying the detected electroencephalogram state
Have workers perform biofeedback training as a first step.

In other words, the biographer recognizes the electroencephalogram state generated by the operator, which is recognized as being peculiar to keystrokes of a specific key of the input device 4 at the time of creating the program, by recognizing the relation between them. Conduct feedback training.

In the practical work stage, which is the second stage after the completion of the biofeedback training, a computer program for inputting data created and input in the computer main body 1 is used to identify each type of work involved in the input work by the worker. The specific brain wave generated at this time is subjected to the mental work, and the computer main body 1 directly inputs the program data and the like by the pattern matching corresponding to the generated different brain wave states, and the practical work is performed. Carry out.

An electroencephalogram detector 9 for constantly detecting the electroencephalogram of the worker
Determines that there is an abnormality in the electroencephalogram, it detects the presence of mental fatigue and stress that the operator may overlook, and detects that there is such an alert signal to the display device 2. In addition, the sound device 3 outputs music or the like for relieving stress.

[0017]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION In the following, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the drawings, reference numeral 1 is a computer main body in an input system used by a computer program creator, a main storage device, It is provided with a control device, a computing device, and the like.

A display device 2, an audio device (speaker) 3, an input device 4 such as a keyboard and a mouse, and an output device 5 such as a printer are connected to the computer main body 1. Then, in the display device 2, the input contents at the time of creating the program are displayed, and the brain wave waveform and the brain wave state obtained by the brain wave detector 9 described later are displayed. The sound device 3 outputs a warning sound when an error occurs at the time of input, music for stress relief, and particularly music suitable for generating α waves useful for stress relief. is there. Note that the audio device 3 may be incorporated in the computer main body 1, and if necessary, it may be a separately arranged speaker system. Further, as shown in the drawing, the DA converter 6 and the amplifier 7 are provided. It is also possible to allow only the operator to listen through the headphones 8 via the above.

An electroencephalogram detector 9 for detecting the electroencephalogram of the worker is provided, and the electroencephalogram detected by the electroencephalogram detector 9 is converted into a digital signal through an amplifier 10 and an AD converter 11, and then the computer main body. 1 so that the electroencephalogram waveform or electroencephalogram generated by the operator himself can be concretely displayed on the display device 2, and program data associated with mental work can be input. is there. That is, this digitized signal performs the same operation as the key operation in the input device 4, displays a specific character on the screen of the display device 2, or plays music by the audio device 3 or the headphones 8. It outputs something.

The arrangement of the electroencephalogram electrodes in the electroencephalogram detector 9 is, for example, arranged and set on the scalp of the worker by the international method 10-20, such as the α-wave when in a resting state and what Pay attention to that stimulus,
Beta waves generated during mental work are detected, and the two-dimensional display of brain waves by, for example, brain wave topography is read.

In the two-dimensional display of the electroencephalogram by the electroencephalography topography, the electroencephalogram is frequency-analyzed, for example, every 0.2 to 2 seconds, and the square root of the average power of a specific frequency component (called an equivalent potential) is found on the scalp. The calculation is performed for 16 points and the potential distribution (electroencephalogram map) is created so that a specific electroencephalogram map conditioned on a certain kind of mental work can be obtained. This electroencephalogram map or electroencephalogram waveform is displayed, for example, as peculiar to keystrokes of a particular key of the input device 4 at the time of data input, that is, what kind of brainwave state the keystroke of a particular key is in the operator. The worker himself / herself recognizes the relation of the state of his / her mental work to be displayed,
These relationships are trained as being conditioned by the workers themselves.

At the time of this training, the operator himself / herself grasps whether or not an α wave or a β wave is generated, the state of the electroencephalogram of each mode, etc., and the operator himself or herself determines the state of each of these electroencephalograms. Recognize the relevance of
It gives a clear understanding, which is called biofeedback training. At this time,
The electroencephalogram state such as the electroencephalogram map or the electroencephalogram waveform can be displayed on the screen of the display device 2 if necessary, and is displayed on a part of the screen so as not to hinder the progress of the program creation work. .. Simultaneously with this display, music corresponding to the change may be output by the acoustic device 3, so that biofeedback training can be performed more efficiently together with listening to the sound.

Corresponding to this training, a specific key input to be performed is performed on a specific brain wave state, for example, a waveform of each different brain wave associated with a specific mental work, particularly a waveform of β wave. It is assumed that a data inputting computer program that has been subjected to pattern matching has been created, and that this data inputting computer program has been input into the computer main body 1 described above.

After the end of the biofeedback training phase, one can move to the practical work processing phase, in which the worker causes his or her mental work to generate a specific brain wave, which is generated by each of the generated brain waves. By pattern matching corresponding to another electroencephalogram state, program data and the like can be directly input to the computer main body 1 via a data input computer program, so that practical work can be performed.

A series of jobs for detecting and displaying the electroencephalogram of the worker and jobs running for practical work are multitasked within one operating system to perform work. Both of them in the biofeedback training stage by the person are always running in parallel, and it is possible to exchange data between both jobs in the practical work processing stage after the completion of this training.

[0026]

The present invention is configured as described above,
Therefore, the worker himself / herself recognizes the electroencephalogram that is constantly detected by the worker who is working and the state of this electroencephalogram, and the worker himself trains and conditions the relationship between these activities and the electroencephalogram at that time. After the completion of the biofeedback training stage, the data input work is efficiently performed through the data input computer program that conditions the specific EEG generated by the worker to the key operation of the input work in the practical work stage. It is something that can be done.

That is, this is detected by the electroencephalogram detector 9 which detects the electroencephalogram of the worker during data input to the computer and the like, and the electroencephalogram state is displayed.
This is because the computer system device is configured to be displayed on the computer and output to the acoustic device 3 so that biofeedback training by brain waves can be performed. Further, using this computer system device, the electroencephalogram of the worker is recorded. This is because pattern matching is performed by the input computer program and the computer main body 1 is made to perform a predetermined input work. With these, the brain waves can be effectively used to input computer data. ..

Therefore, mechanical input work such as keystrokes on the input device 4 is not required, work errors due to mis-touch and the like are eliminated, and efficient data input work and computer program creation work are realized. You can

Moreover, during work, mental fatigue and stress that the worker himself overlooks occur,
When this is determined by the electroencephalogram detector 9 as an abnormality in the electroencephalogram, the caution signal is displayed on the display device 2 in association with the electroencephalogram in the abnormal state, and music for stress relief or the like is displayed on the acoustic device 3. Since this is output, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of stress and the like by letting the worker recognize that appropriate rest, rest, etc. are required.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Computer Main Body 2 Display Device 3 Acoustic Device 4 Input Device 5 Output Device 6 DA Converter 7 Amplifier 8 Headphone 9 Brain Wave Detector 10 Amplifier 11 AD Converter

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A computer body, a display device,
An acoustic device and an input / output device for data are provided, and an electroencephalogram detector that detects the electroencephalogram of an operator during work such as data input to a computer is displayed and the electroencephalogram state is displayed on a display device. A computer system device characterized in that biofeedback training by electroencephalogram can be performed. 2. The computer system apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the electroencephalogram of an operator is pattern-matched by a computer program for data input, and the computer main body is made to perform a predetermined input work. Computer data input device using brain waves. 3. The computer system apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an operator's brain waves are monitored during work, and a tension or abnormality for a certain period of time is determined from the brain waves, and an attention signal or music for relaxing is recorded. A stress relieving device using brain waves, which is displayed on a spray device or output to an audio device.