JP3187620U - Portable light therapy / health appliance - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a health device that can enjoy music and perform music therapy at the same time as inserting an earplug into both ear holes to perform light therapy and health therapy.
An ear plug having an LED lamp and inserted into an ear hole, an operation unit, a battery for supplying power to the LED lamp, and a control unit for controlling power to be supplied to the LED lamp for a predetermined time. 14 is connected to a headphone 32 of a bone conduction system, a portable music player 40 is connected to the headphone, and the portable music player is connected to a control unit of the main body. The stop of the music reproduction by the portable music player is controlled simultaneously with the stop of the power supply to the LED lamp by the signal.
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Description

  This device inserts an earplug into the ear hole and stimulates the brain with the light emitted from the earplug to improve insomnia, stress, reduced energy, jet lag, depression, etc. The present invention relates to a portable phototherapy / health appliance used for the purpose.

  As a kind of treatment effective for some sleep disorders and depression, there is phototherapy for improving symptoms by exposing to high intensity light for an appropriate time in an appropriate time zone. In addition, by exposing to light at the appropriate time, you can improve your physical rhythm and improve your physical condition, reduce or alleviate mental fatigue, stress, worries, and prevent mental illness such as depression Mental health measures are also known. As a device for such treatment that incorporates phototherapy and health promotion using light, the floor is designed to emit light with high illuminance close to natural light from a flat, wide light-emitting surface so that the light can be exposed to the eyes. Type phototherapy devices have been developed and marketed.

  In addition, instead of putting light from the eyes, the light receiving area of the brain is directly irradiated through the ear canal to illuminate the light, and the supplied light stimulates the brain to adjust biological rhythm and improve physical condition. In addition, phototherapy for improving the activity of daily living activities and for treating sleep disorders and depression has been proposed, and portable phototherapy devices have been developed for that purpose (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2). ). A commercially available portable light therapy / health appliance to which this phototherapy is applied has a pair of left and right earphone-type earplugs having LED lamps, and the brain is passed through the ear canal from the LED lamps of the earplugs for a predetermined time by operating the switches of the main body. The tissue is irradiated with light. The earphone-shaped case includes a pair of light-emitting portions that house the LED element and are connected to the power source via a cord, and the pair of light-emitting portions are inserted into the ear canal entrance portions of the left and right ears, and are attached. There has been proposed a health device that promotes physical condition improvement by driving a LED element to emit light and irradiating light from the light emitting part into the ear canal (see, for example, Patent Document 3).

US Pat. No. 8,465,531 US Pat. No. 8,435,275 JP 2009-34349 A (page 4, FIGS. 1 to 3)

  The portable light treatment / health device disclosed in Patent Literatures 1 and 2 and the health device disclosed in Patent Literature 3 are used by reliably inserting a pair of left and right earphone earplugs having LED lamps into the ear holes. During use, the ear hole is blocked with an earplug for a certain period of time. For this reason, during that time, you can read, write, and do handcraft, but you cannot listen to music. In addition, external sounds are forcibly blocked for a certain period of time during use, and in particular, elderly people and children, etc., can not withstand the silence and remove their ear plugs themselves. Occur.

  This device was made in view of the above circumstances, and a pair of earplugs with lamps were inserted into both ear holes to perform light therapy and health therapy, while enjoying listening to music at the same time. An object of the present invention is to provide a portable light therapy / health appliance that can perform music therapy or can listen to external sounds.

  The invention according to claim 1 and claim 2 is a portable phototherapy / health device that has already been developed and marketed, that is, a lamp that is formed in a shape and size that can be inserted into an ear hole and that irradiates light. A pair of left and right earplugs, an operation unit, a power supply unit that supplies power to the lamp, and a main body that includes a control unit that controls the power supply unit to supply power to the lamp for a predetermined time. A bone conduction type headphone is added to a portable light treatment / health device for stimulating the brain with light emitted from the earplug by inserting the earplug into an ear hole, and the device according to claim 1 is a portable music player for the headphone. Or connect a multi-function mobile phone and connect the portable music player or multi-function mobile phone to the control unit of the main unit. The stop of music playback by a player or a multi-function mobile phone is controlled, and in the device according to claim 2, a portable sound collector is connected to the headphones, and the portable sound collector is connected to the main body. The stop of sound collection by the portable sound collector is controlled by a signal from the control unit.

  The device according to claim 3 is characterized in that, in the instrument according to claim 1 or 2, the main body is provided with an indicator, a buzzer or a vibrator for notifying that light irradiation by the lamp of the earplug has stopped. To do.

  In the portable phototherapy / health appliance of the invention according to claim 1 and claim 2, a pair of earplugs is inserted into both the right and left ear holes, and the power supply unit supplies power to the lamp of the earplug by operating the operation unit of the main body. Then, the brain tissue is irradiated with light from the lamp of the earplug through the ear canal, and the brain is stimulated by the light, thereby adjusting the biological rhythm and promoting health, and also having therapeutic effects such as sleep disorders and depression can get. In this case, in the device of the invention according to claim 1, the portable music player or the multi-function mobile phone is connected to the bone conduction type headphones, and the headphones are mounted around the temple, and the portable music player or the multi-function mobile phone is attached. When you play music by operating the instrument, you can enjoy listening to music and perform music therapy at the same time while performing light therapy. When a predetermined set time has elapsed and power supply to the earplug lamp is stopped by a signal from the control unit, music playback by the portable music player or multi-function mobile phone is also stopped by a signal from the control unit. . In the device of the invention according to claim 2, when a portable sound collector is connected to a bone conduction type headphone, the headphone is mounted around the temple, and the sound is collected by operating the portable sound collector, phototherapy or the like. You can also listen to external sounds while performing. When a predetermined set time has elapsed and power supply to the lamp of the earplug is stopped by a signal from the control unit, sound collection by the portable sound collector is also stopped simultaneously by a signal from the control unit.

  Therefore, when the portable phototherapy / health appliance of the invention according to claim 1 is used, a pair of earplugs is inserted into both ear holes to perform phototherapy and health therapy, while listening to music and enjoying music therapy at the same time. Can be implemented. In addition, when the portable light treatment / health appliance of the invention according to claim 2 is used, a pair of ear plugs is inserted into both ear holes to perform light therapy and a health method, while external sounds can be heard.

  In the device of the invention according to claim 3, the user can surely know that the light irradiation by the lamp of the earplug is stopped by the display of the indicator of the main body, the buzzer sound or the vibration of the vibrator.

It is a figure which shows one example of embodiment of this invention and shows the general | schematic structure of the whole portable light treatment and health appliance. It is a figure which shows the state which is using the portable optical treatment and health instrument shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement when performing a light therapy and a music therapy using the portable phototherapy and health appliance shown in FIG. It is a schematic block diagram which shows an example of embodiment of this another invention, and shows a part of portable light treatment and health appliance.

Hereinafter, the best embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1, this portable light treatment / health appliance is composed of a main body 10 and a pair of left and right earplugs 12, 12.

  The main body 10 includes a control unit 14, an operation unit 16 including operation buttons, a battery (storage battery) 18, a switching circuit 20, an indicator 22, a buzzer 24, and a vibrator 26. The ear plug 12 has an LED lamp 28, and the LED lamp 28 is connected to the switching circuit 20 of the main body 10 via a cord 30. The LED lamp 26 emits light by the power supplied from the battery 18 of the main body 10 and emits light with high illuminance. The control unit 14 of the main body 10 supplies power from the battery 18 to the LED lamp 28 of the earplug 12 until a predetermined set time, for example, 8 to 12 minutes elapses after the operation unit 16 is operated, and the setting is performed. When the time has elapsed, the switching circuit 20 is controlled so that the power supply from the battery 18 to the LED lamp 28 is stopped.

  The above configuration is the same as that of a conventional portable light therapy / health device, but this device includes a bone conduction type headphone 32. The headphone 32 includes a controller 34 with a built-in battery, and a cord 36 with the controller 34 interposed is connected to the headphone 32. A stereo mini plug 38 is provided at the end of the cord 36, and the headphones 32 are connected to the portable music player 40 by inserting the stereo mini plug 38 into an earphone jack of a portable music player 40 such as a commercially available MP3 player. Connected. The portable music player 40 is connected to the control unit 14 of the main body 10 via the USB cable 42. A multi-function mobile phone (smart phone) may be used instead of the portable music player 40.

Next, a method for using the portable light therapy / health appliance will be described.
The USB cable 42 connected to the main body 10 is connected to the portable music player 40, and the stereo mini plug 38 at the end of the cord 36 of the headphones 32 is inserted into the earphone jack of the portable music player 40. Then, as shown in FIG. 2, the pair of earplugs 12, 12 are inserted into both the left and right ear holes, and the headphones 32 are attached around the temple. When the above preparation is completed, the operation unit 16 of the main body 10 is operated, that is, an operation button provided on the main body 10 is pressed to turn it on. By this operation, electric power is supplied from the battery 18 to the LED lamp 28 of the earplug 12, and the LED lamp 28 is turned on. In addition, the portable music player 40 is operated, and the controller 34 of the headphones 32 is operated. By this operation, music flows from the portable music player 40 to the headphones 32. The brain tissue is irradiated with light from the LED lamp 28 of the earplug 12 through the ear canal, and the brain is stimulated by the light. At the same time, the music flowing through the headphones 32 is directly transmitted from the headphones 32 to the spiral tube of the inner ear as sound vibrations, and can be heard as music by stimulating the auditory nerve.

  As described above, when the brain is stimulated by the light emitted from the LED lamp 28 of the earplug 12, the biological rhythm is adjusted to improve health, and therapeutic effects such as sleep disorders and depression can be obtained. It will be. At the same time, by listening to the music flowing from the headphones 32 by bone conduction, the user can enjoy listening to music while performing light therapy or the like, or perform music therapy.

  In the control unit 14 of the main body 10, an elapsed time after the operation button is pressed is measured by a timer function. When a preset time, for example, a set time of 8 to 12 minutes elapses, a signal is sent from the control unit 14 to the switching circuit 20, the power supply from the battery 18 is cut off, and the LED lamp 28 of the earplug 12 is turned off. Goes off. Further, signals are sent from the control unit 14 to the indicator 22, the buzzer 24, and the vibrator 26, respectively, the indicator 22 blinks, the buzzer 24 sounds, and the vibrator 26 vibrates. At the same time, a signal is sent to the portable music player 40 and music reproduction by the portable music player 40 is stopped. After a while, the indicator 22 is turned off, the sound of the buzzer 24 is stopped, and the vibration of the vibrator 26 is stopped. A series of operation processes at this time is shown in the flowchart of FIG.

  In the portable phototherapy / health appliance shown in FIG. 1, the portable music player 40 is connected to the bone conduction type headphones 32 to enjoy listening to music or performing music therapy while performing phototherapy or the like. As shown in FIG. 4, a portable sound collector 46 can be connected to the bone conduction headphone 32 instead of the portable music player 40 and used. That is, the stereo mini plug 38 provided at the end of the cord 36 of the headphone 32 through which the controller 34 is interposed is inserted into an earphone jack of a commercially available portable sound collector 44, and the portable sound collector 44 is connected to the USB cable 46. To the control unit 14 of the main body 10 (the main body 10 is not shown in FIG. 4). Even in the case of such a device configuration, the pair of earplugs 12 and 12 are inserted into both the left and right ear holes, and the headphones 32 are mounted around the temples, and used in the same manner as described above. By doing so, it is possible to hear external sounds collected by the portable sound collector 44 while performing light therapy or the like.

  This device is an industry related to portable light therapy / health appliances that insert earplugs into the ear holes and stimulate the brain with the light emitted from the earplugs to improve insomnia, depression, etc. and to provide mental health care. In addition to this field, it is used in the field of manufacturing and selling bone conduction headphones and the field of manufacturing and selling portable music players and portable sound collectors.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Main body 12 Ear plug 14 Control part 16 Operation part 18 Battery 20 Switching circuit 22 Indicator 24 Buzzer 26 Vibrator 28 LED lamp 30, 36 Code 32 Bone conduction system headphones 34 Controller 38 Stereo mini plug 40 Portable music player 42, 46 USB cable 44 Portable sound collector

Claims (3)

A pair of left and right earplugs having a shape and size that can be inserted into the ear hole and having a lamp that emits light;
An operation unit, a power supply unit that supplies power to the lamp, and a main body that includes a control unit that controls the power supply unit to supply power to the lamp for a predetermined time,
In a portable light therapy / health device that stimulates the brain with light emitted from the earplug by inserting the earplug into the ear hole,
A bone conduction type headphone is further provided, a portable music player or a multi-function mobile phone is connected to the headphone, and the portable music player or the multi-function mobile phone is connected to the control unit of the main body. A portable phototherapy / health appliance characterized by controlling the stop of music playback by a portable music player or a multi-function mobile phone according to the signal of. A pair of left and right earplugs having a shape and size that can be inserted into the ear hole and having a lamp that emits light;
An operation unit, a power supply unit that supplies power to the lamp, and a main body that includes a control unit that controls the power supply unit to supply power to the lamp for a predetermined time,
In a portable light therapy / health device that stimulates the brain with light emitted from the earplug by inserting the earplug into the ear hole,
Further comprising bone conduction type headphones, a portable sound collector is connected to the headphones, and the portable sound collector is connected to the control unit of the main body, and sound collection by the portable sound collector is performed by a signal from the control unit A portable phototherapy / health appliance characterized by controlling the stoppage of the device. The portable light therapy / health device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the main body includes an indicator, a buzzer, or a vibrator for notifying that light irradiation by the lamp of the earplug is stopped.

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