KR200216820Y1 - sound producing apparatus using human exercise energy - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention converts the kinetic energy of the human body generated during jogging or dancing into electrical energy to generate sound, thereby generating a sound generating device utilizing the kinetic energy of the human body to inspire exercise motivation without place restrictions. The purpose is to provide.

The present invention converts the kinetic energy of the human body generated during jogging or dancing into electrical energy to generate sound, thereby generating sound using the kinetic energy of the human body to inspire exercise motivation without place restrictions. It is about.

The sound generating device utilizing the kinetic energy of the human body of the present invention is attached to a place of the human body generator unit for generating AC power by the operation of the human body; It includes a DC generator for converting the AC power to DC power and a sound generator for operating by receiving the DC power.

In the above-described configuration, it is preferable that the DC generator and the sound generator are built in the main body to be attached to the human body, and the generator unit is configured to be detachable from the main body.

Description

Sound producing apparatus using human exercise energy

The present invention relates to a sound generating device utilizing the kinetic energy of the human body, and in particular to convert the kinetic energy of the human body generated during jogging or dancing to electrical energy to generate a sound to stimulate the motivation to exercise It relates to a sound generating device utilizing the kinetic energy of.

In recent years, the amount of obesity among the population is gradually increasing due to the improvement of dietary life, the improvement of national income, and the rapid decrease in the amount of exercise due to the industrialization and the generalization of private use. Moreover, in women, the desire to maintain a slim body for dressing, etc. is becoming popular, and various diet methods such as drug therapy, diet and exercise therapy are actively introduced through broadcasting and newspapers as reflected in this. It is. Among these diet therapies, exercise therapy is known to be the most effective and has the least side effects. Due to time / spatial constraints, psychological boredom and physical difficulties, it is impossible to continuously exercise, thus making it difficult to decide on a diet. Often sees failure.

On the other hand, in view of these difficulties, various devices have been developed that can stimulate exercise motivation and make exercise more enjoyable. For example, karaoke devices or DDRs that calculate calories burned during singing and display them on the monitor. It is known as Dance Revolution, and the step induction device, which is still raging even today, is representative.

However, the karaoke apparatus described above has a problem in that it is difficult to access when there is no computer or outside of the computer because the karaoke apparatus is expensive and is only partially distributed for commercial use.

In addition, since these devices are all connected to a commercial AC power source, they are subject to a lot of locational restrictions.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, by converting the kinetic energy of the human body generated during jogging or dancing to the electrical energy to generate the sound to inspire the motivation to exercise without place restrictions An object of the present invention is to provide a sound generating device utilizing the kinetic energy of the human body.

The sound generating device utilizing the kinetic energy of the human body of the present invention for achieving the above object is attached to a place of the human body generator unit for generating AC power by the operation of the human body; It includes a DC generator for converting the AC power to DC power and a sound generator for operating by receiving the DC power.

In the above-described configuration, it is preferable that the DC generator and the sound generator are built in the main body to be attached to the human body, and the generator unit is configured to be detachable from the main body.

In addition, the sound is preferably a music, in this case, the sound generating unit, a music storage unit for selecting at least one or more music is built in the main body, a music selection unit for selecting a music stored in the music storage, An auxiliary power unit and an independent power source including a sound output unit for outputting the selected music as a sound and a control unit which grasps the selected music through the music selection unit and reads the selected music from the music storage unit and outputs the selected music to the sound output unit. It may be implemented and further comprises a basic power supply for supplying operating power to the auxiliary function, the sound output unit is preferably driven to be driven by the sum of the power of the DC generator and the power of the basic power supply.

In addition, it is preferable to further include a momentum indicator for displaying the momentum calculated on the basis of the electric power generated in the DC generator in place of the main body.

1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a music reproducing apparatus utilizing kinetic energy of a human body according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a front view schematically showing a generator unit according to an embodiment of the present invention,

3 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing the internal configuration of a generator according to an embodiment of the present invention,

4 is a power system diagram of a music reproducing apparatus utilizing kinetic energy of a human body according to an embodiment of the present invention;

5 is an electrical functional block diagram of a music reproducing apparatus utilizing kinetic energy of a human body according to an embodiment of the present invention;

6 is a wearing state diagram of the music reproducing apparatus utilizing the kinetic energy of the human body of the present invention.

*** Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawing ***,

10: main unit, 11: music selection key,

12: music number indicator, 13: speaker hall,

14: belt connecting piece, 15: belt,

16: fixing member, 17a: generator jack,

17b: earphone jack, 17c: microphone jack,

18: battery replacement cover, 19: momentum indicator,

19a: reset switch, 19b: power switch,

20: generator unit, 21: generator,

22: hollow cylinder, 22a: through hole,

23: shock absorbing member, 24: permanent magnet,

25: induction coil, 26: storage bag,

27: connecting member, 27a: fixing member,

28: spiral wire, 29: pin plug,

30: microphone, 31: retaining clip,

40: basic power supply unit, 50: DC generator,

60: digital circuit section, 61: control section,

62: music selection unit, 63: momentum detection unit,

64: music storage section, 65: indicator drive section,

66: D / A converter, 67: reset circuit,

70: analog circuitry, 71: mixer,

72: amplifier, 73: speaker,

74: earphone

1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a music reproducing apparatus using kinetic energy of the human body according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the music reproducing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention is largely located in the human body with wires connected to the main body 10 and the main body 10 in which various electric / electronic components related to music reproducing are embedded. For example, it may be made of a generator unit 20 attached to the wrist or ankle to convert the kinetic energy generated in the human body during dance or jogging into electrical energy.

In the above-described configuration, a music selection key 11 is disposed in place, for example, on the upper surface of the main body 10, and this music selection key 11 may be embodied by, for example, up / down keys by a selectable number of decimal digits. Can be. On the upper surface of the main body 10, there is also arranged an indicator 12 that can visually identify the currently selected music, such an indicator 12 may be implemented as a liquid crystal or the like. In place, for example, the front of the main body 10, a plurality of speaker holes 13 are formed so that sound generated from a speaker (not shown) can efficiently flow out of the main body 10. In place, for example, the lower part of the main body 10, the battery replacement cover 18 used to insert or replace the battery which comprises the basic power supply part mentioned later is provided.

On the other hand, the generator unit 20 converts the kinetic energy of the human body into electrical energy, the electrical energy thus converted is connected to the main body 10 via a wire (28). And, it is preferable that such a generator unit 20 can be stored separately from the main body 10, for this purpose, for example, a pin plug 29 is installed at the free end of the electric wire 28, the main body ( 10, a generator jack 17a into which the pin plug 29 is inserted is provided.

Furthermore, it is desirable to be able to attach the main body 10 to a place of the human body, for example, a waist. For this purpose, belt connecting pieces 14 are provided on both sides of the main body 10, and such a belt connecting piece 14 is provided. The belt 15 in which the fixing member 16 is provided in each end is connected. Although not shown, in view of the variety of waist size of the human body may be further provided with a length adjusting member for adjusting the length of the belt 15, such a fixing member 16 and the length adjusting member is a belt, bag or Appropriate ones among various known techniques adopted in backpacks and the like may be used.

In the drawings, reference numerals 17c and 17b denote earphone jacks used to connect microphone jacks and earphones (to be described later) used when connecting the microphone 30, respectively, and reference numeral 19 denotes momentum or cumulative momentum. An indicator is shown, 19a represents a reset switch for resetting the momentum indicator 19, and 19b represents a power switch.

2 is a front view schematically showing a generator unit according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the generator unit 20 includes a bag 26 in which the generator 21 is stored, a connection member 27 extending from the storage bag 26 and wound around a wrist or ankle of a human body, and a connection member. The fixing member 27a provided at the 27 and the electric wire 28 for transmitting the electric energy generated by the generator 21 to the main body 10 may be formed.

In the above-described configuration, the wire 28 is preferably implemented in a spiral shape such as a wire connecting the handset to the main body in the telephone in order to sufficiently ensure the activity of the human body. In addition, like the main body 10, a length adjusting member may be provided to sufficiently accommodate various sizes of a wrist or ankle.

3 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing the internal configuration of a generator according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Fig. 3, the generator 21 is provided with shock absorbing members 23, preferably plastic springs, on both ends of the hollow cylinder 22 made of, for example, a plastic material having a very small friction coefficient. The permanent magnets 24 are freely inserted between the shock absorbing members 23 so as to reciprocate, and the induction coil 25 is wound on the outer side of the cylinder 22. And it is preferable to form the through-hole 22a in place of the cylinder 22 so that the reciprocating motion of the permanent magnet 24 may be performed smoothly.

4 is a power system diagram of a music reproducing apparatus utilizing the kinetic energy of the human body according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 5 is an electrical system of the music reproducing apparatus utilizing the kinetic energy of the human body according to an embodiment of the present invention This is a block diagram for explaining the function. As shown in Figures 4 and 5, the power system of the music reproducing apparatus utilizing the kinetic energy of the human body of the present invention is a digital circuit unit 60 associated with the selection control or display of the momentum, the analog associated with the output of the selected music Converts the AC power generated by the basic power supply unit 40, the generator 21, and the generator 21 to provide the operating power to the circuit unit 70, the digital circuit unit 60 to the direct current, and the basic for the analog circuit unit 70 It may be made of a DC generator 50 connected in series with the power supply 40.

In the above-described configuration, the basic power supply unit 40 may be formed of, for example, a battery or a storage battery, and the digital circuit unit 60 includes a music selection unit 62 for selecting a piece of music, and an exercise amount detection unit 63 for detecting an amount of exercise of the human body. ), A music storage unit 64 for storing a plurality of pieces of music, a music selection number indicator 12 for displaying a song number selected by the music selection unit 62, an exercise amount indicator 19 for displaying an exercise amount numerically, and a music selection number An indicator driver 65 for driving the indicator 12 and the momentum indicator 19, a D / A converter 66 for converting digital data into analog data, and a signal and music selector detected by the momentum detector 63 The display unit 65 controls the display driver 65 to display the instantaneous or cumulative momentum calculated by itself based on the number selected at 62, and reads the music corresponding to the selected number from the music storage unit 64, and then converts the D / A conversion unit ( To the control unit 61 provided to the It may be the lure.

In the above-described configuration, the momentum sensor 63 may be implemented in the form of using a voltage signal generated by the DC generator 50, for example, and the controller 61 uses the voltage signal instantaneously. Alternatively, the value obtained by accumulating at each sampling time may be taken as the momentum. At this time, it would be desirable to display the calorie of the exercise amount, for this purpose it may be used a voltage signal-to-calorie conversion table predetermined by the experiment mounted on the control unit 61. The music storage unit 64 may be implemented with, for example, a nonvolatile memory such as a read only memory (ROM) or a flash memory.

The analog circuit unit 70 mixes the analog music signal converted by the D / A converter 66 with the audio signal input through the microphone 30 and the analog signal mixed by the mixer 71. It may be implemented as a speaker 73 or earphone 74 for outputting the amplified unit 72 and the electric signal amplified by the amplifying unit 72 in the form of sound waves.

On the other hand, the internal configuration of the analog circuit portion 70 does not operate only by the basic power supply unit 40 to inspire exercise motivation, the power generated by the generator 21 is the basic power supply unit via the DC generator (50) It is preferable to implement only to operate when combined with 40. Therefore, the greater the electrical energy generated by the generator 21, the greater the sound output through the speaker or earphone. 67 shows a reset circuit portion for resetting the momentum indicator 19.

Figure 6 is a perspective view showing a wearing state of the music reproducing apparatus utilizing the kinetic energy of the human body of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6, in order to use the apparatus of the present invention, the user wears the main body 10 at his waist and connects the generator unit 20 to the main body 10 while wearing the wrist. Subsequently, with the microphone 30 or the earphone 74 connected to the main body 10 as necessary, the device is put into an operation standby state by turning on the power switch 19b. Next, the user selects a desired piece of music by operating the music selection key 11 while checking through the song number indicator 12. The desired piece of music can be selected by referring to a list of pieces of music given in a manual form, for example. Next, the control unit 61 reads the selected music from the music storage unit 64 and outputs it to the D / A converter 66. The D / A converter 66 converts the digital music data received in this manner into analog. The data is converted into data and output to the mixer 71.

On the other hand, in this state, only the basic power supply unit 40 power is applied to the analog circuit unit 70, i.e., the power is not enough to drive the speaker 73, which is permanent as the human body moves during the dance. As the magnet 24 reciprocates in the hollow cylinder 22, AC power is generated in the induction coil 25. Then, the generated AC power is converted into direct current by the DC generator 50 and supplied to the analog circuit unit 70 together with the power of the basic power supply 40, so that sound waves are output through the speaker 73. Therefore, as the human body makes the hand gesture larger and faster, the power supplied to the speaker 73 is increased, and the sound output from the speaker is also increased. In the meantime, during the dance, the controller 61 reads and accumulates the magnitude of the voltage generated by the DC generator 50 at predetermined sampling time intervals, and reads it from the preloaded voltage signal-to-calorie conversion table. By outputting to the exercise amount indicator 19 through the indicator driving unit 65 it is possible to check the amount of calories consumed by the user.

The sound generating apparatus using the kinetic energy of the human body of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment and may be variously modified and implemented within the range allowed by the technical idea of the present invention. For example, the belt 15 of the main body 10 or the connecting member 27 of the generator unit 20 may be implemented as a single elastic belt without the fixing members 16 and 27a. In addition, the main body 10 ) Could be transformed into a floor-mounted or shoulder-strap.

Regarding the internal configuration of the main body 10, a radio, an MP (Media Player) 3 player, a cassette tape player, or a compact disc player may be modified to meet the spirit of the present invention. In this case, direct current It may be desirable to modify the power generated by the generator 50 to affect the analog circuit unit 70. Furthermore, if the sound generating apparatus is very simplified and used as a radio, only the power generated by the DC generator may be used without a separate main power supply.

On the other hand, by implementing two or more generator units 20 to be attached to both wrists or ankles, or by connecting two or more generators 21 in series or in parallel to one generator unit 20 generates greater power It may be possible to, and may be embedded in the generator unit 20 the DC generator 50.

Finally, the 'sound generator' within the scope of the utility model registration request described below is relatively simple, such as a radio, a cassette tape player, a compact disc player, or an MP3 player, without departing from the spirit of the present invention. It may be a complicated device, and besides, it may be a dedicated audio device as in the embodiment shown in the drawing.

According to the sound generating device utilizing the kinetic energy of the human body of the present invention as described above, by changing the size of the sound reproduced in the device by the user's movement, it is possible to inspire exercise motivation, such as a battery or a battery Since the electric energy generated by the power source and the human body movement is used as the driving power source, there is an effect that is not restricted in the place of use.

Claims (4)

A generator unit attached to a place of the human body to generate AC power by the operation of the human body; A DC generator for converting the AC power into DC power; A sound generating device utilizing the kinetic energy of the human body made up of a sound generating unit operating by receiving the DC power. According to claim 1, wherein the DC generator and the sound generator is built in the main body to be attached to the human body, the generator unit is a sound utilizing the kinetic energy of the human body, characterized in that configured to be detachable from the main body Generating device. The method of claim 1, wherein the sound is a piece of music, The sound generating unit includes a music storage unit which is built in the main body and selects at least one piece of music, a music selection unit which selects music stored in the music storage unit, an audio output unit which outputs the selected music as sound, and the music selection unit The auxiliary function unit includes a control unit which grasps the selected music through the music storage unit and reads the selected music from the music storage unit, and then outputs the sound to the sound output unit, and a basic power supply unit which supplies operating power to the auxiliary function unit. It is made to include more, And the sound output unit is driven by the sum of the power of the DC generator and the power of the basic power supply unit. 4. The human body according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the apparatus further includes an exercise amount indicator for displaying an exercise amount calculated on the basis of electric power generated by the DC generator in place of the main body. Sound generator that utilizes kinetic energy.