CN220002677U - Cognitive training device - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of cognitive training, and particularly discloses a cognitive training device which comprises a central unit and a handheld rotating unit connected with the central unit; the rotating unit is rotatable about a central unit axis; the central unit is provided with a screen assembly, and the central unit is provided with an audio player; the rotary unit is provided with a rotary sensor for sensing the rotation of the rotary unit, a knocking sensor for sensing knocking, and at least two types of keys; the device also comprises a controller, wherein the controller is electrically connected with the screen component, the audio player, the rotation sensor, the knocking sensor and the keys.

Description

Cognitive training device

Priority application

The present utility model will be the basis of priority for subsequent patent applications including, but not limited to, chinese patent application, PCT application, foreign application based on paris convention.

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a device for performing cognitive training.

Background

Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease with a hidden progressive progression. Clinically, global dementia characterized by memory impairment, aphasia, disuse, disrecognition, impairment of visual space skills, executive dysfunction, personality and behavioral changes, etc., has heretofore been unknown in etiology. The patient before 65 years old is called Alzheimer's disease; senile dementia is a disease occurring after 65 years of age.

At present, no specific treatment method aiming at Alzheimer disease exists in medicine, but the aged can reduce the incidence probability and slow down the deterioration progress through cognitive training. However, the cognitive training for the elderly is not performed by special instruments, and only depends on the existing tools or some chess and cards, so that the pertinence and the adaptability are poor.

Scientific researches find that the number of cerebral nerve synapse connections can be increased by training fingers, so that the cognitive ability is improved, and the ability of information processing of the left and right sides of the brain is enhanced. Therefore, the cognitive training device capable of exercising the finger flexibility of the old can be provided pertinently, and the cognitive ability of the old can be greatly improved.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model aims to provide a cognitive training device which can alleviate or solve at least one technical problem to a certain extent, namely, can exercise fingers in a targeted way.

In order to solve the technical problems, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme:

a cognitive training device comprises a central unit and a hand-held rotating unit connected with the central unit; the rotating unit can rotate around the axis of the central unit; the outside of the central unit is covered with a screen component for playing video signals, and the central unit is provided with an audio player for playing audio signals; the rotary unit is provided with a rotary sensor for sensing the rotation angle of the rotary unit, a knocking sensor for sensing knocking, and at least two keys for executing cognitive training tasks by a user; the device also comprises a controller, wherein the controller is electrically connected with the screen assembly, the audio player, the rotation sensor, the knocking sensor and the keys.

The principle of the utility model is as follows: the corresponding video signals, such as patterns, can be displayed on the screen, and a trainer (user) can perform rotation, knocking or pressing and other cognitive training operation exercises according to the video signal prompts, and further, the controller receives the signals of the operations and then performs timely feedback, so that the aim of cognitive training is fulfilled.

As an improvement, the central unit is cylindrical, and the controller and the audio player are arranged inside the central unit; and two ends of the central unit are respectively connected with one rotating unit. Two rotation units may allow both hands to be trained simultaneously (e.g., alternating rotation, etc. cognitive training tasks).

As an improvement, one of the rotary units is provided with a switch key at an end (i.e., an end in the axial direction of extension and away from the center unit) and the other rotary unit is provided with a volume key at an end (i.e., an end in the axial direction of extension and away from the center unit). The device is convenient to switch on and switch off and adjust the volume.

As an improvement, the rotary unit is formed by splicing a front cover and a rear cover, wherein the front cover and the rear cover are of taper sleeve shapes, and the large ends (namely the ends with larger sizes) of the front cover and the rear cover are adjacent; the front cover is adjacent to the central unit (i.e. the smaller end of the front cover is rotatably connected to the central unit).

As an improvement, the rotation sensor is arranged in the front cover, and the rotating shaft of the rotation sensor is fixed on the rotation fixing piece at the end part of the central unit; the knocking sensor is arranged in the rear cover; the keys comprise triangular keys and circular keys for performing cognitive training tasks (e.g., click training tasks) and are arranged on the outer wall of the front cover.

As an improvement, the outer walls of the front cover and the rear cover are uniformly distributed with bulges along the circumference; the protruding positions on the front cover and the rear cover correspond to each other. The bulge can stimulate the palm nerve and improve the training effect.

As an improvement, a rotation limiting mechanism is arranged between the central unit and the rotation unit; the rotary limiting mechanism comprises limiting tables which are respectively arranged on the end faces of the rotary unit and the central unit, and the limiting tables are radially arranged along the rotary unit or the central unit. The maximum angle of rotation of the rotation unit is limited by the limiting mechanism.

As an improvement, the limit tables on the rotary unit are two in collinear arrangement. So that the maximum rotation angle of the rotation unit is 180 deg..

As an improvement, the device also comprises a Bluetooth module; the Bluetooth module is arranged in the central unit. And the intelligent equipment such as a mobile phone and the like are interconnected through the Bluetooth module.

As an improvement, a battery module is arranged in the central unit; the wireless charging unit is used for charging the battery module, so that the charging mode is simplified, and the use feeling of a user is improved.

The utility model has the advantages that:

the utility model entertains boring cognitive training, stimulates brain activities from three aspects of hearing, vision and touch simultaneously, and completes the cognitive training. The hands are important parts for daily brain strengthening, the music can improve the mental and emotional states, and the daily hand movement and music listening are combined, so that the vitality of a nervous system can be enhanced, and the occurrence probability of diseases such as dementia and the like can be reduced. The scheme aims at exploring the application of the game thinking in the senile cognitive rehabilitation products, provides interesting exercise modes for the aged, and helps the aged to persist for a long time.

The cognitive training executing mechanism adopts a handheld structural design, so that the old can exercise the hands in a targeted manner, for example, different cognitive training tasks such as corresponding rotation, click, knocking and the like are performed, the number of cerebral nerve synapse connections is increased, and the cognitive ability is further improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present utility model or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below. Like elements or portions are generally identified by like reference numerals throughout the several figures. In the drawings, elements or portions thereof are not necessarily drawn to scale. It will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art that the drawings in the following description are of some embodiments of the utility model and that other drawings may be derived from these drawings without inventive faculty.

FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a cognitive training device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present utility model;

fig. 2 is a perspective view of a cognitive training device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present utility model;

fig. 3 is a schematic view of the center unit and the rotating unit of fig. 2 after being disassembled.

The marks in the figure: 1 central unit, 2 speaker subassembly, 3 controllers, 4 battery module, 5 rotatory mounting, 6 screen subassembly I, 7LED dot matrix screen, 8 screen subassembly II, 9 rotary unit, 10 on & off switch, 11 strike sensor, 12 button, 13 rotary sensor, 14 spacing platform, 15 volume key, 16 charging unit, 17 coil, 18 pad foot

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present utility model more clear, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present utility model. It will be apparent that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the utility model. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the utility model without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the utility model.

In this document, suffixes such as "module", "component", or "unit" used to represent elements are used only for facilitating the description of the present utility model, and have no particular meaning in themselves. Thus, "module," "component," or "unit" may be used in combination.

The terms "upper," "lower," "inner," "outer," "front," "rear," "one end," "the other end," and the like herein refer to an orientation or positional relationship based on that shown in the drawings, merely for convenience of description and to simplify the description, and do not denote or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the utility model. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

The terms "mounted," "configured to," "connected," and the like, herein, are to be construed broadly as, for example, "connected," whether fixedly, detachably, or integrally connected, unless otherwise specifically defined and limited; the two components can be mechanically connected, can be directly connected or can be indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communicated with each other. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present utility model will be understood in specific cases by those of ordinary skill in the art.

Herein, "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

Herein, "plurality" means two or more, i.e., it includes two, three, four, five, etc.

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the present utility model includes a center unit 1 and a rotation unit 9 connected to the center unit 1; the rotation unit 9 is rotatable about the axis of the central unit 1; the outside of the central unit 1 is covered with a screen assembly for playing video signals, and an audio player for playing audio signals, such as a speaker assembly 2, is arranged on the central unit 1; the rotary unit 9 is provided with a rotary sensor 13 for sensing the rotation of the rotary unit 9, a knocking sensor 11 for sensing knocking, and at least two types of keys 12; also included is a controller 3, the controller 3 being electrically connected to the screen assembly, the audio player, the rotation sensor 13, the tap sensor 11 and the keys 12.

Specifically, the central unit 1 is cylindrical, and the controller 3 and the speaker 2 are arranged inside the central unit 1; two ends of the central unit 1 are respectively connected with a rotary unit 9. The device also comprises a Bluetooth module; the bluetooth module is likewise arranged in the central unit 1. In addition, a battery module 4 is provided in the center unit 1 to charge the entire device.

In this embodiment, in order to better cover the screen component on the side wall of the cylindrical central unit 1, the screen component is a flexible screen, and includes an LED dot matrix display screen 7, and a screen component I8 and a screen component II6 disposed on the outer layer and the inner layer of the LED dot matrix display screen 7.

The rotating unit 9 is formed by splicing front and rear covers, the front and rear covers are taper sleeves, and the large ends of the front and rear covers are adjacent; the front cover is adjacent to the central unit 1. The rotary sensor 13 is arranged in the front cover, and the rotating shaft of the rotary sensor 13 is fixed on the rotary fixing piece 5 at the end part of the central unit 1; the knock sensor 11 is arranged in the rear cover; the keys 12 include a triangular key and a circular key, and are provided on the outer wall of the front cover. Of course, the key may have other shapes, which is not limited in the present utility model.

For convenience of control, an end of one of the rotary units 9 is provided with a switch key 10, and an end of the other rotary unit 9 is provided with a volume key 15.

Protrusions are uniformly distributed on the outer walls of the front cover and the rear cover along the circumference; the protruding positions on the front cover and the rear cover correspond to each other. Wherein, the bulge is made of silica gel material, and is triangular pyramid, can effectually stimulate the nerve on the user's palm. In addition, the utility model can be conveniently held, and has the function of skid resistance.

In some embodiments, the front cover and the rear cover each have a top base line and a bottom base line, the top base line and the bottom base line are circular (the radius of the top base line is smaller than that of the bottom base line), a plurality of isosceles triangle-shaped subareas are uniformly distributed between the top base line and the bottom base line, the vertexes of the subareas are positioned on the bottom base line, the bottom edges of the subareas are circumscribed on the top base line (or are parallel to the tangent line of the corresponding position of the top base line), and an outwards-protruding triangular pyramid formed by two isosceles triangle shapes (with a common vertex) is arranged between two adjacent subareas, and the vertexes of the triangular pyramid are overlapped with the common connection point of the two adjacent subareas, so that a plurality of triangular pyramid protrusions are formed along the circumference of the bottom base line, thereby being more convenient to take and giving more stimulation to fingers or palms.

Of course, in other embodiments, instead of the protrusions, other textures capable of stimulating palm or palm nerves may be adopted, for example, the front cover and the rear cover are hollow ellipsoids, and a plurality of protruding points are uniformly distributed on the outer wall of the front cover and the rear cover.

In order to adapt to the physiological structure of the hand rotation, therefore, it is necessary to limit the rotation angle of the rotation unit 9. In the utility model, a rotation limiting mechanism is arranged between a central unit 1 and a rotation unit 9; the rotation limiting mechanism comprises limiting tables 14 respectively arranged on the end faces of the rotation unit 9 and the central unit 1, and the limiting tables 14 are arranged along the radial direction of the rotation unit 9 or the central unit 1. More specifically, the limiting tables 14 on the rotating unit 9 are two arranged in line. So that the maximum rotation angle of the rotation unit 9 is 180 deg.. Of course, two limit tables 14 arranged in a collinear manner can be arranged on the two end faces of the central unit 1, so that the limit tables can be matched and limited better.

In addition, for convenience of charging, a wireless charging unit 16 for charging the battery module 4 is also included. The wireless charging unit 16 is internally provided with a coil 17 for wireless charging. To avoid slipping, the wireless charging unit 16 is also provided with a foot pad 18 at the bottom.

After bluetooth connection, the speaker assembly 2 can play music; while various random patterns are generated on the screen assembly. The patterns serve to direct the trainer or user to perform a corresponding cognitive training task, such as a rotation, or a tap, or a long press. The user rotates the rotation unit 9, which is sensed by the rotation sensor 13 and fed back to the controller 3; the user taps the rear cover, and a tap sensor 11 in the rear cover senses the tap and feeds the tap back to the controller 3; the user presses the key 12, and the key 12 feeds back the user's press to the controller 3, thereby stimulating the brain in cooperation with the audible, visual, and tactile aspects.

Further, positive feedback, such as voice feedback or on-screen image feedback, can also be provided to the user via the audio player and/or screen assembly, allowing the user to feel satisfied. By positive feedback is meant an approval feedback of the user's behavior, such as playing "you true bar", "good" speech through a speaker, or displaying an image of the thumb on a screen, etc. Thereby the operator obtains psychological satisfaction and achievement sense to improve the user experience, and simultaneously, the interest of training is also increased.

In addition, after the intelligent device Bluetooth connection such as a mobile phone and the like is adopted, a user can select a preferred track, a difficult and easy level, score ranking and score feedback through the intelligent device, so that the cognitive training is gamified, and the user is stimulated to participate in enthusiasm; the mobile phone end can be bound with the user to record game training data, and a designer can monitor and evaluate difficulty suitability, interestingness and training results of the game cognitive training according to data feedback.

The cognitive training device adopts a handheld structural design, so that the old can exercise the hands in a targeted manner, for example, different cognitive training tasks such as corresponding rotation, click and knock, long press and the like are performed, the number of cerebral nerve synapse connections is increased, and the cognitive ability is further improved.

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

The embodiments of the present utility model have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present utility model is not limited to the above-described embodiments, which are merely illustrative and not restrictive, and many forms may be made by those having ordinary skill in the art without departing from the spirit of the present utility model and the scope of the claims, which are to be protected by the present utility model.

Claims (10)

1. A cognitive training device, characterized in that: the portable type rotary device comprises a central unit and a handheld rotary unit connected with the central unit; the rotating unit can rotate around the axis of the central unit; the central unit is provided with a screen component for playing video signals, and the central unit is provided with an audio player for playing audio signals; the rotary unit is provided with a rotary sensor for sensing the rotation angle of the rotary unit, a knocking sensor for sensing knocking, and at least two keys for executing cognitive training tasks; the device also comprises a controller, wherein the controller is electrically connected with the screen assembly, the audio player, the rotation sensor, the knocking sensor and the keys.

2. A cognitive training device according to claim 1, characterized in that: the central unit is cylindrical, and the controller and the audio player are arranged inside the central unit; and two ends of the central unit are respectively connected with the rotating unit in a rotating way.

3. A cognitive training device according to claim 2, characterized in that: the end part of one rotary unit is provided with a switch key, and the end part of the other rotary unit is provided with a volume key.

4. A cognitive training device according to claim 1, characterized in that: the rotating unit is formed by splicing a front cover and a rear cover, the front cover and the rear cover are both taper sleeve-shaped, and the large ends of the front cover and the rear cover are adjacent; the small end of the front cover is rotationally connected with the central unit.

5. The cognitive training device of claim 4, wherein: the rotary sensor is arranged in the front cover, and a rotating shaft of the rotary sensor is fixed on a rotary fixing piece at the end part of the central unit; the knock sensor is arranged in the rear cover; the keys comprise triangular keys and round keys and are arranged on the outer wall of the front cover.

6. The cognitive training device of claim 4, wherein: protrusions or textures for triggering finger nerves are uniformly distributed on the outer walls of the front cover and the rear cover along the circumference; and the protruding positions on the front cover and the rear cover correspond to each other.

7. A cognitive training device according to claim 1, characterized in that: a rotation limiting mechanism is arranged between the central unit and the rotation unit; the rotary limiting mechanism comprises limiting tables which are respectively arranged on the end faces of the rotary unit and the central unit, and the limiting tables are radially arranged along the rotary unit or the central unit.

8. The cognitive training device of claim 7, wherein: the limiting tables on the rotating unit are two limiting tables which are arranged in a collinear way.

9. A cognitive training device according to claim 1, characterized in that: the device also comprises a Bluetooth module; the Bluetooth module is arranged in the central unit.

10. A cognitive training device according to claim 1, characterized in that: a battery module is arranged in the central unit; and a wireless charging unit for charging the battery module.