DE202016002248U1 - Apparatus for displaying images on the screen of an electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

Apparatus for displaying images on the screen of an electronic device, comprising an apparatus for displaying target image and a device for displaying some additional images intended for disturbances in the function of the optical analyzer when permanently working on a screen, known as a computer syndrome or syndrome of the dry eye, to prevent or correct, characterized in that it is additionally equipped with a device for displaying the additional image simultaneously with the field of the target image on the part of the screen which is not claimed by the field of the target image.

Description

The present invention belongs to the field of electronic technology and can be widely used both in the office and in everyday life.

Various electronic devices with screens are used today in the office, in production and in everyday life. These are not just computers of all kinds, but also televisions and smartphones as well as e-books, game consoles, etc. Furthermore, we will understand the term "electronic device with screen" of any of the above devices.

Working on computers or other electronic devices with screens (e-books, cell phones, game consoles etc.) is a major factor in visual stress. The first signs of visual fatigue (asthenopia) appear after about 45 minutes of non-stop work on the display, which is noticeably reduced on smaller displays (smartphones). After 2 hours the visual functions diminish substantially and the work on the monitor within more than 4 hours leads to the concentration of the fatigue state.

Eyesight problems complain about 60% of computer users. In 1998, a new term was introduced to describe visual symptoms and ocular symptoms due to working on the monitor: "Computer Vision Syndrome" or CVS. Later, other names have emerged that describe this problem: "Office marriage syndrome" and "dry eye".

• – Fremdkörpergefühl, Trockenheitsgefühl;
• – gerötete Augen;
• – Lichtempfindlichkeit,
• – Verschwommenheit;
• – „müde Augen”, Schweregefühl der Lider;
• – Kopfschmerzen bei der Bildschirmarbeit;
• – Doppelbilder.

The most common complaints when working on the monitor are burning, scratching, rubbing, itching as well

• - foreign body sensation, dryness;
• - red eyes;
• Photosensitivity,
• - blurredness;
• - "tired eyes", heaviness of the eyelids;
• - headache during screen work;
• - double pictures.

It should be noted that the CVS syndrome can not only cause visual fatigue, but also worsens the overall health of the organism. This manifests itself mainly in the form of lower work efficiency, stress, headache, general fatigue and sleep disorders. The CVS syndrome is the result of overloading various components of the optical analyzer so that the methods that are designed to reduce it are also directed to the various components of the optical analyzer.

The familiar 20/20/20 rule (inserting pauses every 20 seconds every 20 minutes during screen work and looking at an object that is at least 20 feet away) is primarily addressed to the mechanism of accommodation. The recovery effect is achieved here by the relaxation of the ciliary muscle (Musculus ciliaris).

Numerous training methods (based on the Bates method) are known which involve changing the functional mode of the external eye muscles, and which include increasing the frequency or duration of winking, as well as color simulation and closed-mouth massage (Palming) (see for example http://www.batesvision.com ).

There are special computer programs that remind the user to pause on the screen or, after a certain amount of time, fade out the image for a while suggesting training exercises for the eyes.

Over the past 20 years, visual correction and CVS compensation methods have been created using a special mapping on the user's screen that is created by a special PC program. In this case, an image is projected on the screen whose properties change the function mode of the eye compared to the conventional mode during screen work (reading texts and working with tables).

• 1. Programme, die darauf gerichtet sind, den Funktionsmodus der äußerlichen Augenmuskeln zu verändern, damit die Muskeln, die standardmäßig bei der Bildschirmarbeit belastet sind, entlastet und die Muskeln, die dabei normalerweise nicht zum Einsatz kommen, belastet werden (sieh z. B. Computer Perceptual Therapy http://www.homevisiontherapy.com ).
• 2. Das Akkommodationstraining, d. h. Aktivitäten zur Verbesserung des Zustandes und zur Entspannung der Ziliarmuskel (muskulus ciliaris), z. B. anhand von stereoskopischen Bildern (SIRDS) oder durch abwechselndes Vorzeigen von scharfen und unscharfen Figuren, siehe z. B. eye refresh Übungen am: http://www.eye-refresh.de ).
• 3. Farbstimulation durch Projizieren von Farbbildern. Die Programme der Farbstimulation tragen zur Wiederherstellung von Rhodopsin auf der Iris (Retina) bei und helfen beim Erhalten des Tonus des Nervensystems infolge der Aktivierung der Talamusstrukturen des Gehirns durch Wellen verschiedener Länge des optischen Spektrums.
• 4. Die Methoden zur visuellen Korrektur mit Hilfe von Geräten, die der Wiederherstellung der Biorhythmen des optischen Analysators dienen. In der Physiologie der Sehorgane ist das Phänomen der binokularen Rivalität bekannt. Es besteht darin, die visuellen Informationen, die von dem rechten und dem linken Auge empfangen werden, sich durch eine rhythmische Abwechslung und Informationsverarbeitung mal im rechten Teil mal im linken Teil der Sehrinde der großen Großhirnhemisphäre in ein binokulares Bild verwandelt. Dies hängt mit dem rhythmischen Charakter der visuellen Wahrnehmung zusammen und ist durch den Wechsel der Erregung und -Hemmungsprozesse des Gehirns bedingt.

All of these programs can be divided into four groups according to the principle of operation:

• 1. Programs designed to change the functional mode of the external eye muscles, so that the muscles that are loaded by default during the work on the screen are relieved and the muscles that are not normally used are loaded (see eg Computer Perceptual Therapy http://www.homevisiontherapy.com ).
• 2. The accommodation training, ie activities to improve the state and relaxation of the ciliary muscle (Musculus ciliaris), z. B. based on stereoscopic images (SIRDS) or by alternately presenting sharp and blurred figures, see, for. B. eye refresh exercises on: http://www.eye-refresh.de ).
• 3. Color simulation by projecting color images. Color stimulation programs help to restore rhodopsin on the iris (retina) and help maintain the tone of the nervous system as a result of the activation of the brain's talar structures by waves of varying lengths of the optical spectrum.
• 4. The methods for visual correction by means of devices that serve to restore the biorhythms of the optical analyzer. In the physiology of the visual organs, the phenomenon of binocular rivalry is known. It consists in transforming the visual information received from the right and left eye into a binocular image through rhythmic alternation and information processing, sometimes in the right part of the left part of the visual cortex of the great cerebral hemisphere. This is related to the rhythmic nature of visual perception and is conditioned by the change of the brain's arousal and inhibition processes.

In the normal state, the rhythm change of the visual perception occurs at regular time intervals, in adults, on average, after 4-5 seconds. The causes of desynchronization of rhythms of visual perception can be fatigue, stress or general illness.

To restore the biorhythms of the optical analyzer, the light stimulation is applied, which causes the normal rhythm of the visual perception. The brain adapts the rhythm imposed by an external source (coupling effect), and generates biorhythms in such a way that the normal biorhythms of the optical analyzer are restored. The effect on the eye is based on the light generator which triggers a pulsating light radiation (see, for example, FIG. http://www.kord-optika.ru/colorimpulstherapy.html ).

The biggest drawback of all these visual correction methods is that they all require a special action; H. you have to interrupt the actual work on the computer or on another screen device. This fact complicates the use of such programs, since the majority of users can not afford such breaks or do not want them. In addition, preventing the malfunction of the optical analyzer would be the most efficient method, and not the compensation of the interference that has already occurred. In this regard, it would be useful not to bring the compensation effect after the occurrence of the disturbances, but equal to the start of the screen work to advantage.

There is also another attempt to achieve the compensation effect of screen work by inserting some visual elements into the Word work background (see US 2008/0204471 A1 ). However, such intervention makes it difficult to work with the program and reduces performance.

• 1. Verfahren, bei dem dem Nutzer des elektronischen Bildschirmgerätes am Bildschirm desselben elektronischen Gerätes, an dem bestimmte Zielabbildungen dargestellt werden, zusätzliche Bilder zur Korrektur von Störungen des optischen Analysators vorgezeigt werden, die bei einer dauerhaften Bildschirmarbeit entstehen und die als „trockenes Auge” bekannt sind, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die zusätzlichen Bilder gleichzeitig mit den Zielabbildungen auf dem Bildschirmteil gezeigt werden, der vom Blickfeld des Zielabbildungen nicht beansprucht wird.

To optimize the situation, the inventor proposes a fundamentally new method:

• 1. A method in which the user of the electronic display device on the screen of the same electronic device, are shown on the specific target images, additional images for correcting glitches of the optical analyzer are presented, which arise in a permanent screen work and known as the "dry eye" are characterized in that the additional images are shown simultaneously with the target images on the screen part that is not claimed by the field of view of the target images.

In this application, the term "electronic device with the screen" computers of all types, smart phones, TVs and e-books and game consoles understood. The term "target mapping" refers to any work program (eg, word processing, spreadsheet) or game (eg, chessboard with chess pieces) or a program being shown on television.

• 2. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass man das Feld der Zielabbildung reduziert und einen gewissen vorgegebenen Teil des Bildschirms frei lässt, wenn dieses Feld den ganzen Bildschirm einnehmen möchte.
• 3. Verfahren nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der vorgegebene Teil 5–10% der Bildschirmfläche beträgt.

If one considers that one can work simultaneously with two programs, z. For example, "Word" and "Calculator", both of which are called on-screen, the term "target map" is understood to mean the entirety of all the programs the user has accessed on the monitor.

• 2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that one reduces the field of the target image and leaves a certain predetermined part of the screen free, if this field wants to occupy the entire screen.
• 3. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that the predetermined part is 5-10% of the screen area.

Additional images may also be shown as moving into the field of the target image. In this case, the parts that "move" into the field of the target image should be half transparent.

To accomplish this, we have developed a complex program designed to prevent CVS syndrome or "dry eye syndrome" as well as to improve the general health and emotional state of the user of the computer or any video display device. This program has a corrective and compensatory effect on the optical analyzer during the execution of the conventional activity on the PC by the user.

It is achieved by projecting an additional image onto the screen that overlays has a corrective or compensatory property. The projected auxiliary image occupies only the peripheral portion of the screen and leaves free space for mapping the actual work program.

• 1. Als Rahmen um den Bildschirmrand, dessen Breite der Nutzer nach seinem Ermessen verändern kann. Die Grenze dieser Veränderung wird von den Bedingungen der effizienten Wirkung einerseits und von der Möglichkeit die eigentlich Arbeit bei seiner Tätigkeit ausführen zu können andererseits, vorgegeben. Auf Grund eines Testes hat sich die Rahmenbreite von 4–8 mm als optimal erwiesen. Zur besseren Handhabung kann der Rahmen dreiseitig sein und den unteren oder einen beliebigen anderen Bildschirmteil frei lassen, auf dem Icons des Arbeitsprogramms platziert sind.

An additional illustration can be called up and used in some variants:

• 1. As a frame around the screen edge whose width the user can change at his discretion. The limit of this change is dictated by the conditions of the efficient effect on the one hand and by the possibility of actually being able to carry out work on the other hand. Based on a test, the frame width of 4-8 mm has proven to be optimal. For better handling, the frame may be three-sided and leave the lower or any other part of the screen on which icons of the work program are placed.

There is a limitation in defining the framework: the framework must not be "one-sided", ie. H. on the sides and at least above a certain space should be available, in which corrective pictures are called, d. H. There are limitations to placing the on-screen image required for working. If the user has called up a second program, e.g. For example, "Calculator" as an addition to "Word", then he may have no way to move one of the two in the screen field so that a part of the frame is obscured.

• 2. Außer einer statischen Abbildung an den Seiten des Bildschirms (des Rahmens) kann die Zusatzabbildung sich bewegende Figuren in zwei Varianten beinhalten:

However, this limitation can be easily circumvented if the frame or a part of the frame (as well as any other figures of our additional program) is made half transparent for better handling by the user. In this case, the user can continue to see all the components of the work program even if the additional image "slips" onto the work program. The degree of transparency of the images may also be adjusted by the user at his own discretion.

• 2. In addition to a static image on the sides of the screen (the frame), the additional illustration can include moving figures in two variants:

A - figures that move in the periphery of the screen and can change rhythmically by For example, color and tansparency change as they rotate and resize.

B - figures that are not always present on the screen periphery, but appear and disappear at a certain frequency, so that the rhythm and the duration of the phenomenon for the biorhythms of humans are relevant, especially for optical analyzer.

The change in color, the degree of transparency of figures as well as their movement and shape and / or color stimulates the gaze to the screen periphery and thus optimizes the load on the outer muscles of the eye. In the absence of direct vision, the optimizing and corrective effect of peripheral vision occurs.

Based on the tests carried out, it has been found that the maximum effect in terms of optimizing and correcting effect is achieved in changing figures with fractal image (i.e., figures that possess the property of self-similarities). The diversity of a fractal figure ensures that attention is directed to it, and some visual meditation comes about; H. uniform and consistent eye movements in a different way from the working mode. The aesthetic appeal of the fractal images serves as an additional factor in the foci of attention to the additional target image.

All figurines called on the additional image have certain color characteristics. The most important function of a color characteristic is the stimulation of the restoration of the "visual protein" rodopsin and the stimulation of the brain structures for the purpose of their activation.

The most important color gamut of the figures in the additional image comprises the visual (central) "comfort region" of the visible part of the spectrum. The colorimulation has proven to be optimally optimal in the range from 490 nm (green) to 680 nm (orange-red).

The other special feature of the color simulation is that the color of the called figures changes in a certain rhythm. The above-mentioned central part of the spectrum in each case covers at least 75% of the duration of the show. The other parts of the spectrum - from 380 nm to 490 nm and from 680 nm to 780 nm comprise a maximum of 25% of the time in which the figures are shown.

In addition, the user has the option to change the spectral composition of the figures shown depending on the time of day and depending on his general condition. It is possible, for example, to increase the proportion of blue color in drowsiness, which suppresses the production of the "sleep hormone" melatonin. In other cases, the spectrum may be orange move, which raises the mood and increases the overall activity.

The main advantages of the figures shown in the additional illustrations come in rooms with insufficient lighting to advantage. The figures placed in the periphery of the screen, especially in the form of a frame, provide additional lighting of the work program by performing the Ambilight or Backlight functions.

• 4. Verfahren nach Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die besagten zusätzlichen Bilder wie folgt ausgeführt werden:
• – entweder als bestimmte Figuren mit unveränderter Form, deren Position sich auf dem Bildschirm nicht verändert, dabei verändert sich die Farbe der Figuren in einem bestimmten Rhythmus, vorzugsweise im „Komfortbereich” des Farbskala, d. h. bei der Wellenlänge von 490 nm bis 680 nm;
• – oder als bestimmte Figuren mit unveränderter Form, deren Position sich auf dem Bildschirm zyklisch verändert, dabei verändert sich die Farbe der Figuren nicht oder sie verändert sich in einem bestimmten Rhythmus;
• – oder als bestimmte Figuren, deren Form sich zyklisch verändert, dabei bleibt ihre Position auf dem Bildschirm unverändert oder sie verändert sich in einem zyklischen Rhythmus, dabei verändert sich die Farbe der Figuren nicht oder sie verändert sich in einem bestimmten Rhythmus.

All this makes it possible for us to formulate the fourth claim:

• 4. The method according to claims 1 to 3, characterized in that said additional images are carried out as follows:
• - either as particular figures with unchanged shape whose position does not change on the screen, the color of the figures changes in a certain rhythm, preferably in the "comfort range" of the color gamut, ie at the wavelength of 490 nm to 680 nm;
• - or as certain figures with unchanged shape whose position changes cyclically on the screen, it does not change the color of the figures or it changes in a certain rhythm;
• - or as certain figures whose shape changes cyclically, while their position remains unchanged on the screen or it changes in a cyclic rhythm, it does not change the color of the figures or it changes in a certain rhythm.

The figures can be dyed in different ways. For example, the whole figure surface can be monochrome, so that the color of the whole character field changes. But it is also a variant possible in which the figure color represents a "section", which results in placing the figure on a below the figure in the selected color spectrum moving color scale. It is the most efficient situation in terms of experience, in the context of which "a jerky transition" exists. This means that if there is a fluid change in the color stripes, for example from yellow to violet, the next color stripe after the violet must again be yellow.

It is impossible to realize the proposed method on the basis of existing electronic devices. In order to realize this procedure, the existing electronic screen devices must be further developed. In general, in an electronic device, the actual screen, a device for calling on this screen a target image (ZA) and a device for calling some additional images (ZsA), which serve to prevent and correct any disturbances in the function of the optical analyzer that occur in a permanent screen activity and known as "PC syndrome" or "dry eye syndrome". In order to realize the said method, such a device must additionally be provided with a device on which the ZA can be displayed simultaneously with the ZsA field in the screen segment which is not used by the ZA.

To illustrate these additional illustrations, it is necessary to specify the minimum of space and shape of the screen part where these pictures are to be shown. Furthermore, a device is necessary which compares the screen part not claimed by the target image with predetermined minimum values and a device for shifting and / or reducing the target image on the screen in order to provide the free space required for displaying additional images.

• – Elemente (Komponenten) dieser Abbildung (ihre Form und ihre Platzierung auf dem Bildschirm);
• – die Möglichkeiten, die Charakteristika dieser Elemente (Komponenten) zu verändern.

At the same time, the known additional images are calculated to be displayed all over the screen. In the proposed variant, the target image occupies the largest (central) part of the screen and focuses on the user's attention. In this case, the additional image is placed in the visual periphery and its structure should be changed accordingly taking this fact into account. The display of the additional image is based on signals emanating from the device for displaying the additional images, so that one should determine what exactly this device is to project on the screen, ie, the following should be specified:

• - Elements (components) of this figure (their shape and their placement on the screen);
• - the possibilities to change the characteristics of these elements (components).

The first possibility is to make the additional images appear on the entire screen field, which is not claimed with target images. In this case, the additional pictures make up the screen background and cover all space not occupied with target pictures.

The second option is to use the default background (eg any Windows background) and to display the additional images against this background.

It is also possible to represent some figures, which are characterized by very clear contours. You can at a certain rhythm appear in the same places and disappear again. They can also "crawl" across the screen, forming curves, then disappear in one place and reappear elsewhere, possibly offset and in a certain rhythm. The same figures, if there are any asymmetries or angles in their contours, can rotate, offset or not staggered, non-stop with a certain frequency, as well as jerkily, even with a certain frequency. A variant is possible in which the density of the contours of these figures change.

The drawing shows a block diagram of the electronic device with the proposed device.

The device contains a screen 1 , a device 2 for representing the target image, a device 3 for determining the minimum dimensions of the field of the additional image, the outputs of the devices 2 and 3 with the inputs of the device for displaying the picture 4 whose output matches the screen 1 connected is. The device 4 compares the part of the screen not claimed by the field of the target image with given minimum values and if this part is larger than the minimum area and the shape of the screen part on which additional images are to be displayed (those of the device 3 given), then she does not do any activities by looking at the screen 1 forwards the designed target image and the designed additional image to be displayed for presentation outside the field of the target image. The additional image itself is using a block 5 designed, whose output to the third input of the device 4 connected is.

However, if the portion of the screen not claimed by the field of the target image is smaller in area and in shape than that of the device 3 is predetermined, then puts the device 4 the field of the target image on the field of the screen and / or compresses the field of the target image so that the required field for the target image for the mapping remains free.

The design of the additional image is given by the type of figure and the variable figure elements and the rhythm for changing these elements and given to the block pairs 6 and 7 . 8th and 9 . 10 and 11 (the blocks 6 . 8th . 10 and their outputs are connected to the inputs of the block 5 connected). The default goes through one of the blocks 7 . 9 . 11 whose outputs are also connected to the inputs of the block 5 are connected.

The design of the additional image may also include elements that vary with electroencephalographic frequencies. These elements and the frequencies for their change become the block 5 over the block 12 specified. In the formation of the additional image also some short-term breaks of showing additional image can be made to 0.1 s every 10 seconds. Such interruptions call for a wink in response, allowing the symptoms of "dry eye" to be removed. Such interruptions can be done by means of a block 13 be entered.

In the design of the additional illustration, it is also possible to include flashes of a specific wavelength, such as are used, for example. In DE 20 2010 016 309 U1 described and which can prevent drowsiness. Such flashes can be done with the help of a block 14 be specified.

The realization of the proposed invention is not associated with any fundamental technical difficulties.

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Cited patent literature

• US 2008/0204471 A1 [0015]
• DE 202010016309 U1 [0047]

Cited non-patent literature

• http://www.batesvision.com [0008]
• Computer Perceptual Therapy http://www.homevisiontherapy.com [0011]
• http://www.eye-refresh.de [0011]
• http://www.kord-optika.ru/colorimpulstherapy.html [0013]

Claims (2)

Apparatus for displaying images on the screen of an electronic device, comprising an apparatus for displaying target image and a device for displaying some additional images intended for disturbances in the function of the optical analyzer when permanently working on a screen, known as a computer syndrome or syndrome of the dry eye, to prevent or correct, characterized in that it is additionally equipped with a device for displaying the additional image simultaneously with the field of the target image on the part of the screen which is not claimed by the field of the target image. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that it additionally - with a device for specifying the minimum area and shape of the screen segment to be displayed on the additional images, - with a device for comparing the not claimed by the field of the target image screen part with the predetermined minimum values and equipped with a device for offsetting and / or compressing the field of the target image on the screen to keep the part of the screen required for displaying the additional image.

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