JP2005087535A - Intention communication display implement - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an intention communication display implement with improved communication speed for the use in emergency, allowing a user, even a disabled person with difficulty in using fingers, to use the implement and to customize a display part according to the situation or the writing ability of each user. <P>SOLUTION: The intention communication display implement comprises an inner side character board 9, an outer side character board 8, and a rotation stopper for temporarily stopping the rotation of the inner side character board and the outer side character board so that characters displayed in the character boards are arranged almost in line when the character boards are rotated. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention mainly facilitates communication between a person who has a speech disability, for example, an elderly person requiring nursing care, a person with brain or oral disability who is difficult or impossible to communicate verbally and another person such as a healthy person. It is related with the communication indicator used for the use said to assist.

  Conventionally, the method of communicating with the other person is generally used by people with oral disabilities, but it is not versatile because not everyone has acquired sign language. Handwritten conversation is not available for people with oral disabilities who are difficult to write with a brush. On the other hand, although there is a means to use electronic computing devices such as word processors and personal computers, it is not only very expensive, but also inferior in operability, convenience, portability, etc., so it can easily assist conversations with people with oral disabilities. Since it is not a thing, this intention transmission display device is required to have simple and clear functions such as operability that anyone can handle immediately, safety at the time of operation, and simplicity.

Therefore, the conventional communication display tool has the following structure.
FIG. 1 is a surface view of a conversation assisting tool in Patent Document 1. FIG.
The part with the reference numeral in the figure is called by the following name.
1. Conversation aid 1. Plate-like body Hole 4. Front and back side 5. 5. Characters displayed on the surface Character displayed on the back

In FIG. 1, the conversation assistance tool which concerns on this invention is shown. The conversation assisting tool 1 is formed in the plate-like body 2 such that a plurality of holes 3 penetrates the front and back surfaces 4. The front and back surfaces 4 of the plate-like body 2 correspond to the holes 3. The same characters 5 and 6 are displayed. The usage is assembling sentences to be transmitted one by one through the finger holes 3 of the character selected from the front side, and the person who viewed it from the back follows the destination of the communication person's finger in order, and the sentence of intention indication It is to grasp.
For example, Patent Document 2 describes a technique of a display tool characterized by having a display surface on a spherical rotating body that can be manually rotated. Patent Document 3 describes a technology of a display device for conversation, characterized in that it has a function of converting the screen orientation into a guardian side and a handicapped side by operating a reverse key. .
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-82603 (P2002-82603A) JP-A-8-214050 Utility Model Registration No. 3087774 (U3088774)

Here, the conventional communication display device has the following problems to be solved.
First, the conversation requires speed and accuracy of communication, but the conventional display cannot communicate with the other person unless he / she indicates the sentence he / she wants to convey to the other person. When expressing slowness and intention to convey in sentences, there was a problem that the superiority or inferiority due to the ability of individual differences in the text dictated the accuracy of the transmission.

Secondly, the communication display device has a function and structure that can transmit intentions using the wrist or elbow even when the fingertips such as when a handicapped person or a finger is injured cannot be used. desirable.
However, the conventional display device has a problem that it cannot be used unless a finger or an indicator bar is used.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and can be used by persons with physical disabilities who cannot use their fingers as expected. The display can be customized according to the individual's situation and writing ability. The purpose is to provide a communication indicator that improves the speed of communication.

The invention realized by the embodiment described in the next section has the following configuration.
<Configuration 1>
When the inner dial, the outer dial, and the respective dials are rotated, the characters displayed on the inner dial and the outer dial are arranged in a substantially straight line. And a rotation stop that temporarily stops the rotation of the outer dial is provided.

<Configuration 2>
On the inner dial and the outer dial, a transparent letter wallet is provided at a position where the rotation is temporarily stopped, and the characters inserted in the character wallet are displayed on the dial. A communication indicator characterized by.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with specific examples. The configuration numbers such as configuration 1 and configuration 2 and the specific example numbers such as the following specific example 1 and specific example 2 are not particularly related and do not necessarily correspond.

FIG. 2 is a top view of a main part of the intention transmission indicator of the first specific example.
7). Base 8 Outside dial 9. Inner dial 10. Axle stop 15. Instruction line 16. Bicycle bell 17. In the drawing, a disk-shaped outer dial 8 with a hole in the center is on the base 7, and a small-diameter inner dial 9 is also on the base 7. A shaft of a shaft stopper 10 for attaching to the base plate 7 is fixed to the base 7 through the center holes of the two disks. The outer dial 8 and the inner dial 9 freely rotate with the axis of the shaft stopper 10 as the central axis. The material of the outer dial 8 and the inner dial 9 is a resin such as transparent acrylic, and the instruction line 15 applied to the base 7 is visible from above through the two dials. Further, the base 7 is provided with a bicycle bell 16 for calling a partner to communicate with, and an installation hole 17 for fixing the device to a bed or the like.

Details of each component will be described below.
FIG. 3 is a top view of the inner dial 9 of the first specific example.
9. Inner dial 12. Transparent vinyl name card holder 14. Rotation knob 22. Rotation stop hole 23. Center hole As shown in the figure, transparent vinyl name bills 12 are radially arranged from the center of the disk, and in the transparent vinyl name bills 12, a sentence to be displayed is written on paper or the like. A cylindrical rotating knob 14 for rotating the dial manually is fixed between the transparent vinyl name wallet 12 near the outer periphery of the disk. This rotary knob uses a resin such as nylon that is soft to some extent in consideration of safety. The rotation stop hole 22 is a hole used for a mechanism for temporarily stopping rotation at a fixed position, which will be described later, and is arranged as shown in the figure.

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the inner dial 9 according to the first specific example.
FIG. 5 is a top view of the outer dial 8 according to the first specific example.
8). Outside dial 8
11. 12. Transparent vinyl name card case Rotation knob 25. Center hole In the figure, like the inner dial 9, a transparent vinyl name card case 11, a rotary knob 13 having the same quality as the rotary knob 14, and a central hole 25 are arranged radially.

FIG. 6 is a bottom view of the outer dial 8 according to the first specific example.
24. Rotation stop hole 25. Center hole In the figure, the outer dial 8 is provided with rotation stop holes 24 for stopping rotation at a fixed position at equal intervals near the outer periphery, like the rotation stop holes 22 of the inner dial 9.

FIG. 7 is a top view of the shaft stopper 10 of the first specific example.
FIG. 8 is a bottom view of the shaft stopper 10 of the first specific example, and FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of the shaft stopper 10.
10. Shaft stop 18. Anti-rotation protrusion 19. As shown in FIGS. 8 and 11, when the shaft stopper 10 presses the inner dial 9 from above, the rotation stopper projection 18 just fits into two diagonal holes of the rotation stopper hole 22 of the inner dial 9. Are arranged. The function of this is to temporarily stop the rotation of the inner dial 9.

FIG. 9 is a top view of the base 7 of the first specific example, and FIG. 10 is a side view of the base 7 of FIG. 9 as viewed from the left.
7). Base 15. Instruction line 16. Bicycle bell 17. Installation hole 20. Anti-rotation protrusion 21. In the center hole diagram, the color of the instruction line 15 uses a conspicuous primary color system in order to make it easy to match the text that the communication person wants to show. The anti-rotation protrusion 20 temporarily stops the rotation of the outer dial 8 similarly to the anti-rotation protrusion 18 described above, and is arranged at the position shown in the figure. The center hole 21 is a hole for fitting and fixing the center shaft 19 of the shaft stopper 10.

FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view for explaining main components of the first specific example.
7). Base 8 Outside dial 9. Inner dial 10. Axle stop 13. Rotation knob 14. Rotation knob The rotation stop holes 22 and the rotation stop holes 24 in the inner dial 9 and the outer dial 8 are provided on the shaft stopper 10 and the base 7 as shown in the figure when the dials are rotated. Further, the rotation stop projections are overlapped with each other, and the rotation is temporarily stopped at that position. The temporary stop position is a place where the transparent vinyl name wallet of the inner dial 9 and the outer dial 8 are always aligned with the instruction line 15. As a result, the text displayed in each transparent vinyl name wallet on each dial is connected on the instruction line 15 without shifting, and it is possible to display an accurate text by preventing ambiguous display.

12 and 13 are cross-sectional views of the inner dial 9 of the first specific example.
FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view of the outer dial 8 according to the first specific example.

  With the above configuration, a number of conversation sentences assumed in advance are written and inserted into the transparent vinyl nameplates provided on the outer dial 8 and the inner dial 9, and both dials are freely rotated. By selecting the sentence that he / she wishes to communicate with and matching it to the instruction line 15, it is possible to quickly communicate with the other party. The bicycle bell 16 is for ringing and calling when there is no other party to communicate with.

  The above-described communication display device of the present invention can be widely used not only for the care of elderly people and oral disabled persons, but also for applications such as language practice for infants and a periodic schedule of business sales. .

As described above, the present invention has the following effects.
First, because the mechanism is simple, anyone can use it right away, and the sentences you want to communicate are interchangeable, so you can customize them according to each individual situation. It is possible to use even emoji.
Secondly, since only two dials are turned and selected, the transmission operation is very fast, so that the care recipient can hear the complaint quickly and accurately even when it is urgently difficult.
Thirdly, since the main body and the operation part are all made of safe structures and materials, there is no need to worry about it, and it can be operated with fingers other than the wrist, elbow, etc. I can respond.

It is a surface view of the conventional conversation aid. It is a principal part top view of the intention transmission indicator of the specific example 1. 6 is a top view of an inner dial plate 9 of Example 1. FIG. 6 is a bottom view of an inner dial plate 9 of Example 1. FIG. 6 is a top view of an outer dial 8 of Example 1. FIG. 6 is a bottom view of an outer dial 8 of Example 1. FIG. It is a top view of the shaft stopper 10 of the specific example 1. Bottom view of shaft stopper 10 of Example 1 Top view of base 7 of Example 1 It is the side view which looked at the base | substrate 7 of FIG. 9 from the left. It is sectional drawing of the shaft stopper 10 of the specific example 1. FIG. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of an inner dial plate 9 of Example 1. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of an inner dial 9 of Example 1. 4 is a cross-sectional view of an outer dial 8 of Example 1. FIG. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view for explaining main components of Example 1.

Explanation of symbols

1. Conversation aid 1. Plate-like body Hole 4. Front and back side 5. 5. Characters displayed on the surface 6. Characters displayed on the back side Base 8 Outside dial 9. Inner dial 10. 10. Axle stop Transparent vinyl name card case 12. 12. Transparent vinyl name card case Rotation knob 14. Rotation knob 15. Instruction line 16. Bicycle bell 17. Installation hole 18. Anti-rotation protrusion 19. Central axis 20. Anti-rotation protrusion 21. Center hole 22. Rotation stop hole 23. Center hole 24. Rotation stop hole 25. Center hole

Claims (2)

  When the inner dial, the outer dial, and the respective dials are rotated, the characters displayed on the inner dial and the outer dial are arranged in a substantially straight line. And a rotation stop for temporarily stopping the rotation of the outer dial is provided.   On the inner dial and the outer dial, a transparent letter wallet is provided at a position where the rotation is temporarily stopped, and the character card inserted in the character wallet is displayed on the dial. A communication indicator characterized by that.

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