JP2007144090A - Right brain activation device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device for supporting the exercises of a left hand finger so as to allow anyone including an aged person to easily perform the exercise, stimulating a right brain, and raising memory retention and concentration. <P>SOLUTION: The device includes a disk 11 and at least one finger ring 21 for wearing the finger ring 21 in the left hand finger in order to allow the user to easily practice disk sliding rotation with the left hand finger, being one of the exercises to stimulate the right brain and raises the memory retention and concentration. One of the configuration materials for one component is composed of a magnet and one of the configuration materials for the other component is composed of the metal of a soft magnetic material. Thus, the disk 11 is held at the finger ring 21 by the attracting action of the magnet so as to facilitate the sliding rotation of the disk 11 in the right brain activation device. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a device that supports the movement of the finger of the left hand and activates the function of the right brain.

  Fine work using the fingertips is said to stimulate and activate the brain. In particular, stimulation to the right brain is said to increase memory and concentration. For this reason, hobbies that skillfully use fingertips such as typing using a personal computer, playing musical instruments such as piano and violin, and handicrafts such as knitting and embroidery are attracting attention. In addition, training methods that improve the memory and concentration by actively stimulating the right brain, such as speed reading, image training, and various games, are being carried out.

  However, these hobbies and training methods are not easily accessible by anyone, and often give up on the way. Efforts to revitalize the work of the right brain require strong will and concentration, especially for middle-aged and older people who are declining. Especially for elderly people, a decrease in memory and concentration is said to increase the occurrence and progression of senility, but hobbies that use a lot of fingertips and conventional right brain training methods are overloaded, and the right brain It was not necessarily suitable as an activation method for.

  In general, it is said that the movement of the extremities of the human body is governed by the functions of the opposite brain. In other words, the right brain controls the left side of the human body, and the left brain controls the right side. Therefore, the right brain is activated when the left and right limbs of the human body are moved, and the left brain is activated when the right and left limbs are used.

  In daily life, since the right hand, which is the dominant hand of the majority of people, is frequently used, it is common that the proportion of the left hand used is small. For this reason, the stimulation to the right brain from the aspect of motor function is less than that to the left brain, and the memory and concentration, which are called functions of the right brain, are reduced. This tendency increases with aging and is considered to be most prominent in the elderly.

  Therefore, the present invention aims to provide a device that supports the exercise so that anyone including the elderly can easily exercise the finger of the left hand and stimulates the right brain to improve memory and concentration. And

In order to solve the above problems, the first invention includes a disk and at least one finger ring, one of which is composed of a magnet, and one of the other constituent is a metal of a soft magnetic material. The right brain activating device is characterized in that the disc is slidably held on the finger ring by the attraction action of the magnet.
Further, the second invention comprises a disc and a finger ring, and a projection provided on the central portion of one surface of the disc engages with a guide provided on the outer peripheral surface of the finger ring, The right brain activation device is characterized in that the disc is slidably held on the finger ring.

  First, the usage of the instrument according to the present invention will be described. When one finger ring is used, a finger ring is attached to one of the index finger, middle finger, or ring finger of the left hand, and one surface of the disk is slid along the outer periphery of the finger ring. Rotate the disc while moving it. At this time, the disk is repeatedly slid and rotated by using the finger and thumb adjacent to the finger wearing the finger ring. The finger movement around the disk is a stimulus to the right brain that improves memory and concentration.

  As for how to rotate the disk, when one finger ring is mounted, there are methods of rotating the outer periphery of the finger clockwise and counterclockwise as shown by arrows in FIG. In the first invention, when two finger rings are mounted, a complicated way of turning as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 becomes possible.

Although it is possible to rotate the disk around such a finger without wearing a finger ring, it is quite difficult to rotate the disk repeatedly without dropping it.
For this reason, when the finger ring is attached to the finger of the left hand and the disk is slid and rotated along the outer peripheral surface of the first invention, one of the disk and the finger ring is a magnet and the other is a soft magnetic material. As described above, by utilizing the attracting action of the magnet that attracts the disk and the finger ring, the disk can be slid and rotated in a state where it is difficult to drop the disk from the finger.
In addition, since the contact surface between the outer peripheral surface of the finger ring and the disc is smaller than the contact surface between the finger and the disc when the disc is turned without attaching the finger ring, the sliding resistance is reduced. The effect of smoothing the sliding rotation of the disk occurs.

  Further, the second invention is such that the protrusion provided on the central portion of one surface of the disc is engaged with the guide provided on the outer periphery of the finger ring, and the disc and the finger ring are slidably integrated. Therefore, it is possible to turn the disk without dropping from the finger.

  With this effect that discs are difficult to fall off or do not fall off, and the effect of smooth sliding rotation of discs, anyone including the elderly can easily do without requiring strong will and excessive exercise load. It can exercise the finger of the left hand and stimulate and activate the right brain to improve memory and concentration. Even if you are walking outside or doing other things with your right hand, you can easily and continuously exercise your left finger without having to choose a place and time. Play.

A best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following example, one of the constituent materials of the disk is made of a magnet, and one of the constituent materials of the finger ring is made of a soft magnetic material.
4 (a) and 4 (b), reference numeral 11 denotes a disk, which is a thin circular magnet 13 fixedly attached to an outer frame 12 made of plastic or the like surrounding its outer periphery. The finger ring 21 is composed of a combination of a metal ring 22 made of a soft magnetic material attracted by the magnet 13 and an inner ring 23 made of plastic or the like into which the metal ring 22 is fitted. Further, the finger ring 21 is provided with a cut-out portion 24 in a part of the finger ring 21 so that the finger ring 21 can be worn even if the thickness of the finger is changed.

The diameter of the disk 11 is not particularly defined, although a size of 20 mm to 30 mm is appropriate for use. The thickness and the diameter of the magnet 13 depend on the attractive force of the magnet for sufficiently holding the disc 11 on the finger ring 21, and can be reduced as the magnetic force of the magnet 13 is stronger. Moreover, when giving priority to the reduction of manufacturing cost etc., the whole disc 11 can be made into a magnet. (Drawing omitted)
When the attractive force of the magnet is sufficiently large, it is possible to cover the surface of the disk 11 with the disk 11 or the whole as a magnet with plastic or the like so that the magnet 13 does not directly contact the finger. is there. (Drawing omitted)
If the surface of the disk 11 is too smooth, the fingertips are slippery and the disk 11 cannot be smoothly rotated. Therefore, the surface of the disk 11 may be processed with unevenness. (Drawing omitted)

The configuration of the finger ring 21 will be described with reference to FIGS. The finger ring 21 is provided with an inner ring 23 made of plastic or the like on the inner periphery of the ring that comes into contact with the finger, and soft magnetism is provided on the outer periphery of the ring that holds the disc 11 from the viewpoint of good feel of plastic and prevention of metal allergy. A metal ring 22 made of a material is disposed.
When priority is given to reducing the manufacturing cost, the entire finger ring 21 can be made of a soft magnetic metal. (Drawing omitted)
Further, when the attractive force of the magnet is sufficiently large, the entire surface of the metal ring 22 can be covered with plastic or the like. (Drawing omitted)
Further, when various sizes of the finger ring 21 are provided or set appropriately, the finger ring 21 can be formed in an integral ring shape without providing the cut-out portion 24. (Drawing omitted)
Furthermore, when the finger ring 21 is formed in an oval shape that matches the flat shape of the finger, the degree of close contact between the finger ring 21 and the finger is increased, and an effect that the finger ring 21 is difficult to come off from the finger is obtained. (Drawing omitted)

In the following, an embodiment will be described in which one of the constituent materials of the disc is made of a soft magnetic metal and one of the constituent materials of the finger ring is made of a magnet.
In this embodiment, the soft magnetic material metal and magnet, which are one of the constituent materials of the disc and the finger ring, use the magnet for the disc and the soft magnetic material for the finger ring. This corresponds to the case where it is opposite to the case of the embodiment. Therefore, the configuration is substantially the same as that of the above-described embodiment in which a magnet is used for the disc and a metal of a soft magnetic material is used for the finger ring, and detailed description thereof is omitted.
However, if the finger ring is made of a magnet, the magnet is more brittle, so the material strength of the magnet can be increased by increasing the thickness of the finger ring or increasing its width compared to a soft magnetic material made of metal. It is necessary to take large. (Drawing omitted)

"Other embodiments"
Hereinafter, other embodiments according to the present invention will be described.
As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, a protrusion 16 is provided at the center of one surface of the disk 15, a guide 26 is formed on the outer periphery of the finger ring 25, and the protrusion 16 and the guide 26 are engaged with each other. The disc 15 and the finger ring 25 are integrated so as to be slidable. Thereby, it becomes possible to turn the disk 15 without dropping from the finger.
Since the material used in this embodiment does not require a combination of a magnet and a soft magnetic material, it can be formed of plastic or the like.

It is a perspective view which shows one use condition of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows one use condition of 1st invention. It is a perspective view which shows another use condition of 1st invention. It is a perspective view which shows one Example of 1st invention. It is sectional drawing of the ring of one Example of 1st invention. It is a perspective view which shows one Example of 2nd invention. It is a fragmentary sectional view of one example of the second invention.

Explanation of symbols

5 5a 5b Finger 10 11 15 Disk 12 Outer frame 13 Magnet 16 Protrusion 20 21 25 Finger ring 22 Metal ring 23 Inner ring 24 Cut-off portion 26 Guide

Claims (2)

A disc and at least one finger ring, one of which is composed of a magnet and one of the other component is composed of a soft magnetic metal, which is attracted to the finger ring by the attraction of the magnet. A right brain activating device, wherein the disc is slidably held. A disc and a finger ring, and a projection provided at a central portion of one surface of the disc and a guide provided on an outer peripheral surface of the finger ring are engaged with each other, thereby causing the disc to engage with the finger ring. A right brain activation device characterized by holding the slidably.

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