JP2009153489A - Shape recognition food by tongue - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a shape recognition food by the tongue, for recognizing a shape by a tactile sense which the tongue has. <P>SOLUTION: This shape recognition food by the tongue is obtained by forming a three-dimensional form body which enables recognition as a character or a figure in a food base material which hardly melts at once even putting into the mouth, and coating the three-dimensional form body with a coating food material which prevents recognition of the three-dimensional form body by visual sense and is easy to melt at once by heat or saliva after putting into the mouth. The three-dimensional form body is formed in a projecting or recessed state on one side or both the sides of the food base material. Recognition of the shape of the three-dimensional form body by the tip of the tongue becomes further clear by differentiating the taste of the three-dimensional form body from that of the food base material and the coating food material. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a shape-recognizing food with a tongue for melting and recognizing the shape with a tongue when food such as confectionery is put in the mouth.

  Numbers and patterns are printed on the surface of confectionery such as biscuits and packed together in a box to form the entire pattern (Patent Document 1), and the separated parts are connected to form a pattern or object shape. A so-called jigsaw puzzle baked confectionery (Patent Document 2) is known.

These are all intended to recognize shapes and the like through vision during learning and play.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 8-23886 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 5-91373

Humans receive sensory information from the five senses, and when you put food in your mouth, you can get taste information by the tongue, but the tongue sensation is hard, soft, thin Has a tactile sensation such as round.
An object of this invention is to provide the shape recognition food by a tongue for recognizing a shape by the tactile sense which a tongue has.

The shape-recognizing food by the tongue according to the present invention forms a three-dimensional shape that can be recognized as a character or a figure on a food base that is not easily dissolved even if it is put in the mouth. It is characterized in that the three-dimensional body cannot be visually recognized and is covered with a covering food that is easily dissolved by heat or saliva when put in the mouth.
The three-dimensional shape is formed in a convex shape or a concave shape on one side surface or both side surfaces of the food base material.

The present invention has the following effects.
When the shape-recognizing food with the tongue according to the present invention is put in the mouth, the coated food is first melted in the mouth by saliva or heat. Even if the coated food material melts, the food base is difficult to dissolve, so a three-dimensional shape appears from the coated food material, and it is recognized at the tip of the tongue that the shape of the three-dimensional shape is a letter or a figure. The
For cognitive activity, the parietal cortex area related to the spatial position of the cerebral cortex and the character recognition, the temporal cortex area related to the shape, the language system, the prefrontal cortex, and the motor cortex area and motor area to move the tongue are active. To do. This is very meaningful in terms of activating the brains of dementia patients and the elderly.
In addition, infants can learn characters such as hiragana, katakana, alphabets, flowers, animals, and other shapes using their tongues, which can be expected to have learning effects.
Furthermore, tablets such as troches can be applied to medicines that are slowly dissolved while recognizing characters and figures in the mouth.

The shape-recognizing food by the tongue according to the present invention forms a three-dimensional shape that can be recognized as a character or a figure on a food base that is not easily dissolved even if it is put in the mouth. The three-dimensional body is covered with a covering ingredient that is easily melted by heat or saliva when it is put in the mouth so that it cannot be visually recognized, and is configured as a confectionery such as a biscuit.
The three-dimensional shape is formed in a convex shape or a concave shape on one side surface or both side surfaces of the food base material. Moreover, the three-dimensionally shaped body itself may be sufficient as the food base material.
In addition to confectionery, tablets such as supplements and medicines can be used.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a food base such as candy, jelly, biscuits and the like that is not easily dissolved even if it is put in the mouth. On one side of the food base 10, a three-dimensional shape 11 such as characters such as hiragana, katakana, kanji, and alphabet, flowers, animals, and other figures is formed so as to project integrally.
The three-dimensional body 11 is a food group that can be easily dissolved by heat or saliva when placed in the mouth so that the three-dimensional body 11 such as chocolate, ice cream, or paste cannot be visually recognized. It coat | covers with the coating foodstuff 12 which consists of material.

  FIG. 2 shows an example in which a three-dimensional shape 11 is integrally formed on the food base material 10 and the coated food material 12 is coated thereon.

  FIG. 3 shows an example in which different three-dimensional shapes 11 that form two-letter terms and idioms are formed on both surfaces of the food base material 10, and each three-dimensional shape 11 is covered with a coated food material 12. Yes.

  1, 2, and 3, the food base material 10 and the three-dimensional shape body 11 may be different foods, and the three-dimensional shape body 11 may be formed on the food base material 10.

  FIG. 4 shows an example in which the three-dimensional body 11 is formed with the food base material 10 and the whole is covered with the coated food material 12.

When the shape-recognizing food with the tongue configured as described above is put in the mouth, the coated food material 12 is first melted in the mouth by saliva or heat. Even if the coated food material 12 melts, the food base material 10 is difficult to melt, so that the three-dimensional shape 11 appears from the coated food material 12, and the shape of the three-dimensional shape 11 at the tip of the tongue is a letter or a figure. It is recognized that there is.
For cognitive activity, the parietal cortex area related to the spatial position of the cerebral cortex and the character recognition, the temporal cortex area related to the shape, the language system, the prefrontal cortex, and the motor cortex area and motor area to move the tongue are active. To do. This is very meaningful in terms of activating the brains of dementia patients and the elderly.
In addition, infants can learn characters such as hiragana, katakana, kanji, and alphabets, flowers, animals, and other shapes using their tongues, and learning effects can be expected.
Furthermore, it can also be set as the same structure also to the medicine etc. which melt | dissolve and slowly use tablets, such as a supplement and a troche, in the mouth.

In the said Example, the recognition of the shape of the three-dimensional shape body 11 in the tip of a tongue becomes clearer by making the three-dimensional shape body 11 into a taste different from the food base material 10 and the covering foodstuff 12. FIG.
Moreover, it is also possible to distinguish the upper end position of a character or a figure by making the taste different from others only in a part such as the upper end portion of the three-dimensional shape body 11.
In the embodiment, the shape of the shape-recognizing food by the tongue is a disc shape, but may be any shape such as a quadrilateral, a trigonal shape, and a sphere.
The shape-recognizing food by the tongue according to the present invention forms a combination of letters so that one word can be created by forming different characters on the three-dimensional shape 11 one by one, so that one person can complete one word. Can be used as a quiz. For example, it can be a quiz that three people complete the words “o”, “correct”, and “moon”.

Example 1 of the shape recognition foodstuff by the tongue by this invention is shown, (a) is a perspective view except the covering foodstuff 12, (b) is a longitudinal cross-sectional view. Example 2 of the shape recognition food by the tongue by this invention is shown, (a) is a perspective view except the covering foodstuff 12, (b) is a longitudinal cross-sectional view. Example 3 of the shape recognition food by the tongue by this invention is shown, (a) is the front view except the covering foodstuff 12, (b) is a longitudinal cross-sectional view, (c) is a rear view. Example 4 of the shape recognition foodstuff by the tongue by this invention is shown, (a) is a perspective view except the covering foodstuff 12, (b) is a longitudinal cross-sectional view.

Explanation of symbols

  10 ... food base material, 11 ... three-dimensional shape, 12 ... coated foodstuff.

Claims (6)

  A three-dimensional shape that can be recognized as letters or figures is formed on a food base that is not easily dissolved even if it is put in the mouth, and this three-dimensional shape cannot be visually recognized by this three-dimensional shape. Furthermore, a shape-recognizing food with a tongue, characterized in that it is coated with a coated food that easily dissolves with heat or saliva when put in the mouth.   The shape-recognizing food with a tongue according to claim 1, wherein the three-dimensionally shaped body is formed in a convex shape on the side surface of the food base.   The shape-recognizing food using a tongue according to claim 1, wherein the three-dimensional shape is formed in a concave shape on a side surface of the food base material.   The shape-recognizing food with a tongue according to claim 1, wherein the three-dimensionally shaped body is formed on both sides of the food base.   The shape-recognizing food using a tongue according to claim 1, wherein the food base constitutes a three-dimensional shape as a whole.   The shape-recognizing food with a tongue according to claim 1, wherein a part or all of the three-dimensional shape body is made of a different taste from the food base material and the coated food material.

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