JP3133616U - Electric digital counter - Google Patents

Abstract

[PROBLEMS] To enable an accurate count by a swimmer without requiring an assistant. In addition, an electronic digital counter that can measure distance and time by adding a pool with a fixed distance and a clock function, and can also measure lap time at the same time is provided.
SOLUTION: To enable a swimmer to measure distance and time independently, a pressure-sensitive sensing unit is attached to the swimmer's hand or foot, and the sensing unit is installed each time the swimmer turns on the wall of the pool. It senses that the hand or foot is turned by the pressure touching the pool wall and counts the signal.
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Description

  The present invention relates to an electric digital counter provided with a pressure-sensitive sensing unit.

  A swimming pool with a fixed distance of 25m or 50m has an indoor pool, which is heated in addition to the outdoor pool, and is widely used for swimming, underwater walking for leisure, health management and practice, as well as for use as a competition. It has been broken. When measuring distance and time in competitions and practice, an assistant such as a competition official who measures separately from the swimmer, or a start command by the assistant's operation and a touch plate type sensing function on the course wall of the pool And it was measured by the touch of the swimmer on the touch plate.

Thus, in the said swimming pool, when measuring a swimmer's distance and time, the assistant was required separately from the person. However, swimming is a sport that can be practiced and enjoyed by individuals, but it has been difficult for swimmers to measure distance and time correctly alone.

A stopwatch that can be used independently by a swimmer with a suction cup on the outside of the lens part of the goggles, and is pushed by the swimmer's own finger at the start, and pushed again with the finger at the end of the swim. Although it is commercially available, it is necessary to operate it with a finger each time it starts and stops, and it has a function that the swimmer can measure alone, but since the operation time of the finger is added, accurate time measurement can not be done Also, I could not record the lap time.

Besides, when measuring by the swimmer himself, there are only methods such as memorizing the number of round trips in the brain with the brain and measuring the time roughly by looking at the big clock installed near the pool, especially the distance As the length increased, the memory became ambiguous and the measurement was limited.

In addition, in order to compensate for this drawback and accurately measure the distance that the swimmer himself has swam in the pool, check the number of times each time a note paper is placed on the pool side, and check the number of times, such as a short distance that can be counted reliably. The unit has been devised to repeat this multiple times, but the memo paper method and unit distance method can ensure accuracy, but all methods continue long distances, such as stopping on the way. It could not be used when swimming.
JP 2004-234079 A JP 2001-356175 A JP-A-6-27259 Japanese Utility Model Application No. 4-83851 Application No. 2005-4866 Application No. 10-10552 Gunze Industry Co., Ltd. Fitness Group “Time Window”

  The problem to be solved is that there is a limit when the swimmer himself wants to accurately measure the distance and time alone.

The main feature of the present invention is that a pressure sensitive sensing unit is attached to a swimmer's hand or foot so that the swimmer can measure the distance and time independently. Each time a swimmer turns on the wall of the pool, the swimmer himself does not need an assistant by sensing that the hand or foot wearing the pressure sensing sensor has turned with pressure that touches the pool wall and counting the signal. I was able to count accurately.

Since the electric digital counter of the present invention is equipped with a pressure-sensitive sensor by the swimmer himself, it can count every time the swimmer turns on the wall surface of the pool, so there is no need for an assistant to measure distance and time by accurate counting. There is an advantage that it can measure and lap time can be measured at the same time.

The purpose of inputting the number of times each time a swimmer turns on the wall of the pool is realized by a pressure-sensitive sensor attached to the hand or foot and a counter driven by the signal. Furthermore, since it is a pool with a fixed distance by utilizing the count number, it is possible to measure and convert it to a distance, and by adding a clock function, it is possible to measure time and to measure lap time at the same time.

FIG. 1 is a front view of Embodiment 1 of the device of the present invention, where 1 is a detachable wearing band, 2 is a pressure-sensitive sensing unit, 3 is a counter unit driven by a signal of the pressure-sensitive sensing unit, 4 is It is a display unit that is provided inside the counter and displays the count number. Reference numeral 5 denotes a switch unit for resetting the counter, and reference numerals 6 and 7 denote magic bands which are attached to the wearing band on both sides in order to fix the apparatus to the subject.

FIG. 2 is a front view of Embodiment 2 of the device of the present invention, and 8 is a power switch of the device.

FIG. 3 is a front view of Embodiment 3 of the apparatus of the present invention, in which 9 is a counter unit accompanied with a time measuring function driven by a signal of a pressure-sensitive sensing unit, and 10 is a display unit for displaying a count number and time. .

FIG. 4 is a front view of Embodiment 4 of the apparatus of the present invention. Reference numeral 11 indicates that the time is stopped when a preset count is reached, and the measurement subject is temporarily stopped by vibration or the like. A counter unit having a function, 12 is a display unit that displays a preset count number and a count number and time driven by a signal of the pressure-sensitive sensing unit, and 13 is a preset count number or sets a pool length. It is a setting button to set.

FIG. 5 is a front view of Embodiment 5 of the apparatus of the present invention, in which 14 is a pressure-sensitive sensing unit having a function of wirelessly transmitting a sensing signal, and 15 is a counter unit for receiving and driving the wireless signal.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a state where Example 1 or 2 of the device of the present invention is attached to a hand or a toe, wherein 16 is a finger and 17 is a nail.

Since the electronic digital counter is attached to the swimmer's hands and feet in this way, the swimmer can measure at any time with his own intention, and when the swimmer starts swimming, touch the wall surface of the pool with his hand and start the counter If the wall is touched by hand for each turn, the number of times is counted and the count is displayed on the display unit, so that the swimmer can concentrate on swimming without memorizing the number of times he is swimming in the pool.

Since the second embodiment of FIG. 2 includes a power switch, it has both a prevention of malfunction and a reset function immediately before the start of the swimmer.

In the third embodiment shown in FIG. 3, a time counting function is also attached to the counter, so that the time can be measured simultaneously with the count number, and the lap time can be measured by recording the time for each count in the time counting function.

Since Example 4 of FIG. 4 has a setting button, the length of the pool is set and the count number is converted into a distance and displayed, or the time is stopped at the set count number and the swimmer is notified of the stop. Can stop swimming at the set count.

There are four swimming methods in the swimming style: crawl, breaststroke, backstroke, butterfly, and the swimming rules for breaststroke and butterfly must be put on the wall surface of the pool at all times. If you put on the hand, you can measure everything from the lap time on the way to the goal if you start by applying pressure to the sensing part of the hand at the start.

However, in the crawl and backstroke, according to the competition rules, it is not always necessary to put your hand on the wall of the pool at the time of turn. . In this case, when the counter is attached to the foot, when starting from the water, the counter starts when the wall is kicked out with the foot at the beginning of swimming, and the quick turn (hands used for crawl and backstroke) In the turn method in which the body is flipped in front of the wall surface without touching the wall surface of the pool and the foot is touched and kicked with the foot, the number of times is counted by kicking the foot, so it is also effective for swimmers with advanced swimming skills is there. However, it is necessary to touch the wall with your feet with a quick turn for the last touch on the wall. Also, if you are a beginner of swimming and cannot perform a quick turn, you can wear this counter in your hand.

Embodiment 5 in FIG. 5 is an embodiment of the device of the present invention in which two pressure-sensitive sensing units and one counter unit are combined. In this embodiment, it is natural to hold individual radio signals for each set. In addition, if the two sensing units are attached to the hand and the foot, the effect of the present embodiment can be obtained in the same manner even if the counter unit is held at an appropriate part of the body.

According to the competition rules, the backstroke goal touch must be done by hand, but in Example 5 of FIG. 5, since there are two sensing parts separated from the counter part, the sensing parts should be attached to the hands and feet respectively. For example, the counter unit can be driven by touching the pool wall of either hand or foot to cover from start to finish.

  In this way, it can be applied to any swimming method by sending a sensing signal from the sensing unit, and can also be applied not only to starting from the pool wall underwater but also to starting from a start stand installed on the pool. .

When the device of the present invention is worn on the hand, it is worn so that the sensing part is located on the palm side of the third finger (middle finger) fingertip and the counter part is located on the pawl side. Is equipped with a sensing part located on the back side of the first finger of the foot and a counter part located on the pawl side, so that there is less resistance to water in swimming action, and swimmers with advanced swimming skills There is little discomfort and it can effectively sense the touch on the wall.

In addition, the sensing unit of this device covers the fingers from the second finger to the fifth finger of the hand or the upper half of the palm of the hand when wearing, or the entire toe when wearing. Alternatively, even if the front half of the foot is covered, the effect of the present invention can be obtained. In particular, a swimmer with low swimming skill can touch the wall surface or reliably convey the action to the counter through the sensing unit when turning.

As for the mounting method, as shown in FIG. 6, it is natural to mount the sensor unit on the palm side or the back side of the foot so that the counter unit is located on the opposite side (back side). . Further, in the case of the fifth embodiment, the counter unit may be attached to a part suitable from the viewpoint of holding and operability.

By separating the sensing unit and the counter unit and providing two sensing units that transmit sensing signals wirelessly, it is possible to respond to any swimming style of swimming, and not only from the pool surface underwater but also from the start stand Can be applied to coaching exercises and competitions by holding the counter part to the competition officials and assistants, and it is also possible to realize an automatic referee timing device for swimming competitions that does not require a touch panel .

In addition to facilitating distance measurement by touching the wall surface of the pool during underwater walking, it can also be applied to use as a pedometer by attaching a sensing part to the sole of the foot, and the number of steps on land as well as underwater It can also be applied to meters and distance measurements.

It is the front view which showed the Example of the electric type digital counter. Example 1 It is the front view which showed the Example of the electric type digital counter. (Example 2) It is the front view which showed the Example of the electric type digital counter. (Example 3) It is the front view which showed the Example of the electric type digital counter. (Example 4) It is the front view which showed the Example of the electric type digital counter. (Example 5) It is a perspective view which shows the mounting state of an electric digital counter.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Band for wearing 2 Pressure-sensitive sensing part 3 Counter part 4 Display part 5 Switch part 6 Magic band 7 Magic band 8 Power switch 9 Counter part with a timekeeping function 10 Display part which displays count number and time 11 Set count The counter unit is provided with a function of stopping the counter by a number and transmitting stop information to the measured person 12. A display unit 13 for displaying the set count number, the measured count number, and the measurement time. Pressure sensing unit 15 having a counter unit 16 having a function of receiving a wirelessly transmitted sensing signal Finger 17 Nail

Claims (4)

  In the means of measuring the distance of swimming in a swimming pool with a fixed distance, the pressure-sensitive sensing unit is placed on the palm side or foot so that the person who is swimming can measure the number of times by putting his hand or foot on the wall of the pool. A waterproof electric digital counter comprising a counter unit mounted on the back side and driven by a sensing signal of the sensing unit. An electric digital counter characterized by having a time measurement function in conjunction with the counter in the one-term counter. In the two-term counter, it is possible to set the number of counts in advance, and when the set number of counts is reached, it has a time measurement function that ends time measurement and a function that notifies the wearer of the end by vibration or the like An electric digital counter characterized by having. In the three-term counter, the pressure-sensitive sensing unit and the counter unit are separated, the sensing unit has a function of wirelessly transmitting a sensing signal, and the counter unit has a function of receiving the wireless signal. Digital counter.

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