KR101590396B1 - Apparatus for communication - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a pseudo-display panel having consonants or vowels formed on its upper side; And a controller for controlling rotation and inverse rotation of the pseudo display panel, wherein when the communication of the pseudo display panel is stopped by applying a physical external force to the rotating pseudo display panel, the communication device transmits a physical external force to the pseudo display panel Is rotated in a direction opposite to the rotation direction before the rotation.

Description

{APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATION}

The present invention relates to a communicative communication device.

More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and a device for communicating by a finger movement without significant movement of a severe patient who is difficult to communicate due to diseases arising in motor neurons such as ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: ALS) And a communication device.

Dysphagia and dysphagia are typical symptoms of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) disease, which is a typical symptom of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). .

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a disease that occurs in motor neurons. This disease is caused by progressive degeneration of brain nerves, especially motor neurons, resulting in complete destruction of brain nerves. In addition to the neurons in the brain, it also affects neurons in the brainstem and spinal nervous system and in the whole body of the nervous system, and muscles are not stimulated by the motor nerves, resulting in muscle weakness and ability to control spontaneous movements .

Furthermore, when the symptoms worsen, the ability to control the diaphragm muscles is lost, resulting in respiratory failure, which is a rare disease that makes it difficult to breathe alone without the help of a ventilator.

The initial symptoms of such amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are difficult to perform tasks that require mild muscle weakness, uncomfortable hand movements and delicate movements of the fingers and hands, weakness of the leg muscles makes it difficult to walk, As this gradually weakens, the function of the tongue, mouth, and voice box weakens or is lost.

Symptoms of paralysis of the tongue and throat muscles are found in about a quarter of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and the strength of the tongue, mouth, and neck muscles And the laryngeal function is lost, it becomes difficult to speak, the pronunciations become unclear, and the operation of swallowing the food becomes difficult as well as the pronunciation becomes unclear and the communication becomes obstructed.

Therefore, in the communication of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which is uncomfortable to undergo motor neuron disease, there is a desperate need for a technique that minimizes discomfort and can communicate a correct opinion.

Furthermore, if minimal movement, for example, a patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), is difficult to perform using the muscles of the body, a technique capable of communicating with only the touch of a finger is strongly desired.

As one of these techniques, a complementary and alternative communication device for persons with disabilities is described in Patent Publication No. 10-1169249.

FIG. 1 shows a supplementary and alternative communication device for a person with a disability as described above, which comprises a plate-shaped main body 1 in which a guide connecting rod 11 is protruded at the center front; A pseudo signboard 2 attached to the front surface of the main body 1 and having a plurality of symbols 21 radially attached thereto; A guide (3) rotatably connected to the guide connecting rod (11) and pointing to the corresponding symbol (21) according to a user 's instruction; And a controller 4 installed at a lower portion of the main body 1 for receiving an input signal of a user and controlling the operation of the pointer 3. [

In order to enable the disabled person to express his / her own opinion, the supplementary communication device for the disabled person is provided with a guide (3) rotated by the motion of the motor when the patient presses the input switch (43) 21), so that the doctor can be delivered.

That is, the pointer 3 automatically stops at the next symbol 21 every time the input switch 43 is pressed once, and once again, the pointer 3 stops at the next symbol 21 and stops.

Therefore, when the patient 3 places the pointer 3 in the corresponding symbol 21, the partner checks the symbol 21 to see the patient's expression.

However, in the above-described conventional supplementary communication device for the disabled person, the input switch 43 is operated several times for the movement of the symbol 21 indicated by the pointer 3 at the start position to the symbol 21 having the greatest separation distance There is a problem to input.

For example, since the input switch 43 must be touched eight times in order to indicate the symbol 21 located at the eighth position from the starting position of the instruction (3), it is necessary to use the patient who has difficulty using muscles in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) It may be difficult to do so.

In addition, although the conventional art allows the communication of the patient by using the symbol 21, it is difficult to express a character.

Furthermore, even if a character is attached to the pseudo sign 2 to which the symbol 21 is attached in place of the symbol 21, 21 consonants including a loud sound and 21 vowels including a short vowel double vow, that is, a total of 40 There is a problem that it is difficult to transmit the doctor's instructions by rotating the pointer 3 through the touch of the input switch 43 in accordance with the number of Korean phonemes reaching the maximum number of Korean phonemes.

As one of communication technologies for persons with disabilities, a language producing machine for persons with disabilities is disclosed in Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2011-0025534.

The above-described language producing machine for the disabled has a communication program for patients with uncomfortable body movements such as cerebral palsy, Lou Gehrig's disease, etc., and can easily inform the patient's requirements and external conditions by using a human-like pictogram .

It is also characterized in that a vowel and a consonant block are separately arranged to combine letters in a determinant and to implement it as a sentence.

However, the language maker for the disabled person is an operation for selecting a screen displayed on the pictogram, and it is a function of selecting consonant and mood of the patient, or selecting a consonant containing a consonant and a short vowel (ALS), such as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a complicated configuration for use by the patients, and it is a complicated configuration for use by patients who are suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) It is difficult to combine them with the selection of patients with Lou Gehrig 's disease who are inconvenienced.

Patent Registration No. 10-1169249 (2012.07.23.) Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-2011-0025534 (March 10, 2011)

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method and a device for preventing the movement of the fingers of a severe patient who is difficult to communicate due to diseases occurring in motor neurons such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis And to provide a communication device capable of expressing sentences by selecting consonants and vowels with only movement.

Another problem to be solved by the present invention is to communicate with a minimum of movement, but when the rotation of the rotating pseudo indicator plate is stopped, the change of the magnetic flux of the rotating body rotating the pseudo indicator plate is reversed and the rotation by the induced electromotive force is reversed And to provide a communication device capable of displaying a consonant and a vowel in the rotation direction by causing the pseudo display panel to rotate in the reverse direction.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication device comprising: a pseudo display panel having a consonant or a vowel on an upper side thereof; And a controller for controlling rotation and forward rotation of the pseudo display panel, wherein the communication device applies a physical external force to the rotating pseudo display panel to stop the rotation of the pseudo display panel, And rotates in a direction opposite to the rotation direction, thereby solving the technical problem.

The present invention can express a sentence by selecting a consonant and a vowel with only the movement of a finger without a lot of movement in a severe patient who is difficult to communicate such as a paralysis patient due to a disease occurring in an exercise neuron such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) , And has a remarkable effect that facilitates communication to the other party.

In addition, since the pseudo display panel is rotated in the reverse direction by stopping the rotation of the pseudo display panel due to the physical external force, consonants and vowels can be expressed according to the rotation direction of the pseudo display panel, so that it is possible to express an accurate sentence even with minimal movement.

1 is a perspective view of a rotation communication device of a pseudo display panel according to a conventional physical external force.
2 is a perspective view of a communication device according to the present invention.
3 is an exploded perspective view of a communication device according to the present invention.
4 is a cross-sectional view of a pseudo display panel in the communication device according to the present invention.
5 is an exploded perspective view of a controller in a communication device according to the present invention.

The terms and words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as limited to ordinary or dictionary terms and the inventor may properly define the concept of the term in order to best describe its invention It should be construed as meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention.

Therefore, the embodiments described in the present specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are merely the most preferred embodiments of the present invention and are not intended to represent all of the technical ideas of the present invention. Therefore, various equivalents It should be understood that water and variations may be present.

Before describing the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings, it should be noted that the present invention is not described or specifically described with respect to a known configuration that can be easily added by a person skilled in the art, Let the sound be revealed.

The present invention can express a sentence by selecting a consonant and a vowel with only the movement of a finger without a lot of movement in a severe patient who is difficult to communicate due to a disease occurring in the motor neuron such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) And a communication device capable of communicating with the other party.

When the rotation of the pseudo indicator plate is stopped by applying a physical external force to the rotating pseudo indicator plate, the change of the magnetic flux of the rotating body rotating the pseudo indicator plate is reversed and the rotation by the induced electromotive force is reversed, The present invention relates to a communication device capable of expressing an accurate sentence even with minimal movement.

Herein, the physical external force means an external force enough to stop the rotation of the rotating pseudo-indicator plate, and it is not easy to use the muscles, and the patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) Means an external force capable of stopping the rotation of the pseudo display panel by touching a part of the pseudo display panel with the minimum operation using the same tool.

Hereinafter, a communication apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a communication device according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a communication device according to the present invention.

The communication device according to the present invention is capable of transmitting a doctor through characters indicated by the pointer 300 when a physical external force is applied to the rotating pseudo indicator plate 200 to stop the rotation, ), Instructions (300), legs (400), and a controller (500).

The case 100 provides a space for accommodating the controller 500, which will be described later, and serves as a body of the communication device according to the present invention.

The case 100 is configured by assembling the upper case 110 and the lower case 120 to facilitate assembly.

The upper case 110 has a cylindrical shape opened to the lower side and has an outer diameter increasing gradually from the upper side to the lower side and includes an axial passage hole 111 and a fitting groove 112.

The axial passage hole 111 is formed on the upper side of the upper case 110 and communicates with the inside and the outside of the upper case 110. A shaft rod 210 formed in a pseudo display plate 200, And the like.

The fitting groove 112 functions to engage the leg 400 described later.

The reason why the side surface is inclined so that the outer diameter of the upper case 110 increases from the upper side to the lower side is that the leg 400 to be described later is fitted along the inclined surface of the upper case 110, The spacing distance of each of the plurality of legs 400 to be spaced apart from the upper case 110 increases from the upper case 110 side toward the lower case 120 side to firmly support the case 100.

The lower case 120 has a cylindrical shape that opens upward to have a shape corresponding to the upper case 110. The lower case 120 gradually decreases its outer diameter from the upper side to the lower side and includes a battery insertion groove 121 .

The battery insertion groove 121 allows the battery to be inserted into the controller 500, which will be described later, such as a battery.

The reason why the side surface is inclined so that the outer diameter of the lower case 120 decreases from the upper side to the lower side is that the guide 300 to be described later is coupled along the inclined surface of the lower case 120, The upper side of the pseudo display panel 200 having an outer diameter larger than the outer diameter of the case 100 is formed so as to be distant from the case 100 toward the upper side.

The pseudo display panel 200 is provided on the upper side of the upper case 110 and has a circular plate shape as shown in the accompanying drawings, and characters are formed on the upper side thereof. do.

Here, the letter means a consonant and a vowel, and is formed in the form of a radiation on the upper side of the circular pseudo display panel 200, and is formed in the form of a letter 'a, b, c, d, k, g, 19 consonants including five basic consonants consisting of four basic consonants consisting of 'ㄲ, ㅌ, 및 and ㅎ' and five consonants consisting of ㄲ, ㄸ, ㅃ, ㅆ and ㅉ are formed on the outside of the pseudo display panel 200 ㅐ, ㅒ, ㅓ, 이루어진, ㅘ, ㅛ, ㅢ, ㅠ, 및, ㅢ, 이루어진, 및, 및 and ㅢ 20 voices including ten composite voices are formed inside the pseudo indicator panel 200. [

That is, the consonants formed on the outside of the pseudo display panel 200 and the vowels formed on the inside of the pseudo display panel 200 indicate whether a consonant is selected or a vowel is selected according to the rotation direction of the pseudo display panel 200.

For example, when the pseudo display panel 200 is rotated clockwise, the characters selected by the pseudo display panel 200 are consonants, and when the pseudo display panel 200 is rotated counterclockwise, The letter is a vowel.

Therefore, accurate sentences can be expressed by the direction in which the pseudo display panel 200 is rotated and the character arrangement of consonants and vowels, thereby enabling accurate communication.

The shaft rod 210 protrudes downward from the pseudo indicator plate 200 and is inserted into the controller 500 through the shaft hole 111 and 511 so that the case 100 and the pseudo indicator plate 200 And also functions as a rotary shaft.

Depending on the design conditions, the plate provided with characters provided on the upper side of the pseudo display panel 200 may be configured to be replaceable.

Referring to FIG. 4, an auxiliary plate 220 may be further provided between the plate on which characters are formed and the shaft rod 210 projected on the lower side of the pseudo display plate 200.

The auxiliary plate 220 can be detachably attached to the lower surface of the plate on which the characters are formed. For example, it is possible to easily replace the plate formed with letters by using a velcro attachment or a magnet attachment.

Accordingly, in addition to the plate on which the character is formed, the plate can be replaced with a plate on which a symbol capable of communicating with the place, food, and the like is formed, and can be used in accordance with the condition of the patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

The guide 300 is coupled along one side slope of the lower case 120 on one side thereof and has an upwardly extending shape.

The other side of the guide 300 is designed to point to the upper side of the pseudo display panel 200 and stops the rotation of the pseudo display panel 200 by applying a physical external force to the rotating pseudo display panel 200, Make it possible to communicate through the indicated letter.

The leg 400 includes a fitting portion 410 and a solar cell 420. One side of the leg 400 is inserted along the side inclination of the upper case 110 and extends downward.

The fitting portion 410 is inserted into the fitting groove 112 formed in the upper case 110 to perform a function of firmly coupling the upper case 110 and the leg 400.

The solar cell 420 is formed along an outer inclined surface of the leg 400 and converts solar energy into electric energy and rotates the pseudo display panel 200 using the converted electric energy.

According to the design conditions, a plurality of legs 400 are provided to support the case 100 such that the case 100 is separated from the ground by a predetermined distance. Although four legs 400 are shown in the attached drawings, it is needless to say that the legs 400 may be provided in three or more.

Hereinafter, the controller 500 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

5 is an exploded perspective view of a controller in a communication device according to the present invention.

The controller 500 is accommodated in the case 100 and receives power from the battery or the solar cell 420 to control the rotation and the forward and reverse directions of the pseudo display panel 200. The upper cover A lower cover 520, a control unit 530, a first gear 540, a second gear 550, a third gear 560, a coil 570, and a rotating body 580 .

The upper cover 510 functions as a body of the controller 500 and is coupled to a lower cover 520 to be described later and includes a control unit 530, a first gear 540, a second gear 550, A third gear 560, a coil 570, and a rotating body 580, and includes an axial hole 511.

The axial hole 511 is formed on the upper side of the upper cover 510 and communicates with the inside and the outside of the upper cover 510. The shaft cover rod 210 passes through the shaft cover rod 511, 540, respectively.

The lower cover 520 has a shape corresponding to the upper cover 510 and is coupled to the upper cover 510 and includes a supplementary shaft 521 and a battery insertion portion 522.

The auxiliary shaft groove 521 functions to support the end of the shaft rod 210 rotatably after the shaft rod 210 passes through the shaft hole 111 and 511 and the first gear 540 to be described later.

That is, a part of the end of the shaft rod 210 is inserted into the auxiliary shaft groove 521 to prevent the shaft rod 210 from rotating spirally when the shaft rod 210 rotates.

The battery inserting portion 522 provides a space for inserting a battery for operating the machine such as a battery.

The control unit 530 may be a printed circuit board (PCB), and may include a function to apply a current to a coil 570, which will be described later, by receiving power through a battery or a solar cell 420 to rotate the rotating body 580 .

According to the design conditions, an ON / OFF switch for applying a current to the coil 570 may be further provided.

The first gear 540 is engaged with the second gear 550, the third gear 560, and the rotating body 580 through engagement of the gear with the shaft rod 210 through which the pseudo indicator board 200 is rotated. So that the physician's display panel 200 is rotated.

At this time, the first gear 540, the second gear 550, the third gear 560, and the rotating body 580 may be gears formed with small teeth. Thus, smooth driving can be performed, and smooth rotation can be performed without interruption when the pseudo display panel 200 is rotated.

The coil 570 is wound around the outer circumference of the core 571. When the current supplied from the battery or the solar cell 420 through the control unit 530 flows, So that the electromotive force is induced to rotate the rotating body 580.

The rotating body 580 is provided so as to overlap with a part of the coil 570 and is installed so as to be rotatable. The rotating body 580 is made of a nonconductor on the side facing the coil 570, and on the side opposite to the coil 570, .

At this time, the rotating body 580 may have a plurality of magnets 581 fixed to the side facing the coil 570.

As shown in the accompanying drawings, a plurality of magnets 581 are provided on the side facing a part of the coil 570, and are fixed radially to the rotating body 580 at regular intervals.

Further, one side of the magnet 581 is fixedly installed so as to be exposed to the side facing the coil 570, and the other side is brought into contact with a portion made of the conductive plate of the rotating body 580 Respectively.

At this time, six magnets 581 may be provided, and the continuous magnets 581 may be alternately arranged to have different magnetic poles. For example, when one of the magnets 581 is the N pole, the other magnets 581 located on both sides of the magnet 581 may be arranged in the S pole.

Depending on the design conditions, the magnets can be made of neodymium magnets.

The electromotive force is induced in the conductive plate formed in the rotating body 580 and the rotating body 580 is rotated in the direction opposite to the rotating direction of the rotating body 580. [ The pseudo indicator plate 200 coupled to the first gear 540 is rotated.

Further, since the change of the magnetic flux is reversed at the moment when the rotation of the rotating pseudo indicator panel 200 is stopped, the rotation by the induced electromotive force is also reversed, so that the pseudo display panel 200 is rotated in the direction opposite to the rotation direction before stopping .

For example, when a patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) applies a physical external force to the doctor's signboard 200 when the doctor's signboard 200 is rotated by the rotation of the rotating body 580, And can recognize the consonant indicated by the pointer 300 among characters formed on the upper side of the pseudo display panel 200 in which rotation is stopped.

In addition, when a physical external force is applied to the pseudo display panel 200 and rotation is stopped, when the physical external force is released, the pseudo display panel 200 is rotated in the opposite direction. When a physical external force is applied to the pseudo display panel 200 again, The rotation of the pseudo display panel 200 is stopped and the vowel indicated by the pointer 300 among the characters formed on the upper side of the pseudo display panel 200 in which rotation is stopped can be recognized.

By repeating this process, the ALS patient can select the consonant and vowel according to the direction of rotation of the doctor sign board 200, so that the sentence can be represented by the sequential combination of the consonant and vowel, thereby enabling accurate communication Do.

Further, when a patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) applies a physical external force to stop the rotation of the pseudo indicator plate 200, the external force is applied in the direction in which the pseudo display panel 200 is to be rotated, that is, clockwise or counterclockwise The pseudo indicator plate 200 is rotated in the direction of applying the external force so that the patient of the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) selects the rotation direction of the doctor's signboard 200 and selectively guides the consonant or vowel through the instructions 300 .

Therefore, the communication device according to the present invention is capable of selecting consonants and vowels only by the movement of the fingers without the movement of a serious patient having difficulty in communicating such as a paralysis patient due to a disease occurring in the motor neuron such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) Thus, it is possible to express the sentence and facilitate communication to the other party.

Also, when the rotation of the pseudo indicator plate is stopped by the physical external force, it is rotated in the reverse direction, and consonants and vowels can be expressed according to the rotation direction of the pseudo display panel, so that the accurate sentence can be expressed with minimal movement.

2 to 5 are merely the main points of the present invention, and various designs can be made within the technical scope of the present invention, so that the present invention is limited to the configurations of Figs. 2 to 5 It is self-evident.

100: Case 110: Upper case
111, 511: shaft hole 112: fitting groove
120: lower case 121: battery insertion groove
200: doctor signboard 210: shaft
220: Auxiliary board 300: Instructions
400: leg 410:
420: Solar Cell 500: Controller
510: upper cover 520: lower cover
521: auxiliary shaft groove 522: battery insertion portion
530: control unit 540: first gear
550: Second gear 560: Third gear
570: coil 571: core
580: Rotating body 581: Magnet

Claims (6)

A pseudo display panel 200 on which a consonant or a vowel is formed on the upper side; And a controller (500) for controlling rotation and reverse rotation of the pseudo display panel (200), the communication device comprising:
When the rotation of the pseudo indicator plate 200 is stopped by applying a physical external force to the rotating pseudo indicator plate 200, the communication device rotates in a direction opposite to the rotation direction before the physical external force is applied to the pseudo indicator plate 200,
The controller (500)
An upper cover 510;
A lower cover 520 coupled to the upper cover 510;
A controller 530 for controlling the current of the controller 500;
A first gear 540 for transmitting rotational force to the pseudo display panel 200;
A second gear 550 for transmitting a rotational force to the first gear 540;
A third gear 560 for transmitting rotational force to the second gear 550;
A coil 570 receiving a current through the controller 530 to form a magnetic field;
A plurality of magnets 581 are fixedly mounted on a non-conductor formed on the side facing the coil 570 so as to overlap with a portion of the coil 570, and on the side opposite to the coil 570, And a rotating body 580,
When a current is applied to the coil 570 through the control unit 530, an electromotive force is induced in the conductive plate formed in the rotating body 580, and the rotating body 580 is rotated to rotate the third gear 560 And transmits a rotational force.
The method according to claim 1,
The communication device
A case 100;
A pseudo display panel 200 rotatably provided on the upper side of the case 100 and having a consonant or vowel on the upper side thereof;
A guide 300 coupled to a side surface of the case 100 and indicating a consonant or a vowel formed on the pseudo display panel 200;
A leg 400 coupled to a side surface of the case 100 to support the case 100 so as to be spaced apart from the ground; And
And a controller (500) accommodated in the case (100) and controlling the rotation and the forward and reverse directions of the pseudo display panel (200)
The controller 500 applies a physical external force to the rotating pseudo indicator panel 200 to rotate the pseudo indicator panel 200 in a reverse direction when the rotation of the pseudo indicator panel 200 is stopped. Communication device.
The method according to claim 1,
The physician's display panel 200
19 consonants consisting of 'ㄱ, ㄴ,,,, ㅁ, ㅅ,,, ㅊ,,, ㅍ, ㅎ, ㄲ, ㄸ, ㅃ, ㅆ and ㅉ' Is formed on the inner side and is made up of 20 elements consisting of 'a, ㅑ, ㅓ, ㅕ, ㅗ, ㅛ,,, ㅠ, l, l, ㅐ, ㅒ, ㅔ, ㅖ, ㅘ, ㅙ, ㅝ, And a plurality of vowels are formed.
delete The method of claim 2,
The case 100 comprises a combination of an upper case 110 and a lower case 120,
The upper case 110 has an outer diameter gradually increasing from the upper side to the lower side,
Wherein the lower case (120) has a shape in which its outer diameter gradually decreases from the upper side to the lower side.
The method of claim 2,
Wherein a plurality of the legs (400) are provided, and a solar cell (420) is formed on an outer surface of each leg (400).

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