RU2428149C2 - Colour-therapeutic device and method of colour therapy - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to medicine and medical equipment. Device contains body, source of light of various frequency, electric power unit and control unit, surface influencing eye retina with light of various frequency and intensity. Posterior flat wall of case has opaque white internal surface. Lateral walls of body with light-reflecting internal surface are inclined at acute angle to posterior wall. Into case lateral wall from external side mounted is casing with light source evenly lightening posterior wall of body. Into hole of anterior wall of body inserted is concave transparent hollow colour screen, whose anterior and posterior walls have shape of spherical segment. Posterior wall of colour screen is inside body. In lateral surface of colour screen located is hole for pouring in colour solutions. Colour screen from external side is covered with light-absorbing casing with view port. Device also contains concave non-transparent screen, congruent to anterior surface of transparent screen, and made with possibility of its placement on stand atone level with transparent screen. Along second screen surface located are congruent to each other colour elements, from which it is possible to compose colour combinations. Increase and decrease of brightness for all colours of concave screen are performed to maximal value and back. User looks at colour screen through view port. Changes in brightness are divided into equal number of segments for each colour. Within each segment for each colour and each user's eye 5-10 times realised is cycle, which switches brightness change 10-15 times from minimal/maximal to maximal/minimal, with fast return back, with further switching on non-transparent screen lighting for 2-5 seconds. After that non-transparent screen lighting is switched off and realisation of cycle for other segment is continued.

EFFECT: application of said group of inventions makes it possible to improve psychoemotional and physiological state of people.

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Description

1. AU, patent 26951/88, cl. A61N 5/06, dec. 16, 1988

2. US Patent 4,553,534, cl. A61M 21/00, Nov 11, 1985

3. RU, patent 2108123, cl. A61N 5/06, Apr. 10, 1998

4. RU, patent 2330693, cl. A61N 5/06, Aug. 18, 2006

Color therapeutic device and method of color therapy

The invention relates to devices and methods for color therapy and is intended to provide exposure to light of different frequencies and intensities on the retina of the eye to improve the psychoemotional and physical condition of a person.

The method can be used to increase the physical and mental performance of personnel in the workplace, to eliminate night drowsiness, regulate a person’s emotional state, create a subjective feeling of comfort, increase a person’s motivational stress, and regulate alcohol consumption.

A device is known (Pat. Australia, No. 26951/88), which contains a screen with a matte reflective surface located in front of a person’s eyes. Light of various frequencies is projected onto it from LEDs located at the edges of the screen.

Known color therapeutic LED apparatus (US Pat. No. 4553534), which contains a body worn on the head in the form of a translucent visor located above the face, with a light source in the form of LEDs; power supply and control unit.

A device is known (US Pat. Of Russia, No. 2108123), with the help of which the retina of the user's eye is irradiated and which consists of a light source made on LEDs. The power supply unit and the control unit are placed in the device case. This color therapy device allows you to influence the light flux on the neurocenters of the retina and provide positive psychological stimulation to the user. The device can be used by the user independently or under the supervision of a doctor.

A device is known (Pat. Of Russia, No. 2330693), selected as a prototype, which contains a head-mounted housing with a light source in the form of LEDs, a power supply unit and a control unit. In the device according to the first embodiment, the housing is made in the form of a visor located above the face; according to the second embodiment, the housing is made in the form of glasses with transparent plastic lenses and a frame. The amount of luminous flux and color of each light source is regulated according to various laws.

Common disadvantages of the above and similar devices are:

1. The inability to concentrate vision on the screen exposed to light of different frequencies, since the screen is too close to the eyes. The muscles of the lens of the eye are not adapted to work at such a distance.

2. Colors affect different parts of the surface of the retina with unequal brightness and saturation. This is especially evident when the light source is located at a considerable distance from the user (patent No. 2108123).

3. In the process of working with the device, the user's vision is in a diffuse state, there is no concentration of thinking on what is happening, which reduces the positive effect.

4. The saturation of colors is determined by the parameters of standard LEDs, and you can not bring it to the maximum possible level.

5. The authors declare a variety of algorithms for changing brightness, alternating and mixing colors, without describing them. It is difficult to verify the effectiveness of the claimed devices. The use of algorithms depends on the classification, the experience of the physiotherapist, and the condition of the patient.

6. It is assumed that the devices are used repeatedly, with the number of treatment sessions, the session time subjective, depending on the classification, the experience of the physiotherapist, the patient’s condition, and low effectiveness is possible.

The basis of the invention is the creation of a color therapeutic device and a color therapy method devoid of the above disadvantages, and the achievement of the following technical result is an improvement in the psychoemotional and physical condition of a person.

The specified technical result is achieved using a color therapy device, in which by changing the design of the color screen, compared with the prototype provides: an increase in the saturation of colors coming from the impact of the screen; exposure to colors with the same brightness and saturation on most of the surface of the retina. In addition, it is proposed to remember the changes in the brightness of the colors of the color screen, which leads to an increase in the time of the positive action of the therapeutic device before reuse.

The color therapy device comprises a housing, the rear flat wall of which has a matte white inner surface. The side walls of the casing with a reflective inner surface are inclined at an acute angle to the rear wall; a casing with a light source is mounted on the side wall of the casing from the outside, which uniformly illuminates the rear wall of the casing. A concave transparent hollow color screen is inserted into the opening of the front wall of the housing, the front and rear walls of which have the shape of a spherical segment, the radius of the front wall is not less than 25 cm, and the height is not more than the radius. The back wall of the color screen is located inside the case, in the side surface of the color screen there is a hole for pouring color solutions.

The color screen is mounted on a stand. It is made of two glasses in the shape of a spherical segment. Concave glass can be made from ordinary flat silicate glass by the method of molding (the acquisition of a given shape by flat glass under the action of its own weight at a plasticity temperature). In extreme cases, you can use the mirrors from the PZS-45-1000 searchlight, after washing off the amalgam with acid. The color screen provides the effect of color on most of the surface of the retina of the human eye with the same brightness and saturation.

The device also contains on the outside of the housing a light-absorbing casing covering the color screen. The casing protects the user's eyes from reflected light, which weakens the color saturation coming from the color screen. On the casing at a distance of the radius of the color screen is an inspection hole.

Part of the device is a concave opaque screen congruent to the front surface of the color screen. An opaque screen made with the possibility of placing it on a tripod at the same level with a transparent screen is illuminated by a lamp with a switch. Along the surface of the opaque screen are congruent to each other elements painted in different bright colors. For coloring colored elements, it is advisable to use bright colors, such as fluorescent. From the elements you can make multi-colored combinations according to the combinatorics formula

A is the number of placements;

m is the number of elements on the screen;

n is the total number of elements.

There is a method of activating memory through the revival of emotions (S. A. Garibyan. School of memory. Super-activation of memory through the revival of emotions. M: Tsitsero, 1992, 9 pp.). The expediency of using an opaque screen with multi-colored elements is due to the fact that it creates an emotional effect on a person due to bright colors that fill most of the visual space of a person. The combination of a small number of colored elements leaves a vivid, clear impression in the mind, which helps to remember a unit of information. Memorization of a unit of information is faster if memorization is supported by emotional impact. The concentration of attention on the surface of the screen helps to remember a unit of information. The unit of stored information in this case is the change in brightness (increase or decrease) of the color screen during the execution of the cycle.

The cavity of the color screen is alternately filled with solutions of finely dispersed dyes in a transparent liquid belonging to two groups, the first of which includes red, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue, purple; and in the second group - the colors of the first group with the addition of white. As dyes, you can use fine dispersion ink to refill felt-tip pens.

The device control unit contains a light source power regulator that changes the brightness of the screen filled with a color solution, ranging from zero to a maximum value. The source is connected via an adjustable resistance. The maximum brightness is safe for human vision and is the same for all color solutions filling the color screen. Brightness measurements are carried out with a photo exposure meter at the viewing hole of the color screen.

The device comprises a control unit panel, on which various positions of the handle of the light source power regulator are marked.

The above technical result is achieved using the color therapy method, in which the user is located near the color screen in the form of a spherical segment. The user's eye is located near the inspection hole of the casing at a distance from the screen radius. The casing absorbs light reflected from environmental objects that enters the screen. Other sources of lighting, except for the color screen, are not available in the room. The color screen has a radius of not less than 25 cm. After that, they change - increase and decrease the brightness of the color screen in the range from zero to the maximum value. The maximum value is measured by a photo exposure meter at the inspection hole of the casing. The maximum value is the same for all colors of the color screen belonging to two groups, the first of which includes red, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue, purple; and in the second group - the colors of the first group with the addition of white.

Changes in brightness are divided into an equal number of segments for each color. Within each segment, for each color and for each eye of the user 5-10, I carry out a cycle that includes brightness changes 10-15 times from minimum / maximum to maximum / minimum, with a quick return, followed by turning on the backlight of the opaque screen for 2-5 seconds . Then they turn off the backlight of the opaque screen and continue the cycle for another segment.

In this case, the effect of color on the entire surface of the retina with the same saturation and brightness. The eye muscles are in an unstressed, stationary state, since the distances from each point of the screen to the user's eye are the same. A clear vision of all the points on the screen contributes to the concentration of thinking, which enhances the positive impact of the method.

Remembering the change in screen brightness increases the efficiency of the method. The unit of stored information is the change in brightness (increase or decrease) of the color screen during a cycle.

The invention is illustrated by drawings.

Figure 1 shows an isometric view of the device. General view, as well as the connection diagram of the light source.

Figure 2 shows a side projection of the device.

Figure 3 shows the frontal projection of the device.

In figure 4. shows the position of the user, as well as the color screen device. The screen is presented in section.

Figure 5 shows graphs of the dependence of the brightness of the color screen on the power of the light source for some colors of the screen.

Figure 6 presents a photograph of the device, side view.

Figure 7 presents a photograph of the device, a dimetric view.

On Fig presents a photograph of color screens without a solution.

Figure 9 presents a photograph of an opaque screen with a combination of colored elements.

The common elements in the figures are denoted identically.

Color therapy device is as follows:

Color therapy device (Fig.1-3, 6, 7) contains a housing 2 (Fig.1-3). The rear flat wall 4 of the housing 2 has a matte white inner surface. The side walls of the housing 2 with a reflective inner surface are inclined at an acute angle to the rear wall 4. A casing 3 with a light source 5 is mounted on the side wall of the housing from the outside, uniformly illuminating the rear wall 4 of the housing 2.

The device contains a concave transparent hollow color screen 1, the front and rear walls of which have the shape of a spherical segment, the radius of the front wall is not less than 25 cm, and the height is not more than the radius of the front wall. The screen 1 is inserted into the hole of the front wall of the housing 2. The rear wall of the color screen 1 is located inside the housing 2. In the side surface of the color screen there is an opening 6 for pouring the color solution 19 (Fig. 4). The color screen 1 (Figs. 1-3) is mounted on the stand 8 and is held by the stop 7. The color screen 1 is made of two glasses 18 (Figs. 4, 8) in the form of a spherical segment. The device also contains on the outside of the housing 2 (Figs. 1-3) a light-absorbing casing 9 covering the color screen 1. The casing 9 protects the user's eyes from reflected light, which reduces the color saturation coming from the color screen 1. On the casing 9 at a distance of the radius color screen 1 is an inspection hole 10.

Part of the device is a concave opaque color screen 14 (Fig.1-3, 9), congruent to the front surface of the color screen 1 (Fig.1-3). The opaque screen 14 is located on a tripod flush with the color screen 1 on the side of the user and is illuminated by a lamp 16 with a switch. Along the surface of the opaque screen 14 are located congruent to each other color elements 15, from which you can make color combinations according to the formula of combinatorics.

The cavity of the color screen 1 is alternately filled with solutions 19 (Fig. 4) of finely dispersed dyes in a transparent liquid belonging to two groups.

The control unit of the device 11 (Figs. 1-3) contains a power regulator of the light source 5, which changes the brightness of the color screen 1 filled with the color solution 19 (Fig. 4), ranging from zero to maximum (Fig. 5). The source connection diagram is shown in FIG. 1 at number 17. On the abscissa axis (FIG. 5), the light source power values for various colors are plotted. The ordinate axis shows the screen brightness for some colors and its maximum value. The maximum brightness should be the same for all color solutions filling the screen 1 (Fig.1-3). The brightness measurements are carried out by a photo exposure meter at the inspection hole 10 of the casing 9 of the color screen 1. The device comprises a panel 11 of the control unit 13, on which various positions of the handle of the power source light regulator 5 are marked.

The method of color therapy is carried out by increasing and decreasing the brightness of the concave color screen 1 (Fig.1-3) in the absence of other light sources. The brightness of the color screen varies from zero to the maximum value (figure 5). The maximum value is the same for all colors of the color screen 1 (Fig.1-3), which belong to two groups. The color screen 1 is protected from reflected light by a light-absorbing casing 9 with an inspection hole 10. The user's eye is located at the inspection hole 10 at a distance of the radius of the color screen 1. The radius of the color screen is at least 25 cm.

Changes in brightness are divided into an equal number of segments for each color. Within each segment, for each color and for each eye of the user 5-10, I carry out a cycle that includes brightness changes 10-15 times from minimum / maximum to maximum / minimum, with a quick return, followed by turning on the backlight of the opaque screen 14 by 2-5 seconds. Then turn off the backlight of the opaque screen 14 and continue the cycle for another segment.

The opaque screen 14 serves to remember the change in color brightness of the color screen 1 for all its colors. The unit of stored information is the change in brightness (increase or decrease) of the color screen 1 during the execution of the cycle.

Application example. Patient Z. complained of increased fatigue, drowsiness. After a single application of the above method, I felt a surge of strength, showed increased efficiency.

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Claims (4)

1. Color therapy device comprising a housing, a light source of various frequencies, an electrical power supply and a control unit, a surface acting on the retina with light of various frequencies and intensities, characterized in that it comprises a housing, the rear flat wall of which has a matte white inner surface, side walls cases with a reflective inner surface are inclined at an acute angle to the back wall, a casing with a light source is mounted on the side wall of the case from the outside, I evenly illuminate the back wall of the case, a concave transparent hollow color screen is inserted into the hole of the front wall of the case, the front and back walls of which are in the form of a spherical segment, the radius of the front wall is not less than 25 cm and the height is not more than the radius, while the back wall of the color screen is inside the case , in the side surface of the color screen there is a hole for pouring color solutions, the color screen on the outside closes the light-absorbing casing with a viewing hole located relative to the screen at a distance ii radius, the apparatus further comprises a concave opaque screen congruent to the front surface of the transparent screen, and adapted to be placed on a tripod at the same level with a transparent screen, and along the surface of the second screen are congruent to each other colored elements of which can be color combination. 2. The color therapy device according to claim 1, characterized in that the cavity of the color screen is alternately filled with solutions of finely dispersed dyes in a transparent liquid belonging to two groups, the first of which includes red, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue, purple; and in the second group the colors of the first group with the addition of white. 3. The color therapy device according to claim 1, characterized in that the control unit of the device comprises a power source for the light source that changes the brightness of the color screen filled with the color solution, from zero to the maximum value that is the same for all color solutions filling the color screen, this measurement of maximum brightness is carried out at the inspection hole, the control unit also contains a panel on which mark the various positions of the handle of the light source power control knob. 4. The method of color therapy, including exposure to the retina of the human eye of light of different frequencies and intensities, characterized in that it includes increasing and decreasing the brightness for all colors of the concave screen having the shape of a spherical segment, produce up to the maximum value and vice versa, while the colors belong to two groups, the first of which includes red, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue, purple; and in the second group the colors of the first group with the addition of white; while the user observes a color screen through the inspection hole; changes in brightness are divided into an equal number of segments for each color; within each segment for each color and for each eye of the user, a cycle is carried out 5-10 times, including brightness changes 10-15 times from minimum / maximum to maximum / minimum, with a quick return, followed by turning on the backlight of the opaque screen by 2-5 s, after which they turn off the backlight of the opaque screen and continue the cycle for another segment.

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