WO2013121432A1

WO2013121432A1 - Indian abacus - digital

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Publication number: WO2013121432A1
Application number: PCT/IN2012/000122
Authority: WO
Inventors: Naina Mohamed BASHEER AHAMED
Original assignee: Basheer Ahamed Naina Mohamed
Priority date: 2012-02-17
Filing date: 2012-02-21
Publication date: 2013-08-22
Also published as: TW201346854A; TWI601103B

Abstract

The invention discloses the "Indian Abacus - Digital" - its construction and operation methodology. Indian Abacus - Digital is Indian Abacus with the extended facility to work online to learn I practise I test, on-line, the Abacus based skills, giving it the digital-connect. The Indian Abacus has largely greater advantage in regard to better Visualization that the student experiences in comparison to the conventional or the generic abacus which has been in use till now. The student while operating Indian Abacus moves the Lower and the upper sliders to un hide and hide the colour images which represent values as before. The lower sliders when moved towards the bar un hide and display green colour images and similarly the upper sliders when moved towards the bar un hide and display Red colour images.

Description

Indian Abacus - Digital

Description:

The Indian Abacus - Digital, the counting tool enables calculations done manually using the abacus independent of the computer too at the same time having the facility to have the display of answers on the LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) screen of the tool, which is integrated with it.. The compatibility of the tool to have interface with the computer enables scope for posting the results (answers) in the Internet site. Indian Abacus - digital is thus a manually operable tool using which one can do fast and accurate arithmetic calculations and the user can post the results / answers in the internet site. Instant evaluation of the results of the assessment would be available. This tool is an ideal aid for online assessments, verifiomtion, evaluation leading to certification. Since working to LEARN and PRACTICE is possible on this tool in the off-line mode too, the student practicing to do a number of sums could check the answers on the LCD (Liquid Crystal Display). The Indian Abacus - Digital is thus 'Indian Abacus' with the greatly augmented facility for visualization through the display of colour images + Digital capability of transforming the slider movements into the respective values which are displayed on the LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) which is a part of the tool. Online working is an extended and important facility which is built in the tool 'Indian Abacus - Digital tool'.

The most revolutionary introduction of usage of colour (Red and Green) images display done through the Indian Abacus - Digital is something unparalleled in the history of abacus education which is the first and the strongest feature of the Indian Abacus - Digital and the second feature which now makes it unique is the Digital compatibility factor. The performance results of children using the Indian Abacus - Digital to answer any online test paper can be verified, marked & evaluated for Certification. The test results could also be simultaneously transferred to compatible software used for Competitions for computations of results, positions and awards.

More description of Indian Abacus-Digital:

1. The 'Indian Abacus - Digital' has an "Indian Abacus tool" (having 17 slots with 4 lower sliders (Green colour) and 1 upper slider (Red colour) in each slot along with a LCD screen on top as a part of the single unit, to display the answers corresponding to the activated sliders in the slots of the Indian Abacus-Digital.

The child could operate the Abacus part of the unit as usual manually and the sliders could be moved to expose the colour images on the Abacus as usual and also corresponding value of the activated abacus would be visible on the LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) screen above.

2. There would a USB port for enabling data out - putting.

3. The unit would have battery supporting the LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) .

4. The LCD screen would have single colour display .

5. Count down would be possible to be displayed.

6. English Language Text and numbers are used for working

Objective of the present Invention:

Objective of the present invention is to provide to school going children (age group 4 to 13 years old) an educational resource and the main objective of the Abacus program is to enhance the brain power of the children and remove the fear of Mathematics by making the Arithmetic calculations easier. The Indian Abacus - Digital is an educational counting tool which enables calculations easier & faster using image of abacus. The tool also has an extended scope to work in unison with the PC accessing the destined website / online which offers 'Learn / practice / test' package for Abacus skills.

Summary of the Invention:

The present Indian Abacus -Digital invention provides a new answer to the long lasting call for "generation change" with the evolution to bring In greatly desired "Visualization" a vastly impacting skill factor.

The birth of Indian Abacus - Digital is a solution to meet the inadequacies and the limitations that hindered the effective usage of the abacus to bring out the best of skills. The material, design, manufactures that are greatly different in the Indian Abacus - Digital brings in a great change in the Features, advantages and benefits of the Indian Abacus - Digital. Conceptual facts:

1. Visualization is the key to better understanding.

2. Visualization is the key to better anchoring on to the object visualized.

3. Visualization enables more reasons to be with the object of experience mentally.

4. That Visualization as the right brain routine is the key factor for Abacus to change the Abstract numbers into objective experience, through image capture by the brain.

A New Generation & revolutionary Tool:

The present invention of Indian Abacus - Digital, the new-gen tool, will be a product of pride for Abacus users in India. The generic abacus which was new, years back has been far from meeting the changing requirements. Indian Abacus - Digital with its emergence takes the abacus users by surprise. The improvement in design could mean a great change in the learning and skill levels, post learning. Abacus has been potentially a great tool and has had a life that cut across times, generations, cultures and deserved exploration of further strengths from out of it through the changes / improvements / modifications in design, which would mean greatly impacting results.

Visualization - a key factor of Abacus Calculations:

Visualization not only enables winning ability through speed, i.e. less time taken for a calculation but also takes the Abacus User into a mental plane which is a unique move from physical to mental plane. Better visualization process through Indian Abacus - Digital makes photographic memory much stronger. In the mental plane again, when the object is clear, the distraction becomes nil. The abacus calculation through visualization therefore takes the child during the process a state of total concentration. A skill that is bestowed to the child learning Abacus calculations. Indian Abacus - Digital enables stronger focus through better scope to concentrate.

Enhanced quality of Visualization:

Indian Abacus - Digital with its improved design features makes possible more qualitative visualization than the conventional Abacus which does not offer required scope for the visualization to attain its pinnacle. The colour images projected by the operation of the upper or lower sliders through their upper and/or lower movements towards the bar actually represent the value positions. The colour images and the representing values are very clear and more impacting in the Indian Abacus - Digital. The design features, advantages and the benefits explain the winning edge of Indian Abacus - Digital over the Conventional Abacus.

The need for Indian Abacus - Digital:

The Magic tool and the best of benefits that the children could derive through Abacus Training, the continuous study based research and search for an improved version of Abacus which could make the Visualization Skills more pronounced and to take the program to have a greater and wider reach - crossing the barriers of place and time, resulted in long drawn out work which culminated in the designing and making of the Indian Abacus - Digital. Indian Abacus - Digital would reveal in detail how much more the Abacus could benefit the children. The making of the Indian Abacus - Digital - necessitated continuous back-end work in designing which underwent series of changes to finally make the Indian Abacus - Digital a reality. Indian Abacus - Digital is now born. The child sitting in any corner of the country or any remotest location could now self-learn Abacus skills, practise and master the skills and have the skills tested for certification too through Internet / online.

Indian Abacus Digital- the plan and the purpose:

The present invention of "INDIAN ABACUS - DIGITAL" is the most advanced version of the regular Abacus tool used manually for calculation purposes in different countries. The generic tool - Abacus was developed and used for centuries and progressively improved in different times. Abacus thus evolved from the most primitive design centuries ago to the current design of it. The current design of the Abacus also has been in use for a few centuries now and found to be accepted as the most suitable design in China, Japan and other countries including India. Lack of focus on improvements required made it to continue in the current design.

The Abacus tool usage is aimed at to enhance the brain skill - Concentration - a broader skill, which can be practiced and perfected by children. Concentration is the strong skill of a child to focus on any object (visualize) and / or a sound-based (Listening/auditory) input. In learning to do Abacus based calculations using the physical abacus, the children strengthen to visualize the images first. The children strengthen their Listening skills also through prolonged practice to do listening based calculations.

Progressive learning and prolonged practice in doing Abacus based calculations makes the children perfect their main skill CONCENTRATION and also their sub- skills Visualization and Listening. Visualization skill is the first one the child practicing Abacus calculations develops. It is followed by the Listening skill also, when the child starts focusing on / concentrating to do listening based calculations. Listening based calculations are done only by employing visualized images. It is therefore that Abacus based calculations revolve around Visualization as the Primary skill derived using abacus based calculations. Visualization or imaging has to have images of objects to capture - whether the process of calculations is physical abacus based or mental abacus based. Instead of the objects which are dull / opaque, bright Colours add new dimensions to visualization and strengthen visualization in a great measure leaving strong impressions on the brain cells for Visual memory.

The concentration skill of a child, apart from enabling to visualize after looking at the printed numbers or visualize after listening to the called out numbers, also helps the child to focus on the inner recesses of the brain (mind), processing of the input and bringing out the output (answer), after following the required steps to achieve the same.

Indian Abacus - Digital with its augmented & specialized features makes the Abacus more complete in its agenda to develop Visualization skills of a high order, as visualization is the most required & important skill for the brain to work most effectively. Visualization is, therefore, the most essential skill required to perfect visual, auditory and working memory. Indian Abacus - Digital with its special features, advantages and benefits makes the conventional abacus now in current use lagging far behind in skill delivery. Indian Abacus - Digital, the tool that enhances the child's Brain skills

• The benefits that the children enjoy using the 'Indian Abacus-Digital' are far superior. The striking colour images that flash with the operation of the 'Indian Abacus', reach the eyes of the children much faster and much more clearly and are far superior in impression-making. The children using 'Indian Abacus- Digital' would need viewing of colour images for the numbers, lesser number of times for the same amount of visualization skills. The colour Images are better impression-making than in the generic (conventional) abacus and thus enable better memory in comparison to that of conventional abacus

• Colours are scientifically proven to register better and enable better & faster recall. Hence children find the registering initially and recalling later much better and easier with the use of 'Indian Abacus-digital' than that when 'Conventional Abacus' is used

• The clarity and better visualization is ensured since the non value beads are in closed position and do not disturb / distort visuali7ation process

• Every operation / every number added, subtracted, multiplied or divided result in the formation of colour images corresponding to values, distinct to act as Flash Cards. The non-value slider positions do not disturb the visualization process as it happens with the non-value bead positions of the Conventional Abacus.

User Friendliness is ensured:

As already detailed elsewhere, the operation of 'Indian Abacus - Digital' for manual display of colour images and the display of answers on the LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) screen of the Abacus and the answer - verification when the answer is submitted into the website page, all are easy to comprehend and proceed smoothly for the student. The student can self-learn easily

PC / Laptop - working online:

Both PC and Laptop would have the accessibility for the Indian Abacus - Digital to work in unison. All that is required is the facility to access the website to work. The Indian Abacus - Digital gets integrated / software to access the site throuyll PC or laptop equally well.

No difference in operation nor the values:

Children trained in Conventional Abacus can switch over to practising with the Indian Abacus - Digital, as there is no difference in operation nor the values. The changeover will be seamless and smooth and the students can continue pursuing their training and practice with the Indian Abacus - Digital with no time loss and does not involve any changeover time

Visualization is image capture:

Image capture is vividly greater through colour image projections in the Indian Abacus - Digital than the dull and mundane colour beads of the conventional abacus, which are all uniform and homogenous. In conventional abacus since the Brown colour of the beads, Value and non-Value beads through their bead positions actually blur the view resulting in not so - high - quality results and also end in stress to the eyes. Keeping these vital aspects in the mind and working towards Flash card like abacus value positions, the Indian Abacus - Digital came into its current form. With the clearly defined design and structure after a great deal of deliberations and trials. The design was perfected after a great deal of work - mental and physical.

Visualization Is many times superior for students who use Indian Abacus - Digital:

The most important skill that the child getting trained in Indian Abacus-digital gets is the Visualization skill, which is many times greatly pronounced when Indian Abacus is used. The open slider positions (upper or lower belonging to any slot) display the colour images which impact the Left and Right brain and activate it. The scope for better Visualization facilitated by the Indian Abacus - digital, enhances the skills CONCENTRATION, VISUALIZATION (PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY) of the child. Visualization is the ability of any child to be able to mentally picturize or form an image of any object or an activity. The ability to visualize is the strong factor for better comprehension of any concept or experiment and the skill also leads to the imagination & creative skills. Importance of the Colour images on Abacus:

The colour images displayed on the abacus would strengthen the visualization greatly better and image memory is developed faster and stronger.

The Life Time skills:

Abacus skills are considered important by every parent and it is therefore that the parents ensure that their children undergo the Abacus skills. Apart from making the children proficient in Mental Arithmetic by image of Abacus, the Abacus training more importantly enhances the brain skills of every child practising Abacus. The levels of Concentration, Visualization and Listening are greatly pronounced in the children learning to practice Abacus calculations. The brain skills - Concentration, Visualization, Listening, imagination, creativity, speed and accuracy are the skills the child would acquire for a life time. These brain skills help them to excel in their studies &pursue great career opportunities later. These skills also develop them into leaders in their lives. The Abacus related skills are therefore Life time skills which will be a great asset for the children and they can use the skills all through their life.

Remove the fear of Mathematics by making the arithmetic calculations easier:

The main objective of the Indian Abacus programme is to enhance the brain power of the children to improve the brain skills and remove the fear of Mathematics by making the arithmetic calculations easier. This Device has far wider reach of the pupils of India and foreign countries, as the tool through its online working capability crosses the barriers of place and time. Anytime & Any place 'Abacus learning-for skills' is the outcome of the invention which will be found unique and ubiquitous.

Student can learn Abacus skills anywhere & anytime:

Any skill based program which can benefit children at any location and at any time

(breaking the barriers of Place & Time) should have two basic characteristics - one, the program should contain a comprehensive package of 'learn-practice-test' modules in its scope and two, the physical tool should have the compatibility with the inbuilt facility (hardware & software) to access a PC / LAPTAP website offering the program.The tool Indian Abacus-digital thus enables accessing the destined website through computer landing, thus taking away the hitherto obstacles - Class-room learning and fixed time learning. It is therefore a Virtual class environment for the child opting to learn Abacus program using the Indian Abacus-digital tool and the Abacus skills learning site.

Method and Time to be adopted:

There is absolutely no difference in working / learning at the centre and working / learning / practising online but for the additional advantages of working online. In online working self-learning could be best attained, as all that is required for it are supported through the website. It is better to work for minimum number of hours in a dedicated manner as is done in the classroom. The learning and practice as recommended would give the best of results

Can the student work online to learn & practice Abacus skills:

As aforesaid, the tool Indian Abacus - digital" is invented with all the necessary inbuilt hardware & software which aids accessing to work on line, at the same time not compromising on the absolute necessity of using the physical abacus for Right Brain activation and leading to Whole Brain development, which is possible only through the usage of nimble fingers of both the hands by the child manipulating the physical Abacus sliders.

Students get corrected if they are wrong, then and there:

Looking at the sums on the computer screen, the student could work on the Indian Abacus manually and after the completion of every sum, once the student submits the answer, the page on the website would indicate whether the answer is correct or incorrect. The student would then and there get the indication and hence there is a possibility to check the answers and the method (steps adopted) and correct the Abacus operation for the sum. The movement of the sliders could be checked and the sum could be redone to arrive at the correct answer. The facility for the student to execute self-correction is the big advantage and the student would instantly know where he / she has committed the mistake and what is the correct method of working of the sum. The Online working has this distinct facility. Further for every operation / manipulation on the Abacus, the answer would be displayed on the LCD screen of the abacus. Are the numbers matching the images displayed on the screen:

The present invention introduces the tool which can display colour images and answers / numbers display through LCD screen - the related values for the colour images enabled by slider movement up and down.

The student while learning could get to see the answers on the display and hence the confidence levels are firmed up then and there. Even if the working / answer is wrong, the student take the Help route and get the clarification done then and there and fixing of the errors is easy.

The student would not have the problems of missing classes, as he / she could sit and make up, the same day or any day suitable within the framework of time for the level / program.

Assessment for the learned skills:

The student could opt to face the test for the concerned level / program any time after learning, practising and perfecting the skills on Abacus for the level. The assessment module could give the opportunity to get tested immediately after completing any level / program.

Present Invention of 'Indian Abacus - Digital' and Conventional (Manual) Abacus - a Comparison

1 Colour of Frame:

Indian Abacus-Digital : Light cream colour acts as the best background for the colour images of the value positions - Green

(lower sliders) and Red (Upper sliders). Light cream colour is very friendly to the eyes of the present invention

Conventional (Manual) : The colour of the Frame (black) and the beads are Abacus darkish Brown and contrast back ground needs vast improvement to give better visualization of objects 2 Slots / Rods:

Indian Abacus-Digital The slots in which the sliders move are having an ideal fit and the slider movemont is vciry smooth and continuous of the present invention.

Conventional (Manual) The rods and beads have play due to imperfect fit. Abacus The movement therefore is not comfortable and the beads do not stay in a position.

3 Sliders / Beads:

Indian Abacus-Digital Sliders are chosen to hide and unhide the value

positions, displayed through the colour (Red and Green) images. Visualization /Photographic memory 100% possible at its best of the present invention.

Conventional (Manual) Beads and background are of constant colours Abacus (Brown and Black) and there is no differentiation, which is the biggest weak point in this version of manual abacus.

4 Stress:

Indian Abacus-Digital The images are of bright and contrast colours. There is absolutely no confusion and the stress level is nil of the present invention.

Conventional (Manual) The Frame and images - No contrast colour - there is Abacus confusion , Imaging /visualization not so strong and stress to eyes noticed.

Indian Abacus - Digital The present invention of Indian Abacus-Digital has two additional features built into it, owing to the objective of the inventor to enable the tool to have online access to the destined website/internet offering Abacus based skills through its package of Learn- practice-test modules.The tool has an interface with the PC. The hardware & software , built in the tool as an adjunct to the physically operable tool, helps the student of abacus, wanting to loarn-practice-test the Abacus skills online by accessing the dedicated website, to opt for it and successfully employ to learn- practice-test the skills online. The tool offline also displays the output of the working on the Indian Abacus by the student. The answers / the output of the working are displayed on the screen of the present invention.

Conventional Abacus The Abacus basically a generic one with the facility to work only manually with the limited scope for visualization as mentioned above. The ubiquitous nature of the Indian Abacus - Digital is totally lacking.

Teacher's Abacus Digital: (Figure 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 & 28)

The present Invention of the Indian Abacus - Digital in a bigger size is also available which is called as "Teacher's Abacus digital". Indian Abacus used by teachers is also of the same design, but it is used by the teacher/s for coaching the children in Abacus Mental Arithmetic calculations. The large size - Indian Abacus for teachers is hung on the wall or made to stand on a stand to explain to the students how the Abacus is operated to do the arithmetic calculations. The Teacher Abacus is only to explain / class room to the children getting trained in the subject to gain the skills. For mastering after learning and practicing to perfect the skills, Indian Abacus for Students - smaller version - is only used. The teacher's Abacus will be exactly similar to the Student's Abacus, but larger in size. The teacher's Abacus now in use, while is exactly the same as the Student's Abacus, it has 13 slots / columns.

Slots and the sliders / colour images

Each slot in the Indian Abacus - Digital for teachers, also will have 4 lower sliders and 1 upper slider. All the lower sliders could be moved towards the bar individually and together also. Similarly they could be moved away from the bar individually and together also. Each lower slider, when individually moved towards the bar, unhides a green colour image and each image of the lower slider has the value ONE. Totally all the four lower sliders would together mean a value of FOUR. Similarly, the upper slider could be moved towards and away the bar. By moving towards the bar, the upper slider unhides a red colour image and its value is FIVE. Hence totally each slot, having five sliders - one upper and four lower sliders, totally mean a value of NINE. The maximum value per slot in Indian Abacus - Digital for teachers also is NINE.

The sliders are the effective components which, moving within the slot - up and down, hide and unhide the colour images which mean values individually and together.

The digital display screen

The digital display screen which is an integral part of Indian Abacus - Digital for teachers also is connected through the required software, so that when the sliders are moved on the slots towards and away from the bar display the corresponding values on the digital display screen. When the sliders are moved for a sum while explaining / demonstrating, the movement of the sliders post the values / numbers on the Digital display screen. The teacher while explaining and the student while working to learn on the Indian Abacus - Digital - for Teachers could check the values / numbers of the images projected, i e. The sliders moved for any sum.

Better & effective coaching possible

Better and effective coaching is possible using 'Indian Abacus - Digital for teachers' which has two major advantages over the conventional Teacher's abacus with beads. The sliders moved towards and away from the bar would unhide and hide the colour images which are strikingly effective in impression making and hence the visualization is faster and stronger, which results in better comprehension.

The second advantage is the display of answers on the LED display the results of the working on the Indian Abacus - Digital. The software and the digital display screen which are integral parts of Indian Abacus - Digital for Teachers enable the answers to be displayed on the display screen. The facility enables the teacher explaining and the students working on Indian Abacus - Digital to understand the concept and the formulae with much ease. Background for the Invention:

Network of abacus Coaching Centres and abacus teacher training in India introduced by UCMAS (India) Private Limited, for the first time Abacus Education as a formal training program for the children of 4 - 13 years for the benefits that the Abacus based calculations and skill development derive to the younger children. A great amount of work of the company and the network of Franchisees and the Course Instructors (Teacher) has gone into the subject. UCMAS India Corporate office at Chennai, had specially undertaken to do enormous amount of study based research.

Indian Abacus - Digital - the result of long lasting research

Indian Abacus - Digital is thus the result of long lasting research by the organization UCMAS-lndia, which has 2600 Abacus Training Centres, 6000 Trainers and more than 7.0 lac student enrolments done so far in the 26 states in India, ever since the Abacus Training program was introduced by the company in the year 1999, under the stewardship of Dr. Basheer Ahamed, Chairman and Managing Director, UCMAS (India) Private Limited, Chennai, India.

'Indian Abacus - Digital' an extended outcome of the research:

Indian Abacus - Digital was invented after spending much time to find large applicability reaching wider spread of student community for the Indian Abacus, the manual version. The interest, dedication and the inspiration followed by prolonged research spending much time and energy directed for the purpose, Indian Abacus, the manual version was made to metamorphose into the tool 'Indian Abacus - Digital'. The Inventor for th£> 'Indian Abacus', manual version, which was the First-of-its-kind had brought out the invention 'Indian Abacus - Digital' also which again would be found by the student community the most useful invented tool making them sit at ease and comfort at home or anywhere and at anytime as an e-Learning and ON-LINE facility to learn-practice-and-test the Abacus skills for acquiring the Brain Skills which will be their life-time possession.

The Knowledge and the Experience of the Inventor:

The knowledge and the experience of the Inventor is immense in the field of Abacus and Mental Arithmetic Education. More than 12 years of rich experience in understanding the nuances of the concept, program structure, administering the program as classroom sessions have all gone into the invention and implementation of the Indian Abacus - Digital tool usage. The continuous back end study of the tool, program content, 'learning skills' of different children in different locations and environments have all gone into the invention and implementation of the Abacus and the program. The fast spreading of the market for Abacus skills and the need for growing matching the requirement in terms of the capabilities are all attaining the fruition with the invention of the Indian Abacus - Digital. The experience of the inventor has the required knowledge and experience to make this project successful.

The history of Abacus that led to 'Indian Abacus - Digital'

History places before us many counting and computational manipulatives used. However, the teachers and students in the last few centuries have been using Chinese / Japanese abacus only. The Chinese / Japanese abacus though - they have been called so, the same Abacus has been in use in different countries, including India in different times. The Abacus, the conventional one, has been, therefore, highly generic one. Abacus - the generic tool had travelled Thousands of years in the history of man and continues to live even today as a live "Magic frame of Beads", which is a standing testimony to the greatness of this frame of beads. The travel that it undertook did bring transformation of the Abacus in its looks. Each country when it initiated to work with Abacus had its own form for it and the history of time and transformation culminated with the form of Chinese / Japanese Abacus, which is still in use today and is the most common form of Abacus that the world uses now.

While Abacus seems to have touched the lives of Chinese more, many other countries, far and wide, had the love for this cute tool for calculation and continue to have even now. The Chinese Abacus which is now in use seems to have stayed for a few centuries. The Industrial revolution and the love for the machine in the 20^th century and the Computer revolution later in the century had totally left the Abacus in an untouched state without any improvement or development matching the changing market dynamics in the world. The Chinese / Japanese Abacus stayed in the same form which was adopted formally for coaching the young students by UCMAS India in imparting the Mental arithmetic skills by image of abacus, thereby helping the children do fast and accurate mental arithmetic, apart from enhancing their brain skills. A place of pride for India:

The present invention of Indian Abacus - Digital would give a place of pride for India for making a New Generation Abacus, which is largely different in its looks, and features and so in its advantages and benefits to the user. Visual memory enhancement is highly pronounced with the usage of Indian Abacus - Digital. Concentration is therefore a matter which gets the best advantage and the children get much enhanced skill to concentrate.

More Description of figures of Indian Abacus - Digital & its components:

1. Figure 1 is of the Indian Abacus - Digital top view - Main Frame (specification).

2. Figure 2 is of the Indian Abacus - Digital top view - Main Frame inner (specification).

3. Figure 3 is of the Indian Abacus - Digital back view (specification).

4. Figure 4 is of the Indian Abacus - Digital slider (specification).

5. Figure 5 is of the Indian Abacus - Digital PCB & DISPLAY (specification). 6 Figure 6 is of the Indian Abacus - Digital for Student - main frame front view showing new design focused on the development of profound Visualization skills in the children. The figure shows the salient features of the Indian Abacus digital. Indian Abacus-Digital in this figure shows all the sliders in the VALUE-POSITION; all the Lower sliders & upper sliders are drawn towards the bar displaying the colours of the images (Green & Red), which are bright and very conspicuous of the present invention.

7. Fig. a is the view of the frame. The design is very sleek and user friendly.

The colour of the frame is creamish yellow of the present invention.

8. Fig. b is the view of the Upper slider (Red colour). The slider design is made to match the requirement ideally which meets the purpose well. There are totally 17 Upper sliders (all of the same size) in the upper chamber of the Indian Abacus Digital (above the bar) horizontally arranged; each designed to move within its slot. Each slot / column has one upper slider of the present invention. Fig. c is the view of one of the Lower sliders (Green colour). There are 4 sliders in each of slots / columns in the lower chamber (below the bar). The slider design is made to match the requirement ideally which meets the purpose well. There are totally 4 rows of 17 Lower sliders (all of the same size) in the lower chamber of the Indian Abacus Digital (below the bar) horizontally arranged; each slot thus is made to have 4 Lower sliders. All of them can be moved independently and together up and down of the present invention. Fig. d is the view of the Unit pointer which is a marking made on the bar of the Indian Abacus-Digital normally used as a point to start from for working / using Indian Abacus-Digital. There are totally 5 Unit pointers marked on the bar of the present invention. Fig. e is the view of the Centre Bar - The rib like horizontal bar runs parallel and slightly closer to the upper slider chambers. The centrebar actually divides the Indian Abacus-Digital in two Chambers - the Upper and the lower chambers and the bar touches the sides of the Indian Abacus-Digital on either side of the present invention.

Fig. f is the view of the Slider Cap - It is small cap like piece having a groove which sits on the slider of the present invention. The profile of the top of the cap is made to converge so that when the child finishes the movement of the slider the nerve ends of the fingers of the child are activated which are supposed to activate the brain cells. Fig. g is the view of the plate which is divided into two display areas one upper and one lower chamber (with one upper slider and four lower sliders respectively in each slot) in the present invention. Fig. h is the view of the Diamond shaped Window - The sieve like plate has diamond shaped windows. The windows enable the visible area for Green colour display and the shutter like "no value" area in the present invention. Fig. I is a view of Window displaying Green colour image. The Window in the labeled position is displaying green colour as all the lower sliders are in the colour displaying value position. Fig. J is a view of Window displaying Red colour image through the upper slider display. The Window in the labeled position is displaying Red colour as all the upper sliders are in the value display position.

Fig. K is a view of 5^th vertical slot / column of the present invention. Fig. I is the view of the conductive Enter Button of the present invention. The button when pressed enables the answer/output of the Abacus operation displayed on the LCD screen and the on the Website page to get submitted and saved.

Fig. m is the view of the conductive ON / OFF Button of the present invention. This button when operated energises the system (hardware/software) of the Indian Abacus digital unit and the answers & the output of the Abacus operation would be displayed. Fig. n is the view of the Countdown display area in the LCD screen of the present invention. This area displays the time duration . The minutes and the seconds would come down showing display of seconds and the minutes. Fig. o is the view of the conductive Addition and Subtraction Button of the present invention. This button enables choice of arithmetic operation - to do Addition and Subtraction functions only.

Fig. p is the view of the conductive Division Button of the present invention. This button enables choice of arithmetic operation - to do Division function only.

Fig. q is the view of the conductive Multiplication Button of the present invention. This button enables choice of arithmetic operation - to do Multiplication function only.

Fig. r is the view of the Liquid Crystal Display 20x2 (LCD). The screen which will display the answer/output of Indian Abacus - Digital operation Fig. s is the view of the conductive Set Unit point Button of the present invention. To select the unit point, this button could be pressed.

Fig. t is the view of the conductive Count down Button of the present invention. This button is to choose the countdown operation.

Fig. u is the view of the conductive LCD back light ON / OFF Button to enable illumination for better visibility Fig. v is the view of the conductive UP and DOWN Buttons for setting value for Countdown operation.

Fig. w is the view of Nos. 1 to 17 indicating the slots / columns Fig. x is the view of the conductive set practice Button. To select Practice mode, this button is to be pressed

Fig. y is the view of the conductive set competition Button. To select Competition mode, this button is to be pressed Fig z is the view of the USB CONNECTOR TO PC / LAPTAP to enable access to the program website through computer landing Figure 7 is a view of the Indian Abacus -Digital displaying Zero Value position (screen as well as Abacus) and all the Upper and lower sliders and LCD screen is shown 0 value position of the present invention. Fig. a is a view of the 17 slots (columns) totally having 85 sliders (17 Upper sliders and 68 Lower sliders) and each slot / column having 1 Upper slider and 4 Lower sliders of the present invention.

Fig. b is a view of the 17 Upper sliders of the present invention.

Fig. c is a view of the 68 Lower sliders of the present invention. Figure 8 is a view of the Main Frame Backside - made of ABS material of the present invention.

Fig. a is a view of the Battery box of the present invention. The power store for the operation of LCD and energizing the other hardware and software to become operative

Fig. b is a view of the 3 Battery AAA, each 1.5 volt - External source of energy.

Fig. c is a view of the spring fixed inside the Upper sliders for ON to appear / value on the LCD screen and PC / LAPTOP and for OFF to disappear value on the LCD screen and PC / LAPTOP of the present invention.

Fig. d is a view of the spring fixed inside the Lower sliders for ON to appear / value on the LCD screen and PC/LAPTOP and for OFF to disappear value on the LCD screen and PC/LAPTOP.

Fig. e is a view of the screw for fixing. Fig. f Backside of the LCD screen

Fig. g is a view of the 'divider-rib' separating the slots/column.

Figure 9 is a view of the Program Circuit Board (PCB) of the present invention.

Fig. a is a view of the Switch (connector for OFF) for Upper sliders to disappear value on the LCD screen and PC/Laptop of the present invention. Fig. b is a view of the Switch (connector for ON) for Upper sliders to appear value on the LCD screen and PC/Laptop of the present invention.

Fig. c is a view of the Switch (connector for ON) for Lower sliders to appear value on the LCD screen and PC/Laptop of the present invention.

Fig. d is a view of the Switch (connector for OFF) for Lower sliders to appear on the LCD screen and PC /Laptop of the present invention.

Fig. e is the view of the Main processer is single integrated circuit containing a processor core, memory, and programmable input/output peripherals/ The processor reads the input status from the slide switches and function keys and processes the input data and then outputs the processed data to the LCD display and PC.

Fig. f is the view of the PC Interface is a integrated circuit. It is a serial to USB protocol converter and bi-directional communication bridge between the main processor and the personal computer.

Fig. g is the view of the Buzzer, The Abacus student is expected to follow the proper method. If not followed buzzer would give out sound / beep. Figure 10 is the view of the Indian Abacus - Digital Back Plate - Rear view.

Fig. a is a view of the Battery box / unit Door of the present invention.

Fig. b is a view of the Battery box / unit Lock of the present invention.

Fig. c is a view of the Screw

Figure 11 is the views of the Slider of the present invention. Fig a is a view of a Lower Slider top view of the present invention.

Fig a1 is a view of a Green colour area indicating the value of the present invention.

Fig a2 is a view of the creamish yellow area - indicating no value position of the present invention. 61. Fig b is a view of the Upper Slider top view of the present invention.

62. Fig b1 is a view of the creamish yellow area - indicating no value position.

63. Fig b2 is a view of the Red colour area indicating the value of the present invention.

64. Fig. c is a view of Lower slider side view of the present invention.

65. Fig. c1 is a view of creamish yellow of the present invention.

66. Fig. c2 is a view of Red colour of the present invention.

67. Fig d is a view of the Upper slider side view.

68. Fig e is a view of the slider Bottom / inside view.

69. Fig e1 is a view of the spring - which helps to 1 ) to give connectivity to LCD & PC unit for display of the numbers, 2) for smooth and easy up and down movement of the sliders and 3) for holding the sliders in a position after the movement.

70. Fig e2 is a view of the holder for spring, which keeps the spring in the upright position without getting disturbed.

71. Fig f is a view of the slider Bottom side view of the present invention showing spring and holder.

72. Fig g is a view of the spring and the holder in blow-up position for the

. assembly

73. Figure 12 is a view of the Indian Abacus - Digital - Blow up of different units to form the assembly

74 Figure. 13 is a view of sliders displaying Green colour image for the value

position "value 1" as well as in LCD Screen also..

75 Figure. 14 is a view of sliders displaying Green colour image for the value position "value 2" as well as in LCD Screen also.

76 Figure. 15 is a view of sliders displaying Green colour images for the value position "value 3" as well as in LCD Screen also.

77 Figure. 16 is a view of sliders displaying Green colour images for the value position "value 4" as well as in LCD Screen also.

78 Figure. 17 is a view of sliders displaying Red colour image for the value position "value 5" as well as in LCD Screen also. 79 Figure. 18 is a view of sliders displaying Red and Green colour images for the value position "value 6" as well as in LCD Screen also.

80 Figure. 19 is a view of sliders displaying Red and Green colour images for the value position "value 7" as well as in LCD Screen also.

81 Figure. 20 is a view of sliders displaying Red and Green colour images for the value position "value 8" as well as in LCD Screen also.

82 Figure. 21 is a view of slider displaying Red and Green colour images for the value position "value 9" as well as in LCD Screen also.

83 Figure. 22 is a view of slider displaying Red colour image for the value position "value 50" as well as in LCD Screen also.

84 Figure. 23 is a view of the Indian Abacus Digital for Teacher - Main Frame front view showing new design. The figure shows the salient features of the Indian Abacus - Digital for teachers. Indian Abacus-Digital in this figure shows all the sliders in the VALUE-POSITION; all the 52 Lower sliders & 13 upper sliders (a total of 65 sliders) are drawn towards the bar displaying the colours of the images (Green & Red), which are bright and very conspicuous.

85 Fig. a is the view of the conductive Addition and Subtraction Button, which when pressed enables option to choose Addition & Subtraction functions only for the Indian Abacus - Digital for teachers

86 Fig. b is the view of the conductive Multiplication Button, which when pressed enables option to choose Multiplication function only for the Indian Abacus - Digital for teachers

87 Fig. c is the view of the conductive Division Button, which when pressed enables option to choose Division function only for the Indian Abacus - Digital for teachers.

88 Fig. d is the view of the conductive ON / OFF Button when pressed energizes the LED display seven segment unit and other systems for displaying the answers / output of Indian Abacus - Digital for teachers operation

89 Fig. e is the view of the Upper slider displaying Value position in Red colour.

90 Fig. f is the view of the center bar separating the Upper and Lower Slider areas.

91 Fig. g is the view of the Unit pointer

92 Fig. h is the view of the Lower slider displaying Value position in Green colour. 93 Fig. i is the view of the Frame (wood)

94 Fig. j is the view of the Plate (plywood-white colour)

95 Fig. k is the view of the Diamond shaped window the area which displays value or no-value position with colour image or no-image.

96 Fig. I is the view of the conductive set Unit poit Button which when pressed enables choosing the unit point.

97 Fig. m is the view of the connecting unit for accessing A/c power (230 V) from external source

98 Fig. n is the view of the stand of the present invention of Teacher Abacus Digital.

99 Fig. o is the view of the seven segment LED 1.25 inch display (13 nos) to display the answers / output of the operation on Indian Abacus - Digital for teachers.

100 Fig. p is the view of the holes provided for the output of the speaker

of the present invention of Teacher Abacus Digital.

101 Fig. q is the view of the conductive volume control button for the voice/sound output of the present invention of Teacher Abacus Digital.

102 Fig. r is the view of the up and down buttons to increase and

decrease volume , countdown time set and time and date set of the present invention of Teacher Abacus Digital.

103 Fig. s is the view of the Time set button for the digital clock of the present invention of Teacher Abacus Digital.

104 Fig. t is the view of the Date, month and year - set button for

adjustments / updation of the present invention of Teacher Abacus Digital.

105 Fig. u is the view of the Brightness button to adjust the illumination quality of the present invention of Teacher Abacus Digital.

106 Fig. v is the view of the Countdown button, decrease volume ,

countdown time set and time and date set of

107 Figure. 24 is a view of the Main Frame Back view of Indian Abacus

Digital for Teacher- made of wood material showing integral components. 108 Fig. a is the view of the A/C transformer for stepping down the voltage requirement .

109 Fig. b is the view of the Backside of PCB.

110 Fig. c is the view of the Lower slider bottom

111 Fig. d is the view of the Switch (ON) for Lower slider to display the value position when the slider is pushed towards the centre bar and to display the value on the LED screen of the present invention of Teacher Abacus Digital.

112 Fig. e is the view of the Switch (OFF) for Lower slider to display the no- value position when the slider is pushed away from the centre bar and to display the value on the LED screen of the present invention of Teacher abacus Digital.

113 Fig. f is the view of the Upper slider bottom of the present invention of

Teacher Abacus Digital.

114 Fig. g is the view of the Switch (OFF) for Upper slider to display the no-value position when the slider is pushed away from the centre and to display the value on the LED screen of Teacher Abacus digital.

115 Fig. h is the view of the Switch (ON) for Upper slider to display the

value position when the slider is pushed towards the centre bar and to display the value on the LED screen of the Teacher Abacus Digital.

116 Fig. i is the view of the Main Processer is single integrated

circuit containing a processor core, memory, and programmable input/output peripherals/ The processor reads the input status from the slide switches and function keys and processes the input data and then outputs the processed data to the LCD display and PC.

117 Fig. j is the view of the speaker.

118 Fig. k is the view of the Lithium battery for continuous operation of digital clock , date month and year in the offline mode also.

119 Fig. I is the view of the sensor for Remote control operation. The teacher could operate the unit with remote control facility provided.

120 Fig. m is the view of the Audio out jack to connect to external sound system / speaker

121 Fig. n is the view of the Fuse provided to cut off and protect the system supporting the Indian Abacus - Digital in case of higher voltage / current from external source.

122 Fig. o is the view of the unit for the switches and the wires for all the sliders to connect and disconnect when the sliders are moved towards and away from the centre bar.

123 Fig. p is the view of the spring which helps in keeping the slider in position after movement towards or away from the bar and also for smooth and easy movement up and down.

124 Fig. q is the view of the holder for spring to keep the spring in position and not to get disturbed.

125 Figure. 25 is the view of the back cover (plywood) of Indian Abacus

Digital for Teacher.

126 Fig. a is the view of the hole of screw

127 Figure.26 is the view of the Slider of Indian Abacus Digital for Teacher.

128 Fig. a is the view of the slider Top view of the present invention of

Teacher Abacus Digital.

129 Fig. a1 is the view of the Green colour.

130 Fig. a2 is the view of the white colour.

131 Fig. b is the view of the slider bottom view of the present invention of

Teacher Abacus Digital.

132 Fig. b1 is the view of the stopper for ON of Teacher Abacus Digital.

133 Fig. b2 is the view of the stopper OFF of Teacher Abacus Digital.

134 Fig. c is the view of the slider bottom side view of the present

invention of Teacher Abacus Digital.

135 Fig. c1 is the view of the slider knob used for movement of the

slider up and down.

136 Fig. c2 is the view of the stopper fixed on slider to connect &

disconnect through on and off switches.

137 Fig. d is the view of the Upper slider bottom view show also the

switches (on & off) fixed in the separating holder of the present invention.

138 Fig. d1 is the view of the conductive switch ON to connect when the slider is pushed towards the centre bar. 139 Fig. d2 is the view of the conductive switch OFF to disconnect when the slider is pushed away from the centre bar.

140 Fig. d3 is the view of the spring.

141 Fig. e is the view of the slider top view in the drawing/specification.

142 Fig. f is the view of the slider bottom view in the drawing/specification.

143 Fig. g is the view of the slider side view in the drawing/specification

144 Figure. 27 Specification of main frame - Front view of Indian Abacus

Digital for Teachers.

145 Figure. 28 Specification of main frame Backside of Indian Abacus

Digital for Teachers.

Claims

Claims:

1. Indian Abacus - Digital is used for coaching young children of the age group 4 - 13 years for doing Abacus Mental Arithmetic calculations - Mental Arithmetic by image of Abacus. Indian Abacus - Digital is a calculating device which can be used with finger manipulations. The tool acts as a manually operable tool when working on the offline mode. The hardware built in and attached to the tool as an adjunct enables the student to work online accessing the dedicated website after landing on the PC / LAPTOP. The built in interface of the tool enables such facility. Abacus program Training using 'Indian Abacus - Digital' enhances the brain skills of children significantly.

2. This invention is the first of its kind and it did not seem to have been found necessary and possible by others and there were therefore no past trials by others. The inventor's inquisitiveness and inspired efforts had brought out the invention after prolonged research spending much time and energy directed for the purpose.

3. The hardware and software, built in the tool as an adjunct to the physically operable tool, helps the student of abacus wanting to learn-practice-test the Abacus skills online by accessing the dedicated website to opt for it and successfully employ to learn-practice-test the skills online through PC. The tool in the offline mode also displays Green and Red colour images as the answers / output on the LCD screen of the tool when the student works using the tool in the offline mode.

4. The Indian Abacus - Digital requires no power to operate if employed manually. "The nimble fingers of a young child could manipulate the sliders for calculation purposes". It is semi abstract and pictorial with colour image display representing numbers. Numbers / values are represented by the slider positions displaying colour images. This tool contains 17 vertical slots. Each slot contains totally 5 sliders. The centre bar within the frame runs horizontally and divides each slot into 2 parts. The sliders below the bar on each slot are called lower sliders (Green colour). The slider above the bar on each slot is called upper slider (Red colour). There are 4 lower sliders and 1 upper slider in each slot.

5. When the student works learning online or wants to work with the digital screen on, the disposable batteries fitted to the unit would give the required power to transmit the output through the accessed website through computer-landing to learn-practice-test the skills online. Even in off-line mode, the batteries provide the required power to display the answers / output on the LCD screen when the student works manually on the Indian Abacus Digital. When the digital screen display of the output also is in the off-mode, no battery power however is required and the tool is operable totally devoid of the external power of the batteries.

6. The value of each lower slider (Green colour) value position is 1 and upper slider (Red colour) value position is 5. Each slider gets value, only when moved towards the bar. To add a number, the slider is moved towards the bar and to subtract, it is moved away from the bar.

7. Indian Abacus - Digital for Teacher- the bigger size is used by the Teachers, coaching the children in Abacus Mental Arithmetic While the operation & methodology are the same for the Teacher's Abacus-digital, the Teacher's Abacus is a bigger tool kept hung on the wall or supported on a stand to show working of the sliders moving them up and/or down with value positions displayed through colour projections and Numerical values on the LCD screen. Material used to make Indian Abacus - Digital is of wood and plywood material. It is also proposed to use other alternate material in future if found suitable. The main Frame, back cover is made wood and the sliders are made of HIPS. The hardware & software unit which is part of the tool enables display of the output / answers of the work on the Numerical LCD.

8. This invention is the first of its kind and it did not seem to have been found necessary and possible by others and there were therefore no past trials by others. The inventor's inquisitiveness and inspired efforts had brought out the invention after prolonged research spending much time and energy directed for the purpose.

9. Indian Abacus - Digital used for Abacus Mental Arithmetic training imparted to the young children result in Whole brain Development. It is enhancing the capacity of the Left & Right brains and also to have highly effective coordination between them to bring about the best of results in any task. The digital feature of the tool has an additional benefit to the student by being a self-coaching tool, when used in the online mode accessing the website to learn-practice-test the abacus skills. The student using the tool, by required arrangement, could learn, practice & test the abacus skills online leading to certification of the skills learnt.

10. Indian Abacus - Digital is used for training children of the age group mentioned for not only for fast & accurate arithmetic calculations (Speed & Accuracy) but also for developing better brain skills CONCENTRATION, VISUALIZATION (PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY), IMAGINATION, PICTURISATION SKILLS, apart from CREATIVITY. Children acquire through the training Presentation skills and become SELF CONFIDENT and SELF RELIANT. The possibility of digital-connect of the tool enables better practice after learning and access the tests to perfect the skills.

11. Indian Abacus - Digital through the training imparted to the children of the age group mentioned gain enhanced Visual, Auditory and Working memory. The confidence that is added with the digital-connect makes the student much more confident by learning to perfect the skills.

12. Indian Abacus - Digital can be used for better concentration levels of even the adults. The largely better visualization possibilities adds to the benefits

13. Usage of Indian Abacus - Digital helps very young children to learn the numbers, since the Indian Abacus - Digital enables conversion of semi- abstract numbers into visual colour images, which are the value positions covered and/or uncovered by the sliders on the Indian Abacus - Digital, which move up and down. The increased scope for practicing and facing the tests makes the students stronger in their skills and enables perfection possible.

14. Material used to make Indian Abacus - Digital is of ABS material. It is also proposed to use other alternate material in future if found suitable. The main Frame, back cover, the sliders are all made of ABS. The hardware & software unit which is part of the tool enables display of the output / answers of the work on the LCD (Liquid Crystal Display),

15. The Green and Red colour images displayed, when the sliders moving up and down while manipulating with the fingers - are of colour Screen printing / stickers glued / stuck on the appropriate positions to reveal the colour images, which have the specific number values.

16 Size of Indian Abacus - Digital - is made to meet the online Training requirement by connecting to the PC / LAPTOP through USB. Abacus size: Length- 273.60 mm and Width-123.50 mm; and Indian Abacus - Digital for Teacher size: Length 1005.00 mm and width 455.00 mm

17 Similarly the sizes of the main frame, individual parts assembled to it and also the sizes of the engineered & designed components, such as the sliders, slider moving slots, the window sizes, the sizes of the colour projecting parts, screen printing are all possible to be altered based on the necessity in future. The other integral units of the 'Indian Abacus - Digital', the LCD unit with the connected minor and major components and the software related to the same are all upgradable with the material, design and conceptual changes as per the technology changing from time to time in future. It is expected that with the technology advancement that is happening with the changing times the invented tool would undergo much greater and pronounced developments thus making it suitable with the different times in future. Similarly the Abacus based mental Arithmetic education for brain skills could also unveil changing opportunities with the changing technology in different times in future and the inventor would have scope for developing the tool in the manner necessary and possible according the changes in future, which is currently in 1.0 version. Design of Indian Abacus - Digital - The design of the abacus is largely changed and actually many more times improved version of the Conventional (manual) Abacus. Much care is taken to ensure that while the design changes are made to enhance the effectiveness of the results / benefits to the children who get trained in Abacus Mental Arithmetic using Indian Abacus - Digital for the purpose of Speed and Accuracy in Arithmetic calculations & Brain skills, the usage pattern & the methodology is unchanged, which is to ensure that the students now using the generic and Conventional Abacus be easily essayed into change to use the Indian Abacus - Digital in future to gain enhanced benefits / skills, since there are no disadvantages. The digital- connect made possible by the built in hardware & software unit attached to the tool makes the tool unique - to work either manually only or to work online/internet, enabling e-learning.

Design is mainly focused on the objective of better Visualization (photographic memory) through colour projection for the value positions moving the upper or the lower sliders up and / or down. The digital-connect possibility enables children to learn-practice-test the abacus skills online, thus making available the virtual classroom facility - to work anywhere and anytime, breaking the barriers of place and time. No class room attendance, no parent dropping of the child at the centre and no picking up and hence no wastage of vehicle fuel and no wastage of time and energy of the parent, which are greatly distinct, unique and beyond compare. The sitting posture, Holding of the Abacus, usage of specific fingers for the movement of the sliders using both the hands play a very important role. These are essentials to learn and perfect Abacus Mental Arithmetic calculations. Indian Abacus - Digital enables the students to learn and perfect their skills in doing Abacus Mental Arithmetic calculations, parallelly enhancing their brain skills for Life time. The essentials listed could be ensured even while working online using the Indian Abacus - Digital. The main objective of the Abacus programme is to enhance the brain power upgrading the brain skills of the children and remove the fear of Mathematics by making the arithmetic calculations easier. The digital connect of the Indian Abacus Digital makes the awareness of the Abacus skills spread far and wide. The scope for learning is expanded many times more now since there is no need for class-room learning and no fixed time, no travel and no spending time. The anytime - anywhere learning of Abacus skills online makes the Indian Abacus - Digital tool and the program unique. The Life Time skills: Apart from making the children proficient in Mental Arithmetic by image of Abacus, the Abacus training more importantly enhances the brain skills of every child practicing Abacus. The levels of Concentration, Visualization and Listening are greatly pronounced in the children learning to practice Abacus calculations. The brain skills - Concentration, Visualization, Listening, imagination, creativity are the skills the child would acquire for a life time. These brain skills help them to excel in their studies, pursue great career opportunities later. These skills also develop them into leaders in their lives. The Abacus related skills are therefore Life time skills which will be a great asset for the children and they can use the skills all through their life.