Relieve the device and method of display device user eyes and body part fatigue
[technical field]
The present invention relates to a kind of device and method of protecting display device user eye health, especially relate to a kind of device and method that relieves display device user eyes and body part fatigue.
[background technology]
According to U.S.'s occupational illness seniority among brothers and sisters, computer vision syndrome (Computer VisualSyndrome, CVS) and computing machine complication of wrist (Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, CTS) these diseases that caused because of using a computer have for a long time risen to and have been first place, and serious threat is to the health of health.(Computer Visual Syndrome CVS) stems from eyes and stares at computer screen for a long time computer vision syndrome, reaches every day more than two hours and promptly may take place.Owing to be absorbed in computer screen for a long time, cause number of winks to reduce, ocular surface moisture evaporates rapidly, and office's humidity is low in addition, and the grain that suspends in the air is difficult for removing, and the symptom as chronic conjunctivitis, xerophthalmia and blood-shot eye illness disease etc. appears in meeting of a specified duration.Closely be absorbed in computer screen for a long time, the light source body of fixed range, brightness, angle can cause the tired and damage at each position of eyeball, as: pupil, crystalline and eye muscle.Simultaneously, eyes are not easy to focus on before the frequent screen of flicker, and computer screen is through usually can be reflective behind the light-illuminating in addition, make the easier fatigue of eyes.Therefore, display device user regular meeting complaint vision degeneration, eye fatigue are ached, headache, optic nerve is nervous and symptom such as insomnia.(CarpalTunnel Syndrome is CTS) owing to contact for a long time, use a computer every day, repetitive operation every day computing machine, the damage that hand tendon, nerve, muscle and soft tissue are caused for the computing machine complication of wrist.Typewriting and rolling mouse on keyboard for a long time, wrist joint because intensive for a long time, repeatedly with excessive activity, form carpal paralysis and pain gradually, be different from the damage of traditional hand, the computing machine complication of wrist is a kind of modern civilization disease that day by day forms.This damage is also referred to as computing machine and repeats work damage (Repetitive Strain Injury, RSI), it comprises aching of neck, waist, hand, elbow and shank that the long-time operation computing machine causes.
Many Apparatus and method fors that prevent and relieve eyes and body part fatigue are arranged on the market, as No. 142575 patent of Wise property office in Taiwan in bulletin on September 24 calendar year 2001, its name is called " method and apparatus that relieves terminating machine display user's eyes and body part fatigue ", and it discloses a kind of method and apparatus that is used to prevent and relieve terminating machine display user's eyes and body part fatigue.This device is included near Charged Coupled Device (the ChargeCoupled Device the terminating machine display, CCD) or complementary gold oxygen half field effect transistor (ComplementaryMetal-Oxide-Semiconductor Transistor, CMOS) video camera, and a cover comprises eyes training and hand, neck, shoulder, reaches the system that waist gymnastic training supervisor is formed.This method is utilized near Charged Coupled Device (the Charge CoupledDevice of this device terminating machine display, CCD) or complementary gold oxygen half field effect transistor (ComplementaryMetal-Oxide-Semiconductor Transistor, CMOS) video camera, and a cover comprises eyes training and hand, neck, shoulder, reaches waist gymnastic training supervisor and carry out; When terminating machine display user's eye fatigue degree surpasses due condition, too much or very few as frequency of wink, or when using the terminating machine display to surpass the time of setting, this system can give a warning automatically and require to implement the eyes training, the execution of eyes training is automatically set a series of eyes training patterns by system, literal is on screen, and/or relevant music or voice hint, matching camera is taken user's eye movement position or is closed order rest situation, as feedback, to indicate and to check terminating machine display user's training condition, see through this function, can objective certain again user that requires loosen adjusting focusing tension force, training ciliary muscle is unfolded it, and makes eyeball implement convergence and the motion of dispersing, indication and check terminating machine display user's training condition reduces aching and injuring of locality limbs.This invention utilizes the video camera feedback, can objectively allow the user reach to relieve the effect of terminating machine display user's eyes and body part fatigue.But equipment such as video camera need be additionally set up in this invention, cause cost higher, use inconveniently, be unfavorable for being extensive use of of common user.Therefore, need a kind of software product that need not extras, this software product can be installed on the terminating machine and can be moved by processor, to reach the effect that relieves eye fatigue.
In addition, as United States Patent (USP) trademark office in the 6th of on July 17th, 2003 bulletin, 579, No. 209 patents, its name is called " a kind of prevent and relieve repeat to work the software product (SOFTWARE PRODUCT FOR PREVENTING AND TREATINGREPETITIVE STRESS INJURIES) of damage ", its disclose a kind of be used to prevent and relieve repeat to work the software product of damage.This software product comprises a gymnastics program, and one is used to store the software storage medium of this gymnastics program; When this gymnastics program is carried out by a processor, its be set be used for the responsive computer user order with display image on computer screen; Be used for when the very first time, section expired, on computer screen, showing this image; And be used for showing this image when following incident takes place on computer screen, this incident comprises: computer screen remains unchanged in very first time section, and above-mentioned processor does not receive artificial input in second time period.Wherein, this image that is presented on the computer screen is used to the gymnastic exercise of demonstrating.This invention need not to add extras, and cost is lower, easy to use, is beneficial to the user and uses widely, can prevent and relieve the local fatigue of limbs effectively; Yet this invention but can not prevent and relieve the fatigue of eyes effectively.This just needs a kind of software product that can prevent and relieve eye fatigue effectively; by setting the eye protection training program of specialty; to prevent and to relieve terminating machine display user eye fatigue; regulate eye eyesight, thereby avoid or reduce because of watching the injury that display causes eyes for a long time attentively.
Also have, as United States Patent (USP) trademark office in the 6th of on June 13rd, 2000 bulletin, 075, No. 525 patents, its name is called " method (METHOD FOR PREVENTING THE INJURY OF EYESIGHT DURINGOPERATING A DEVICE WITH A DISPLAY) that prevents to injure eye eyesight when operation display ", and it discloses a kind of method that prevents to injure display user's eye eyesight.This method comprises the following steps: that (A) preset for one second interval time (T2); (B) add up the operation this display time; (C) if this time of adding up reaches the setting value of second interval time (T2), show on this display that dialog box prompting user loosens eyes, if the user selects second kind of pattern to loosen eyes, execution in step (D), otherwise execution in step (E); (D) show a dynamic mode, this pattern can be loosened user's eyes, after this pattern is terminated, turns back to step (A); Reach and (E) reduce the setting value of this second interval time (T2) and turn back to step (A).Use the present invention can prevent and relieve terminating machine display user eye fatigue, regulate eye eyesight, thereby avoid or reduce because of watching the injury that display causes eyes for a long time attentively.Yet the present invention is a kind of software product, and its execution depends on operating system, must develop the software of different editions at different operating system, lacks compatiblely, and after operating system pawned, program also can't normally be carried out; In addition, under Windows operating system, enter some display mode, can not guarantee to blink motion and eye-relieving movement correctly successfully carry out above-mentioned display mode such as widely used DirectX recreation support mode.
For avoiding above-mentioned defective, the device and the corresponding implementation method that need a kind of software and hardware to combine, promptly in the device and the corresponding implementation method of the inner embedding program of indicator screen display menu, when avoiding the computing machine user to be absorbed in computer screen for a long time to the load in eyes and hand joint, thereby avoid computer vision syndrome and computing machine complication of wrist.
[summary of the invention]
Fundamental purpose of the present invention is, a kind of device that is used to relieve display device user eyes and body part fatigue is provided.This device that relieves display device user eyes and body part fatigue comprises a microprocessing unit, a menu control key unit, a control module, a picture signal input block, prestore amplifier, an image output unit and a display device.This menu control key unit comprises a menu control key.This microprocessing unit is used to regulate on-screen display menus and operation nictation and eye-relieving movement attention program, and it comprises an on-screen display menus generating unit, a storage unit, a processing unit, a timer and a counter.This cell stores has the related data of eye protection function items, and this related data comprises the icon of this eye protection function items, and this each parameter of eye protection function items and setting value thereof; This storage unit also stores blink motion attention program and eye-relieving movement attention program, and the data of motion nictation hint image and the data of eye-relieving movement hint image.This processing unit is used for handling nictation and eye-relieving movement attention program.This timer is used for calculating the stream time of this display device after detecting correct vision signal input.This counter is used for calculating motion nictation accumulative frequency.This on-screen display menus generating unit is used for receiving blink motion hint image data and eye-relieving movement hint image data, and this picture data is converted to on-screen display menus picture signal Ro, Go, Bo, then with this on-screen display menus picture signal Ro, Go, Bo sends to the amplifier that prestores.Above-mentioned hint image is used to point out the display device user to prevent the motion of computer vision syndrome and computing machine complication of wrist.
The present invention also provides a kind of method that is used to relieve display device user eyes and body part fatigue.This method comprise the following steps: initial setting at a wink accumulative frequency be zero.After detecting correct vision signal input, timer begins the stream time of this display device of accumulative total.When this stream time reaches the setting value of movement space time nictation and after accumulative frequency did not reach a predetermined numerical value at a wink, timer sent a command signal to processing unit.After processing unit received this command signal, microprocessing unit added internal memory with the motion nictation attention program in the storage unit.Then processing unit this motion nictation attention program that brings into operation, thus the motion nictation hint image in the storage unit is outputed to the on-screen display menus generating unit.The on-screen display menus generating unit is converted to on-screen display menus picture signal Ro with this picture data, Go, and Bo, then with this on-screen display menus picture signal Ro, Go, Bo sends to the amplifier that prestores, to show this motion nictation hint image.Timer begins to calculate exercise duration nictation simultaneously.After this nictation, exercise duration reached setting value, nictation, the motion attention program was out of service, thereby this motion nictation hint image is hidden, the unison counter accumulative frequency of once blinking that adds up, and the stream time of this display device is set to zero.After nictation, accumulative frequency reached set point number, microprocessing unit added internal memory with the eye-relieving movement attention program in the storage unit.Then processing unit this eye-relieving movement attention program that brings into operation, thus the eye-relieving movement hint image in the storage unit is outputed to the on-screen display menus generating unit.The on-screen display menus generating unit is converted to on-screen display menus picture signal Ro with this picture data, Go, and Bo, then with this on-screen display menus picture signal Ro, Go, Bo sends to the amplifier that prestores, to show this eye-relieving movement hint image.Timer begins to calculate the eye-relieving movement duration simultaneously.After this eye-relieving movement duration reached setting value, the eye-relieving movement attention program was out of service, thereby this eye-relieving movement hint image is hidden, and the stream time of this display device is set to zero.
The display device user operates this menu control key and is used for activating or closing the eye protection function, selects the eye protection function items and regulates the setting value of this each parameter of eye protection function items.Under the state of opening the eye protection function, the actions menu operating key is to regulate the setting value of each parameter of eye protection function items.The menu control key unit responds the operation of menu control key, and has the command signal of predetermined value to control module output one.Control module differentiates this command signal and exports a control signal, and microprocessing unit receives this control signal, and according to this control signal the related data of eye protection function items in the storage unit outputed to control module; This related data comprises the icon of this eye protection function items and the setting value of this each parameter of eye protection function items etc.Control module generates control data according to the related data of this eye protection function items, and this control signal and control data are outputed to the on-screen display menus generating unit.This on-screen display menus generating unit receives this control signal and control data, and produces on-screen display menus picture signal Ro, Go, Bo.The on-screen display menus generating unit is converted to on-screen display menus picture signal Ro with this picture data, Go, and Bo, then with this on-screen display menus picture signal Ro, Go, Bo sends to the amplifier that prestores.
The picture signal input block is to the amplifier output image signal R that prestores, G, and B, and send the affirmation information of signal output to control module.The amplifier that prestores receives picture signal R, G, B and on-screen display menus picture signal Ro, Go, Bo, then with the picture signal R that receives, G, B and on-screen display menus picture signal Ro, Go, Bo are converted to predetermined level, and according to blanking signal BLK output end value.Picture signal R after the image output unit will be changed, G, B, Ro, Go and Bo amplify and output.Display device is as display unit, demonstration is from the picture signal R of image output unit, G, B, Ro, Go and Bo, thus this eye protection function items on screen, shown, be convenient to the display device user regulates each parameter of this eye protection function items under the situation of seeing this function items intuitively setting value; Perhaps on screen, show blink motion hint image and eye-relieving movement hint image.
The present invention researches and develops to form under the guidance of doctor's brainstrust, when effectively avoiding the display device user to be absorbed in computer screen for a long time, to the load in eyes and hand joint, thereby avoids computer vision syndrome and computing machine complication of wrist.The picture that the present invention will point out eyes training shows that in the mode of on-screen display menus its execution does not rely on operating system, and compatible strong, after operating system pawned, program also can normally be carried out; In addition, under Windows operating system, enter any display mode, can both guarantee that move nictation and the eye-relieving movement program is successfully carried out.
[description of drawings]
Fig. 1 is the functional block diagram that relieves the device of display device user eyes and body part fatigue of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a motion nictation hint image of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is the picture of prompting eye-relieving movement of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is the on-screen display menus that comprises the eye protection function items of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is the setting window of eye protection function items of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is the process flow diagram of prompting nictation of the present invention and eye-relieving movement.
[embodiment]
As shown in Figure 1, be the functional block diagram that relieves the device of display device user eyes and body part fatigue of the present invention.This device comprises a microprocessing unit 10, a menu control key unit 11, a control module 12, a picture signal input block 13, prestore amplifier 14, an image output unit 15 and a display device 16.This menu control key unit 11 comprises a menu control key 110.This microprocessing unit 10 is used to regulate on-screen display menus 20 and operation nictation and eye-relieving movement attention program, and it comprises an on-screen display menus generating unit 100, a storage unit 101, a processing unit 102, a timer 103 and a counter 104.This storage unit 101 stores the related data of eye protection function items, and this related data comprises the icon of this eye protection function items, and this each parameter of eye protection function items and setting value thereof; This storage unit 101 also stores blink motion attention program and eye-relieving movement attention program, and the picture data of the picture data of prompting motion nictation and prompting eye-relieving movement.This processing unit 102 is used for handling nictation and eye-relieving movement attention program.This timer 103 is used to calculate stream time.This counter 104 is used for calculating motion nictation accumulative frequency.This on-screen display menus generating unit 100 is used to receive the eye-relieving movement hint image 2 that motion nictation hint image 1 as shown in Figure 2 reaches as shown in Figure 3, and this picture data is converted to on-screen display menus picture signal Ro, Go, Bo, then with this on-screen display menus picture signal Ro, Go, Bo send to the amplifier 14 that prestores.
After detecting correct vision signal input, timer 103 begins to calculate the stream time of display device.Reach the setting value of movement space time nictation when stream time after, timer 103 sends a command signal to processing unit 102.After processing unit 102 received this command signal, microprocessing unit 10 added internal memory with the motion nictation attention program in the storage unit 101.Then processing unit 102 this motion nictation attention program that brings into operation, thus the motion nictation hint image 1 as shown in Figure 2 in the storage unit 101 is outputed to on-screen display menus generating unit 100.On-screen display menus generating unit 100 is converted to on-screen display menus picture signal Ro, Go, Bo with this picture data, then with this on-screen display menus picture signal Ro, Go, Bo send to the amplifier 14 that prestores, to show this motion nictation hint image 1 as shown in Figure 2.Timer 103 begins to calculate exercise duration nictation simultaneously.After this nictation, exercise duration reached setting value, nictation, the motion attention program was out of service, thereby this motion nictation hint image 1 as shown in Figure 2 is hidden, the unison counter 104 motion accumulative frequency of once blinking that adds up.After motion nictation accumulative frequency reached the setting value of eye-relieving movement frequency, microprocessing unit 10 added internal memory with the eye-relieving movement attention program in the storage unit 101.Then processing unit 102 this eye-relieving movement attention program that brings into operation, thus the eye-relieving movement hint image 2 as shown in Figure 3 in the storage unit 101 is outputed to on-screen display menus generating unit 100.On-screen display menus generating unit 100 is converted to on-screen display menus picture signal Ro, Go, Bo with this picture data, then with this on-screen display menus picture signal Ro, Go, Bo send to the amplifier 14 that prestores, to show this eye-relieving movement hint image 2 as shown in Figure 3.Timer 103 begins to calculate the eye-relieving movement duration simultaneously.After this eye-relieving movement duration reached setting value, the eye-relieving movement attention program was out of service, thereby this eye-relieving movement hint image 2 as shown in Figure 3 is hidden.
The display device user operates this menu control key 110 and is used for activating or closing the eye protection function, selects the eye protection function items and regulates the setting value of this each parameter of eye protection function items.Under the state of opening the eye protection function; actions menu operating key 110 is selected eye protection icon 4 on on-screen display menus 3 as shown in Figure 4; the eye protection that occurs is then as shown in Figure 5 set picture 5, to regulate the setting value of each parameter of eye protection function items.Menu control key unit 11 responds the operation of menu control keys 110, and has the command signal of predetermined value to control module 12 outputs one.Control module 12 differentiates that these command signals also export a control signal, and microprocessing unit 10 receives these control signals, and according to this control signal the related data of eye protection function items in the storage unit 101 is outputed to control module 12; This related data comprises the icon of this eye protection function items and the setting value of this each parameter of eye protection function items etc.Control module 12 generates control data according to the related data of this eye protection function items, and this control signal and control data are outputed to on-screen display menus generating unit 100.This on-screen display menus generating unit 100 receives this control signal and control data, and produces on-screen display menus picture signal Ro, Go, Bo.On-screen display menus generating unit 100 is converted to on-screen display menus picture signal Ro with this picture data, Go, and Bo, with this on-screen display menus picture signal Ro, Go, Bo send to the amplifier 14 that prestores then.
Picture signal input block 13 is to the amplifier 14 output image signal R that prestore, G, and B, and send the affirmation information of signals output to control module 12.The amplifier 14 that prestores receives picture signal R, G, B and on-screen display menus picture signal Ro, Go, Bo, then with the picture signal R that receives, G, B and on-screen display menus picture signal Ro, Go, Bo are converted to predetermined level, and according to blanking signal BLK output end value.Picture signal R after image output unit 15 will be changed, G, B, Ro, Go and Bo amplify and output.Display device 16 shows picture signal R, G, B, Ro, Go and Bo from image output unit 15 as display unit.Thereby on screen, show this eye protection function items, be convenient to the display device user regulates each parameter of this eye protection function items under the situation of seeing this function items intuitively setting value; Perhaps on screen, show the eye-relieving movement hint image 2 that motion nictation hint image 1 as shown in Figure 2 reaches as shown in Figure 3.
As shown in Figure 2, be motion nictation hint image of the present invention.When operation motion nictation attention program, begin to show motion nictation hint image 1 on the screen of display device, this, motion hint image 1 was made up of the dynamic icon of a plurality of promptings motions nictation nictation, be used to point out the display device user blink motion, rotate eyeball, eyeball convergence and disperse motion, see and see that closely far reaching other helps to relieve the motion of eyes pressure.This dynamic icon display is in the upper right side of the screen of display device, the approximate people's of this dynamic icon eyes, and the opening eyes of emulation people, semi-closure eye and the do action of closing one's eyes, wherein open eyes, the semi-closure eye and close one's eyes between interval time be half second.When nictation, exercise duration reached setting value, the dynamic icon of this prompting motion nictation was hidden on screen.The display device user also can stop this motion nictation hint image 1 by pressing respective keys.
As shown in Figure 3, be the picture of prompting eye-relieving movement of the present invention.When bringing into operation the eye-relieving movement attention program, the color of the screen of display device becomes bottle green gradually, the final eye-relieving movement hint image 2 that shows, prompting display device user break-off, closing order has a rest, gymnastics such as ease of Use such as wrist, neck, shoulder and waist, and other helps to relieve the motion of eyes and body part fatigue.When the eye-relieving movement duration reaches setting value, this screen revert to normal color.The display device user also can stop this eye-relieving movement hint image 2 by pressing respective keys.
As shown in Figure 4, be the on-screen display menus that comprises the eye protection function items of the present invention.Comprise an eyes defencive function item 4 in the on-screen display menus 3, this eye protection function items 4 is used to regulate the setting value of a plurality of parameters of eye protection, and the function that activates or close this eye protection.
As shown in Figure 5, be the setting window of eye protection function items of the present invention.Behind selected this eye protection function items 4, the setting window of eye protection function items as shown in Figure 5 appears.This setting window comprises a plurality of parameters and the setting value thereof that is used for the eye protection function, and the check box that activates or close this eye protection function.These a plurality of parameters comprise movement space time nictation, the exercise duration of blinking, eye-relieving movement frequency, eye-relieving movement duration.This movement space time nictation is the time of double appearance motion nictation hint image 1, and setting value was at 5 to 30 minutes, and default value is 10 minutes; This duration that nictation, exercise duration occurred for motion nictation hint image 1 at every turn, setting value was at 6 to 20 seconds, and default value is 10 seconds; This eye-relieving movement frequency refers to occur continuously how many times and occurs eye-relieving movement hint image 2 one time after the motion nictation, and setting value is at 3 to 6 times, and default value is 3 times; The eye-relieving movement duration is each duration that occurs of the picture of prompting eye-relieving movement, and setting value was at 30 to 120 seconds, and default value is 60 seconds.In the present embodiment; the setting value of each parameter of eye protection is all got default value, and the movement space of promptly blinking time set is 10 minutes, and nictation, exercise duration was set at for 10 seconds; the eye-relieving movement frequency setting is 3 times, and the eye-relieving movement duration was set at for 60 seconds.When opening this eyes training function if desired, choose the check box of this activation eye protection; When closing this eyes training function if desired, just close the check box of this activation eye protection.After the setting of finishing each parameter value of eye protection, press definite key, system will store this a plurality of setting values.In this embodiment, activate eye protection function and be default value with each parameter setting of eye protection.
As shown in Figure 6, be the process flow diagram of prompting nictation of the present invention and eye-relieving movement.After detecting the input of correct vision signal, system carries out the initial work of each variable of eye protection, and stream time, motion nictation accumulative frequency, nictation exercise duration and eye-relieving movement duration are initialized as zero (step 20).Then timer 103 adds up the stream time (step 21) of systems.Judge in real time then whether stream time reaches the movement space time (step 22) nictation.If stream time does not reach the setting value of movement space time nictation, program turns back to step 21; If stream time reaches the setting value of movement space time nictation, judge again whether motion nictation accumulative frequency reaches the setting value (step 23) of eye-relieving movement frequency.If motion nictation accumulative frequency reaches the setting value of eye-relieving movement frequency, show on the screen that eye-relieving movement hint image 2 and timer 103 begin the accumulative total eye-relieving movement duration (step 28).Judge in real time then whether the eye-relieving movement duration reaches the setting value (step 29) of eye-relieving movement duration.If the eye-relieving movement duration does not reach the setting value of eye-relieving movement duration, then program turns back to step 28; If the eye-relieving movement duration reaches the setting value of eye-relieving movement duration, then program turns back to step 20.In step 23, if motion nictation accumulative frequency does not reach the eye-relieving movement frequency, demonstration motion hint image 1 nictation and timer 103 begin to add up to blink exercise duration (step 24) on the screen.Judge in real time then whether the exercise duration of blinking reaches the setting value (step 25) of exercise duration nictation.If nictation, exercise duration did not reach the setting value of exercise duration nictation, program turns back to step 24; If nictation, exercise duration reached the setting value of exercise duration nictation, the counter 104 motion accumulative frequency (step 26) of once blinking that adds up then.Then reinitialize stream time and nictation exercise duration be zero (step 27), program turns back to step 21 then.