Microphone for countermeasures against coronavirus and other measures and countermeasure tools

Abstract

To provide a microphone and a microphone splash prevention device equipped with a coronavirus and other droplet infection prevention unit that protects against droplets of viruses and the like ejected from the mouth of election speakers and live performances and karaoke.SOLUTION: A transparent or opaque blocking plate 5 is provided on a microphone 2. The blocking plate surrounds the microphone, but is provided with an opening 50 that opens to the speaker side. As a result, droplets discharged from the mouth of a speaker generated toward a listener 6 are blocked, and the listener is prevented from being infected with the droplets of viruses and bacteria. In addition, the splash 32 ejected from the mouth along with the cheers of the listener can be protected by the blocking plate, and the danger of the speaker can also be protected.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to preventing droplet infection of novel coronavirus and bacteria when using a microphone.

Background Art

[0002] There is a risk of infection with novel coronavirus or bacteria from the droplets of speakers in karaoke, live shows, elections, etc., and conversely, from the audience.

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0003] The droplets of the speaker speaking into the microphone scatter to the listeners. Conversely, the droplets of the patient listener infect the speaker.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0004] A droplet shield for coronavirus etc. is provided on the microphone.

Effects of the Invention

[0005] According to the present invention, 1. Even if the droplets that fly 5m with a normal voice are vocalized loudly in karaoke, live shows, elections, etc., the coronavirus etc. is blocked and droplet infection is eliminated, and even if there is an infected person in the audience, it is possible to defend against the speaker being infected. 2. The sound collection effect of the microphone can be improved compared to the case where the present invention is not present. 3. Since it is a transparent plate, the speaker can speak while looking at the audience, and the audience can see the expression of the speaker. 4. Since the grip part of the microphone and the shield are in close contact, even when speaking from a high position such as a podium, there is an effect that downward droplets can also be blocked. 5. It is possible to prevent infection with coronavirus etc. not only in election speeches but also in places where loud voices are made such as live shows and karaoke. 6. Since it combines virus blocking and a prompter function, it can block the spread of droplets caused by speaking while looking at the listener's direction with a microphone, simultaneously looking at the manuscript, and protecting against droplet infection caused by vocalization or the cheers of the audience.

Brief Description of the Drawings

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Modes for Carrying Out the Invention

[0007] The present invention is a microphone provided with a droplet infection prevention part for coronavirus and the like and a droplet prevention tool for the microphone.

[0008] Even when speaking in a normal voice, coronavirus droplets can reach 5m. As shown in FIG. 1 for a known microphone, droplets ejected from the mouth along with the loud voice of the speaker 1 scatter about 10m in the forward direction of the microphone 2 and fall on the audience 6. Also, if the audience 6 is a coronavirus patient, droplets 32 ejected from the mouth along with cheers scatter to the speaker 1 and the speaker 1 will be infected.

[0009] In an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 2, a transparent or opaque baffle 5 is provided on the microphone 2, and it is a microphone that blocks the coronavirus droplets 3 ejected from the mouth 1 of the speaker. The baffle of the present invention surrounds the microphone, but is provided so that there is an opening 50 on the speaker side. In addition, it is a microphone that can reflect the voice of the speaker 1 by the baffle 5 and collect and amplify the sound to the microphone.

[0010] The barrier 5 blocks droplets 3 ejected from the speaker's mouth 1 toward the listener 6, thereby preventing droplets of viruses such as the new coronavirus and bacteria from infecting the listener 6 through droplets. Furthermore, the shielding plate 5 can also block droplets 32 that are expelled from the mouths of the listeners 6 along with the cheers, which has the effect of protecting the speaker 1 from danger. Furthermore, since the shielding plate 5 has a sound collecting function 4, it has the effect of amplifying the voice of the speaker 1.

[0011] 3A, 3B, and 3C show embodiments of the shield plate 5 of the present invention. In the first embodiment (A), a cushioning material 53 for sound and vibration protection is attached to the bottom of the transparent shield plate 5, and wide rubber belts 51 are attached to both ends of the belt, with female and male Velcro® at both ends to attach the microphone. This may utilize patent registration number 7132574 "Supermen (MEN)." In the second embodiment (B), a cushion 53 is attached to the bottom of the shield plate 5, and one end of the belt 51 for fixing the microphone is fixed to the bottom end of one side of the shield plate, with a hook-and-loop fastener or other fastener (e.g., Velcro®) 52 attached to the other end of the belt 51. In the third embodiment (C), male and female Velcro® 51 are attached directly to the transparent plate 5.

[0012] The shielding plate 5 is made of a transparent, translucent, or opaque material that can be deformed. For example, it is a bendable, flat plate made of a transparent material such as acrylic, polyester, polyvinyl chloride resin, polypropylene, polyethylene (PE), polystyrene, PET (polyethylene terephthalate), or an OHP sheet. Its thickness is preferably about 0.2 to 3 mm.

[0013] Cushion 53 is adhered to shield plate 5 and is made of a material that can fix shield plate 5 without damaging the microphone (for example, polyurethane foam, natural rubber, etc.).

[0014] The belt 51 is used to wrap the shielding plate 5 around the microphone, and is made of a stretchable rubber belt or a non-stretchable fabric belt.

[0015] Figure 4 is a diagram of the microphone of the present invention provided with the shutter of the present invention. The lower end of the shutter 5 is wound around the upper part of the grip portion 21 of the microphone with a belt 51 and fixed with a hook-and-loop fastener 52, and the shutter 5 surrounds the periphery of the microphone in an arc shape, but an opening 50 is left on the speaker side. In addition, in the fourth embodiment of the present invention, since the shutter 5 provided on the microphone 2 is fan-shaped and inclined, the cushion 53 is inclined.

[0016] Figure 5 shows a conical shutter 5 without an opening 50 in the fifth embodiment of the present invention. The speaker 1 speaks to the microphone 2 at a right angle. This embodiment shows that when the speaker 1 gives a speech to the audience 6 using the microphone of the present invention, there is no risk of droplet infection.

[0017] The sixth embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that, as shown in Figure 6, it is a shutter having a prompter function. In the present invention, a part of the shutter 54 of the present invention is made of a transparent plate and inclined to serve as a prompter function reflecting portion 541. As shown by the arrow in the figure, the manuscript 7 on the podium is reflected by this shutter so that the speaker 1 can read it visually. By using the prompter function reflecting portion 541 and the support portion 542 of the prompter function portion also as the shutter, it is possible to prevent the droplets 31 ejected from the mouth due to the speaker 1's voice from scattering while the speaker 1 reads the manuscript 7. Conversely, the present invention protects against droplets such as corona from the audience.

[0018] Figure 7 shows the 7 embodiment of the present invention. A microphone fixture 56 such as a socket is provided on a shield-shaped transparent shutter 55, and the microphone 2 is attached thereto. The speaker 1 holds this by hand and can speak while moving freely and prevent droplet infection. The shield shape means that it is held like a shield and used between the speaker and the other party. For example, the shutter is attached perpendicular to a rod-shaped microphone. When the rod-shaped microphone is held near the horizontal, the shutter becomes a shield, and an embodiment is shown in which droplets can be blocked from reaching the listener or the speaker.

[0019] As described above, the microphone of the present invention blocks the spread of droplets such as those of the coronavirus from the speaker to the listener, and conversely prevents the speaker from being infected by droplets of the coronavirus from the audience. Also, even a small voice becomes a loud voice due to the collective effect, and it is possible to give a long speech without being able to see the manuscript, or to give a speech safely without being infected while moving. It is an essential invention in the era of coronavirus with such effects.

Industrial Applicability

[0020] It can surely and easily prevent droplet infection of the novel coronavirus and bacteria when giving a speech at an election or the like, singing at karaoke or a live performance, etc., so it has great industrial applicability as it can prevent the spread of infection without hindering economic activities.

Explanation of Signs

[0021] 1 Speaker (for example, a speaker at an election, etc.) 2 Microphone 21 Gripping part of the microphone 3 Droplets such as those of the coronavirus 31 Droplets such as those of the coronavirus discharged from the speaker's mouth 32 Droplets such as those of the coronavirus discharged from the listener's mouth 4 Voice 5 Baffle plate of the present invention 50 Opening 51 Belt 52 Fixture such as a hook-and-loop fastener (for example, Velcro (registered trademark)) 53 Cushion 54 Baffle plate consisting of a prompter function part 541 and a support part 542 541 Baffle plate also serving as a prompter function reflecting part 542 Baffle plate also serving as a support part of the prompter function part 55 Shield-shaped baffle plate 56 Microphone fixture such as a socket 6 Listener 7 Manuscript read by the speaker

Claims

【Claim 1】 In a coronavirus droplet shield that also has a prompter function, the shield has a shielding plate that also serves as a prompter function reflecting part and a shielding plate that also serves as a support part of the prompter function part, and the shield is composed of a prompter function part shielding plate that is a shielding plate large enough to cover the dispersion of the speaker's exhaled breath and droplets from the audience and a shielding plate of the support part of the prompter function part. A coronavirus droplet shield characterized by this.

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