Integrated device apparel

Abstract

By linking the user's biometric information with behavioral information that contributes to the user's mental purification through integrated clothing devices and outputting it to the outside world, the system provides the user with a new kind of mental experience. [Solution] The mental resonance clothing 1 comprises an ultrasonic sensor 2 that acquires the biological rhythm of the user wearing the clothing body 10, a user terminal 3 configured to accept input of behavioral information related to religious or spiritual rituals by the user, and which integrates the biological rhythm and behavioral information and converts it into output information, and an output device 4 that outputs physical phenomena based on the output information via the clothing body 10. The user terminal 3 generates a first integrated rhythm by synthesizing a rhythm based on behavioral information with the biological rhythm, and generates output information based on the first integrated rhythm.

Description

Technical Field

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[0001] The present invention relates to a device-integrated garment configured to output a predetermined physical phenomenon through the garment.

Background Art

[0002] Conventionally, as a clothing-type wearable device for a user to wear, there is known one that measures physiological functions such as the user's heart function and lung function.

[0003] Also, it is known to regard displaying one's own biological information as one method of self-expression, and to express oneself by wearing clothes or ornaments that display one's own biological information.

[0004] For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a biological information display device that acquires the user's biological information by wearing a biological information display device and displays the acquired biological information in a form that appeals to the vision of others, such as numerical values, graphs, or waveforms. In this biological information display device, by wearing clothes or ornaments as the biological information display device, it becomes possible to display the biological information so that others can visually recognize it.

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

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Patent Document 1

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0006] Conventionally, the user's biological information has been acquired using wearable devices, but the purpose has mainly been to monitor the user's physical functions.

[0007] On the other hand, according to the technology described in Patent Document 1, a user can display their own biometric information so that others can see it by wearing clothing or accessories as biometric information display devices. This is a technology related to wearable devices that use one's own biometric information as a form of self-expression, and it seems to be a new technology that is not limited to the conventional uses of wearable devices. However, the information displayed on clothing or accessories so that others can see it is limited to one's own biometric information. And, as mentioned above, its purpose is self-expression to others. Therefore, with the technology described in Patent Document 1, the user wearing the clothing cannot perform new spiritual experiences such as inner purification, prayer, or meditation through the information output to the outside world via the clothing.

[0008] The purpose of this disclosure is to provide users with a new mental experience by linking the user's biometric information with behavioral information that contributes to the user's mental purification and outputting it to the outside world through device-integrated clothing. [Means for solving the problem]

[0009] The device-integrated garment of this disclosure is a device-integrated garment configured to output a predetermined physical phenomenon through the garment. This device-integrated garment includes: a first detection means for acquiring a biological rhythm including respiration, heart rate, or voice of a user wearing the garment; an input means configured to accept input of behavioral information by the user regarding religious or spiritual rituals; an information processing means for integrating the biological rhythm acquired by the first detection means and the behavioral information input by the input means, and converting it into output information including vibration information, optical information, or acoustic information; and an output means for outputting the physical phenomenon, which includes vibration, light, or sound, based on the output information generated by the information processing means, through the garment. The information processing means generates a first integrated rhythm by synthesizing a rhythm based on the behavioral information with the biological rhythm, and generates the output information based on the first integrated rhythm.

[0010] According to the above-described device-integrated clothing, the first integrated rhythm pattern will cause physical phenomena to be output to the outside world through the clothing. As a result, the user wearing the clothing can consciously bring their own biological rhythm closer to a rhythm based on religious or spiritual rituals, guided by the physical phenomena output to the outside world. In other words, the above-described device-integrated clothing can make the user resonate with a mental state based on religious or spiritual rituals, enabling the user to have new spiritual experiences such as inner purification, prayer, and meditation.

[0011] Furthermore, in the above-described device-integrated clothing, the behavioral information includes information relating to prayer movements in relation to religious rituals, or information relating to breathing movements in relation to spiritual rituals, and the information processing means may generate the first integrated rhythm by connecting a rhythm based on the behavioral information having a predetermined second frequency after the biological rhythm having a predetermined first frequency has been repeated for a predetermined first period.

[0012] Furthermore, the above-described device-integrated clothing may further include a second detection means for acquiring ambient sounds around the user, and the information processing means may extract a representative sound with the strongest sound intensity from the ambient sounds acquired by the second detection means, generate a second integrated rhythm which is a rhythm obtained by averaging the frequency of the extracted representative sound and the frequency of the biological rhythm, and generate the first integrated rhythm by synthesizing the rhythm based on the behavioral information with the second integrated rhythm. In this way, by converting the biological rhythm to a second integrated rhythm based on ambient sounds and then generating the first integrated rhythm, the user can feel the rhythmic pattern in which their internal bodily rhythm and the external environment are in resonance, and further resonate with a mental state based on religious or spiritual rituals. [Effects of the Invention]

[0013] According to this disclosure, by linking the user's biometric information with behavioral information that contributes to the user's mental purification and outputting it to the outside world through device-integrated clothing, it is possible to provide the user with a new mental experience. [Brief explanation of the drawing]

[0014] [Figure 1] This figure shows the schematic configuration of the mental resonance clothing in the first embodiment. [Figure 2] This figure shows in more detail the components of the user terminal included in the mental resonance clothing in the first embodiment, as well as the components of the output device that communicates with the user terminal. [Figure 3] This diagram illustrates the flow of operations of the mental resonance clothing in the first embodiment. [Figure 4] This figure illustrates the generation method of the first synthesized rhythm in the first embodiment. [Figure 5] This figure illustrates a light emission pattern that the output device outputs via the garment body in the first embodiment. [Figure 6] This diagram illustrates the flow of operations of the mental resonance clothing in the second embodiment. [Figure 7] This figure illustrates the generation method of the second synthesized rhythm in the second embodiment. [Modes for carrying out the invention]

[0015] Embodiments of this disclosure will be described below with reference to the drawings. The configurations of the following embodiments are illustrative, and this disclosure is not limited to the configurations of these embodiments.

[0016] <First Embodiment> The outline of the device-integrated clothing in the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 1. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the schematic configuration of the spiritual resonance clothing (the device-integrated clothing of the present disclosure) in the present embodiment. The spiritual resonance clothing 1 according to the present embodiment is a device-integrated spiritual resonance clothing configured to output a predetermined physical phenomenon through the clothing, and provides a "spiritual resonance experience between the body and the environment" to the user wearing this clothing.

[0017] As shown in FIG. 1, the spiritual resonance clothing 1 includes a clothing body 10, an ultrasonic sensor 2 (corresponding to the detection means of the present disclosure), a user terminal 3, and an output device 4.

[0018] The clothing body 10 is clothing worn by the user, and is configured to be able to install the ultrasonic sensor 2 and the output device 4. That is, the clothing body 10 can be integrated with the ultrasonic sensor 2 and the output device 4.

[0019] The ultrasonic sensor 2 is a component corresponding to the detection means of the present disclosure, and is a sensor that detects the biological rhythm including the respiration, heartbeat, or voice of the user wearing the clothing body 10. The ultrasonic sensor 2 according to the present embodiment is a sensor that detects the heartbeat of the user by measuring the blood flow of the user by a well-known technique using ultrasonic waves.

[0020] The user terminal 3 is a component corresponding to the input means of the present disclosure, and is configured to be able to input the action information of the user for religious or spiritual ceremonies. Further, the user terminal 3 is a component corresponding to the information processing means of the present disclosure, and integrates the biological rhythm acquired by the ultrasonic sensor 2 and the action information input to the user terminal 3, and converts it into output information including vibration information, optical information, or acoustic information.

[0021] User terminal 3 can be any electronic device such as a mobile terminal owned by a user using the mental resonance clothing 1, and may be other terminal devices such as mobile terminals, tablet terminals, smartphones, wearable devices, personal computers, etc. User terminal 3 is connected to the ultrasonic sensor 2 and output device 4 via the network 200.

[0022] Network 200 is, for example, an IP network. Network 200 can be wireless, wired, or a combination of both, as long as it is an IP network. For example, in the case of wireless communication, user terminal 3 may access a wireless LAN access point (not shown) and communicate with user terminal 3 via a LAN or WAN. Furthermore, network 200 is not limited to these examples and may also be, for example, a public switched telephone network, an optical fiber line, an ADSL line, or a satellite communication network.

[0023] The output device 4 is a device that outputs physical phenomena, including vibration, light, or sound, based on output information generated by the user terminal 3, via the garment body 10.

[0024] Then, as shown in Figure 1, when a user wearing the garment body 10 inputs behavioral information for religious ceremonies via the user terminal 3, and the ultrasonic sensor 2 detects the user's heartbeat as their biological rhythm, the user terminal 3 integrates this information to generate a first integrated rhythm, and output information is generated based on this first integrated rhythm. The output device 4 then outputs physical phenomena based on this output information via the garment body 10.

[0025] Next, a detailed explanation of the components of the user terminal 3 will be given based on Figure 2. Figure 2 shows in more detail the components of the user terminal 3 included in the mental resonance clothing 1 in the first embodiment, as well as the components of the output device 4 that communicates with the user terminal 3.

[0026] The user terminal 3 has a communication unit 301, a storage unit 302, a control unit 303, and an input / output unit 304 as functional units. It loads a program stored in the auxiliary storage device into the working area of ​​the main memory and executes it. Through the execution of the program, each functional unit is controlled, thereby enabling the realization of each function that matches the predetermined purpose of each functional unit. However, some or all of the functions may be implemented by hardware circuits such as ASICs or FPGAs.

[0027] Here, the communication unit 301 is a communication interface for connecting the user terminal 3 to the network 200. The communication unit 301 is comprised of, for example, a network interface board and a wireless communication circuit for wireless communication. The user terminal 3 is connected to the ultrasonic sensor 2 and the output device 4 and other external devices via the communication unit 301 in a communicative manner.

[0028] The storage unit 302 comprises a main memory and an auxiliary storage device. The main memory is the memory where programs executed by the control unit 303 and data used by said control programs are stored. The auxiliary storage device is the device where programs executed by the control unit 303 and data used by said control programs are stored. The storage unit 302 also stores data transmitted from the ultrasonic sensor 2, etc., and information input via the input / output unit 304, and the storage unit 302 stores biological rhythms and behavioral information. The user terminal 3 acquires data transmitted from the ultrasonic sensor 2, etc., via the communication unit 301.

[0029] The control unit 303 is a functional unit that manages the control performed by the user terminal 3. The control unit 303 can be implemented by a processing unit such as a CPU. The control unit 303 is further composed of three functional units: an acquisition unit 3031, an integration processing unit 3032, and a conversion processing unit 3033. Each functional unit may be implemented by the CPU executing a stored program.

[0030] The acquisition unit 3031 acquires the biological rhythm detected by the ultrasonic sensor 2 via communication. The acquisition unit 3031 then stores the acquired biological rhythm in the storage unit 302 of the user terminal 3. The acquisition unit 3031 also acquires behavioral information input via the input / output unit 304 of the user terminal 3. The acquired behavioral information then stores the acquired behavioral information in the storage unit 302 of the user terminal 3. Here, the above behavioral information is information relating to religious or spiritual rituals, such as information on prayer movements and chanting rhythms for religious rituals such as prayer and chanting, and information on yoga movements and breathing rhythms for spiritual rituals such as yoga and meditation. This behavioral information is related to actions that lead the user using the spiritual resonance clothing 1 to inner purification.

[0031] Here, the input / output unit 304 of the user terminal 3 further includes a display unit 3041, an operation input unit 3042, and an image / audio input / output unit 3043. The display unit 3041 has the function of displaying various information and is implemented by, for example, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) display, an LED (Light Emitting Diode) display, or an OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) display. The operation input unit 3042 has the function of receiving operation input from the user and is specifically implemented by soft keys such as a touch panel or hard keys. The image / audio input / output unit 3043 has the function of receiving image input such as still images and videos and is specifically implemented by a camera using an image sensor such as Charged-Coupled Devices (CCD), Metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS), or Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS). The image / audio input / output unit 3043 also has the function of receiving audio input and output and is specifically implemented by a microphone or speaker.

[0032] Users of the mental resonance clothing 1 can input behavioral information related to religious or spiritual rituals using the user terminal 3 configured in this way. The behavioral information input into the user terminal 3 includes, for example, prayer actions and chanting rhythms for religious rituals, and actions and breathing rhythms for spiritual rituals.

[0033] The integrated processing unit 3032 integrates the biological rhythm acquired by the ultrasonic sensor 2 and the behavioral information input via the input / output unit 304 of the user terminal 3. Specifically, the integrated processing unit 3032 generates a first integrated rhythm by synthesizing a rhythm based on behavioral information with the biological rhythm. The details of the processing performed by the integrated processing unit 3032 will be explained later with reference to Figure 3.

[0034] The conversion processing unit 3033 converts the first integrated rhythm generated by the integration processing unit 3032 into output information that includes vibration information, optical information, or acoustic information. Details of the processing performed by the conversion processing unit 3033 will be explained later based on Figure 3.

[0035] As shown in Figure 2, the output device 4 is composed of a light-emitting unit 401, a speaker 402, and a vibration unit 403. This makes it possible to output the optical information as a physical phenomenon of light by the light-emitting unit 401, the acoustic information as a physical phenomenon of sound by the speaker 402, and the vibration information as a physical phenomenon of vibration by the vibration unit 403.

[0036] Here, the operation flow of the mental resonance clothing 1 in this embodiment will be explained. Figure 3 is a diagram illustrating the operation flow of the mental resonance clothing 1 in this embodiment. Figure 3 explains the operation flow between the user terminal 3, the ultrasonic sensor 2 and the output device 4 in the mental resonance clothing 1 in this embodiment, and the processing performed by the user terminal 3.

[0037] In this embodiment, first, the biological rhythm of the user wearing the garment body 10 is detected by the ultrasonic sensor 2 (S101). Here, the biological rhythm in this embodiment is the rhythm of the user's heartbeat. Then, information regarding this biological rhythm is transmitted to the user terminal 3 via the network 200.

[0038] Then, the user terminal 3 used by the user wearing the garment 10 acquires information about biological rhythms transmitted from the ultrasonic sensor 2 (S102).

[0039] Next, behavioral information is input to the user terminal 3 (S103). In this embodiment, the behavioral information is information relating to the chanting rhythm for a religious ceremony, and for example, the user may input the behavioral information by vocalizing the chanting rhythm to the image / sound input / output unit 3043 of the user terminal 3. Alternatively, the user may input the behavioral information by selecting a desired rhythm from among a plurality of chanting rhythms output from the image / sound input / output unit 3043 of the user terminal 3.

[0040] Next, user terminal 3 generates the first synthesized rhythm (S104). This will be explained with reference to Figure 4.

[0041] Figure 4 illustrates the generation method of the first synthesized rhythm in this embodiment. When the user terminal 3 generates the first integrated rhythm by synthesizing a rhythm based on behavioral information with a biological rhythm, it generates the first integrated rhythm by repeating a biological rhythm having a predetermined first frequency for a predetermined first period, and then connecting it with a rhythm based on behavioral information having a predetermined second frequency. Here, as shown in Figure 4, the biological rhythm according to this embodiment has a frequency (the first frequency mentioned above) of f1 Hz. The rhythm based on behavioral information according to this embodiment (for example, a chanting rhythm) has a frequency (the second frequency mentioned above) of f2 Hz. In this case, as shown in Figure 4, the user terminal 3 generates the first integrated rhythm by repeating the biological rhythm of f1 Hz for a period t1 (the first period mentioned above), and then connecting it with a chanting rhythm of f2 Hz.

[0042] Returning to Figure 3, the user terminal 3 then converts the first integrated rhythm generated in processing S104 into output information that includes vibration information, optical information, or acoustic information (S105). At this time, the user terminal 3 generates, as output information, vibration information having the vibration pattern of the first integrated rhythm shown in Figure 4, optical information having the light emission pattern of the first integrated rhythm shown in Figure 4, or acoustic information having the acoustic pattern of the first integrated rhythm shown in Figure 4. The output information generated by this conversion is then transmitted to the output device 4.

[0043] Then, the output device 4 acquires the information transmitted from the user terminal 3 (S106), and outputs a physical phenomenon based on the acquired output information, including vibration, light, or sound, through the garment body 10 (S107). This will be explained with reference to Figure 5.

[0044] Figure 5 illustrates the light emission pattern that the output device 4 outputs via the garment body 10 in this embodiment. As shown in Figure 5, the output device 4 (light-emitting unit 401) integrated with the garment body 10 outputs light based on the above output information, so that the output device 4 outputs a physical phenomenon using light via the garment body 10. At this time, as shown in Figure 5, the light emission pattern from the output device 4 (light-emitting unit 401) matches the above-mentioned first integrated rhythm in terms of the on and off of light.

[0045] Furthermore, by outputting physical phenomena to the outside world through the garment body 10 in this first integrated rhythm pattern, the user wearing the garment body 10 can become aware of bringing their own biological rhythm closer to a rhythm based on religious or spiritual rituals, as if guided by the physical phenomena output to the outside world. In other words, the spiritual resonance garment 1 can make the user resonate with a mental state based on religious or spiritual rituals, enabling the user of the spiritual resonance garment 1 to have new spiritual experiences such as inner purification, prayer, and meditation.

[0046] According to the mental resonance clothing 1 described above, by linking the user's biometric information with behavioral information that contributes to the user's mental purification and outputting it to the outside world, it is possible to provide the user with a new mental experience.

[0047] <Second Embodiment> The mental resonance clothing 1 in the second embodiment will be described with reference to Figures 6 and 7. In the mental resonance clothing 1 according to this embodiment, ambient sounds around the user are acquired by the image / sound input / output unit 3043 (corresponding to the second detection means in this disclosure) of the user terminal 3. The user terminal 3 then extracts the representative sound with the strongest sound intensity from the acquired ambient sounds, generates a second integrated rhythm which is a rhythm obtained by averaging the frequency of the extracted representative sound with the frequency of the biological rhythm, and generates a first integrated rhythm by synthesizing a rhythm based on behavioral information with the second integrated rhythm.

[0048] Here, Figure 6 illustrates the flow of operation of the mental resonance clothing 1 in this embodiment. Figure 6 explains the flow of operation between the user terminal 3, the ultrasonic sensor 2, and the output device 4 in the mental resonance clothing 1 in this embodiment, as well as the processing performed by the user terminal 3.

[0049] In this embodiment, after the processing in S103 described in Figure 3 above, ambient sound is acquired by the user terminal 3 (S201). Here, ambient sound is the sound of the surrounding environment of the user wearing the clothing body 10, and the user terminal 3 can acquire ambient sound using the image / sound input / output unit 3043.

[0050] Next, user terminal 3 performs an extraction process to extract the representative sound with the strongest voice intensity from the ambient sounds acquired in the S201 process (S202). Then, it generates a second integrated rhythm, which is a rhythm obtained by averaging the frequency of the extracted representative sound with the frequency of the biological rhythm (S203). This will be explained with reference to Figure 7.

[0051] Figure 7 illustrates the generation method of the second synthesized rhythm in this embodiment. As shown in Figure 7, the user terminal 3 calculates the frequency of the second synthesized rhythm (f1+f3) / 2Hz by averaging the frequency f1Hz of the biological rhythm and the frequency f3Hz of the representative sound. Then, the second synthesized rhythm is generated by converting the frequency of the biological rhythm having a frequency of f1Hz to a frequency of (f1+f3) / 2Hz.

[0052] Then, returning to Figure 6, the user terminal 3 generates the first integrated rhythm by synthesizing a rhythm based on behavioral information with the second integrated rhythm (S104).

[0053] Thus, by converting the biological rhythm into a second integrated rhythm based on ambient sounds and then generating the first integrated rhythm, users can feel the rhythmic pattern resulting from the resonance between their internal bodily rhythms and the external environment, and further resonate with a mental state based on religious or spiritual rituals. As a result, users can more effectively engage in new spiritual experiences such as inner purification, prayer, and meditation.

[0054] Furthermore, the mental resonance clothing 1 described above can also provide users with a new mental experience by linking the user's biometric information with behavioral information that contributes to the user's mental purification and outputting it to the outside world.

[0055] <Other variations> The embodiments described above are merely examples, and this disclosure may be modified and implemented as appropriate without departing from its essence. For example, the means described in this disclosure can be freely combined and implemented as long as no technical inconsistencies arise.

[0056] In the embodiments described above, an example was given in which a rhythm related to religious rituals (e.g., a chanting rhythm) is used as a rhythm based on behavioral information. However, the rhythm based on behavioral information in this disclosure may also be a rhythm related to spiritual rituals, such as yoga movements or breathing rhythms. [Explanation of Symbols]

[0057] 1... Spiritual Resonance Clothing 10...Clothing body 2. Ultrasonic sensor 3. User terminal 4. Output device

Claims

1. A device-integrated garment configured to output a predetermined physical phenomenon through the garment, A first detection means for acquiring biological rhythms including breathing, heart rate, or voice of the user wearing the aforementioned clothing, An input means configured to allow the user to input information about their actions during religious or spiritual rituals, Information processing means that integrates the biological rhythm acquired by the first detection means and the behavioral information input by the input means, and converts it into output information that includes vibration information, optical information, or acoustic information, An output means that outputs the physical phenomenon, which includes vibration, light, or sound, based on the output information generated by the information processing means, via the clothing; Equipped with, The information processing means generates a first integrated rhythm by synthesizing a rhythm based on the behavioral information with the biological rhythm, and generates the output information based on the first integrated rhythm. The aforementioned behavioral information includes information relating to prayer actions in relation to the religious ritual, or information relating to breathing actions in relation to the spiritual ritual, The information processing means generates the first integrated rhythm by connecting a rhythm based on the behavioral information having a predetermined second frequency after the biological rhythm having a predetermined first frequency has been repeated for a predetermined first period. Clothing with an integrated device.

2. The system further comprises a second detection means for acquiring ambient sounds around the user, The information processing means extracts a representative sound with the strongest sound intensity from the environmental sounds acquired by the second detection means, generates a second integrated rhythm which is a rhythm obtained by averaging the frequency of the extracted representative sound and the frequency of the biological rhythm, and generates the first integrated rhythm by synthesizing the rhythm based on the behavioral information with the second integrated rhythm. The device-integrated clothing according to claim 1.

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