Surgery – Sleep or relaxation inducing therapy – Sensory
Reexamination Certificate
1999-04-22
2001-07-17
Lacyk, John P. (Department: 3736)
Surgery
Sleep or relaxation inducing therapy
Sensory
Reexamination Certificate
active
06261225
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an apparatus for generating far infrared rays which are good for a living body and a display system adopting the same.
2. Description of the Related Art
Far infrared rays are a type of light like visible rays. A wavelength used as a variable for discriminating the far infrared rays is longer than that of the visible rays. Far infrared rays have a wavelength of about 5.6 to 1000 &mgr;m. From the standpoint of a photon being the basic unit of light, the energy of a far infrared ray photon is lower than that of a visible ray photon. The far infrared rays can control absorption, reflection, and transmission if using a specific material, and are applied to a far infrared ray camera since, although some are absorbed in the air, they are sufficiently transmitted by a predetermined amount or more.
Such far infrared rays accelerate the growth of a plant, and ripen food. In addition, it is known that the far infrared rays have the following various advantages: a biological effect, agitation of water molecules, maintaining of the freshness of food, and sterilization. A Qi (subtle energy) master emits a particular frequency, e.g., far infrared rays modulated to about 1 Hz. It is known that these far infrared rays have remedial values such as promotion of physical health and alleviation of pain. The frequency of these far infrared rays is modulated according to the degree of stability or instability in breathing.
In particular, applications of far infrared rays beneficial to human bodies have been studied in connection with harmful electromagnetic waves generated from various electronic equipment.
For example, electromagnetic waves, generated from display devices such as a computer monitor and a cathode ray tube, which use emission of electron beams, contribute to a malfunction of neighboring precision electronic equipment, and are biologically hazardous to human bodies. It is known that such harmful electromagnetic waves are associated with skin roughness, miscarriage, sterility, and the production of cancer. Display devices emit large numbers of positive ions but generate no negative ions. Thus, a special negative charge generating apparatus is required to prevent the bad influence on human bodies due to the imbalance of charge.
Also, electronic components operating at high temperature cause an unpleasant smell or lower the humidity of the room. Such environments can make a user quickly feel languid or fatigued.
A far infrared radiating material is adopted to improve the biological state of the user by enhancing the using environment of such electronic equipment and accelerating the biological relaxation of a user.
A cathode ray tube (CRT) adopting the far infrared radiating material referred to as a “bio CRT” is used in a bio TV, a bio computer monitor, etc. The bio CRT has a coating of a far infrared radiating material on an inner surface or outer surface of a panel of the CRT. Hence, when the temperature of the panel increases with the operation of the CRT, the far infrared rays are emitted.
Far infrared radiating materials include silicon dioxide, aluminum oxide, magnesium oxide, cobalt oxide, titanium oxide, calcium oxide, sodium oxide, and other transition metal oxides. Also, the far infrared radiating material is white or a color close to white in order to maintain the radiation efficiency of a luminescent material, and a pure material, not mixed with steel, cobalt, or nickel, each degrading the luminescence of a luminescent material, is used.
However, upon operation of the CRT, only some of the far infrared rays are emitted via the front surface of the CRT, and the residuals are emitted to the rear of the CRT. Accordingly, a small influence is exerted on a user in front of the CRT.
Therefore, a system capable of emitting many far infrared rays to the front side of a display is required to have a good influence on the biological state of a user in front of the display.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
To solve the above problem, it is an objective of the present invention to provide a far infrared ray generating apparatus capable of emitting many far infrared rays profitable to human bodies in one direction, and a display device adopting the same.
Accordingly, to achieve the above objective, there is provided a far infrared ray generating apparatus comprising: a case having an aperture formed in the front side thereof; a far infrared radiating material formed on the inside surface of the case, for radiating far infrared rays; and a modulating means installed in the case for modulating the far infrared rays radiated from the far infrared radiating material at a predetermined modulation frequency.
The modulating means is comprised of at least two modulating means each including a driving unit and a fan rotated by the driving unit, the fans driven at different revolutions to modulate the far infrared rays at a frequency of 0 to 10 Hz.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, the modulating means comprises: a hinged member rotatably installed inside a passage in the case for opening or closing the passage; and a driving unit for rotating the hinged member.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a display device comprising: a main body case having an aperture formed in the front side thereof; a cathode ray tube installed in the main body case; a far infrared radiating material formed on at least one side surface inside the main body case; and a modulating means for modulating far infrared rays, radiated from the far infrared radiating material and emitted through the aperture, at a predetermined frequency.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a display device comprising: a main body case having a first aperture formed in the front side thereof; a cathode ray tube installed in the main body case; and a far infrared ray generator including a case having a second aperture formed on the front surface thereof, aligned with the first aperture, a far infrared radiating material formed on the inside surface of the main body case for radiating far infrared rays, and a modulating means installed in the main body case for modulating far infrared rays radiated from the far infrared radiating material at a predetermined frequency.
In this specification, there is provided a display device comprising: a main body case; a cathode ray tube installed inside the main body case; and a far infrared radiating material coated on at least one side surface inside the main body case and formed largely of a material selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxide and silicon oxide.
Also, there is provided a display device comprising: a main body case; a cathode ray tube installed inside the main body case; and at least one far infrared ray emission plate installed inside the main body case, the far infrared ray emission plate comprised of a plate and a far infrared radiating material coated on the plate.
Furthermore, there is provided a display device comprising: a main body case; a cathode ray tube installed inside the main body case; a far infrared radiating material formed on at least one side surface inside the main body case; and at least one reflection plate installed in the main body case for reflecting far infrared rays radiated from the far infrared radiating material.
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