忙碌的現代人生活雖然富裕,但經常飲食過量、營養攝取不平衡,或有運動量不足,精神壓力大等問題。而腹式呼吸不僅可以按摩內臟,使腹腔血液順暢,提升體內排毒作用;也可使身心自然放鬆,甚而預防恐慌與焦慮症狀的發作。長時間練習還能改善身體機能,達到健康的效果。 本論文報告腹式呼吸輔助裝置之研究、製作,並驗證是否達到輔助腹式呼吸的目的。該輔助裝置也監控腰圍大小,並在進食過量時,適時發出聲響提醒使用者。其運作原理是由腰帶頭內之微處理器,依腰帶之張力變化,分析使用者腹部對腰帶的壓力。當運行於腹式呼吸功能時,依壓力判斷是正在呼氣、吸氣,適時給予呼氣、吸氣的提醒聲調,導引到適當的腹式呼吸運動模式。當運作於一般模式時,以智慧型式運作,除每日週期性的發出要求使用者進行腹式呼吸的提醒外,平時則監控腰圍大小變化,發出提醒聲響。
The paper presents the design, fabrication and verification of an Assistant Belt for abdominal breathing. It also supervises the waistline for control or reducing the size. The assistant function is implemented in micro-computer. It automatically generates signal to remind user to exercise abdominal breathing in daily period. Micro-computer gets the tension force from buckle of belt, recognizes the user in exhaling or in inhaling, sounds with user’s breathing in deep and in synchronization, induces the user breathing slowly to suit best period of abdominal breathing.