CN115461027A

CN115461027A - Massaging machine

Info

Publication number: CN115461027A
Application number: CN202180001854.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 稻田壮秀; 冈本祐一; 冯杰; 佐藤进矢; 原田永敏
Original assignee: NIN Corp
Current assignee: NIN Corp
Priority date: 2021-04-09
Filing date: 2021-04-09
Publication date: 2022-12-09
Also published as: JPWO2022215241A1; KR20230003469A; WO2022215241A1; JP7095930B1

Abstract

A massage machine (1) is provided with: a tilting mechanism (24) for tilting the body by pushing out the left body and the right body individually at predetermined positions in the longitudinal direction of the body; an inclination detection unit (23) that detects the left and right inclination in the front-rear direction at the predetermined position; and a control unit (19) that operates the tilt mechanism to correct the tilt based on the tilt detected by the tilt detection unit.

Description

Massaging machine

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a massage machine.

Background

Conventionally, there is known a massage machine for performing treatment on a person to be treated. Such a massage machine can perform various treatments.

For example, patent document 1 listed below discloses a massage device configured to inflate one of a pair of left and right airbags, and to operate a massage mechanism while holding the upper body of a user obliquely.

Documents of the prior art

Patent document

Patent document 1: japanese laid-open patent publication No. 2009-254435

Disclosure of Invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

However, in the massage device described in patent document 1, although it is possible to perform asymmetric left-right massage, it is desirable to perform more detailed treatment corresponding to the person to be treated.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a massage machine capable of appropriately performing treatment in accordance with a person to be treated.

Means for solving the problems

In order to achieve the above object, a massage machine according to the present invention includes: a tilting mechanism for tilting the body by pushing out the left body and the right body individually at predetermined positions in the longitudinal direction of the body; an inclination detecting unit that detects a left-right inclination in the front-rear direction at the predetermined position; and a control unit that operates the tilt mechanism based on the tilt detected by the tilt detection unit to correct the tilt.

In order to achieve the above object, a massage machine according to the present invention includes: a treatment part which is provided with a left treatment part and a right treatment part and can move along the length direction of the body; a driving and reversing mechanism provided in the treatment part and capable of driving and reversing the left treatment member and the right treatment member independently; a tilting mechanism for tilting the body by pushing out the left body and the right body individually at predetermined positions in the longitudinal direction of the body; and a control unit for controlling the tilting mechanism and the treatment unit to execute a treatment mode in which the treatment is performed while the person to be treated is tilted.

Effects of the invention

With the massage machine according to the present invention having the above-described configuration, treatment can be appropriately performed in accordance with the person to be treated.

Drawings

Fig. 1 (a) and 1 (b) schematically show an example of a massage machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 1 (a) is a schematic front view and fig. 1 (b) is a schematic plan view.

Fig. 2 is a schematic control block diagram of the massage machine.

Fig. 3 is a schematic flowchart schematically showing an example of basic operations performed in the massage machine.

Fig. 4 (a) to 4 (f) are schematic plan views of a part of the massage machine.

Fig. 5 (a) to 5 (d) are schematic plan views of a part of the massage machine.

Detailed Description

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

In some drawings, detailed reference numerals assigned to other drawings are partially omitted.

In the following embodiments, the front-back direction, the left-right direction, and the up-down direction will be described with reference to a person to be treated who sits on a massage machine in a state where a backrest is upright.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a

Fig. 5 is a diagram schematically showing an example of the massage machine according to the present embodiment and an example of basic operations executed by the massage machine.

As shown in fig. 1 (a) and 1 (b), the massage machine 1 according to the present embodiment is a chair-type massage machine including a backrest 2 for supporting the back of a user and a seat 3 on which the user sits. The massage machine 1 includes foot-supporting portions (foot rests) 4 for supporting the feet of the person to be treated, and armrest

portions

5, 5 provided upright on the left and right sides of the seat portion 3 for supporting the arms of the person to be treated.

The backrest portion 2 is tiltable (reclining) by a backrest driving portion 6 (see fig. 2). The backrest 2 may be rotatable with respect to the seat 3 with a lower end portion on the seat 3 side as a fulcrum, or may be configured to swing (lock) together with the seat 3. The backrest driving unit 6 may be an electric actuator having a rod connected to the backrest part 2 and extended and contracted by an appropriate motor. The massage machine 1 may be provided with an appropriate reclining angle detection unit for detecting the reclining angle of the backrest 2 for controlling the backrest driving unit 6, an appropriate stop mechanism for stopping the backrest driving unit 6 at the rising limit and the falling limit, and the like.

The foot-supporting portion 4 is provided with foot-receiving grooves for receiving the left and right feet of the person to be treated. The leg mounting portion 4 is tiltable by a leg driving portion 7 (see fig. 2). The leg rest 4 may be rotatable with respect to the seat 3 with an upper end portion on the seat 3 side as a fulcrum. As the leg driving unit 7, as described above, an electric actuator having a rod connected to the leg unit 4 and extended and contracted by an appropriate motor may be used. The massage machine 1 may be provided with an appropriate tilt angle detection unit for detecting the tilt angle of the leg rest 4 in order to control the leg rest drive unit 7, an appropriate stop mechanism for stopping the leg rest drive unit 7 at the upper limit and the lower limit of the tilt motion, and the like. The foot-supporting portion 4 can be extended and contracted freely or lifted freely along the foot length direction of the person to be treated.

The foot rest 4 may be provided with an appropriate treatment mechanism such as an air chamber or a roller for treating the foot received in the foot receiving groove.

The left and

right armrest portions

5, 5 are provided across the seat portion 3 side to the backrest portion 2 side so as to support the fingers, forearms and upper arms of the person to be treated. Arm receiving grooves for receiving the left and right arms of the user may be provided in the left and

right armrest portions

5, 5. An appropriate treatment mechanism such as an air chamber or a roller for treating the arm received in the arm receiving grooves of the left and

right armrest portions

5, 5 may be provided.

The massage machine 1 includes a treatment unit 10, and the treatment unit 10 includes a left treatment member 20A and a right treatment member 20B, and forms a treatment portion movable in the longitudinal direction of the body.

The left treatment members 20A and the right treatment members 20B are provided in one treatment unit 10 in the present embodiment. With such a configuration, the device configuration can be simplified compared to a configuration in which a pair of right and left treatment units are provided, which can move the left treatment tool 20A and the right treatment tool 20B in the longitudinal direction of the body independently of each other. The left and

right treatment tools

20A,20B may be roller-shaped so as to be rotatable about an axis in the substantially left-right direction.

The treatment unit 10 is movable within the massage machine 1 along a guide rail 9 (see fig. 4 a) formed in a long shape along the longitudinal direction of the body. The guide rail 9 is appropriately shaped to follow the shape of the back of the body. The guide rail 9 may be provided continuously over substantially the entire vertical direction of the backrest 2 and substantially the entire front-rear direction of the seat 3, or may be provided only in the backrest 2. The guide rails 9 are provided in pairs at positions spaced apart from each other in the left and right direction so as to guide both left and right end portions of the treatment unit 10. The left and right guide rails 9 are provided with guide grooves for guiding guided portions such as rollers and pins provided at both left and right end portions of the treatment unit 10, and racks or the like with which pinions provided at both left and right end portions of the treatment unit 10 are engaged.

At both left and right ends of the treatment unit 10, guided portions are provided which are guided along the guide grooves of the left and right guide rails 9. The guided portions may be provided at two positions spaced apart in the body longitudinal direction at both right and left end portions of the treatment unit 10. Pinion gears engaged with the racks of the left and right guide rails 9 are provided at both left and right end portions of the treatment unit 10. The pinions on the left and right sides may be provided coaxially with the guided portion on one side in the body longitudinal direction.

The treatment unit 10 is provided with a main body elevation driving unit 12 (see fig. 2) for rotating pinions on both the left and right sides. The main body elevation driving section 12 is constituted by an appropriate motor, and rotates pinion shafts on both left and right sides via an appropriate speed reducer. That is, if the main body elevation driving part 12 is driven, the pinions on both the left and right sides of the treatment unit 10 rotate, and the treatment unit 10 moves in the body longitudinal direction along the racks of the left and right guide rails 9 engaged therewith. The massage machine 1 is provided with a main body elevation position detection unit 13 (see fig. 2) for detecting the elevation position of the treatment unit 10 moved by the main body elevation drive unit 12. The body raising/lowering position detecting unit 13 may be a rotary encoder that detects the rotational speed of the rotating body rotated by the body raising/lowering driving unit 12, or may be an appropriate sensor that detects a detected portion provided on one of the treatment unit 10 and the guide rail 9.

The treatment unit 10 is provided with a main body advancing/retreating drive unit 14 (see fig. 2) (see also fig. 4 a and 4B) which is driven when the treatment unit main body 11 provided with the left and

right treatment tools

20A and 20B is advanced and retreated in the front-rear direction with respect to the guide rail 9.

The treatment portion main body 11 may be swingable with respect to the main body holding portion of the treatment unit 10, for example, so that the lower end side serves as a fulcrum and the upper end side is displaced in a substantially front-rear direction which is a direction substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the guide rail 9. As such a main body advancing and retreating mechanism, a pinion connected to a motor constituting the main body advancing and retreating driving portion 14 via an appropriate speed reducer may be provided on one of the main body holding portion and the treatment portion main body 11, and an arc-shaped rack extending substantially in the front-rear direction and meshing with the pinion may be provided on the other. That is, if the main body advancing/retreating drive portion 14 is driven, the pinion rotates, and the upper end side of the treatment portion main body 11 advances and retreats substantially in the front-rear direction together with the left and

right treatment members

20A,20B along the arc-shaped rack meshing with the pinion. The main body advancing and retreating mechanism is not limited to the above-described structure, and may be a structure in which the treatment portion main body 11 is advanced and retreated in a linear motion with respect to the guide rail 9, or may be any of various other structures. The massage machine 1 is provided with a main body advancing/retreating position detection unit 15 (see fig. 2) for detecting the advancing/retreating position of the treatment unit main body 11 moved by the main body advancing/retreating drive unit 14. The main body advancing/retreating position detection unit 15 may have the same structure as the main body elevation position detection unit 13 described above.

The treatment unit 10 is provided with a treatment element width drive unit 16 (see fig. 2) that is driven when the

treatment elements

20A and 20B provided on the left and right sides of the treatment portion main body 11 are moved in the left-right direction (width direction). The treatment unit main body 11 may be provided with a guide shaft for guiding the left treatment tool unit having the left treatment tools 20A and the right treatment tool unit having the right treatment tools 20B to be movable in the left-right direction, a screw shaft connected to a motor constituting the treatment tool width drive unit 16 via an appropriate speed reducer, screwed into female screw portions provided in the left treatment tool unit and the right treatment tool unit, and displaced toward the approaching side or the separating side. The treatment unit 10 may be provided with an appropriate detection unit for detecting the left and right positions of the left treatment member unit and the right treatment member unit.

The treatment unit 10 is provided with a kneading and driving unit 17 (see fig. 2) which is driven when the right and left

treatment tools

20A,20B are kneaded and operated. The treatment unit main body 11 may be provided with an appropriate eccentric rotor or a kneading shaft, which is connected to a motor constituting the kneading drive unit 17 via an appropriate speed reducer and displaces the left and

right treatment members

20A and 20B in an arc shape.

The treatment unit 10 is provided with a striking drive unit 18 (see fig. 2) which is driven when the left and

right treatment members

20A,20B are struck. The treatment unit main body 11 may be provided with an appropriate crank mechanism, an eccentric rotor, a beating shaft, and the like, which are connected to the beating drive unit 18 via an appropriate speed reducer, and which displace the left and

right treatment members

20A and 20B in the longitudinal direction of the guide rail 9 in the substantially vertical direction.

All of the treatment instrument width drive unit 16, the kneading drive unit 17, and the beating drive unit 18 may not be provided. For example, the massage driving unit 17 may not be provided, and the treatment instrument width driving unit 16 and the main body elevation driving unit 12 or the advancing/retreating mechanism 21 described later may perform the massage operation.

As for the basic structure of the massage machine 1 as described above, various other known structures can be adopted.

In the treatment unit 10, in the present embodiment, a retraction mechanism 21 is provided which can individually retract the left treatment tool 20A and the right treatment tool 20B.

The advancing-retreating mechanism 21 includes a left advancing-retreating driving portion 22A for advancing and retreating the left treatment members 20A and a right advancing-retreating driving portion 22B for advancing and retreating the right treatment members 20B. The motors constituting the left forward/backward moving drive section 22A and the right forward/backward moving drive section 22B and the motors constituting the

drive sections

6, 7, 12, 14, 16, 17, and 18 may be servo motors or the like which can rotate forward and backward and can control the rotation speed.

The advancing-retreating mechanism 21 may be configured to advance and retreat the left treatment instrument 20A and the right treatment instrument 20B via a transmission mechanism driven by the left advancing-retreating driving portion 22A and the right advancing-retreating driving portion 22B, respectively. For example, the transmission mechanism may include: a disk-shaped eccentric cam rotationally driven by the left forward/backward driving section 22A and the right forward/backward driving section 22B; and a treatment tool mounting portion provided with a cam receiving portion for rotatably receiving the disc-shaped eccentric cam and having a left treatment tool 20A and a right treatment tool 20B.

The advancing-retreating mechanism 21 is not limited to the mechanism described above in which the left and right treatment implements 20A,20B advance and retreat back and forth while moving in an arc by rotation of the disc-shaped eccentric cam. The advancing/retreating mechanism 21 may be a mechanism that tilts the support arms supporting the left and right treatment implements 20A and 20B by an eccentric disk, an arc rack, or the like, or a mechanism that advances and retreats the support arms in a linear motion by various link mechanisms or the like. The advancing/retreating mechanism 21 is not limited to a mechanism for advancing and retreating the left and

right treatment members

20A and 20B by a mechanical transmission mechanism, and may be a mechanism for advancing and retreating by air pressure of an air chamber or the like. The advancing/retreating mechanism 21 is not limited to being provided independently on the left and right, and may have various other configurations as long as it is a mechanism capable of advancing and retreating the left and right treatment elements 20a and 20b individually. In the massage machine 1, other treatment tools may be provided above and below or on the left and right sides of the

treatment tools

20A and 20B, in addition to the treatment tools.

As shown in fig. 2, the massage machine 1 includes an inclination detection unit 23 that detects a left-right inclination in the front-rear direction at a predetermined position in the body longitudinal direction. In the present embodiment, the inclination detection unit 23 includes a left body position detection unit 23A and a right body position detection unit 23B configured to detect the load on the left treatment members 20A and the right treatment members 20B from the person to be treated. Since the left treatment members 20A and the right treatment members 20B have the same configuration as each other, the inclination detection unit 23 and the treatment members 20 will be described as being arranged in a case where the left-right distinction is not necessary.

The inclination detection unit 23 may be a pressure sensor such as a strain gauge or a semiconductor pressure sensor that is capable of slightly displacing a portion where the treatment instrument 20 is provided with respect to a treatment instrument mounting portion constituting the advancing/retreating mechanism 21 and detects pressure due to the displacement. Alternatively, the inclination detection unit 23 may be configured to detect a load by detecting a current value flowing to a motor constituting the advancing/retreating mechanism 21, or may be configured in various other configurations. The inclination detection unit 23 is not limited to a configuration for detecting the load of the treatment tool 20 by the user, and may be a potentiometer, an optical sensor, a magnetic sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, or the like for detecting the displacement of an appropriate place of the treatment tool 20. The contact of the treatment devices 20 with the body of the treatment subject when detecting the load applied to the treatment devices 20 by the treatment subject is not limited to the structure in which the treatment devices 20 are directly contacted with the body, and includes contact via a sheet-like cover or clothing or the like that is generally provided so as to cover the front side of the treatment devices 20.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the massage machine 1 includes a tilting mechanism 24 (26) for independently pushing out the left side body and the right side body at predetermined positions in the longitudinal direction of the body to tilt the body. In the present embodiment, the reclining mechanism 24 (26) can change the pushed amount of each of the left and right bodies. With this configuration, the right and left pushed amounts can be changed to effectively correct the posture or to effectively perform the treatment, as will be described in detail later.

In the present embodiment, the massage machine 1 includes, as the predetermined position, a 1 st tilting mechanism 24 and a 2 nd tilting mechanism 26 provided at a 1 st position and a 2 nd position spaced apart from each other in the body longitudinal direction. The inclination detecting unit 23 described above is configured to be able to detect the right and left inclinations in the front-rear direction at the 1 st position and the 2 nd position. With this configuration, as will be described in detail later, the 1 st tilt mechanism 24 and the 2 nd tilt mechanism 26 are operated in directions to alleviate and cancel the right and left twisting at the 1 st position and the 2 nd position, respectively, and the posture can be corrected effectively. In addition, treatment can be performed in a state in which the posture is corrected in this way.

The 1 st reclining mechanism 24 is configured to independently push out the left and right shoulders, which are the left and right body parts at the shoulder position of the 1 st position. As shown in fig. 1 (a) and 1 (B), the 1 st tilt mechanism 24 includes a left shoulder air chamber 25A for pushing out the left shoulder and a right shoulder air chamber 25B for pushing out the right shoulder in the present embodiment.

These left shoulder air chamber 25A and right shoulder air chamber 25B are provided in the backrest portion 2 so as to be positioned on both the left and right sides of the treatment unit 10, and are positioned so as not to interfere with the treatment unit 10. The left shoulder air chamber 25A and the right shoulder air chamber 25B may be formed to have a long size in the body longitudinal direction so as to be able to correspond to the shoulder positions of the treatment subjects having various heights.

The 2 nd reclining mechanism 26 is configured to independently push out the left and right waists, which are the left and right bodies at the waist (pelvis) position 2. The 2 nd reclining mechanism 26 is substantially the same as the 1 st reclining mechanism 24, and in the present embodiment, includes a left waist air chamber 27A for pushing out the left waist and a right waist air chamber 27B for pushing out the right waist.

The left and right

lumbar air cells

27A and 27B are provided in the backrest 2 so as to be positioned on both the left and right sides of the treatment unit 10, as described above, so as not to interfere with the treatment unit 10. The left and right

waist air cells

27A and 27B may be formed to have a long shape in the body longitudinal direction so as to be able to correspond to the waist positions of the treatment subjects of various body heights.

The left shoulder air chamber 25A, the right shoulder air chamber 25B, the left waist air chamber 27A, and the right waist air chamber 27B are bag-shaped to be inflated and deflated by introducing and discharging air. That is, if air is introduced into and inflated in the left shoulder air chamber 25A, the right shoulder air chamber 25B, the left waist air chamber 27A, and the right waist air chamber 27B, the pushed-out portion of the body is pushed out forward with respect to the backrest portion 2. Air sources such as an air pump are connected to the left shoulder air chamber 25A, the right shoulder air chamber 25B, the left lumbar air chamber 27A, and the right lumbar air chamber 27B via air lines.

The 1 st reclining mechanism 24 is provided with a left shoulder air chamber air supply/discharge portion 25A and a right shoulder air chamber air supply/discharge portion 25B that control supply and discharge of air to the left shoulder air chamber 25A and the right shoulder air chamber 25B. The 2 nd reclining mechanism 26 is provided with a left lumbar chamber air supply/discharge portion 27A and a right lumbar chamber air supply/discharge portion 27B that control supply and discharge of air to and from the left lumbar chamber 27A and the right lumbar chamber 27B.

The left shoulder air chamber air supply/discharge unit 25A, the right shoulder air chamber air supply/discharge unit 25B, the left waist air chamber air supply/discharge unit 27A, and the right waist air chamber air supply/discharge unit 27B may be solenoid valves that open and close air lines connected to the left shoulder air chamber 25A, the right shoulder air chamber 25B, the left waist air chamber 27A, and the right waist air chamber 27B, respectively.

The left shoulder air chamber 25A and the right shoulder air chamber 25B control the left shoulder air chamber air supply/discharge portion 25A and the right shoulder air chamber air supply/discharge portion 25B, and by changing the air supply/discharge amount (air supply/discharge time), the amount of thrust of the left shoulder and the right shoulder can be changed. An appropriate detection unit for detecting the pushed amounts of the left shoulder and the right shoulder may be provided.

The left and right

lumbar chambers

27A and 27B control the left and right lumbar chamber supply/

exhaust portions

27A and 27B, and by changing the supply/discharge amount (supply/discharge time) of air, the amount of thrust of the left and right lumbar can be changed. An appropriate detection unit for detecting the pushed amounts of the left and right waists may be provided.

In the present embodiment, the massage machine 1 includes the 3 rd reclining mechanism 28 that pushes out and lifts the left and right bodies, i.e., the left and right buttocks, at the seating surface position, which is the 3 rd position, individually. The 3 rd tilting mechanism 28 includes a left hip air cell 29A for pushing out (lifting) the left hip and a right hip air cell 29B for pushing out (lifting) the right hip, in substantially the same manner as the 1 st tilting mechanism 24 and the 2 nd tilting mechanism 26 described above. When the treatment unit 10 is provided so as to be movable to the seat 3, the left hip air chamber 29A and the right hip air chamber 29B are provided in the seat 3 so as to be positioned on both the left and right sides of the treatment unit 10 so as not to interfere with the treatment unit 10, as described above. The left hip air chamber 29A and the right hip air chamber 29B are connected to an air source such as an air pump via an air line, as described above.

The 3 rd tilting mechanism 28 is provided with a left hip air cell air supply and exhaust portion and a right hip air cell air supply and exhaust portion for controlling supply and exhaust of air to and from the left hip air cell 29A and the right hip air cell 29B, as described above. The 3 rd tilting mechanism 28 may function as a 2 nd tilting mechanism instead of the 2 nd tilting mechanism 26 described above. Alternatively, the 2 nd tilting mechanism 26 and the 3 rd tilting mechanism 28 described above may function as the 1 st tilting mechanism and the 2 nd tilting mechanism. The combination when a plurality of tilt mechanisms are provided and positioned is not limited to the above example, and a configuration may be adopted in which only 1 or 4 or more tilt mechanisms are provided. Air chambers for restraining and treating the left and right shoulders of the person to be treated may be provided on the left and right sides of the backrest 2.

The massager 1 is provided with a power supply unit, a power cord, and the like connected to an external commercial power supply or the like, as appropriate, for supplying a driving power to the above-described units.

As shown in fig. 2, the massage machine 1 includes an operation display unit 8. The operation display unit 8 may be a remote controller or the like connected to a control unit 19 described later via an appropriate signal line or the like. The operation display unit 8 is provided with an operation unit for starting and stopping (turning on/off) the massage machine 1, an operation unit for selecting various treatment modes, an operation unit for tilting the backrest unit 2 or the leg unit 4, an operation unit for moving the treatment unit 10, and the like. The operation display unit 8 is not limited to an operation unit operated by a finger or the like, and may be provided with a voice recognition unit operable by voice input, or may have various other configurations. The operation display unit 8 is not limited to being attached to the massage machine 1 in advance, and may be a portable information terminal or the like having application software for operation installed therein.

The massage machine 1 includes a control unit 19 for controlling each unit.

The control unit 19 executes a correction mode for correcting the tilt by operating the tilt mechanism 24 (26) based on the tilt detected by the tilt detection unit 23. With such a configuration, the tilt mechanism 24 (26) is operated in a direction to alleviate or eliminate the right and left twisting at a predetermined position of the person to be treated, and the posture can be corrected. In addition, the posture can be corrected by performing the treatment in the state in which the posture is corrected in this way or during the treatment.

The control unit 19 executes a treatment mode for controlling the tilting mechanism 24 (26) and the treatment unit 10 to treat the person to be treated in a tilted state. With such a configuration, the treatment can be performed by appropriately advancing and retracting the left treatment tools 20A and the right treatment tools 20B, which can be individually advanced and retracted as described above, while inclining the treatment subject. This makes it possible to advance and strongly push one treatment instrument 20A (20B) toward the side tilted to the backrest side, or to advance and retreat the left and

right treatment instruments

20A and 20B so that the left and right sides of the tilted body are substantially equally pushed.

The control unit 19 is built in the lower side of the seat unit 3 of the massage machine 1. The control Unit 19 is provided with a Microcontroller (MCU) including a control circuit such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and various memories such as a ROM and a RAM. As shown in fig. 2, the control unit 19 is connected to the above-described drive units, the air supply/discharge unit, the detection unit, and the like via signal lines and the like. The driving units and the air supply and exhaust units are controlled while referring to the detection values obtained by the detection units according to a preset program stored in a memory or the like of the control unit 19, and a tilt detection mode, a correction mode, and various treatment modes, which will be described later, are executed. The tilt detection mode, the correction mode, and the tilt therapy mode, which will be described later, may be executed by operating an appropriate operation unit provided in the operation display unit 8 of the portable information terminal or the massage machine 1, or by receiving a voice input from a voice recognition unit, or may be included in an initial setting mode or the like that is appropriately executed when the massage machine 1 is activated.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 3, the control unit 19 executes an inclination detection mode for detecting the left and right inclinations in the front-rear direction at a predetermined position (step S100). In the present embodiment, the control unit 19 executes a shoulder front-rear inclination detection mode for estimating the left and right longitudinal inclinations at a shoulder position as a predetermined position (1 st position) and a waist front-rear inclination detection mode for estimating the left and right longitudinal inclinations at a waist position as a predetermined position (2 nd position).

In the shoulder forward/backward inclination detection mode, as shown in fig. 4 (a) and 4 (B), the treatment portion main body 11 set to the retreated position may be advanced to detect the forward/backward position of the left shoulder in a state where the left treatment tool 20A is advanced more than the right treatment tool 20B. Then, if the detection value obtained by the left body position detection unit 23A exceeds a preset threshold value as the left treatment implement 20A abuts against the left shoulder, the exceeded position is stored in the memory as the front-rear position of the left shoulder. The front-rear position of the left shoulder can be detected by the main body advancing-retreating position detection unit 15.

Next, in a state where the right treatment members 20B are advanced more than the left treatment members 20A, the treatment portion main body 11 set to the retreated position may be advanced to detect the front-rear position of the right shoulder, in contrast to the above. Then, if the detection value obtained by the right body position detection unit 23B exceeds a preset threshold value as the right treatment implement 20B abuts against the right shoulder, the exceeded position is stored in the memory as the front-rear position of the right shoulder. The front-rear position of the right shoulder can be detected by the main body forward-backward position detecting unit 15, as described above.

Then, the front-back position of the left shoulder and the front-back position of the right shoulder detected as described above are compared, and the inclination of the left and right shoulders in the front-back direction is estimated. The tilt information of the left and right shoulders in the front-rear direction may include information on the magnitude of the tilt. In the shoulder front-rear inclination detection mode, the widths of the left and right treatment implements 20A,20B may be set to widths corresponding to the left and right shoulders.

Before the execution of the shoulder front-rear inclination detection mode, a shoulder height position detection mode may be executed that detects the approximate shoulder height position (reference position) of the treatment subject. In the shoulder height position detection mode, the treatment unit 10 located above the shoulder of the person to be treated may be moved downward while the left and

right treatment tools

20A and 20B are respectively moved forward, thereby detecting the shoulder height position. The operation display unit 8 may be provided with an operation unit capable of changing the shoulder height position detected in the shoulder height position detection mode. Alternatively, before the execution of the shoulder front-rear inclination detection mode, a left-right shoulder height position detection mode may be executed in which the treatment unit main body 11 is moved downward while one treatment instrument is advanced more than the other treatment instrument to detect the height position of one of the left shoulder and the right shoulder, and then the height position of the other is detected in the same manner.

In the above-described shoulder front-rear inclination detection mode, the treatment portion main body 11 may be positioned such that the left and

right treatment members

20A and 20B are at the shoulder height positions (the height positions of the left and right shoulders) detected as described above.

In the waist longitudinal tilt detection mode, as shown in fig. 4 (d) and 4 (e), the treatment portion main body 11 set to the retreated position may be advanced to detect the longitudinal position of the left waist in a state where the left treatment members 20A are advanced more than the right treatment members 20B, as described above. Then, if the detection value obtained by the left body position detection unit 23A exceeds a preset threshold value as the left treatment implement 20A comes into contact with the left waist, the exceeded position is stored in the memory as the front-rear position of the left waist. The front-rear position of the left waist can be detected by the main body advancing-retreating position detection unit 15 described above.

Next, in a state where the right treatment members 20B are moved forward more than the left treatment members 20A, the treatment portion main body 11 set to the retreated position may be moved forward to detect the front-rear position of the right waist, in contrast to the above. Then, if the detection value obtained by the right side body information detection unit 23B exceeds a preset threshold value as the right treatment implement 20B comes into contact with the right waist, the exceeded position is stored in the memory as the front-rear position of the right waist. The front-rear position of the right waist can be detected by the above-described main body advancing-retreating position detecting unit 15. Then, the detected front-rear position of the left waist is compared with the front-rear position of the right waist, and the inclination of the left and right waists in the front-rear direction is estimated. The tilt information of the left and right waists in the front-back direction may include information on the magnitude of the tilt.

In the waist longitudinal inclination detection mode, the treatment portion main body 11 may be positioned such that the left and

right treatment members

20A and 20B are at approximate reference waist height positions, which are estimated based on the height positions of the shoulders (the height position of one of the left and right shoulders) detected by the execution of the shoulder height position detection mode or the left and right shoulder height position detection mode.

Alternatively, before the execution of the waist longitudinal inclination detection mode, a left and right waist height position detection mode may be executed in which the treatment unit main body 11 is moved downward while one treatment tool is advanced more than the other treatment tool to detect the height position of one of the left waist (left pelvis) and the right waist (right pelvis) and then the height position of the other is detected in the same manner. The waist longitudinal inclination detection mode may be executed in a state where the treatment portion main body 11 is positioned such that the left and

right treatment members

20A and 20B are at the height positions of the left and right waists detected in this manner.

In the waist longitudinal inclination detection mode, the width of the left and

right treatment tools

20A and 20B may be set to a width corresponding to the left and right waists (pelvis).

In the above-described shoulder front-rear inclination detection mode and waist front-rear inclination detection mode, the mode of detection from the left side first is exemplified, but the mode of detection from the right side first may be adopted.

In the above example, the example in which one treatment unit (treatment unit 10) is provided is described, but a configuration in which a plurality of treatment units (treatment units 10) are provided vertically and a configuration in which the front-back inclination of the shoulder is detected by the upper treatment unit (treatment unit 10) and the front-back inclination of the waist is detected by the lower treatment unit (treatment unit 10) may be adopted.

In the above-described example, the example in which one of the left and right treatment implements 20A,20B is detected in a state in which one is advanced more than the other, is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. For example, the following method may be used: in a state where both the left and

right treatment members

20A,20B are advanced, the treatment portion main body 11 is advanced as described above, and if the detected value of one of the left and right body

position detecting portions

23A, 23B exceeds the threshold value, the position is stored in the memory as one of the left and right body front-rear positions, and then one treatment member is retracted to advance the treatment portion main body 11, and if the detected value of the other exceeds the threshold value, the position is stored in the memory as the other of the left and right body front-rear positions.

Further, instead of the structure in which the right and left

treatment members

20A,20B are provided in one treatment unit 10, a pair of right and left treatment units that have the right and left

treatment members

20A,20B, respectively, and are movable in the longitudinal direction of the body may be provided. In this case, the other side may be moved forward to detect the body longitudinal position of the other side in a state where one of the left and

right treatment members

20A,20B is set to an upper limit position or the like as a position not to be touched by the person to be treated. Instead of the above-described method of detecting left and right body front-rear positions (shoulder front-rear positions or waist front-rear positions) in the left-right order, a method of simultaneously detecting left and right body front-rear positions may be used, and as a method of detecting left and right inclinations in the front-rear direction at predetermined positions (shoulder positions or waist positions), other various methods may be used.

As shown in fig. 3, the control unit 19 executes a correction mode for correcting the tilt detected as described above (step S101). In the present embodiment, the control unit 19 executes a shoulder forward/backward inclination correction mode for correcting the left and right inclinations in the forward/backward direction at the shoulder position as the predetermined position (position 1), and a waist forward/backward inclination correction mode for correcting the left and right inclinations in the forward/backward direction at the waist position as the predetermined position (position 2). These shoulder forward-backward tilt correction mode and waist forward-backward tilt correction mode may be executed simultaneously or may be executed separately and sequentially.

In the example of fig. 4 (c), an example of the shoulder forward and backward inclination correction mode when the right shoulder is located forward of the left shoulder and the shoulder portion is twisted counterclockwise is shown (see fig. 4 (b)). In this case, the left shoulder air chamber 25A is inflated and corrected more than the right shoulder air chamber 25B to push out the left shoulder. That is, the 1 st reclining mechanism 24 is controlled to turn the shoulder region of the person to be treated clockwise, which is the side on which the above-described detected twisting is released/canceled.

In contrast to the above, when a clockwise twist is detected in the shoulder region in the front of the left shoulder relative to the right shoulder, the right shoulder air chamber 25B is inflated and corrected relative to the left shoulder air chamber 25A to push out the right shoulder. That is, the 1 st reclining mechanism 24 is controlled to twist the shoulder region of the person to be treated counterclockwise, which is a side on which the twist detected as described above is released/canceled.

In the shoulder forward/backward inclination correction mode, the amounts of pushing the left and right shoulders may be changed according to the magnitude of the forward/backward inclination of the left and right shoulders. The treatment unit 10 may be moved to execute an appropriate treatment mode in the shoulder forward/backward inclination correction mode with correction performed as described above, or the shoulder forward/backward inclination correction mode may be executed while the appropriate treatment mode is being executed. In this case, treatment may be performed with different intensities, frequency, order, and the like on the right side and the left side according to the detected torsion.

In the example of fig. 4 (f), an example of the waist longitudinal inclination correction mode is shown in the case where a twist is detected in the waist side portion clockwise in the front of the left waist with respect to the right waist in the waist longitudinal inclination detection mode (see fig. 4 (e)). In this case, the right waist cell 27B is inflated and corrected to push out the right waist than the left waist cell 27A. That is, the 2 nd reclining mechanism 26 is controlled to turn the lumbar region of the person to be treated counterclockwise, which is a side for relaxing and canceling the twist detected as described above.

In contrast to the above, when it is detected that the right waist is located forward of the left waist and the waist portion is twisted counterclockwise, the left waist air chamber 27A may be inflated and corrected to push out the left waist, compared to the right waist air chamber 27B. That is, the 2 nd reclining mechanism 26 is controlled so as to twist the lumbar region of the person to be treated clockwise, and the clockwise side is set as the side for alleviating/eliminating the twist detected as described above.

In this waist longitudinal inclination correction mode, similarly to the above, the amounts of left and right waist pushing out may be changed in accordance with the magnitude of the longitudinal inclination of the left and right waist. In the lumbar anteroposterior inclination correction mode, the treatment unit 10 may be moved in the corrected state as described above to execute an appropriate treatment mode, or the lumbar anteroposterior inclination correction mode may be executed while the appropriate treatment mode is being executed. In this case, treatment may be performed with different intensities, frequency, order, and the like on the right side and the left side according to the detected torsion.

As a method of expanding the other of the left air cell (left shoulder air cell 25A, left waist air cell 27A) and the right air cell (right shoulder air cell 25B, right waist air cell 27B) as described above than the other to push out one of the left body (left shoulder, left waist in the above-described example) and the right body (right shoulder, right waist in the above-described example), for example, a method of contracting one by exhaust and expanding the other by air supply, or a method of contracting one by exhaust from a state where both the left and right sides are expanded by air supply may be employed, and other various methods may be employed. Here, one contraction is not limited to a completely contracted state, and may be a state contracted more than the other, and the other expansion is not limited to a completely expanded state, and may be a state expanded more than the one.

As a method of changing the amounts of pushing of the left and right bodies, the amounts of air supply and discharge (supply and discharge time) to the left and right air cells may be changed, or the amount of air supply and discharge may be changed by controlling the air supply and discharge unit based on detection by an appropriate detection unit that detects the amounts of pushing left and right, and various other methods may be employed.

In the above example, the forward/backward tilt correction mode at the shoulder position and the waist position as the predetermined positions has been exemplified, but this is merely an example, and the forward/backward tilt correction mode at an appropriate position may be executed depending on the position and the number of the tilt mechanisms.

As shown in fig. 3, the control unit 19 executes a tilt treatment mode in which treatment is performed while the treatment subject is tilted (step S102). The tilt treatment mode may be a mode in which treatment is performed while the predetermined position of the person to be treated is tilted on the basis of the tilt (twist) in the front-rear direction detected in the shoulder front-rear tilt detection mode and the waist front-rear tilt detection mode, so that treatment of the muscles and the acupoints (acupoints) around the muscles, which are considered to be the cause of the tilt in the front-rear direction, is effectively performed.

In the example of the oblique treatment pattern shown in fig. 5 (a), the treatment unit 10 treats the shoulder of the person in each state in which the pushing amount of one of the left shoulder air chamber 25A and the right shoulder air chamber 25B (the left shoulder air chamber 25A in the figure) is changed to change the degree of twisting of the shoulder region. This allows the contact position, contact strength, contact angle, and the like of the left and

right treatment tools

20A,20B with respect to the periphery of the left and right shoulder regions to be varied, thereby enabling a variety of treatments. In fig. 5 (a), an example is shown in which the

treatment devices

20A and 20B on the left and right are moved to the same advanced and retracted positions, but treatment may be performed in a state in which the treatment devices 20 on one of the left and right shoulders (the right shoulder in the drawing) that are inclined toward the back side are advanced more than the treatment devices 20 on the other shoulder.

In the example of the inclined treatment pattern shown in fig. 5 (B), the treatment is performed in a state in which the shoulder portions of the person to be treated are inclined, in which the forward and backward movement amounts of the left and

right treatment members

20A and 20B are adjusted so that the left and

right treatment members

20A and 20B are pressed against the respective left and right shoulder portions substantially uniformly. In the figure, the left treatment device 20A is advanced more than the right treatment device 20B to perform treatment in a state where the left shoulder air chamber 25A is inflated to push out the left shoulder and the shoulder portion is inclined. On the contrary, the right treatment members 20B may be advanced more than the left treatment members 20A in a state where the right shoulder air chamber 25B is inflated to push out the right shoulder and the shoulder portion is inclined.

In the example of the oblique treatment pattern shown in fig. 5 (c), the treatment unit 10 treats the patient in each state in which the degree of twisting of the lumbar region of the patient is changed by changing the pushed amount of one of the left and right

lumbar air cells

27A and 27B (the right lumbar air cell 27B in the figure). As a result, as described above, the contact positions, contact strength, contact angles, and the like of the left and

right treatment tools

20A and 20B with respect to the periphery of the left and right lumbar regions can be changed, and thus various treatments can be performed. In fig. 5 (c), an example of treatment is shown in which the left and

right treatment tools

20A,20B are moved to the same advanced and retracted positions, but treatment may be performed in a state in which the treatment tools 20 inclined to the left and right waist sides of the back side (the left waist side in the drawing) are moved more forward than the treatment tools 20 on the other waist side.

In the example of the oblique treatment pattern shown in fig. 5 (d), the treatment is performed in a state in which the lumbar region of the person to be treated is tilted, and the forward and backward movement amounts of the left and

right treatment members

20A and 20B are adjusted so that the left and

right treatment members

20A and 20B are pushed against the left and right lumbar regions substantially uniformly. In the figure, the right treatment members 20B are advanced more than the left treatment members 20A to perform treatment in a state where the right lumbar air chamber 27B is inflated to push out the right lumbar region and the lumbar region is inclined. Conversely, the left treatment devices 20A may be advanced more than the right treatment devices 20B to perform treatment in a state where the left lumbar air chamber 27A is inflated to push out the left lumbar region and the lumbar region is inclined.

The above-described oblique treatment mode for treating the shoulder region while being tilted and the oblique treatment mode for treating the waist region while being tilted may be performed simultaneously or may be performed separately and sequentially.

The tilt treatment mode is not limited to the mode shown in fig. 3, and may be executed after the tilt detection mode for detecting the right and left tilt in the front-rear direction at a predetermined position or the correction mode for correcting the tilt, or may be executed separately. That is, the

treatment devices

20A and 20B on the left and right sides may be appropriately moved forward and backward to perform the treatment while the predetermined portion or substantially the entire portion of the subject is tilted without detecting the tilt or correcting the tilt.

In the above example, the oblique treatment mode in which treatment is performed in a state in which the shoulder region and the waist region, which are predetermined regions, are tilted has been illustrated, but the oblique treatment mode in an appropriate region may be performed depending on the position and number of the tilting mechanisms. For example, instead of performing the treatment while the shoulder region and the waist region are tilted, or instead of or in addition to either one of them, the treatment may be performed while the hip region is tilted by the 3 rd tilting mechanism 28. The treatment in the oblique treatment mode may be performed by air chambers, rollers, or the like provided in the above-described foot rests 4 or the armrest portions 5, in addition to the treatment performed by the treatment unit 10.

The tilting

mechanisms

24, 26, and 28 are not limited to the mechanism for tilting the above-described portions, and may be a mechanism for tilting the head, the left and right arms, and the left and right feet, or may be a mechanism for tilting by providing appropriate advancing and retracting mechanisms on the left and right sides, respectively, without being limited to the mechanism for tilting by the air chamber.

The configuration of each part constituting the massage machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the tilt detection mode and the correction mode, and the various treatment modes are not limited to the above examples, and other various modifications are possible.

Description of the reference symbols

1. Massaging machine

10. Treatment unit (treatment part)

19. Control unit

20A left side treatment member

20B right side treatment member

21. Advancing and retreating mechanism

23. Inclination detecting unit

24. No. 1 Tilt mechanism (Tilt mechanism)

26. 2 nd tilting mechanism (tilting mechanism)

Claims

1. A massage machine is characterized in that a massage machine is provided,

the disclosed device is provided with:

a tilting mechanism for tilting the body by pushing out the left body and the right body individually at predetermined positions in the longitudinal direction of the body;

an inclination detecting unit that detects a left-right inclination in the front-rear direction at the predetermined position; and

and a control unit that operates the tilt mechanism based on the tilt detected by the tilt detection unit to correct the tilt.

2. A massage machine is characterized in that a massage machine is provided,

the disclosed device is provided with:

a treatment part which is provided with a left treatment part and a right treatment part and can move along the length direction of the body;

a driving and reversing mechanism provided in the treatment part and capable of driving and reversing the left treatment member and the right treatment member independently;

a tilting mechanism for tilting the body by pushing out the left body and the right body individually at predetermined positions in the longitudinal direction of the body; and

and a control unit for controlling the tilting mechanism and the treatment unit to execute a treatment mode for treating the patient in a tilted state.

3. The massage machine as claimed in claim 2,

a tilt detection unit for detecting a tilt in the front-rear direction of the left and right at the predetermined position;

the control unit executes a correction mode for correcting the tilt by operating the tilt mechanism based on the tilt detected by the tilt detection unit.

4. The massage machine as claimed in claim 1 or 3,

the tilting mechanism includes a 1 st tilting mechanism and a 2 nd tilting mechanism provided at a 1 st position and a 2 nd position spaced apart from each other in the body longitudinal direction as the predetermined position;

the inclination detecting unit is configured to be capable of detecting the left-right inclination in the front-rear direction at the 1 st position and the 2 nd position.

5. The massage machine as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4,

the tilt mechanism can change the pushed amount of each of the left and right bodies.