CN115463342A

CN115463342A - Massage equipment control method and related equipment

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Publication number: CN115463342A
Application number: CN202110647155.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李凯龙
Original assignee: SKG Health Technologies Co Ltd.
Current assignee: SKG Health Technologies Co Ltd.
Priority date: 2021-06-10
Filing date: 2021-06-10
Publication date: 2022-12-13

Abstract

The application discloses massage equipment control method and relevant equipment, the massage equipment comprises at least 4 electrodes, and the massage equipment control method comprises the following steps: determining an output positive-negative electrode pair from the at least 4 electrodes, the output positive-negative electrode pair comprising a first electrode group and a second electrode group, the number of electrodes of the first electrode group being less than the number of electrodes of the second electrode group, and the first electrode group and the second electrode group not containing the same electrodes; and controlling the first electrode group and the second electrode group to be respectively used as a positive electrode and a negative electrode to output electric pulse signals so as to carry out electric stimulation massage on a user. The body sense of the human body can be enhanced, the pricking feeling of the human body can be avoided, and the user experience is effectively improved.

Description

Massage equipment control method and related equipment

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of massage technologies, and in particular, to a method for controlling a massage device and a related device.

Background

For office workers, the neck and back pain can be caused when the office workers work in front of a computer for a long time, and the neck and back pain of people can be effectively relieved by the electrode massage instrument, so that the electrode massage instrument is more and more popular with people.

The electrode massage instrument is used for massaging and treating the local part of a human body through the pulse magnetic pole by the electrode massage head, however, the electrode massage instrument in the related technology has poor body feeling to the human body, and the user experience is poor.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above problems, the present application provides a massage device control method and a related device, which can enhance the body feeling of the electrode massage apparatus to the human body, thereby improving the user experience.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a massage apparatus control method, where the massage apparatus includes at least 4 electrodes, and the method includes: determining an output positive-negative electrode pair from the at least 4 electrodes, the output positive-negative electrode pair comprising a first electrode group and a second electrode group, the number of electrodes of the first electrode group being less than the number of electrodes of the second electrode group, and the first electrode group and the second electrode group not containing the same electrodes; and controlling the first electrode group and the second electrode group to be respectively used as a positive electrode and a negative electrode to output electric pulse signals so as to carry out electric stimulation massage on a user.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a massage device control apparatus, where the massage device includes at least 4 electrodes, and the massage device control apparatus includes: output positive negative electrode pair and confirm module and electric pulse signal output module, wherein: an output positive-negative electrode pair determining module, configured to determine an output positive-negative electrode pair from the at least 4 electrodes, where the output positive-negative electrode pair includes a first electrode group and a second electrode group, the number of electrodes in the first electrode group is smaller than the number of electrodes in the second electrode group, and the first electrode group and the second electrode group do not include the same electrodes; and the electric pulse signal output module is used for controlling the first electrode group and the second electrode group to be respectively used as a positive electrode and a negative electrode to output electric pulse signals so as to carry out electric stimulation massage on a user.

In a third aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a massage apparatus, including: at least 4 electrodes for outputting electrical pulse signals; the pulse generating device is connected with the at least 4 electrodes and is used for generating electric pulse signals; the controller is electrically connected with the pulse generating device so as to control the pulse generating device to generate an electric pulse signal; the controller is configured to perform the method of the first aspect described above.

In a fourth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a computer-readable storage medium, in which program code is stored, and the program code can be called by a processor to execute the method according to the first aspect.

The massage equipment control method and the related equipment provided by the embodiment of the application determine an output positive-negative electrode pair from the at least 4 electrodes, wherein the output positive-negative electrode pair comprises a first electrode group and a second electrode group, the number of the electrodes of the first electrode group is less than that of the electrodes of the second electrode group, and the first electrode group and the second electrode group do not contain the same electrodes; and controlling the first electrode group and the second electrode group to be respectively used as a positive electrode and a negative electrode to output electric pulse signals so as to carry out electric stimulation massage on a user. Because the number of the electrodes of the first electrode group is different from that of the motors of the second electrode group, the first electrode group and the second electrode group are respectively used as positive and negative electrodes to output electric pulse signals, when a user is subjected to electric stimulation massage, the two electrode groups respectively have obvious difference on the body feeling generated by the human body, and the body feeling strength generated by the first electrode with less number of electrodes is larger than that generated by the second electrode with more electrodes, so that the body feeling of the human body by the first electrode group is enhanced, and the user experience is further improved.

These and other aspects of the present application will be more readily apparent from the following description of the embodiments.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments are briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 shows a schematic view of a distribution of a plurality of electrodes according to one embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 2 shows a schematic diagram of an application environment suitable for the embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 3 shows a flow chart of a massage device control method according to an embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 4 shows a current density diagram when a plurality of electrodes are on according to one embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 5 shows a schematic diagram of the output states of electrical pulse signals according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 6 shows a flow chart of a massage device control method according to another embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 7 shows a schematic view of a distribution of a plurality of electrodes according to another embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 8 shows a schematic diagram of switching directions of electrodes included in the first electrode group according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating switching directions of electrodes included in a first electrode group according to another embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 10 shows a schematic diagram of the output states of electrical pulse signals according to another embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 11 shows a block diagram of a massage device control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 12 shows a block diagram of a massage apparatus according to another embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 13 illustrates a storage medium for storing or carrying program code implementing a signal processing method according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical solutions better understood by those skilled in the art, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application.

In the case of a person who works for a long time while staying in the same posture for a long time or repeating the same motion for a long time, the person may feel muscular soreness when muscles of the shoulder, neck, waist, and the like are contracted for a long time.

The electrode massage instrument can effectively relieve the aching pain of the muscles of the human body, and other names of the electrode massage instrument are a pulse massage instrument, a low-frequency therapeutic instrument and the like. The electrotherapeutic apparatus is usually used for physical rehabilitation therapy or pain relief, weak current is acted on a human body in a low-frequency mode during therapy, and the electrode plate is used for directly stimulating muscles and nerve endings in the muscles to sense receptors, so that the muscles can perform unconscious contraction activities, the muscles and the nerves which are sore and painful due to fatigue or injury are relaxed, local blood circulation is promoted, and the pain is relieved or relieved.

However, the current electrode massage apparatuses generally have massage outputs with symmetrical positive and negative electrodes, that is, one end is an electrode, and the other end is also an electrode to form an electrode pair, as an example, please refer to fig. 1, fig. 1 shows four electrodes included in the massage apparatus, which are A, B, C and D, respectively, the positions of the electrodes are set as shown in fig. 1, and the combination manner of the electrodes is generally two by two: for example, fig. 1 may be a combination of a-C and B-D, and the massage part is changed according to the above combination, but the input end and the output end of the current have only one electrode, so that the user electrode massage apparatus has no obvious feeling for the user. Although the multi-electrode massage instrument appears in the related art, the real multi-electrode driving is not realized, for example, 4 electrodes A, B, C, D are formed by internally connecting AB electrodes together and CD electrodes together, and are basically two-electrode massage instruments, which are just multi-electrode in appearance but have no obvious body feeling to human bodies.

The inventor finds that if an asymmetric electrode combination is used for outputting pulse current, one side is a single electrode, and the other side is a multiple electrode, the body feeling of a user can be enhanced, taking fig. 1 as an example, if the electrode combination mode is set to be a combination mode of A-CD, B-CD, D-AB, C-AB and the like, taking A-CD as an example, namely when A is a positive electrode, CDs are both negative electrodes, which is equivalent to two paths of AC and AD which are connected in parallel, and the current density of A point is twice of C, D, so that the body feeling of the human body generated by the A electrode is stronger than that of the C electrode and the D electrode, and the body feeling of the user is effectively enhanced.

However, the inventor has found in actual research that, when the massage apparatus in the related art outputs the electric pulse signal, in the same output state, the positive electrode and the negative electrode in a group of electrodes are fixed, such as a group of electrode a and an electrode B, and in an output state, the electrode a is the positive electrode and the electrode B is the negative electrode. The long-time output by adopting the mode is easy to generate the pricking feeling because the current direction is fixed, and on the basis, the asymmetrical electrode combination is used for outputting the pulse current, so that the pricking feeling to the human body is further aggravated.

Therefore, in order to solve the above problems, the inventor proposes a massage device control method and related device in the embodiments of the present application, which not only can enhance the body feeling of the human body, but also can avoid the tingling feeling generated to the human body, thereby effectively improving the user experience.

The control method of the massage device and the related device provided by the embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below with specific embodiments.

Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an application environment suitable for the embodiment of the present application. The massage apparatus control method provided by the embodiment of the present application may be applied to a massage apparatus as shown in fig. 2, and the massage apparatus 10 includes a controller (not shown in fig. 2), a massage bracket 11 and electrodes 12, and optionally, the number of the electrodes may be at least 4, for example, 4, 6, 8, and the like. Wherein, the massage bracket 11 can be used to be worn on the neck of the human body, the at least 4 electrodes can be disposed on the massage bracket 11 facing the side of the neck of the human body, and the controller is electrically connected to each of the at least 4 electrodes 12 for controlling the at least 4 electrodes 12 to output electrical pulse signals. Wherein, 4 electrodes in the massage device shown in the figure can correspond to 4 electrodes distributed in fig. 1 one by one.

Alternatively, the massage apparatus may also be a waist massage apparatus, a back massage apparatus, an eye massage apparatus, or the like other than the neck massage apparatus.

Referring to fig. 3, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for controlling a massage apparatus, which is applicable to a massage apparatus including at least 4 electrodes, and particularly to a controller of the massage apparatus, and the method may include:

and S110, determining an output positive-negative electrode pair from the at least 4 electrodes, wherein the output positive-negative electrode pair comprises a first electrode group and a second electrode group, the number of the electrodes of the first electrode group is less than that of the electrodes of the second electrode group, and the first electrode group and the second electrode group do not contain the same electrodes.

In some embodiments, each of the plurality of electrodes may be labeled in advance such that each electrode has its corresponding identifier, as an example, referring to fig. 1 again, for example, four electrodes may be labeled as electrode a, electrode B, electrode C, and electrode D, respectively. When the controller receives control operation of a user on the massage equipment, the controller can respond to the control operation to acquire an electrode identifier of a first electrode group and an electrode identifier of a second electrode group corresponding to the control operation, and if the electrode identifier contained in the first electrode group is an electrode A; the electrodes included in the second electrode group are identified as electrode B and electrode C, and electrode a can be determined from the plurality of electrodes as the first electrode group, and electrode B and electrode C can be determined as the second electrode group. Specifically, the mapping relationship between the control operation and the electrode identifiers of the first electrode group and the electrode identifiers of the second electrode group may be as shown in table 1:

TABLE 1

Controlling operation	Electrode identification of first electrode group	Electrode identification of the second electrode group
			Control operation 1	A	BD
Control operation 2	B	AC
			Control operation 3	A	BCD
…..	…..	…..

It can be seen that, when a control operation made by a user is recognized, the controller may find the corresponding electrode identifier of the first electrode group and the corresponding electrode identifier of the second electrode group from table 1 according to the control operation, and further determine the electrodes included in each of the first electrode group and the second electrode group from the plurality of electrodes.

Alternatively, the control operation may include an operation for selecting a massage mode of the massage apparatus from a plurality of massage modes (such as a kneading mode, a pressing mode, a hammering mode, etc.), an operation for switching to a next massage mode, an operation for selecting the first electrode group, the second electrode group, and the like. Optionally, the control operations include, but are not limited to, touch operations, voice control operations, wireless control operations, etc. made to the massage device configuration.

It is understood that the massage device may comprise different electrode identifiers for the first electrode set and different electrode identifiers for the second electrode set in different massage modes, thereby providing different massage experiences for the user.

And S120, controlling the first electrode group and the second electrode group to respectively serve as a positive electrode and a negative electrode to output electric pulse signals so as to carry out electric stimulation massage on the user.

In some embodiments, the massage device further comprises a pulse signal generator, which can be controlled by the controller to output pulse signals with different amplitudes, widths, phases and durations (also called output durations), as an example, when the controller outputs the electric pulse signals to the first electrode group or the second electrode group through the pulse signal generator, the control is equivalent to controlling the first electrode group and the second electrode group to output the electric pulse signals.

Alternatively, the controller controls the pulse signal generator to output a direct current pulse signal or an alternating current pulse signal, and when the alternating current pulse signal is output, if the electrode in the first electrode group is the positive electrode, the electrode in the second electrode group is automatically the negative electrode, and if the electrode in the first electrode group is the negative electrode, the electrode in the second electrode group is automatically the positive electrode. If the electrodes in the first electrode group are positive electrodes and the electrodes in the second electrode group are negative electrodes, current passes through the electrodes in the first electrode group, the skin and the electrodes in the second electrode group to form a loop, and the current is output to the skin through the electrodes in the first electrode group and the electrodes in the second electrode group, so that electrical stimulation is generated on the skin. As shown in fig. 4, when the first electrode group includes an electrode a, and the second electrode group includes an electrode B and an electrode C, the electrode a is respectively conducted with the electrode B and the electrode C, and at this time, the current density at the electrode a is twice of the current density at the electrode B or the electrode C, and accordingly, the strength of the body feeling generated by the electrode a to the human body is also twice of the strength of the body feeling generated by the electrode B or the electrode C to the human body, so that the first electrode group and the second electrode group generate a significant body feeling difference, and the massage feeling generated by the first electrode group to the user is highlighted.

Alternatively, the controller may also control the first electrode group to be a negative electrode output and the second electrode group to be a positive electrode output, and when the first electrode is a negative electrode, the somatosensory strength of the first electrode on the human body is further enhanced.

As an example, when the electric pulse signal is an alternating current electric pulse signal, the polarity of the electric pulse signal output by the first electrode group and the second electrode group may be periodically changed, as shown in fig. 5, where fig. 5 shows an output state of the electric pulse signal corresponding to the electrode in the first electrode group, where an ordinate represents the amplitude (voltage value) of the electric pulse signal, and an abscissa represents the output time of the electric pulse signal, where T1, T2, and T3 in fig. 5 correspond to a first period, a second period, and a third period. Every time a period passes, the electric pulse signal output by the first electrode group changes polarity once. Accordingly, during the massage process, the polarity of the second electrode group also changes with the change of the electric pulse signal output by the first electrode group, for example, in the first period T1, the first electrode group is used as the positive electrode, the second electrode group is used as the negative electrode, in the second period T2, the first electrode group is used as the negative electrode, the second electrode group is used as the positive electrode, and in the third period T3, the first electrode group is used as the positive electrode, the second electrode group is used as the negative electrode, so that the circulation can effectively avoid that the electrode of the first electrode group easily causes a strong pricking feeling to the skin of the user due to the fixed current direction (such as always being the negative electrode).

As can be seen, in the present embodiment, by determining an output positive-negative electrode pair from the at least 4 electrodes, the output positive-negative electrode pair includes a first electrode group and a second electrode group, the number of electrodes of the first electrode group is smaller than the number of electrodes of the second electrode group, and the first electrode group and the second electrode group do not contain the same electrodes; and controlling the first electrode group and the second electrode group to be respectively used as a positive electrode and a negative electrode to output electric pulse signals so as to carry out electric stimulation massage on a user. Because the electrode quantity of first electrode group is inequality with the motor quantity of second electrode group, at first electrode group and second electrode group as positive negative pole output electric pulse signal respectively, when carrying out the electro photoluminescence massage to the user, can make two electrode groups respectively have obvious difference to the body sense that the human body produced, the body sense intensity that the less first electrode of electrode quantity produced can be greater than the body sense intensity that the more second electrode of electrode produced to the body sense of first electrode group has been strengthened, and then user experience is promoted. In addition, because the output electric pulse signal can be an alternating current electric pulse signal, the phenomenon that the user is easily pricked due to the fixed current direction is avoided, and the user experience is further improved.

Referring to fig. 6, an embodiment of the present application provides a control method for a massage apparatus, which can be applied to the massage apparatus shown in fig. 2, where the massage apparatus includes at least 4 electrodes. The method can comprise the following steps:

s210, acquiring a pulse output sequence corresponding to the current massage mode, and determining an output positive-negative electrode pair corresponding to a first time period from the plurality of electrodes according to the pulse output sequence; the pulse output sequence comprises a plurality of time periods and information of positive and negative electrode pairs corresponding to each time period.

The massage equipment can have different massage modes, and different massage modes can correspond to different working states of the massage equipment, so that the massage equipment has different massage effects in different modes.

As an example, as shown in tables 2 to 5, tables 2 to 5 show pulse output sequences in different massage modes, where table 2 is a pulse output sequence in a beating mode, table 3 is a pulse output sequence in a pressing mode, table 4 is a pulse output sequence in a rotating mode, and table 5 is a pulse output sequence in a kneading mode, and the pulse output sequences may include parameters such as electrode combination, output frequency, output pulse width, and duration. The output positive and negative electrode pairs corresponding to the first time period can be determined from the plurality of electrodes according to the pulse output sequence. For example, taking the current massage mode as the hammering mode, as can be seen from table 2, if the electrode combination corresponding to the first time period (i.e. the first 3000 milliseconds) in the hammering mode is a-CD, the electrode a may be used as the first electrode group, the electrode B and the electrode C may be used as the second electrode group, and then the first electrode group and the second electrode group may be used as the output positive-negative electrode pair.

TABLE 2

TABLE 3

TABLE 4

TABLE 5

And S220, controlling the first electrode group and the second electrode group corresponding to the first time period to serve as a positive electrode and a negative electrode respectively to output electric pulse signals in the first time period.

In some embodiments, one output cycle of the electrical pulse signal includes N time periods, the method further comprising:

s230, determining output positive and negative electrode pairs respectively corresponding to second to Nth time periods from the plurality of electrodes according to the pulse output sequence; n is a positive integer greater than 2;

as an example, taking the current massage mode as the hammering mode as an example, as can be seen from table 2, the hammering mode includes 8 periods, each of which is 3000 milliseconds, and the output positive and negative electrode pairs in the second period (i.e., the second 3000 milliseconds) are electrode B as the first electrode group and electrode C and electrode D as the second electrode group; and the output positive and negative electrode pairs in the third time period are the electrode D serving as a first electrode group, the electrode A and the electrode B serving as a second electrode group, and so on, and the output positive and negative electrode pairs corresponding to the second time period to the 8 th time period can be determined from the plurality of electrodes according to the pulse output sequence.

By one approach, in each time period, the first electrode set includes one electrode and the second electrode set includes the remaining electrodes of the at least 4 electrodes.

At this time, since the first electrode group includes only one electrode and the second electrode group includes the remaining at least three electrodes in each period, the current intensity output by one electrode in the first electrode group is at least three times that of the other electrodes, and the body feeling generated by the first electrode group is most obvious in this scheme.

As another mode, the at least 4 electrodes are symmetrically distributed on the massage device; in each time period, the first electrode group includes one electrode on one side and all electrodes on the other side of the second electrode group. For example, the electrodes may be left-right symmetrical, and as an example, referring to fig. 1 again, the electrodes distributed on the left side include an electrode a and an electrode B, the electrodes distributed on the right side include an electrode C and an electrode D, and when any one of the electrodes a and the electrodes B is used as the first electrode group, the second electrode group includes an electrode C and an electrode D. When any one of the electrodes C and D is used as the first electrode group, the second electrode group comprises the electrode A and the electrode B.

As another mode, the at least 4 electrodes are symmetrically distributed on the massage device from top to bottom; in each time period, the first electrode group includes one electrode on one side and all electrodes on the other side of the second electrode group. As shown in fig. 7, fig. 7 shows the distribution of 6 electrodes from electrode a to electrode F. If the first electrode group is electrode a, then electrode D, E, F may be used as the second electrode group.

In another embodiment, the massage device may comprise at least 6 electrodes, and at least 6 electrodes are symmetrically distributed on the massage device, and in each time period, the first electrode group comprises one electrode on one side, and the second electrode group comprises a part of electrodes on the other side; in such an embodiment, the second electrode group comprises only a part of the electrodes of the other side, e.g. 3 electrodes per side when the massage device comprises 6 electrodes, the second electrode group may comprise 2 electrodes, 4 electrodes per side when the massage device comprises 8 electrodes, the second electrode group may comprise 2 or 3 electrodes.

Preferably, when the second electrode group includes the partial electrode on the other side, the partial electrode closest to the first electrode group may be included, and taking fig. 7 as an example, when the first electrode is a, the second electrode group includes D, E, and when the first electrode is C, the second electrode group includes E, F.

Optionally, in one output cycle, the electrodes included in the first electrode group in two adjacent time periods are different.

Specifically, in one output period, the electrodes included in the first electrode group are periodically switched along a preset direction.

As an example, the at least 4 electrodes are arranged in a rectangular shape on the massage device, and the electrodes included in the first electrode group are periodically switched along the circumferential direction of the rectangular shape in one output period. Specifically, as shown in fig. 8, the number of the electrodes may be 4, the 4 electrodes may be arranged in a rectangle, and the electrodes included in the first electrode group may be periodically switched along the circumference of the rectangle, such as clockwise or counterclockwise, to form a rolling massage effect.

It is understood that at least 4 electrodes are arranged on the massage device in a rectangular shape, and the central points of the electrode plates can be arranged in a rectangular shape.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 9, the number of the electrodes may be multiple, the multiple electrodes may be arranged in a rectangle, and the electrodes included in the first electrode group may be periodically switched in a linear direction, and specifically, the electrodes included in the first electrode group may be periodically switched in a vertical direction, such as a direction from top to bottom or a direction from bottom to top, on one side of the rectangle, so as to simulate a back-and-forth kneading massage effect. Alternatively, the electrodes included in the first electrode combination may be switched in a rectangular shape, and the direction of the electrodes may be vertical, horizontal, oblique, or the like.

As another example, the at least 4 electrodes are arranged in a ring shape on the massage device, and the electrodes included in the first electrode group are periodically switched along the ring shape in one output period. Specifically, at least 4 electrodes are arranged on the massage device in a circular or elliptical ring shape.

And S240, in the second time period to the Nth time period, respectively controlling the first electrode group and the second electrode group corresponding to each time period to be respectively used as a positive electrode and a negative electrode to output electric pulse signals.

In some embodiments, the pulse output sequence includes a plurality of output periods, and the output parameters of the electrical pulses of at least some of the output periods are different.

In one embodiment, the output parameters of the electrical pulses of at least part of the output period are increased or decreased in an equal difference or an equal ratio. Thereby can simulate different massage effects, promote massage experience.

Wherein the output parameter comprises at least one of an output frequency, an output pulse width, and an output time duration.

As an example, referring to table 2, for example, in the hammering mode, the output frequency is increased by 0.2Hz every time one cycle passes. Referring to table 3, in the pressing mode, the output pulse is 5us, which keeps outputting 80 pulses, and then every 3 pulses, the output pulse is increased by 1us. Referring to table 4, in the rolling mode, the output duration is decreased by 5ms every time a cycle passes until the output duration is decreased to 200ms, referring to table 5, in the rubbing mode, the duration of the first cycle is 300ms, and then the duration is decreased by 5ms without a cycle passing. Until it is reduced to 200ms.

Alternatively, when the pulse signal is an alternating current pulse signal, the alternating current pulse signal may comprise a first electrical pulse signal and a second electrical pulse signal, wherein the pulses of the first electrical pulse signal and the pulses of the second electrical pulse signal are out of phase by an integer multiple of 180 °, for example, twice 180 °, i.e. 360 °, three times 180 °, i.e. 540 °, etc.

As an example, as shown in fig. 10, fig. 10 shows an output state of an electric pulse signal corresponding to the first electrode, wherein an ordinate represents an amplitude (voltage value) of the electric pulse signal, and an abscissa represents an output time of the electric pulse signal, wherein T1 and T2 in fig. 10 correspond to a first period and a second period. When the phases of the first electric pulse signal and the second electric pulse signal are different by only one 180 °, the first electric pulse signal and the second electric pulse signal are two electric pulse signals with opposite polarities, and the polarities of the first electric pulse signal a1 are respectively a positive polarity and a negative polarity of the second electric pulse signal b2 in a first period T1, and the polarity of the first electric pulse signal a2 is respectively a negative polarity and a positive polarity of the second electric pulse signal b2 in a second period T2, so that the frequency of the change of the direction of the current can be increased in the output process of the electric pulse signals, the pricking feeling caused by the current in a fixed direction is further avoided, and the user experience is effectively improved.

Referring to fig. 11, a block diagram of a massage device control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application is shown, where the massage device control apparatus 500 includes:

an output positive-negative electrode pair determining module 510, configured to determine an output positive-negative electrode pair from the at least 4 electrodes, where the output positive-negative electrode pair includes a first electrode group and a second electrode group, the number of electrodes of the first electrode group is smaller than that of the second electrode group, and the first electrode group and the second electrode group do not include the same electrodes.

And an electrical pulse signal output module 520, configured to control the first electrode group and the second electrode group to output electrical pulse signals as positive and negative electrodes, respectively, so as to perform electrical stimulation massage on a user.

Optionally, the output positive-negative electrode pair determining module 510 is specifically configured to obtain a pulse output sequence corresponding to the current massage mode, and determine an output positive-negative electrode pair corresponding to the first time period from the plurality of electrodes according to the pulse output sequence; the pulse output sequence comprises a plurality of time periods and information of positive and negative electrode pairs corresponding to each time period.

Correspondingly, the electric pulse signal output module 520 is specifically configured to control the first electrode group and the second electrode group corresponding to the first time period to output electric pulse signals as positive and negative electrodes respectively in the first time period.

Alternatively, one output cycle of the electric pulse signal includes N time periods, and the massage device control apparatus 500 further includes:

a second electric pulse signal output module 520, configured to determine, according to the pulse output sequence, output positive and negative electrode pairs corresponding to second to nth time periods from the plurality of electrodes; n is a positive integer greater than 2.

The second electrical pulse signal output module 520 is configured to control the first electrode group and the second electrode group corresponding to each time period to output electrical pulse signals as a positive electrode and a negative electrode in the second to nth time periods.

Optionally, the at least 4 electrodes are symmetrically distributed on the massage device; in each time period, the first electrode set includes one electrode and the second electrode set includes the remaining electrodes of the at least 4 electrodes.

Optionally, the at least 4 electrodes are symmetrically distributed on the massage device;

in each time period, the first electrode group includes one electrode on one side and all electrodes on the other side of the second electrode group.

Optionally, in one output period, the electrodes included in the first electrode group are periodically switched along a preset direction.

Optionally, the at least 4 electrodes are arranged on the massage device in a rectangular shape, and the electrodes included in the first electrode group are periodically switched along the circumference of the rectangular shape in one output period.

Optionally, the at least 4 electrodes are arranged on the massage device in a ring shape, and the electrodes included in the first electrode group are periodically switched along the ring shape in one output period.

Optionally, the pulse output sequence comprises a plurality of output periods, and the output parameters of the electric pulses of at least some of the output periods are different.

Optionally, the output parameters of the electrical pulses of at least part of the output period increase or decrease in an equal difference or equal ratio.

Optionally, the output parameter comprises at least one of an output frequency, an output pulse width and an output time duration.

Optionally, the electrical pulse signal is an alternating current pulse signal.

It can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art that, for convenience and simplicity of description, the specific working processes of the above-described devices and modules may refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and are not described herein again.

In the several embodiments provided in the present application, the coupling or direct coupling or communication connection between the modules shown or discussed may be through some interfaces, and the indirect coupling or communication connection between the devices or modules may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.

In addition, functional modules in the embodiments of the present application may be integrated into one processing module, or each of the modules may exist alone physically, or two or more modules are integrated into one module. The integrated module can be realized in a hardware mode, and can also be realized in a software functional module mode.

Please refer to fig. 12, which shows a block diagram of a massage apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application. The massage apparatus 600 includes a plurality of electrodes 630 and a controller. Wherein the controller is electrically connected with the plurality of electrodes 630 to control the plurality of electrodes 630 to output electric pulse signals; the controller 610 is configured to perform the methods of the above embodiments. The number of the plurality of electrodes 630 is at least 4. Wherein, the massage device 600 further comprises a pulse generating device, which is connected with at least 4 electrodes for generating electric pulse signals. The pulse generating device is connected to a controller 610.

Controller 610 may include one or more processing cores. The controller 610 connects various parts within the overall massage device 600 using various interfaces and lines to perform various functions of the massage device 600 and process data by executing or executing instructions, programs, code sets, or instruction sets stored in the memory 620 and invoking data stored in the memory 620. Alternatively, the controller 610 may be implemented in hardware using at least one of Digital Signal Processing (DSP), field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), and Programmable Logic Array (PLA). The controller 610 may integrate one or a combination of a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), a modem, and the like. Wherein, the CPU mainly processes an operating system, a user interface, an application program and the like; the GPU is used for rendering and drawing display content; the modem is used to handle wireless communications. It is understood that the modem may not be integrated into the controller 610, but may be implemented by a communication chip.

The Memory 620 may include a Random Access Memory (RAM) or a Read-Only Memory (Read-Only Memory). The memory 620 may be used to store instructions, programs, code sets, or instruction sets. The memory 620 may include a stored program area and a stored data area, wherein the stored program area may store instructions for implementing an operating system, instructions for implementing at least one function (such as a touch function, a pulse signal output function, etc.), instructions for implementing various method embodiments described below, and the like. The storage data area may also store data created by the terminal 100 in use, such as data of output frequency, duration, output pulse width of the electrical pulse signal, and the like.

Referring to fig. 13, a block diagram of a computer-readable storage medium according to an embodiment of the present application is shown. The computer-readable medium 700 has stored therein program code that can be called by a processor to perform the methods described in the above-described method embodiments.

The computer-readable storage medium 700 may be an electronic memory such as a flash memory, an EEPROM (electrically erasable programmable read only memory), an EPROM, a hard disk, or a ROM. Optionally, the computer-readable storage medium 700 includes a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The computer readable storage medium 700 has storage space for program code 710 to perform any of the method steps of the method described above. The program code can be read from or written to one or more computer program products. The program code 710 may be compressed, for example, in a suitable form.

In summary, in the massage apparatus control method and the related apparatus provided by this embodiment, an output positive-negative electrode pair is determined from the at least 4 electrodes, where the output positive-negative electrode pair includes a first electrode group and a second electrode group, the number of electrodes in the first electrode group is smaller than that of electrodes in the second electrode group, and the first electrode group and the second electrode group do not include the same electrodes; and controlling the first electrode group and the second electrode group to be respectively used as a positive electrode and a negative electrode to output electric pulse signals so as to carry out electric stimulation massage on a user. Because the number of the electrodes of the first electrode group is different from that of the motors of the second electrode group, the first electrode group and the second electrode group are respectively used as positive and negative electrodes to output electric pulse signals, when a user is subjected to electric stimulation massage, the two electrode groups respectively have obvious difference on the body feeling generated by the human body, and the body feeling strength generated by the first electrode with less number of electrodes is larger than that generated by the second electrode with more electrodes, so that the body feeling of the human body by the first electrode group is enhanced, and the user experience is further improved. In addition, because the output electric pulse signal can be an alternating current electric pulse signal, the phenomenon that the user is easily pricked due to the fixed current direction is avoided, and the user experience is further improved.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present application, and not to limit the same; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art will understand that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; such modifications and substitutions do not necessarily depart from the spirit and scope of the corresponding technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application.

Claims

1. A method of controlling an output of a massage apparatus, the massage apparatus including at least 4 electrodes, the method comprising:

determining an output positive-negative electrode pair from the at least 4 electrodes, the output positive-negative electrode pair comprising a first electrode group and a second electrode group, the number of electrodes of the first electrode group being less than the number of electrodes of the second electrode group, and the first electrode group and the second electrode group not containing the same electrodes;

and controlling the first electrode group and the second electrode group to be respectively used as a positive electrode and a negative electrode to output electric pulse signals so as to carry out electric stimulation massage on a user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining a first positive-negative electrode pair from the at least 4 electrodes comprises:

acquiring a pulse output sequence corresponding to a current massage mode, and determining an output positive-negative electrode pair corresponding to a first time period from the plurality of electrodes according to the pulse output sequence; the pulse output sequence comprises a plurality of time periods and information of positive and negative electrode pairs corresponding to each time period;

the controlling the first electrode group and the second electrode group to output electric pulse signals respectively as positive and negative electrodes comprises:

and in the first time period, controlling the first electrode group and the second electrode group corresponding to the first time period to be respectively used as a positive electrode and a negative electrode to output electric pulse signals.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein one output cycle of the electrical pulse signal includes N time segments, the method further comprising:

determining output positive and negative electrode pairs respectively corresponding to second to Nth time periods from the plurality of electrodes according to the pulse output sequence; n is a positive integer greater than 2;

and in the second to Nth time periods, respectively controlling the first electrode group and the second electrode group corresponding to each time period to be respectively used as positive and negative electrodes to output electric pulse signals.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the first set of electrodes comprises one electrode and the second set of electrodes comprises the remaining electrodes of the at least 4 electrodes during each time period.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the at least 4 electrodes are symmetrically distributed on the massage device;

in each time period, the first electrode group includes one electrode on one side, and the second electrode group includes all electrodes on the other side.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the massage device comprises at least 6 electrodes, at least 6 electrodes being symmetrically distributed on the massage device;

in each time period, the first electrode group includes one electrode on one side, and the second electrode group includes a part of the electrodes on the other side.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the second electrode set comprises a portion of the electrodes closest to the first electrode set.

8. The method according to any one of claims 4 to 7, wherein the first electrode group comprises different electrodes in two adjacent time periods in one output cycle.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the first electrode set comprises electrodes that are periodically switched in a predetermined direction during an output period.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the at least 4 electrodes are arranged in a rectangular pattern on the massage device, and the first electrode set comprises electrodes periodically switched in a circumferential direction of the rectangular pattern during one output period.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the at least 4 electrodes are arranged in a ring on the massage device, and the first electrode set comprises electrodes that are periodically switched in a circumferential direction of the ring during one output cycle.

12. The method of claim 3, wherein the output sequence of pulses comprises a plurality of output periods, wherein the output parameters of the electrical pulses of at least some of the output periods are different.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the electrical pulses for at least part of the output period have output parameters that increase or decrease in an equal difference or equal ratio.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the output parameters include at least one of output frequency, output pulse width, and output duration.

15. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the electrical pulse signal is an alternating current pulse signal.

16. A massage apparatus control device characterized in that the massage apparatus comprises at least 4 electrodes, the massage apparatus control device comprising:

an output positive-negative electrode pair determining module, configured to determine an output positive-negative electrode pair from the at least 4 electrodes, where the output positive-negative electrode pair includes a first electrode group and a second electrode group, the number of electrodes in the first electrode group is smaller than the number of electrodes in the second electrode group, and the first electrode group and the second electrode group do not include the same electrodes;

and the electric pulse signal output module is used for controlling the first electrode group and the second electrode group to be respectively used as a positive electrode and a negative electrode to output electric pulse signals so as to carry out electric stimulation massage on a user.

17. A massage apparatus, characterized by comprising:

at least 4 electrodes for outputting electrical pulse signals;

the pulse generating device is connected with the at least 4 electrodes and is used for generating electric pulse signals; and

the controller is electrically connected with the pulse generating device to control the pulse generating device to generate an electric pulse signal;

the controller is configured to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 15.

18. A computer-readable storage medium having program code stored therein, the program code being invoked by a processor to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 15.