JP2003250895A - Chair-type message machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a message machine having a function for guiding a respiration of a patient under a voice guidance, more particularly, a massage machine for performing a healing in compliance with the voice guidance and additionally a massage machine having, in addition to the aforesaid function, an informing of dangerous state in cooperation with an operation of the massage machine or enabling a patient to select either a full guide or a convenient guide for the voice guidance. <P>SOLUTION: The massage machine has a massage unit to perform a healing of a patient in compliance with an respiration of the patient, wherein the respiration of the patient is trained by a voice guidance and at the same time the healing is carried out in compliance with the guidance. Further, the respiration process trained under the voice guidance can be selected from the abdomen respiration, Nishino-type respiration and Yoga respiration and the like, or the respiration is set to any one of the aforesaid respirations. In addition, the voice guidance performs an informing of dangerous state through voice in cooperation with an electric reclining operation or an electric foot-rest operation in the chair-type massage machine when these operations are carried out and then the voice guidance drives a motor for the electric reclining operation or a motor for the electric foot-rest operation, respectively. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a chair type massage machine having a voice guide.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, it has been known from Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-91003 that automatic combination of sound effects such as voice and music and control of massage machine and audio equipment is performed without manual operation. In addition, as a medical device and a welfare device, there is known a voice notification type medical welfare device provided with means for giving a voice guidance so that a patient or a user can easily use these devices (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 8-38533). ).

However, there is no massage machine having a function of instructing the breathing of a person to be treated by a voice guide, and no massage machine performing a treatment in accordance with the instruction. For example, it is known that a person can induce relaxation by using a breathing method such as Tanda style, Nishino style, yoga, etc. Furthermore, if a massage is performed in accordance with the instructed breathing, a feeling of relaxation can be induced. There is a further increasing effect.

Further, in the above-mentioned conventional example, the voice guide by voice is used for explaining the method of use and playing music for relaxation at the time of setting, and is not linked to the operation of the massage machine.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a massager having a function of instructing the breathing of a person to be treated by a voice guide, and particularly a massager for performing treatment in accordance with the instruction. . Also, with the above functions,
An object of the present invention is to provide a massage machine in which the user can be notified of danger in conjunction with the operation of the massage machine, and the user can select either the full guide or the simple guide as the voice guide.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the massage machine of the present invention has a massage unit and is a massage machine for performing treatment according to the breath of the user. It is characterized in that breathing is taught by a voice guide and treatment is performed in accordance with the guidance.

Further, the breathing method to be instructed by the voice guide is selectable from the breathing methods such as the Tanda type, the Nishino type and the yoga type, or is set to any one of the above breathing methods. Characterize.

[0008] Furthermore, the voice guide also performs a voice warning during the electric reclining operation or the electric footrest operation of the chair type massage machine in association with the operation to drive the motor for the electric reclining operation or the electric footrest operation. It is characterized by doing.

Furthermore, the voice guide also provides a voice guide of a massage function and an operating method, and the voice guide has two modes of a full guide and a simple guide. Both or one of the voice guides is selected, and the voice guide can be output in association with the selected treatment content.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below. FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a chair-type massage device to which the present invention is applied. Further, FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of FIG.

The massage device comprises a backrest portion 10, a seat portion 11 and a footrest portion 14. Seat part 11
An electric reclining mechanism and a control device (not shown) are housed inside. A back frame is arranged in the backrest 10 of the massage device, and inside the back frame,
A massage unit 12 is held in the back frame so that it can slide up and down. In FIG. 6, for convenience of explanation, the portion 13 in which the back massage unit is stored and the footrest portion 14 are cut open. The massage unit 12 is fitted with a vertical feed screw (not shown), and the feed screw is rotatably held by the back frame. A pulley is attached to the lower part of the feed screw and is connected to a vertical movement motor attached to the back frame via a belt. The vertical movement motor is a control device (CP).
Under the control of U), normal rotation and reverse rotation are possible at any speed. The rotation of the vertical movement motor is transmitted to the feed screw,
The massage unit is configured to be movable between upper and lower movement limit position detecting limit switches (not shown) attached to the back frame.

The massage unit 12 is equipped with a clutch and a treatment drive motor. The rotation of the treatment drive motor causes a roller (firball), which is a treatment element, to swing back and forth and / or left and right, Kneading massage, kneading (or shiatsu) massage, kneading kneading (or shiatsu)
Take action.

The outline of the known massage unit will be described below. FIG. 5 shows the arrangement of parts when the massage unit is viewed from the front, and includes a hitting shaft 39, a kneading shaft 51, a roller arm 56, and a roller (rubbing ball, treatment element) 24.
Eccentric shafts 40 and 41 fixed to both ends of the hitting shaft 39
And the two roller arms 56 are engaged by ball joints 57, respectively. Ball joint 5
7 is slidable in the axial direction of the eccentric shafts 40, 41, and the eccentric shafts 40, 41 and the two roller arms 56 can be engaged with each other at an arbitrary angle.

The helical gear 43 is engaged with the helical gear 50 fixed to the kneading shaft 51. Two eccentric inclined cylindrical members 54 are fixed to both ends of the kneading shaft 51, and permanent magnets 52 for detecting the rotational position are fixed. Further, the roller 24 shown in FIG.
The Hall element 53 is arranged at a position facing the permanent magnet 52 at the rotational position where the width of the hall becomes the narrowest. A slider 55 having a substantially rectangular outer shape is rotatably attached to the eccentric inclined cylindrical member 54 with respect to the eccentric inclined cylindrical member 54, and the slider 55 slides only in a direction substantially parallel to the paper surface of FIG. It is movably fitted to the roller arm 56.

Next, each operation will be described. "Strike"
In the case of, the power of the motor is transmitted to the striking worm, and the striking shaft 39 rotates. Then, since the eccentric shafts 40 and 41 arranged at rotational positions different in phase by 180 degrees rotate while being eccentric, the roller arm 56 and the roller 24 are rotationally driven via the ball joint 57, and the left and right rollers 24 are moved. Alternately project and strike. It is possible to strike at any width position of the roller 24.

In the case of "rubbing", the power of the motor is transmitted to the rubbing worm gear and the rubbing shaft 51 is rotated. Two eccentric inclined cylindrical members 54 are fixed to both ends of the kneading shaft 51, and a slider 55 having a substantially rectangular outer shape is attached to the eccentric inclined cylindrical member 54.
It is attached so that it can rotate with respect to the slider 5
Reference numeral 5 is fitted to the roller arm 56 so as to be slidable only in a direction substantially parallel to the paper surface of FIG.

Therefore, when the rubbing shaft 51 is rotated, the direction of the inclined surface of the eccentric inclined cylindrical member 54 is rotated, and the surfaces of the slider 55 and the roller arm 56 maintain the same surface as the inclined surface. The roller arm 56 and the roller 24 swing left and right around the inclined cylindrical member 54, so that the interval between the rollers 24 becomes wider or narrower.

By rotating the kneading shaft 51,
When the hall element 53 detects the permanent magnet 52, the width between the left and right rollers is the narrowest position. The number of times of rubbing is counted by the detection signal of this Hall element. The width position of the roller 24 is determined by setting the drive voltage and drive time of the motor with reference to the narrow position detected by the hall element 53. Therefore, the width position of the roller 24 can be arbitrarily controlled by controlling the drive voltage and drive time of the motor based on the detection signal from the hall element 53. When both rubbing and tapping are performed simultaneously, the power of the motor 25 is transmitted to both the tapping shaft 39 and the rubbing shaft 51, and the above-described rubbing and tapping operations are performed simultaneously.

The structure and operation of these are well known,
Details are disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-258972. Further, the present invention is preferably used for a three-axis drive type chair massager proposed by the applicant (Japanese Patent Application No. 2001-349496) because a finer treatment pattern can be selected. The structure of the proposed chair-type massage machine is as follows.

In the proposed chair-type massage machine, a massage unit provided on a back of a user to be treated is provided with a massage unit that can be moved up and down along a seat back which supports the back of the user to be seated on a seat of a chair. The treatment is provided by providing a child and a treatment link means for supporting the treatment child, and causing the treatment link means to perform a massage motion of a kneading motion and a tapping motion by driving a kneading shaft and a hitting shaft pivotally supported by the massage unit. In the chair-type massage machine for massaging a person, the massage unit additionally supports a shiatsu shaft that transmits an independent shiatsu motion, which is separate from the rubbing motion and the tapping motion, to the therapy link means, and the therapy is performed. The link means independently operates any one of the kneading movement, the tapping movement, and the acupressure movement by driving the acupressure shaft. Not only among respective massage movements, which is constituted so as to be performed even a combination movement combined to choose at least one two massage movements.

Further, the treatment link means provided in the massage unit is formed by a pantograph-shaped four-node rotary link mechanism, and one of the four rotary coupling parts of the four-node rotary link mechanism is rotationally coupled. Is rotatably supported with respect to the kneading shaft, and the other end of the tapping push rod is attached to the tapping shaft at one end, and the acupressure push rod is attached to the acupressure shaft at the other end. The other end is separately coupled to a pair of links of the four-node rotary link mechanism pivotally supported by the rotary coupling portion via ball joints. Also,
The treatment arm is swingably provided at an opposing rotary coupling portion located at a position facing the rotary coupling portion of the four-node rotary link mechanism, and a pair of the treatment elements are attached to upper and lower ends of the treatment arm. .

Hereinafter, the proposed massage machine will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 8 is an external perspective view of the massage unit of the proposed chair-type massage seen from the front side, FIG. 9 is an external perspective view of the massage unit shown in FIG. 8 seen from the rear side, and FIG. 10 is a treatment link means. FIG. 11 is a side view illustrating the configuration of the four-node rotary link mechanism, FIG. 11 is a side view of a main part assembly showing a state in which the four-node rotary link mechanism is incorporated in the massage unit, and FIG. 12 is a massage unit viewed from the left side of FIG. FIG. 13 is a rear view, FIG. 13 is an operation explanatory view for explaining a tapping trajectory when the four-bar rotary link mechanism is tapped, (a) is a side view showing the link mechanism in a contracted state, and (b) is an expanded state. FIG. 14 is an operation explanatory view for explaining the acupressure orbit when the four-bar rotary link mechanism performs acupressure motion, (a) is a side view showing a state in which the link mechanism is contracted, and (b) is an expanded view. Indicates the state It is a surface view.

As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the base plate 31a of the massage unit 31 is formed by sheet metal working, and the flanges 31b on both sides of the base plate 31a are formed.
Each of the three rollers 31c is provided on the shaft, and moves up and down while rolling along a seat frame in a seat back (not shown). A gear box 32 is attached to a substantially central portion on the back surface side of the base plate 31a, and a kneading shaft 33, a tapping shaft 34, and a finger-pressure shaft 35 are axially mounted in three stages arranged in parallel in the vertical direction. In the gear box 32,
Gear reduction mechanisms G1, G2, G3 formed of a worm gear mechanism or the like corresponding to the shafts 33 to 35 are housed (see FIG. 1).
2). Worm G1a and worm wheel G1b (Fig. 1
The gear reduction mechanism G1 for the kneading shaft 33 described in 1) is driven by the kneading drive motor 37 via the belt 36 (FIG. 12) to rotate the kneading shaft 33. Similarly, the tapping shaft 34 is
It is rotated by a gear reduction mechanism G2 for a beating shaft 34 driven by a beating drive motor 139 via a belt 38 (FIG. 9). Similarly, the worm G3a and the worm wheel G3
The gear reduction mechanism G3 for the acupressure shaft 35 is a belt 1
The acupressure shaft 35 is driven by the acupressure drive motor 141 via 40 (FIG. 12). Thus, the kneading drive motor 37, the belt 36, and the gear reduction mechanism G1 form a kneading drive unit, which is a beating drive motor 39 and a gear reduction mechanism G
2. The striking drive unit by the belt 38 further includes the acupressure drive motor 141, the belt 140, and the gear reduction mechanism G3.
Thus, the acupressure driving units are respectively formed. In addition,
The belt 140 may be a toothed belt, a flat belt, a V-belt, or the like.

In this way, in the two left and right watermark windows 31d (FIG. 8) formed by notching the base plate 31a, a treatment link for performing a kneading motion, a tapping motion, and an acupressure motion by each of the kneading, tapping, and acupressure driving units. With the means 142 supporting the treatment element 143, the treatment element 143 is passed through from the rear surface side to the front surface side.

Next, the structure of the newly developed treatment link means 142 shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 will be described. It is as follows. That is, the treatment link means 142 is a pantograph-shaped four-bar rotary link mechanism in which four links L1 to L4 are rotatably coupled by four pins P1 to P4 (also referred to as “rotary coupling portions”), The pin P3 is coaxially supported so as to be swingable with respect to the kneading shaft 33. The four-node rotary link mechanism 142 moves in a pantograph manner with the rotary coupling portion of the pin P3 as a fixed point. Each of the links L1 to L4 is preferably made of a hard synthetic resin material in order to satisfy the requirements for weight reduction, quietness, and mechanical strength, but a sheet metal product may be used as appropriate. May be a combination of. The return spring 1 is provided between the link L2 and the treatment arm 144 that rotatably supports the treatment element 143.
45 (FIG. 8) is stretched, and the treatment arm 1 is provided by its spring force.
44 is always biased in the arrow Z direction (FIG. 11). The treatment arm 144 is swingably supported by the pin P1 that is an opposed rotary coupling portion that is disposed opposite to the pin P3.

The pin P3 corresponds to a protruding kneading shaft 33a protruding from the shaft end of the kneading shaft 33, which will be described later, and serves as a driving shaft for imparting a kneading motion to the treatment link means 142 by the rotation of the kneading shaft 33. In addition, the pin P3 functions as a swing center for swinging the link L3 and the link L2 of the treatment link means 142 when the treatment element 143 strikes or performs shiatsu movement described later.

A tapping push rod 146 is provided between the tapping shaft 34 and the link L3. In order to allow the movement of the link L3 during the kneading movement, the upper end of the hitting push rod 146 has a ball joint 146.
The link L3 is coupled via a (FIG. 10), and the lower end 146b of the push rod 146 is coupled so as to allow swinging in a direction perpendicular to the paper surface of FIG.

The acupressure shaft 35 for performing the acupressure motion added as a newly developed massage motion is provided between the acupressure shaft 35 and the link L2 in the same manner as the above-mentioned massaging shaft 33.
An acupressure push rod 147 is provided. The upper end of the acupressure push rod 147 has a ball joint 147a.
(FIG. 10) via the link L2, its lower end 1
The link 47b is coupled so that the link L2 is allowed to swing in a direction perpendicular to the plane of FIG.

Next, as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12,
The above-described four-bar rotary link mechanism 142 is installed in the gear box 32.
And the massage unit 31 is formed. First, the relationship between the kneading shaft 33 and the pin P3 will be described.
The pin P3 is formed so that both shaft end surfaces of the kneading shaft 33 are inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis of the kneading shaft 33, and the protruding kneading shafts 33a and 33b project in a direction substantially orthogonal to the inclined surface.
Is provided, and the links L2 and L3 are coaxially supported by the shafts 33a and 33b. Then, the main surface of the four-node rotation link mechanism 142, which is the treatment link means, has its main surface protruding and kneaded.
It is arranged so that it exists in a plane oriented in a direction substantially orthogonal to b. In this way, a pair of treatment link means 142 is provided on the left and right of the gear box 32. When the beating shaft 34 and the acupressure shaft 35 are stopped, only the kneading shaft 33 rotates, so that the four-node rotation link mechanism 142 can knead.

Next, the attachment structure of the beating shaft 34 and the beating push rod 146 is as follows. Eccentric shafts 34b and 34c are provided at both ends of the beating shaft 34 at positions where their phases are opposite to each other, offset from the center of rotation of the main shaft 34a of the beating shaft 34. The lower end of the hitting push rod 146 is pivotally supported by the eccentric shafts 34b and 34c. That is, as a result, the left and right push rods 146 are alternately moved up and down by the crank movement of the eccentric shafts 34b and 34c. The link L3 swings around the pin P3 in accordance with the vertical movement of the tapping push rod 146, and the shoulder can be tapped.

Acupressure shaft 35 and acupressure push rod 147
With respect to the attachment structure of and, the eccentric shafts 35a and 35b are provided at both ends of the acupressure shaft 35 so as to project, as in the case of the tapping shaft 34. However, unlike the case of the beating shaft 34, since both the eccentric shafts 35a and 35b are arranged in the same phase in left-right symmetry, the left and right push rods 147 both move up and down in the same direction. As the acupressure push rod 47 moves up and down, the pair of left and right links L2 is pin P
Simultaneous swinging in the same direction around 3 enables shiatsu massage.

The massage motion by the massage unit 31 can be controlled by an electronic control system so that each of the above motions can be performed independently and independently, but any two massage motions can be combined or three can be performed. The massage movements can be controlled to work in combination at the same time. Further, it is possible to control the strength or speed of each movement or to operate the movement.

The operation of the massage machine will be described. First, as shown in FIG. 11 and FIG. 12, in the kneading motion mode, only the kneading drive motor 37 drives and the hitting push rod 146 and the acupressure push rod 14 are driven.
7 does not move. Therefore, the treatment link means 142 is restrained in a stopped state, and only the kneading shaft 33 rotates,
The treatment link means 30 performs a tilting movement by the kneading shaft 33, and the treatment link means 142 moves so as to draw a kneading movement trajectory as a whole. Therefore, the treatment element 143 can approach the treatment link means 30 in the direction of the arrow N or be separated in the direction of the arrow D to perform a kneading motion to massage the shoulder of the user.

As shown in FIG. 13, in order to perform the tapping motion mode, only the tapping drive motor 139 is driven. Since the acupressure shaft 35 is stopped, the movement of the link L2 is fixed. Hitting Push Rod 1
Since only 46 moves up and down, only link L3 is pin P3
The four-node rotation link mechanism 142 makes a pantograph movement by swinging about. At this time, since the lever ratio is larger than that in the acupressure movement mode, the amount of movement of the massaging element 143 in the front-back direction is larger than that in the acupressure movement mode. Thus, the pair of four-bar rotary link mechanisms 142 arranged on the left and right sides.
13 so that the center point of the pin P1 draws the locus Q.
The deformation is performed by repeating the closed state shown in (a) and the opened state as shown in FIG. As a result, the pair of left and right treatment elements 143 alternately perform left and right tapping motions, and the shoulder tap of the user can be treated.

As shown in FIG. 14, when the acupressure movement mode is performed, only the acupressure drive motor 141 is driven. The tapping shaft 34 and the push rod 1 for the tapping
46 has stopped, so the movement of link L3 is fixed,
Only the acupressure push rod 147 moves up and down. Therefore, only the link L2 swings around the pin P3.
Therefore, as a result, the pantograph mechanism as the four-bar rotation link mechanism, that is, the treatment link means 30 is pin P.
Deformation is performed repeatedly between the closed state as shown in FIG. 14A and the opened state as shown in FIG. 14B so that the center point of 1 draws the locus R. As a result, it is possible to cause the treatment element 22 to perform acupressure exercise and to apply acupressure massage to the user.

FIG. 1 shows a remote control display section of the chair type massage machine of the present invention. As can be seen from the display unit 1, the chair type massage machine of the present invention is provided with the following six types of automatic treatment courses. (1) Respiratory detection course Detects respiration, relaxes the body with rhythmical movements that match the respiratory cycle, and induces sleep. (2) Relaxed course With a monotonous rhythm that is gentle to the body, it gently stimulates the entire body and induces relaxation. (3) Refreshing course By stretching the back muscles, the whole body is stretched and the fatigue of the body is healed. (4) Rigid loosening course Recovers muscle fatigue with intensive stimulation with a stimulating sensation. (5) Point course The selected point is locally stimulated. (6) Area course Focusing on the selected range in a round trip.

FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of this treatment control. The remote control display section is provided with an on / off switch 15 for voice guidance. The voice guide of the present invention will be described below.

It is known that a person can induce relaxation by using a breathing method such as the Tanda style, Nishino style, yoga, etc., and further, if a massage is performed in accordance with the instructed breathing, a feeling of relaxation can be obtained. Has the effect of further increasing the induction of.

For example, in the case of the yoga type, "take a breath ..."
(4 seconds), "Stop ..." (7 seconds), "Spit ..." (8
Seconds) and the like to instruct the person to be breathed by voice. At this time, for example, in the case of a moving fir, the movement of the fir tree is ascending by "breathing ...", widening the fir tree width, stopping by "Stop ...", descending by "Exhaling ..." The movement of the treatment element is controlled so as to assist the movement of the ribs due to breathing in accordance with the breathing method, such as narrowing the fir width.

Although the relaxation guidance by the conventional treatment is passive, it is possible to actively induce the relaxation by adjusting the breathing by the guidance of voice. Therefore, the relaxation effect can be induced from both passive and active sides by performing the breathing instruction by voice as well as the muscle relaxation by the massage machine. Here, “passive” means that the respiration is guided by a treatment element in a relaxing direction, that is, for the person to be treated, passive breathing adjustment, and “active” means that the person to be treated is as described above. It means to induce the relaxation by adjusting the breathing according to the voice instruction.

Further, in accordance with the voice guide, control may be performed such that the treatment element is raised by a rolling operation when inhaling, and the treatment element is slowly lowered by a rolling operation at the timing of exhaling. For example, the breathing interval is set to gradually increase. As a result, the breathing is guided in a yoga manner by the synergistic effect of the voice guide and the upper and lower sides of the rolling, thereby naturally leading to a relaxed state. In addition, the interlocking of breathing and massage relaxes the muscles and relaxes mentally.

When the breathing of the person to be treated is instructed by a voice guide and the treatment is performed in accordance with the instruction, the linked operation of the voice guide and the treatment is to control the treatment in accordance with the timing of voice output. There are two possible methods of detecting the respiration of the person to be treated and linking the treatment in accordance with the timing of the actual respiration. In the latter case, it is necessary to detect the breathing of the person to be treated. As shown in FIG. 3, the breathing detection is performed by the breathing detectors 1, 2 and 3 including an airbag provided in a place where the load of the person can be detected. Etc. The block diagram of the massage machine control in this case is shown in Fig. 4.
Shown in.

The voice guide can also be used as an alarm or an operation guide. The types of voice output are summarized below: (1) Breathing guidance A voice guidance that guides relaxation by performing breathing guidance accompanying massage based on the breathing method such as the Tanda style, Nishino style, and yoga as described above. (2) Warning For avoiding danger, for example, during reclining operation of the massage machine (backrest: sleeping, waking up) or during electric footrest operation (leg rest: rising, lowering), an announcement is given by voice at the start of the operation.

That is, when the electric reclining and electric footrest operation switches (16, 17) on the remote controller are pressed and the motor is started, a sound for avoiding danger is output from the speaker incorporated in the massage machine. (3) Function A voice guide that explains each function and operation content. Description of automatic courses and other features (eg foot roller, seat vip,
Swing). (4) Operation guide This is a voice guide for guiding which operation button can be selected next when a certain operation button is pressed.

In the voice guide, the following patterns can be selected by the voice guide switch (15 in FIG. 1). Return to "Full voice guide"->"Simple voice guide"->"Simple voice guide"->OFF->"Full voice guide".

The contents of the above pattern are as follows. (1) Full voice guide In addition to “breathing guidance” and “alarm”, “function” and “operation method” are all voice-guided. (2) Simple voice guidance In addition to "breathing guidance" and "alarm", only "function" is voice-guided. (3) Simple voice guidance In addition to "breathing guidance" and "alarm", only "operation method" is voice-guided.

Conventionally, it is possible to operate with or without a voice guide, but some users may be noisy with voice, and without it, it may not be possible to know how to use the voice guide. Corresponding to, it is possible to switch between full voice guide and simple voice guide.

That is, when the operation method / function is completely unknown, the switch can be switched to the full voice guide mode, and if a person is thoroughly familiar with it, the simple voice guide mode or no voice guide can be used.

The voice guide of the present invention can be used not only in a chair type massage machine but also in another massage machine such as a bed type massage machine.

[0050]

As described above, the relaxation induction by the conventional medical treatment is passive, but the present invention can actively induce the relaxation by inducing breathing by the voice guidance. Therefore, the relaxation effect can be induced from both passive and active sides by performing the breathing instruction by voice as well as the muscle relaxation by the massage machine.

When the breathing interval is set to be gradually longer in accordance with the voice guide, the breathing is guided in a yoga manner by the synergistic effect of the voice guide and the upper and lower sides of the rolling, so that the breather naturally relaxes. Be guided.

The voice guide can also be used as an alarm or an operation guide.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a view showing a remote control display unit of a massage machine used in the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a control circuit of the massage machine.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an appearance of a chair-type massage machine including a breathing detector.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a breathing detection circuit of the massage machine.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a conventionally known massage unit.

FIG. 6 is an external perspective view of a conventional chair-type massage machine.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a conventional chair-type massage machine.

FIG. 8 is an external perspective view of a massage unit of another chair type massage to which the present invention is applied, as seen from the front side.

9 is an external perspective view of the massage unit of FIG. 8 viewed from the rear side.

FIG. 10 is a side view illustrating the configuration of a four-bar rotation link mechanism that is a treatment link means.

FIG. 11 is a side view of a main part assembly showing a state in which a four-bar rotation link mechanism is incorporated in a massage unit.

12 is a rear view of the massage unit viewed from the left side of FIG.

13A and 13B are operation explanatory diagrams for explaining a tapping trajectory when the four-bar rotary link mechanism performs a tapping motion, FIG. 13A is a side view showing a state in which the link mechanism is contracted, and FIG. 13B is an expanded state. It is a side view shown.

14A and 14B are operation explanatory views for explaining the acupressure orbit when the four-bar rotary link mechanism performs acupressure movement, FIG. 14A is a side view showing a state in which the link mechanism is contracted, and FIG. 14B is an expanded state. It is a side view shown.

[Explanation of symbols]

1,2,3 breath detector 10 backrest 11 sheets 14 footrest

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A massage machine having a massage unit for performing treatment in accordance with the breathing of a person to be treated, wherein the breathing of the person to be treated is instructed by a voice guide and the treatment in accordance with the instruction is performed. Characteristic massage machine. 2. The breathing method to be instructed by the voice guide is selectable from breathing methods such as the Tanda style, Nishino style, and yoga, or is set to any one of the above breathing styles. The massage machine according to claim 1, which is characterized in that 3. The voice guide also gives a voice warning in conjunction with an electric reclining operation or an electric footrest operation in a chair-type massage machine, and drives a motor for the electric reclining operation or the electric footrest operation. The said claim 1 characterized by the above-mentioned.
Massage machine described. 4. The voice guide also provides a voice guide of a massage function and an operation method, and the voice guide has two modes of a full guide and a simple guide, and both the massage function and the operation guide are provided. 2. The chair type massage machine according to claim 1, wherein one of the voice guides is selected, and the voice guide can be output in association with the selected treatment content.