JP2007190158A - Massage machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a massage machine, by which a treater performs a massage operation with two or more independently driven driving shafts, to be smoothly moved two-dimensionally and three-dimensionally at all times. <P>SOLUTION: The massage machine is provided with: a driving means for individually driving the treater back and forth in different shaft directions; and a control part CU for driving the driving means in the respective shaft directions on the basis of control data and making the treater make movements drawing required trajectories by the combination of the movements in the respective shaft directions. The control part individually drives the respective driving means on the basis of speed data in the respective shaft directions that the control data have. By controlling and driving the movements in the respective shaft directions by the speed, the movements of the respective shafts do not interfere with each other. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a massage machine that causes a treatment element to perform a massage operation with two or more drive axes that are independently driven.

  A three-axis drive shaft that is independently driven, and a two-dimensional or three-dimensional combined operation by combining the two-axis to three-axis movements by these drive axes, so that a so-called massage massage is performed. There is a realized massage machine (see Patent Document 1).

  In this case, the treatment element cannot be made to perform the required movement without synchronizing the movements of the respective axes. Therefore, in the case shown in Patent Document 1, even if the movement by a certain drive axis reaches the target position, When the movement by the drive shaft of the motor does not reach the target position, the former movement is synchronized until the movement of the latter reaches the target position.

In this case, since only one of the two axes is moving, the locus of the treatment element becomes linear along the one-axis direction, and thus a smooth circular locus is drawn. You can't get it even if you want.
JP 2004-016514 A

  The present invention was invented in view of the above-described conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a massage machine that can always obtain two-dimensional or three-dimensional movements as smooth. is there.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the massage machine according to the present invention comprises a driving means for individually reciprocatingly driving a treatment element in different axial directions, and a driving means for each axial direction based on control data to drive each of the axial directions. In a massage machine comprising a control unit that causes the treatment element to perform a movement that draws a desired locus by a combination of movements, the control unit individually drives each driving means based on speed data in each axial direction that the control data has It is characterized by being. The movement of each axis is controlled and driven at a speed so that the movement of each axis does not interfere with each other.

  At this time, if the control data is set to speed data every predetermined time, even if the load is large and the speed does not come out according to the command value, the amount of movement is reduced and the change in the shape of the trajectory is small and smooth. Can keep a good trajectory.

  Provided with a speed sensor that detects the movement in each axis direction, and the controller performs speed feedback control, the speed fluctuation due to the magnitude of the load can be suppressed. Can do.

  If the control data is obtained by shifting the reversal timing of the movement in each axial direction, the one reciprocating cycle in each axial direction is different, or the moving amount of the forward path and the backward path in one reciprocating operation in each axial direction is different, Various movements can be easily obtained.

  Provided with a position sensor that detects the position in each axis direction, and the control unit is to stop the movement in each axis direction based on the position sensor output, it needs a position correction operation to perform the next operation. Therefore, unnatural movement for the user can be eliminated.

  At this time, if the position to be stopped is on a tangent line extending in any axial direction of the trajectory of the movement so far, it is possible to obtain a stopping operation that does not cause a sense of discomfort.

  In the present invention, since the movement in each axis direction is controlled and driven at a speed, the movements of each axis are not affected by each other. Compared to the conventional example in which the movement is controlled based on the position. Thus, an unnatural trajectory does not occur, and a motion that draws a smooth trajectory can always be obtained.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings. First, the mechanical mechanism of the massage machine capable of independently moving the xyz 3 axes will be described. In FIGS. 4 to 7, reference numeral 1 in the figure denotes a massage mechanism having a gripping massage function. The massage mechanism 1 disposed in the backrest so as to be capable of self-propelled up and down includes a vertical drive shaft 12 and a strong and weak drive shaft (not shown) between the side plates 11 and 11 at both ends in the width direction constituting the frame. And a movable unit 14 are disposed. In the figure, reference numeral 5 denotes a treatment element lower cover.

  The vertical drive shaft 12 is rotationally driven by a vertical drive motor 15 fixed to one side plate 11, and rollers 16 and pinions 17 are attached to both ends thereof. Since the roller 16 rolls on a rail disposed in the backrest and the pinion 17 meshes with a rack attached to the rail, the massage mechanism moves along the rail in the backrest by driving the vertical drive motor 15. And run up and down. The strength drive shaft is rotationally driven by a strength motor fixed to the other side plate 11, and a gear for rotating the movable unit 14 is attached.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the movable unit 14 has a width drive shaft 20 and two slide guide shafts 21 and 21 installed between a pair of left and right gear plates 19 and 19, and a pair of left and right treatment element units 7 (FIGS. 4 and 5). 5 shows only one treatment element unit 7), and both ends of the width drive shaft 20 that can freely rotate about the axis with respect to both gear plates 19, 19 are connected to the massage mechanism. It is arrange | positioned between the side plates 11 and 11 by being rotatably supported by a pair of side plates 11 and 11. The tooth portion 19a on the outer peripheral surface of the gear plate 19 meshes with the gear of the strong and weak drive shaft, and when the strong and weak drive shaft rotates, the movable unit 14 rotates around the axis of the width drive shaft 20, and the treatment element The amount of protrusion of the treatment elements 2b, 2a provided in the unit 7 to the front side of the backrest is changed. The width driving shaft 20 is rotationally driven by a width driving motor fixed to one side plate 11.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the treatment element unit 7 includes an arm pace plate 22 as a treatment element support member, an upper arm 4b having the treatment element 2b attached to the tip, a lower arm 4a having the treatment element 2a attached to the tip, and the like. The arm base plate 22 that rotatably supports the base end portions of the upper arm 4b and the lower arm 4a by a support shaft 23 includes a feed nut 24 that is screwed into a threaded portion of the width drive shaft 20, and The sliders 25 and 25 are slidably fitted to the slide guide shafts 21 and 21, and the axial positions of the width drive shaft 20 and the slide guide shaft 21 are changed by the rotation of the width drive shaft 20. The threaded portion formed on the width drive shaft 20 has one of the left and right sides where the feed nuts 24 and 24 of the pair of treatment element units 7 and 7 mesh with each other as a reverse screw. It from each arm base plate 22 in the left-right pair of treatment elements units 7,7 and away from approaching each other by the rotation of the width drive shaft 20.

  When the vertical drive shaft 12 is driven by the vertical drive motor 15, the massage mechanism 1 moves up and down in the backrest as described above and changes the positions of the treatment elements 2b and 2a up and down. Further, when the strength driving shaft is driven by the strength driving motor, the movable unit 14 rotates around the axis of the width driving shaft 20 as described above, so that the treatment element 2b as viewed from the width driving shaft 20 moves forward. The amount of protrusion, that is, the strength with which the treatment element 2b presses the human body changes. Further, by driving the width drive shaft 20 with the width drive motor, the pair of left and right treatment element units 7 and 7 approach and separate in the left and right direction, which is the axial direction of the width drive shaft 20, and the left and right treatment elements 2b, The horizontal position and interval of 2a are changed.

  In this massage machine, by combining the above operations by the three motors, the treatment elements 2b and 2a are allowed to perform a two-dimensional compound operation and a three-dimensional compound operation, thereby realizing a so-called massage massage. Is.

  Airbags 26 and 27, which are actuators for gripping and massaging, are provided between the upper arm 4b and the lower arm 4a. When the airbag 26 is inflated by the supply of air, as shown in FIG. 7, the arms 4a and 4b are rotated around the support shaft 23 in the direction in which the treatment elements 2b and 2a at the tips of the arms 4b and 4a approach each other, On the contrary, the airbag 27 rotates the arms 4a and 4b in the direction in which the treatment elements 2b and 2a move away. By the approaching / separating operation of the pair of treatment elements 2b and 2a arranged at intervals in the vertical direction by the airbags 26 and 27, the treatment elements 2b and 2a can grasp and massage the human body. .

  Furthermore, a pair of left and right treatment elements 2b, 2a are provided, and the treatment elements 2b, 2a are in a state where the movable range of the upper arm 4b and the lower arm 4a is limited with respect to the arm base plate 22. Since the upper and lower treatment elements 2b and 2a are both in contact with the back of the human body by rotating within the movable range, When the float lock airbag 28, which is an actuator provided between the upper arm 4 b and the arm base plate 22, is inflated, the upper arm 4 b (and the lower arm 4 a) rotates about the support shaft 23 with respect to the arm base plate 22. In order to push out the treatment element 2b to the front side of the backrest, it is possible to obtain a state in which only the treatment element 2b on the upper side is in contact with the human body. The increase in the urging force of the upper arm 4b due to the expansion of the airbag 28 that functions as a spring narrows the rotatable area of the upper arm 4b and the lower arm 4a with respect to the arm base plate 22, and the airbag. When the 28 is expanded to the maximum, the rotation range becomes substantially zero. However, when a large load is applied to the treatment element 2b, the airbag 28 contracts, so that the load on the human body does not become excessive.

  Each of the above operations is performed under the control of the control unit CU shown in FIG. The vertical sensor, the strength sensor, and the width sensor in the figure are for drive control of the vertical motor, the strength motor, and the width motor. Although not shown here, an air driving unit including an air pump and an electromagnetic valve for supplying and discharging air to and from the airbags 26 to 28 is also under the control of the control unit CU.

  Here, when the treatment elements 2b and 2a perform two-dimensional or three-dimensional movements, the control unit CU reads out the control data stored in the storage unit M, and the motors described above are read based on the control data. Is driven through the width drive unit, the vertical drive unit, and the strength drive unit to cause the treatment elements 2b and 2a to move in a desired path. The data describing the velocity data for each axis is used. FIG. 3 shows an example of control data when the treatment elements 2b and 2a draw a substantially circular locus by combining the vertical direction drive and the width direction drive (shown as continuous data for convenience, but in actuality it is discrete. Data). As is apparent from the figure, the speed data is data including the moving direction.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the control unit CU drives each target drive shaft so that the speed is based on the control data at every required time timing, and maintains the speed until the next time timing. If the vertical drive motor and the width drive motor are driven based on the sinusoidal vertical drive control data and the width drive data shown in FIG. 3, the treatment elements 2b and 2a are circular in the vertical and horizontal planes. Moves along a trajectory (including an ellipse). In this way, since each axis is driven based on individual velocity data, the movement of each axis is not affected by the movement of the other axes, as in the case of driving based on conventional position data. An unnatural trajectory does not occur and a smooth trajectory can be drawn. Although the illustrated example shows a combination of two-axis movements, it is needless to say that the other axis may be similarly driven by individual speed data. In addition, although the movement of two axes is started at the same time here, the movement of the other axis may be started after a predetermined time since one of the movements is started. The movement of the other axis may be started after detecting the movement to the position.

  Furthermore, even if the control data itself is not the speed but the position of the shaft, it is sufficient if it is converted into the shaft speed inside the control unit CU and output to the drive unit. Further, if the motor rotation speed and the magnetic domain speed are in a proportional relationship, the data may be the motor rotation speed.

  By the way, since the timing of reversing the direction of movement is determined by time, when the load is heavy and the speed according to the control data cannot be obtained, as indicated by the broken line in FIG. Compared with the case where the speed is obtained, the rough trajectory is almost the same, but the movement amount is small.

  For this point, a sensor for detecting the speed of movement of each axis may be provided to provide feedback. 10 and 11 show a case where each motor is provided with a rotation speed detection unit for feedback. In this case, since it can be moved at a specified speed even when the load is large, one multi-motion convex is not reduced, and the intended locus can be reliably drawn.

  By the way, having the control data as speed data means that, as shown in FIG. 11, if the sine wave-like control data of the top and bottom and the width has a phase difference of 90 °, and the movement amount per round trip is equalized. 12 (a), a trajectory for drawing a perfect circle will be drawn. By changing the amount of movement per round trip depending on the axis, an elliptical trajectory as shown in FIG. 12 (b) will be drawn. Further, as shown in FIG. 13, when the phase difference is set to 45 ° or 0 °, an elliptical locus inclined obliquely or an oblique linear locus can be drawn as shown in FIG.

  Furthermore, since the phase shift gradually changes by shifting the periods T1 and T2 of the respective axes, the trajectory can be gradually changed as shown in FIG.

  Further, even if the periods T1 and T2 are the same, if the movement amount of the forward path (velocity is positive) and the movement amount of the backward path (velocity is negative) are changed by only one axis, v1> v2 shown in FIG. In this case, the movement shown in FIG. 16 (b) where the position of drawing the circle gradually shifts can be obtained. In the case of v3> v4 shown in FIG. 17 (a), the position of drawing the circle little by little in the left-right direction. The movement shown in FIG. 17 (b) gradually deviating can be obtained. Of course, when both the conditions of v1> v2, v3> v4 are satisfied, it is possible to obtain a movement in which the position of drawing the circle is shifted obliquely.

  When stopping the movement, the movement may be stopped at a predetermined position using the position sensor described above. FIG. 18 shows a flowchart in this case. The number of times that the moving direction is forward / reversed during the operation instructed from the control data of the storage unit M is counted, and is detected by the position sensor after the last forward / reverse operation. If the position is a predetermined position, the motor is immediately stopped even if data remains. If you want to stop two or more axes at the specified coordinates using the position sensor, stop the movement of the axis when you come to the stop position, and continue the movement until the other axes come to the stop position. Good. Depending on the position sensor fluctuation, the data may end before the stop position is reached. Therefore, the data may be described in advance or the last speed data may be a value other than zero. Good.

  However, when stopping two or more axes with the position sensor output, if the stop position is set on the trajectory up to that point (a position in FIG. 19), when one axis reaches first, the movement of the other axis Will draw a trajectory inside the trajectory, which will feel uncomfortable for the user. Therefore, the stop position is preferably set on a tangential line (a mouth in FIG. 19) extending in a direction along one of the axes (preferably in the vertical direction) from the previous trajectory. Since the movement toward the stop position is a continuous movement with respect to the previous trajectory, the user does not feel uncomfortable. In addition, the user can recognize the end of the massage technique by drawing a certain trajectory. Although the case where the position sensor is used for the stop has been described, it is needless to say that the control data itself may be directed to the stop position port.

  The use of the position sensor is also effective in the following cases. That is, if the drive based on the speed data is performed for a long time, the deviation from the assumed position may increase depending on the load, and the direction of the deviation is a dangerous direction for the human body, It is a problem if it reaches an area that is damaged. For this purpose, it is desirable to always monitor the position of each axis by a position sensor, and immediately stop the massage and return to the start position of the massage procedure when the position shifts to a certain position. In addition to the above-mentioned workaround by the position sensor, the maximum amount of load assumed in advance is applied to measure the amount of movement of the trajectory due to the load. It is also effective to insert such actions.

  Further, in each of the above examples, the control data has been described with the speed data set for each predetermined time, but the speed data may be set for each predetermined movement amount. Even in this case, the same effects as those of the above examples can be obtained.

It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of an example of embodiment of this invention. It is a block circuit diagram same as the above. It is explanatory drawing of an example of control data same as the above. It is a perspective view of an example of a massage machine barrel same as the above. It is a perspective view of a movable unit same as the above. It is a disassembled perspective view of a treatment element unit same as the above. It is a side view which shows the same grip massage operation | movement. (a) (b) is explanatory drawing of other examples of operation | movement same as the above. It is a block circuit diagram of another example. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement same as the above. Furthermore, it is operation | movement explanatory drawing of another example. (a) (b) is explanatory drawing of an operation locus same as the above. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of another example. It is explanatory drawing of an operation locus same as the above. It is explanatory drawing of the movement locus | trajectory of another example. (a) is explanatory drawing of operation | movement of another example, (b) is explanatory drawing of an operation locus | trajectory. (a) is an operation explanatory diagram of another example, and (b) is an explanatory diagram of an operation locus. It is a flowchart of another example. Furthermore, it is explanatory drawing about the stop position setting in another example.

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2b, 2a Treatment element CU control unit

Claims (8)

  Drive means that individually drives the treatment element in different axial directions, and drive means in each axial direction based on the control data to perform a movement that draws a desired locus on the treatment element by a combination of movements in each axial direction A massage machine comprising: a control unit that controls the driving unit to individually drive each driving unit based on velocity data in each axial direction included in the control data.   2. The massage machine according to claim 1, wherein the control data is set with speed data every predetermined time.   3. The massage machine according to claim 1, further comprising a speed sensor for detecting movement in each axial direction, wherein the control unit performs speed feedback control.   The massage machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the control data is obtained by shifting a reversal timing of movement in each axial direction.   The massage machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the control data is different in one reciprocating cycle in each axial direction.   The massage machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the control data has different amounts of movement in the forward path and the backward path in one reciprocating operation in each axial direction.   The position sensor which performs a position detection about each axial direction is provided, and a control part performs the stop of the motion of each axial direction based on a position sensor output, The any one of Claims 1-6 characterized by the above-mentioned. The massage machine described in.   The massage machine according to claim 7, wherein the position to be stopped is on a tangent line extending in any axial direction of the trajectory of the movement so far.

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