JP4049150B2 - Massage machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a massage machine having means for moving a treatment element in contact with a human body up and down.

  Conventionally, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H10-228561 is known that changes the strength by detecting the force applied to the treatment element. However, in this conventional example, only the strength change in one massage operation is performed, and the adjustment operation cannot be performed as a whole in the automatic course.

Conventionally, Patent Document 2 is also known as a massage machine.
JP 7-39569 A JP-A-5-31146

  This invention makes it a subject to provide the massage machine which can prevent misuse by mischief etc. of a child and can improve safety | security.

In order to solve the above problems, a massage machine according to the present invention is a massage machine having a means for a treatment element that contacts a human body to move up and down, and a pressure detection means for detecting a force applied to the treatment element, An automatic massage course driving means that automatically performs a predetermined action is provided, and during the automatic massage course operation, an average value of the pressure detected by the pressure detection means in one step section is calculated, and in this one step section A control unit is provided for controlling to stop the operation of the automatic massage course operation when the average value of pressure is lower than a predetermined reference value .

In addition, when the automatic massage course operation starts, the average value of the pressure detected by the pressure detecting means in the first step section is calculated, and when the average pressure value in the first step section is lower than a predetermined reference value Another feature is that a control unit for controlling the automatic massage course operation to stop is provided .

In the present invention, a small child is used when the average value of the pressure detected by the pressure detection means in one step section or the first step section is lower than a predetermined reference value during the automatic massage course operation. Therefore, it is possible to automatically stop the massage operation by judging that the child is doing, thereby preventing the misuse by mischief of the child and improving the safety.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 7 shows a perspective view of an embodiment of the massage machine 1. The massage machine 1 shown in the attached drawings shows an example of a chair-type massage machine, and the user sits on the seat 2 and leans his back against the backrest 3 and touches the human body provided on the backrest 3. A massage operation is performed by (not shown). The treatment element in contact with the human body provided in the backrest part 3 is movable up and down by means of moving up and down so that each part of the human body can be massaged.

  FIG. 1 is a control block diagram of the massage machine of the present invention. The massage machine 1 is provided with a pressure sensor as pressure detecting means 4 for detecting at least one force applied to the treatment element, and the detection result of the pressing force applied to the treatment element detected by the pressure detection means 4 is as follows. It is input to the control unit 5. In addition, the massage machine 1 has a strength adjustment unit serving as a strength adjustment means 6 for adjusting the amount of strength by adjusting the amount of the treatment child protruding (that is, the amount of the treatment child protruding toward the side of the user leaning on the back). Is provided, and the control unit 5 controls the strength adjusting means 6 to adjust the amount of the treatment element protruding to adjust the strength. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 9 denotes a strength sensor for detecting the amount of protrusion of the treatment element (the amount of protrusion of the treatment element).

The control unit 5 is provided with automatic massage course operation means for automatically performing a predetermined operation, and the treatment element is operated by operating the operation unit for automatic massage course operation provided on the operation unit 7 of the massage machine 1. Automatic massage course operation with a predetermined action is automatically performed. FIG. 3 shows each step showing an example of the automatic massage course operation. In addition to the operation unit for the automatic massage course operation, the operation unit 7 is provided with an operation unit for manual operation (not shown). As the operation unit for this manual operation, "seared" by the treatment elements, "spine stretched" switch for selecting a treatment operations, such as, a switch for the vertical adjustment of the position of the treatment element, the switch for the width adjustment, various switches such as a switch for the intensity adjustment There is.

  The massage machine 1 is provided with a set value input means 8 for inputting a pressure set value. The set value input means 8 is provided in the operating device 7, for example. When the user inputs a desired set value through the set value input means 8, the set pressure value in the automatic massage course operation is stored in the memory 10 provided in the control unit 5.

  Then, the strength adjustment unit constituting the strength adjustment means 6 is operated by the pressure set value (hereinafter referred to as a set value) set as described above and the detected pressure value detected by the pressure detection means 4 comprising a pressure sensor, and the strength is adjusted. Control is performed by the control unit 5 so as to perform the adjustment.

  In the present invention, the configuration of the pressure sensor and the strength adjustment unit can be the same as that of the pressure sensor and the strength adjustment unit used in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-39569 described in the conventional example.

  Thus, when the operation unit for the automatic massage course operation is operated, the automatic massage course operation including the steps shown in FIG. 3 is performed. Here, when the automatic massage course operation is started, first, the first step of the automatic massage course operation shown in FIG. 3 is executed. At this time, as shown in FIG. 2, the pressure detection in the first step section is performed. The average value of the pressure detected by the means 4 is calculated (the average value of the detected pressure in the step section L in FIG. 4), the difference from the set value provided in the memory 10 of the control unit 5 is obtained, and the set value When there is a difference between the detected pressure and the average value of the detected pressure, the strength unit constituting the strength adjustment means 6 is operated for a certain period of time in the operation in the next step, and the strength is changed in a direction approaching the set value. Similarly, the average value of the pressure detected by the pressure detection means 4 in the Nth step section is calculated one after another, the difference from the set value provided in the memory 10 of the control unit 5 is obtained, and the average of the set value and the detected pressure is calculated. If there is a difference in value, the strength adjustment means 6 is operated for a certain period of time in the operation in the (N + 1) th step, and the strength is changed.

  Here, if set value> pressure value (average value of detected pressure), strong operation is performed for a certain time in the next step. Conversely, if set value <pressure value (average value of detected pressure), the next step is performed. The operation is performed for a certain period of time.

  By doing so, the pressure applied to the human body by the treatment element can be made constant in accordance with the body shape (for example, the curve of the back) of the user in the automatic massage course, and the user can feel comfortable massage without troublesome work. Can be obtained.

  Although the massage operation is performed as described above, in the present invention, in the automatic massage course, the massage operation is controlled to be stopped when the pressure detected by the pressure detection means 4 is lower than a predetermined reference value. It is characterized in that it is controlled by the unit 5. That is, when the operation of the automatic massage course is started by operating the operation unit for the automatic massage course operation, first, one step of the automatic massage course is executed, and the average of the pressure detected by the pressure detection means 4 in the step section The value is calculated, the difference from the set value provided in the memory 8 of the control unit 5 is obtained, and if there is a difference between the set value and the average value of the detected pressure, the strength adjustment means 6 is operated for a certain period of time in the next step. As described above, it is possible to change the strength in the direction approaching the set value as described above. However, if the average value is lower than the preset pressure reference value shown in FIG. Control is performed by the control unit 5 so as to stop the course operation. FIG. 5 shows a flowchart for stopping the operation. If the pressure thus determined does not continue, it is determined that the child is using it, and the operation is automatically stopped to ensure safety.

It is a control block diagram of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows strength adjustment in the automatic massage course driving | operation same as the above. It is explanatory drawing which shows the step in an automatic massage course driving | operation same as the above. It is a graph which shows the pressure detected in each step same as the above. It is a flowchart for operation | movement cancellation same as the above. It is a graph which shows the predetermined reference value used as the reference | standard of operation | movement cancellation same as the above. It is a perspective view which shows one Embodiment of a massage machine same as the above.

Explanation of symbols

1 Massage machine 4 Pressure detection means 5 Control unit

Claims (2)

A massage machine having means for moving a treatment element in contact with the human body up and down, a pressure detection means for detecting a force applied to the treatment element, and an automatic massage course operation means for automatically performing a predetermined operation When an automatic massage course is operated, the average value of pressure detected by the pressure detecting means in one step section is calculated, and the average value of pressure in this one step section is lower than a predetermined reference value A massage machine characterized by comprising a control unit for controlling the automatic massage course operation to be stopped. A massage machine having means for moving a treatment element in contact with the human body up and down, a pressure detection means for detecting a force applied to the treatment element, and an automatic massage course operation means for automatically performing a predetermined operation preparative provided, automatic massage course operation start at, calculates the average value of the pressure detected by the pressure detecting means in the first step interval, less than the reference value the average value of the pressure is predetermined in this first step section A massage machine comprising a control unit for controlling the automatic massage course operation to be stopped in some cases.

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