JP5144199B2 - Massage machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a massage machine, in particular, a massage machine having an automatic course massage function.

  A massage machine with a built-in massage mechanism that can be moved up and down on the back of the chair, etc., to perform massages on any part of the back of the human body. In many cases, a course massage function is provided (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In this case, in order to absorb the difference in the physique of the user, the shoulder position of the user is first detected, and the subsequent massage corrects the treatment operation position based on the detected shoulder position. However, if the user sits back or shifts his / her posture during the automatic course massage, the treatment operation position will be shifted thereafter.

  For this reason, it has been proposed that the shoulder position is corrected by performing the shoulder position detection operation again during the automatic course massage, particularly immediately before the treatment operation for the shoulder. In this case, the shoulder position detection operation again is exactly the same as the shoulder position detection operation to be executed first, that is, the force applied to the treatment element when the treatment element is moved from the upper side to the lower side is a predetermined value or more. If it became, it was judged that the position is a shoulder position.

  By the way, in this kind of massage machine, the preference for the strength of the massage varies greatly between individuals, and for this reason, the function of adjusting the strength of the massage is provided, and the strength is also applied during the automatic course massage. You can make adjustments.

However, the above shoulder position detection operation, particularly the shoulder position detection operation again, is based on whether or not the force applied to the treatment element is equal to or greater than a predetermined value. The force (strength) given to the user at the time of treatment is irrelevant to the massage intensity adjusted by the user. The shoulder position detection operation may cause pain.
JP 2003-245322 A

  The present invention was invented in view of the above-described conventional problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a massage machine in which the shoulder position detection operation performed during the massage operation does not give pain to the user. To do.

In order to solve the above-described problems, a massage machine according to the present invention includes a treatment element that performs massage by contacting the human body and applying pressure to the human body, a driving unit that causes the treatment element to perform a massage operation, and a treatment element. provided with a pressure detecting means for detecting a force applied to the human body, the automatic courses massage function to continue to run a predetermined treatment operations sequentially, massage strength the treated person for treatment element in contact with the human body on the human body A control means having an adjustment function for adjusting according to an instruction of the body and a shoulder position determination function for determining the shoulder position of the human body using the output of the pressure detection means and the position output of the treatment element in, the shoulder position determination function of the control means, contact the treatment element to be treated person's shoulders by which protrude forwardly treatment element above of the user's shoulders move the treatment element in this state downward If the force detected by the pressure detection means reaches a predetermined value set in advance, the position of the treatment element at that time is determined as the shoulder position, and the shoulder position is performed during the automatic course massage. The detection is characterized in that shoulder position determination is performed with a pressure value corresponding to the strength set by the adjustment function. The shoulder position detection operation performed during the automatic course massage is performed by applying a force according to the strength adjusted by the user to the human body.

According to the present invention, since the shoulder position detection operation performed again during the automatic course massage is performed with the force according to the massage intensity adjusted by the user so far, a weak massage is given to a person who likes it. A comfortable massage can be obtained without causing any pain.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on an embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings. As shown in FIG. 2, the massage machine includes a control unit 1 including a control circuit CPU and a memory RAM, and is controlled and driven by the control unit 1. A vertical sensor 21, a strong and weak motor 22, a width motor 23, and an operating device 3 are provided, and a pressure sensor S is connected to the controller 1.

  Each of the motors 21, 22, and 23 is for causing a treatment element (not shown) that contacts the human body to perform a massage operation, and at the same time, changing the position where the treatment element contacts the human body up and down and left and right It changes the magnitude of the force that the child gives to the human body (the strength of the massage). The pressure sensor S detects a force with which the treatment element pushes the human body.

  The operating device 3 including the switch 31 and the display unit 33 includes, for example, a switch 31a for specifying an automatic course massage and a switch 31b for changing the massage strength, as shown in FIG. If 31b is pushed, control part 1 will perform the change operation of the above-mentioned massage strength, and if switch 31a is pushed, automatic course massage will be started.

  In this automatic course massage operation, a shoulder position detection operation is first performed. This shoulder position detection operation is performed by causing the treatment element to protrude forward above the shoulder of the user and moving the treatment element downward in this state to bring the treatment element into contact with the shoulder and is detected by the pressure sensor S. If the force reaches a predetermined value set in advance, the position of the treatment element at that time is determined as the shoulder position, and the subsequent treatment operation is performed based on the shoulder position determined as described above. The position is determined by stopping the treatment element for a while when the force detected by the pressure sensor S reaches a predetermined value during the shoulder position detection operation. The user is informed that the shoulder position is determined, and at the same time, the user is informed that the treatment operation is to be performed based on the force (strength) at this time.

  Therefore, the user can adjust the strength by operating the switch 31b at this time, and the adjustment result (here, the force detected by the pressure sensor S) is controlled by the control unit 1. It is stored in the memory RAM. The strength adjustment operation may be performed after the treatment operation is started. In this case, a force obtained by adding a correction according to the adjustment operation to a predetermined value set in advance is stored in the memory RAM.

  When the shoulder position determination and the strength adjustment are performed, the control unit 1 sequentially executes the treatment operations set in the automatic course massage. When there is a treatment operation for the shoulder in this automatic course massage operation, the shoulder position detection operation is performed again to confirm whether the shoulder position of the user is not shifted. However, the shoulder position detection operation at this time is determined by whether or not the force detected by the pressure sensor S becomes the force stored in the memory RAM, rather than whether or not the force detected by the pressure sensor S becomes the above-described predetermined value. .

  In other words, the shoulder position detection operation is performed in a state where the preference regarding the strength of the user is reflected, and the shoulder position detection operation performed during the automatic course massage operation makes the user feel uncomfortable. There is no such thing as giving.

  In addition, in a massage machine such as this example that can adjust the strength at the time of shoulder position detection, it is necessary to adjust the strength again at the time of the shoulder position detection operation again. There is no massage at the first set strength until the end.

  A flowchart of the above operation is shown in FIG. “Sensing” in the figure means a shoulder position detection operation.

It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of an example of embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram same as the above. It is a schematic front view of an operating device same as the above.

Explanation of symbols

S pressure sensor 1 treatment part 3 controller

Claims (1)

A treatment element that performs massage by applying pressure to the human body in contact with the human body, a drive unit that causes the treatment element to perform a massage operation, and a pressure detection unit that detects a force applied to the human body by the treatment element, An automatic course massage function that sequentially executes predetermined treatment operations, an adjustment function that adjusts the massage strength given to the human body by the treatment element in contact with the human body according to the instruction of the user, and the pressure detection means And a shoulder position discriminating function for discriminating the shoulder position of the human body using the position output of the treatment element, and the shoulder position discriminating function by the control means The force detected by the pressure detecting means is set in advance by causing the treatment element to protrude forward above the shoulder of the person and moving the treatment element downward in this state to bring the treatment element into contact with the shoulder of the user. It is intended to determine the location of the treatment element at that time the shoulder position be reached to a predetermined value, and, for the shoulder position detection performed in the automatic course massage, which corresponds to the strength that is set by the adjustable A massage machine characterized by performing shoulder position discrimination by pressure value.

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