JP5149565B2 - Massage machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a massage machine having an automatic treatment function.

  There is a massage machine that has treatment means capable of massaging a plurality of parts of the human body and has an automatic course treatment function that sequentially executes a plurality of different massage operations in accordance with a preset program. .

  With this kind of automatic treatment function, the program prepared in advance is for everyone, and it does not match the user's personal taste and symptom of stiffness, so there is a conventional automatic course treatment function There is also provided a massage machine that allows the user to generate an automatic course that suits his / her preferences and symptoms.

  However, there are few users who spend time and effort to program a new automatic course to obtain a favorite massage. Some types of automatic courses are prepared in advance so that the user can select them, but in reality, users who feel that even selecting one of the automatic courses is inconvenient. Such a user wants to start a massage just by turning on the power and pressing the start switch of the automatic course treatment.

Of course, currently available massage machines with automatic course treatment function can be turned on just by turning on the power and pressing the start switch as described above. It is not according to.
JP 2006-129906 A

  This invention is invented in view of said conventional problem, Comprising: It aims at providing the massage machine which can obtain the automatic course treatment in line with a user's intention without bothering a user. To do.

In order to solve the above problems, a massage machine according to the present invention includes treatment means capable of massaging a plurality of parts of a human body, and sequentially executes a massage operation in accordance with a preset program. In addition to the automatic course treatment function, the massage switch for the specific part in the automatic course is deleted during the automatic course treatment. A massage machine having a switch for displaying and a display means for displaying a part where a massage operation is performed during an automatic course,
The treatment means is a massage mechanism that applies a massage operation to the human body by changing the position of the treatment element that contacts the human body,
The massage mechanism includes an up-and-down drive unit that drives the treatment element up and down, an intensity drive unit that changes a protrusion amount of the treatment element toward the human body, and an interval between the treatment elements that are paired on the left and right A width driving unit that changes
The automatic course treatment function is for the control unit to drive and control the massage mechanism unit based on the contents described in the table for automatic course treatment.
In the table, in addition to the treatment technique and the treatment element position for executing the technique, the position of the treatment element corresponds to which part among the parts such as the shoulder and the waist. It is characterized in that it omits and revives based on the part information.

  The massage for the part not intended by the user can be omitted all at once from the automatic course.

  In addition, since a switch for restoring the massage operation omitted by the deletion switch during the automatic course is provided, it is possible to easily cope with a change in the intention of the user.

  And since the display means which displays the site | part where massage operation | movement is implemented in an automatic course is provided, it can be confirmed easily whether the massage machine side recognizes a user's intention.

  Since the present invention is equipped with a delete switch that omits the massage operation for the specific part in the automatic course from the automatic course, it is only necessary to start the automatic course treatment for the time being for the user. And if you start the massage operation for a part that does not require massage for the user, just press the delete switch that omits the massage operation for that part, and automatic course treatment will continue with the massage operation for other parts except that part Therefore, it is possible to obtain an automatic course treatment according to the user's intention, and to minimize the operations that the user must perform.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings. The mechanical configuration of the massage machine may be anything as long as it can massage a plurality of parts of the human body. What is incorporated in the backrest and can massage the neck lines, shoulders, back, waist, etc. on the back of the human body is preferable.

  FIG. 1 shows a massage machine including a massage mechanism unit 1, a control unit 2, and an operation unit 3. The massage mechanism unit 1 drives a treatment element that touches the human body and applies a massage operation to the human body up and down. The interval between the up-and-down drive unit 11 that performs, the strength drive unit 12 that adjusts the strength of the massage operation by changing the amount of protrusion toward the human body side, and the treatment element paired on the left and right is changed. And a vertical sensor 15, a strength sensor 16, and a width sensor 17 for detecting a change in the position of the treatment element by each of the driving units 11, 12, and 13.

  The control unit 2 drives each of the drive units 11, 12, and 13 via the operation drive control unit 21 based on the output of the sensors 15, 16, and 17 and the instruction given from the operation unit 3, thereby preventing the human body. The massage mechanism unit 1 is caused to perform a massage operation, and the main control circuit 20 has a built-in memory 22 in which a table 23 for automatic course treatment is stored.

  On the other hand, the operation unit 3 has an independent housing as shown in FIG. 2, and includes a power switch 30, automatic course treatment selection switches 31a, 31b, 31c, strength adjustment switch 32, and target part selection switches 33a, 33b. , 33c, 33d, a position adjustment switch 34, etc., and a display unit 36 constituted by a liquid crystal display, and a part on / off switch 35a, 35b for omitting or adding a massage operation to a specific part from the automatic course treatment. And.

  In this massage machine, when the automatic course treatment selection switches 31a, 31b, 31c of the operation unit 3 are operated, the control unit 2 reads the contents described in the corresponding table 23 stored in the memory 22 in the order of steps. It is read out and the massage mechanism unit 1 executes the operation according to the contents. As is clear from the example shown in FIG. 3, the contents of this table execute the step number, the treatment technique, and the technique. In addition to the treatment element position (width coordinate, vertical coordinate, strength and weakness coordinate) to be repeated, and the number of repetitions, it describes which part (in this case, the neck, shoulder, back, and waist) the treatment element position corresponds to It has become.

  In order to cause the massage mechanism unit 1 to perform automatic course treatment, the information about the part in the table has no meaning. However, the part on / off switches 35a and 35b provided in the operation unit 3 are provided with automatic course treatment. When the control unit 2 is operated during the execution, the control unit 2 refers to the information about the part and determines a step to be skipped.

  For example, if the part on / off switch 35b for "back / waist" is operated, the control unit 2 skips all the steps classified into the back and waist parts in the table and classifies them into the neck and shoulder parts. Only the steps that are performed are executed. In the case of the table shown in FIG. 3, as shown in FIG. 4, step 8 classified as the neck region is executed after step 2 classified as the shoulder region. That is, the automatic course treatment is performed in a state where the massage operation for the back and the waist is omitted.

  Conversely, if the part on / off switch 35a for “neck / shoulder” is operated, the control unit 2 skips all the steps classified into the neck and shoulder parts in the table and classifies them into the back and waist parts. Only the steps that are being performed are executed.

  Therefore, if the user determines that a massage for the back and waist (or massage for the neck and shoulders) is unnecessary during the automatic course treatment, if the part on / off switch 35a, 35b is operated at that time, the massage operation for the part is performed. Is omitted, and it is changed to an automatic course treatment composed only of massage operations for other parts.

  By the way, rather than adding a new step for the automatic course treatment of the massage machine, it is easier for the user to remove unnecessary items from the existing step, and it is troublesome for the user. Otherwise, it is easy for each user to accept.

  In addition, the display unit 36 in the operation unit 3 adds a mark M that is a treatment target to a portion corresponding to a neck, a shoulder, a back, and a waist in a figure simulating a human body while performing an automatic course treatment. At the same time, the mark M of the target part of the treatment operation currently being performed is blinked. If the part on / off switch 35a, 35b is operated, the mark M for the part excluded from the treatment target is turned off. Thus, in order to inform the user of the current treatment target region, the user can clearly know that the operation of the region on / off switch 35a, 35b has been accepted and the current treatment target region. .

  Here, the same part on / off switch 35a, 35b is used so that the part on / off switch 35a, 35b is operated by mistake or the desire for a massage operation on the omitted part is still desired. When is operated again, the omitted steps are restored and incorporated into the automatic course treatment.

  In the example shown in the figure, the neck and shoulders, the waist and the back are integrated together so that they can be omitted and revived. However, the neck, shoulder, waist and back are individually designated and omitted and revived. Of course you may be able to do that.

It is a block circuit diagram of an example of an embodiment of the invention. It is a schematic sectional drawing same as the above. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing same as the above. It is another operation explanatory drawing same as the above.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Massage mechanism part 2 Control part 3 Operation part 35a, 35b Site on / off switch

Claims (1)

In addition to providing treatment means that can massage multiple parts of the human body, it also has an automatic course treatment function that sequentially executes massage operations according to a procedure according to a preset program. Deletion switch that omits the massage operation for the part from the automatic course during execution of the automatic course treatment, a switch that restores the massage operation omitted by the deletion switch during the automatic course, and the part where the massage operation is performed during the automatic course A massage machine having display means for displaying
The treatment means is a massage mechanism that applies a massage operation to the human body by changing the position of the treatment element that contacts the human body,
The massage mechanism includes an up-and-down drive unit that drives the treatment element up and down, an intensity drive unit that changes a protrusion amount of the treatment element toward the human body, and an interval between the treatment elements that are paired on the left and right A width driving unit that changes
The automatic course treatment function is for the control unit to drive and control the massage mechanism unit based on the contents described in the table for automatic course treatment.
In the table, in addition to the treatment technique and the treatment element position for executing the technique, the position of the treatment element corresponds to which part among the parts such as the shoulder and the waist. A massage machine characterized by performing the omission and revival based on the part information.

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