JP7095930B1 - Massage machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The massage machine 1 has a tilting mechanism 24 that tilts the body by pushing out the left and right sides of the body at a predetermined position in the longitudinal direction of the body, and a tilt detection unit 23 that detects the tilt in the left-right and front-back direction at the predetermined position. and a control unit 19 that operates the tilting mechanism so as to correct the tilt based on the tilt detected by the tilt detecting unit.

Description

The present invention relates to a massage machine.

Conventionally, a massage machine for treating a person to be treated has been known. In such a massage machine, various treatments are possible.
For example, Patent Document 1 below discloses a massage device having a configuration in which one of a pair of left and right airbags is inflated to operate a massage mechanism while holding the user's upper body at an angle. There is.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2009-254435

However, in the massage device described in Patent Document 1, although asymmetrical massage is possible, finer treatment according to the person to be treated has been desired.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a massage machine capable of suitably performing treatment according to a person to be treated.

In order to achieve the above object, the massage machine according to the present invention has a tilting mechanism that tilts the body by pushing out each of the left side body and the right side body at a predetermined position in the longitudinal direction of the body, and left and right front and back at the predetermined position. The tilt detection unit detects that the tilt is forward of the left and right at the predetermined position so as to correct the tilt based on the tilt detection unit that detects the tilt in the direction and the tilt detected by the tilt detection unit. It is equipped with a control unit that operates the tilting mechanism in a direction that pushes out a side different from the side, and the tilting mechanism is movable along the longitudinal direction of the body and has a left side treatment element and a right side treatment element. It is characterized in that it is provided so as to be located on both the left and right sides of the treatment portion so as to be positioned so as not to interfere with the portion .

In order to achieve the above object, the massage machine according to the present invention has a left side treatment element and a right side treatment element, and is provided in the treatment section and the treatment section, which is movable along the longitudinal direction of the body. An advancing / retreating mechanism that allows each of the left side treatment child and the right side treatment child to move forward and backward individually, and a tilting mechanism that tilts the body so as to individually push out each of the left side body and the right side body at a predetermined position in the longitudinal direction of the body, and the tilting mechanism. It is characterized by including a mechanism and a control unit that controls the treatment unit and executes a treatment mode in which the treatment is performed in a state where the person to be treated is tilted.

With the above-mentioned configuration, the massage machine according to the present invention can suitably perform treatment according to the person to be treated.

(A) and (b) schematically show an example of a massage machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, (a) is a schematic front view, and (b) is a schematic plan view. It is a schematic control block diagram of the massage machine. It is a schematic flowchart which schematically shows an example of the basic operation executed in the massage machine. (A) to (f) are schematic plan views of the massage machine with some omissions. (A) to (d) are schematic plan views of the massage machine with some omissions.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
In some figures, some of the detailed codes attached to other figures are omitted.
In the following embodiment, the front-back direction, the left-right direction, and the up-down direction will be described with reference to the person to be treated who is seated in the massage machine in the standing state of the back.
1 to 5 are diagrams schematically showing an example of a massage machine according to the present embodiment and an example of a basic operation performed by the massage machine.

As shown in FIGS. 1 (a) and 1 (b), the massage machine 1 according to the present embodiment has a backrest portion 2 that supports the back of the treated person and a seat portion 3 on which the treated person sits. It is a chair-type massage machine equipped. The massage machine 1 includes a leg rest (footrest) 4 that supports the leg of the patient, and accoudoirs 5 and 5 that are provided so as to stand up on both the left and right sides of the seat 3 and support the arm of the patient. , Is equipped.
The backrest portion 2 can be freely tilted (reclining) by the backrest driving portion 6 (see FIG. 2). The backrest portion 2 may be rotatable with respect to the seat portion 3 with the lower end portion on the seat portion 3 side as a fulcrum, or may be configured to be rocked together with the seat portion 3. .. The backrest drive unit 6 may be an electric actuator connected to the backrest portion 2 and having a rod that is expanded and contracted by an appropriate motor. The massage machine 1 includes an appropriate tilt angle detecting unit that detects the tilt angle of the backrest portion 2 in order to control the backrest driving unit 6, and an appropriate tilting angle detecting unit that stops the backrest driving unit 6 at the standing limit and the lodging limit. A stopping means or the like may be provided.

The leg mounting portion 4 is provided with a leg receiving groove for receiving the left and right legs of the person to be treated. The leg mounting portion 4 is tiltable by the leg mounting driving portion 7 (see FIG. 2). The leg mounting portion 4 may be rotatable with respect to the seat portion 3 with the upper end portion on the seat portion 3 side as a fulcrum. Similar to the above, the leg mount drive unit 7 may be an electric actuator having a rod connected to the leg mount unit 4 and expanded and contracted by an appropriate motor. The massage machine 1 has an appropriate tilt angle detection unit that detects the tilt angle of the leg mount portion 4 in order to control the leg mount drive unit 7, and an appropriate tilting drive unit 7 that stops the leg mount drive unit 7 at the tilt upper limit and the tilt lower limit. A stopping means or the like may be provided. The leg mounting portion 4 may be stretchable or elevating along the longitudinal direction of the leg of the treated person.
The leg mounting portion 4 may be provided with an appropriate treatment mechanism such as an air cell or a roller for treating the leg received in the leg receiving groove.

The left and right accoudoirs 5 and 5 are provided from the seat 3 side to the backrest 2 side so that the finger, forearm and upper arm of the treated person can be supported. The left and right accoudoir portions 5 and 5 may be provided with arm receiving grooves for receiving the left and right arms of the person to be treated. An appropriate treatment mechanism such as an air cell or a roller for treating the received arm may be provided in the arm receiving grooves of the left and right accoudoir portions 5 and 5.
The massage machine 1 has a left side treatment element 20A and a right side treatment element 20B, and includes a treatment unit 10 constituting a treatment unit that is movable along the longitudinal direction of the body.
The left side treatment child 20A and the right side treatment child 20B are provided in one treatment unit 10 in the present embodiment. With such a configuration, the device configuration is different from that provided with a pair of left and right treatment portions that allow each of the left side treatment child 20A and the right side treatment child 20B to be individually moved along the longitudinal direction of the body. It can be simplified. The left and right treatment elements 20A and 20B may have a roller shape that is rotatable around an axis whose axial direction is substantially left and right.

The treatment unit 10 is movable in the massage machine 1 along a guide rail 9 (see FIG. 4A) formed in a long shape along the longitudinal direction of the body. The guide rail 9 has an appropriate shape so as to follow the shape of the back surface of the body. The guide rails 9 may be provided in a series over substantially the entire vertical direction of the backrest portion 2 and substantially the entire front-rear direction of the seat portion 3, or may be provided only on the backrest portion 2. good. The guide rails 9 are provided in pairs at positions spaced left and right so as to guide the left and right ends of the treatment unit 10. The left and right guide rails 9 include guide grooves provided on the left and right ends of the treatment unit 10 to guide guided portions such as rollers and pins, and racks and the like on which pinions provided on the left and right ends of the treatment unit 10 mesh with each other. Is provided.

The left and right ends of the treatment unit 10 are provided with guided portions that are guided along the guide grooves of the left and right guide rails 9 described above. The guided portions may be provided at two locations on the left and right ends of the treatment unit 10 at intervals in the longitudinal direction of the body. At both left and right ends of the treatment unit 10, pinions that mesh with the racks of the left and right guide rails 9 are provided. The pinions on both the left and right sides may be provided coaxially with the guided portion on one side in the longitudinal direction of the body.
The treatment unit 10 is provided with a main body elevating drive unit 12 (see FIG. 2) for rotating the pinions on both the left and right sides. The main body elevating drive unit 12 is composed of an appropriate motor, and rotates the pinion shafts on both the left and right sides via an appropriate speed reducer. That is, if the main body elevating drive unit 12 is driven, the pinions on the left and right sides of the treatment unit 10 rotate, and the treatment unit 10 moves in the longitudinal direction of the body along the racks of the left and right guide rails 9 that mesh with each other. The massage machine 1 is provided with a main body elevating position detecting unit 13 (see FIG. 2) that detects an elevating position of the treatment unit 10 moved by the main body elevating drive unit 12. The main body elevating position detecting unit 13 may be a rotary encoder that detects the rotation speed of the rotating body rotated by the main body elevating drive unit 12, or is provided on one of the treatment unit 10 and the guide rail 9. It may be an appropriate sensor that detects the detected portion.

The treatment unit 10 has a main body advance / retreat drive unit 14 (see FIG. 2) that is driven when the treatment unit main body 11 provided with the left and right treatment elements 20A and 20B is moved back and forth with respect to the guide rail 9. It is provided (see also FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b)).
The treatment unit main body 11 swings with respect to the main body holding portion of the treatment unit 10 so that, for example, the upper end side is displaced substantially in the front-rear direction, which is a direction substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the guide rail 9 with the lower end side as a fulcrum. It may be free. As such a main body advance / retreat mechanism, a pinion connected to a motor constituting the main body advance / retreat drive unit 14 via an appropriate speed reducer is provided on one of the main body holding portion and the treatment unit main body 11, and the other is generally. It may be configured to be provided with an arcuate rack that extends in the front-rear direction and meshes with pinions. That is, if the main body advance / retreat drive unit 14 is driven, the pinion rotates, and the upper end side of the treatment unit main body 11 moves forward and backward along with the left and right treatment elements 20A and 20B along the arcuate rack in which the pinion meshes. The main body advancing / retreating mechanism is not limited to the above-mentioned configuration, and may be configured to directly advance / retreat the treatment unit main body 11 with respect to the guide rail 9, and may have various other configurations. good. The massage machine 1 is provided with a main body advancing / retreating position detecting unit 15 (see FIG. 2) that detects an advancing / retreating position of the treatment unit main body 11 moved by the main body advancing / retreating driving unit 14. The main body advance / retreat position detecting unit 15 may be the same as the main body elevating position detecting unit 13 described above.

The treatment unit 10 is provided with a treatment element width drive unit 16 (see FIG. 2) that is driven when the left and right treatment elements 20A and 20B provided on the treatment unit main body 11 are moved in the left-right direction (width direction). ing. The treatment unit main body 11 includes a guide shaft for guiding the left side treatment child unit having the left side treatment child 20A and the right side treatment child unit having the right side treatment child 20B so as to be movable in the left-right direction, and a treatment child width drive unit 16. A screw shaft or the like is provided which is connected to the constituent motor via an appropriate speed reducer and is screwed to the female threaded portion provided on the left side treatment element unit and the right side treatment element unit to displace them to the proximity side or the separation side. You may. The treatment unit 10 may be provided with an appropriate detection unit for detecting the left and right positions of the left side treatment unit and the right side treatment unit.

The treatment unit 10 is provided with a kneading drive unit 17 (see FIG. 2) that is driven when the left and right treatment elements 20A and 20B are kneaded. The treatment unit main body 11 is provided with an appropriate eccentric rotor, a kneading shaft, and the like which are connected to the motor constituting the kneading drive unit 17 via an appropriate speed reducer and displace the left and right treatment units 20A and 20B in an arc shape. May be.
The treatment unit 10 is provided with a tapping drive unit 18 (see FIG. 2) that is driven when the left and right treatment elements 20A and 20B are tapped. An appropriate crank that is connected to the treatment unit main body 11 via an appropriate speed reducer to a motor constituting the tapping drive unit 18 and displaces the left and right treatment elements 20A and 20B substantially up and down in the longitudinal direction of the guide rail 9. A mechanism, an eccentric rotor, a tapping shaft, or the like may be provided.
The treatment child width drive unit 16, the kneading drive unit 17, and the tapping drive unit 18 may not all be provided. For example, the kneading operation may be enabled by the treatment child width drive unit 16, the main body elevating drive unit 12, or the advance / retreat mechanism 21 described later, without providing the kneading drive unit 17.
As for the basic configuration of the massage machine 1 as described above, various other known configurations can be adopted.

In the present embodiment, the treatment unit 10 is provided with an advance / retreat mechanism 21 that allows each of the left side treatment element 20A and the right side treatment element 20B to advance and retreat individually.
The advancing / retreating mechanism 21 includes a left advancing / retreating driving unit 22A for advancing / retreating the left side treatment child 20A, and a right advancing / retreating driving unit 22B for advancing / retreating the right side treatment child 20B. The motors constituting the left advancing / retreating drive unit 22A and the right advancing / retreating drive unit 22B and the motors constituting the above-mentioned drive units 6,7,12,14,16,17,18 are capable of forward / reverse rotation and have a rotational speed. It may be a controllable servo motor or the like.
The advancing / retreating mechanism 21 may be configured to advance / retreat the left side treatment element 20A and the right side treatment element 20B via a transmission mechanism driven by the left side advance / retreat drive unit 22A and the right side advance / retreat drive unit 22B, respectively. For example, the transmission mechanism is provided with a disc-shaped eccentric cam that is rotationally driven by the left-side advancing / retreating drive unit 22A and the right-side advancing / retreating drive unit 22B, and a cam receiving unit that rotatably receives the disc-shaped eccentric cam. It may be configured to include a treatment element attachment portion having the child 20A and the right side treatment element 20B.

The advancing / retreating mechanism 21 is not limited to a mechanism for advancing / retreating the left and right treatment elements 20A and 20B in an arc by rotating the disk-shaped eccentric cam as described above. The advancing / retreating mechanism 21 may be a structure in which the support arms supporting the left and right treatment elements 20A and 20B are tilted by an eccentric disk, an arc-shaped rack, or the like, or a mechanism in which the support arms are directly advancing / retreating by various link mechanisms or the like. good. The advancing / retreating mechanism 21 is not limited to a mechanism for advancing / retreating the left and right treatment elements 20A and 20B by such a mechanical transmission mechanism, and may be a mechanism for advancing / retreating by pneumatic pressure such as an air cell. The advancing / retreating mechanism 21 may be a mechanism capable of advancing / retreating each of the left and right treatment elements 20A and 20B individually, and is not limited to a mechanism provided independently for each of the left and right, and has various other configurations. You may. In addition to the left and right treatment elements 20A and 20B, the massage machine 1 may be provided with other treatment elements above, below, left and right.

As shown in FIG. 2, the massage machine 1 includes an inclination detecting unit 23 that detects an inclination in the left-right front-back direction at a predetermined position in the longitudinal direction of the body. In the present embodiment, the tilt detection unit 23 includes the left body position detection unit 23A and the right body position detection unit 23B, which are configured to detect the load from the treated person on each of the left side treatment element 20A and the right side treatment element 20B. I have. The left side body position detection unit 23A and the right side body position detection unit 23B have the same configuration as each other, and the left side treatment child 20A and the right side treatment child 20B have the same configuration as each other. When it is not necessary, it will be described as the tilt detection unit 23 and the treatment element 20.

The tilt detecting unit 23 is a strain gauge, a semiconductor pressure sensor, or the like that allows the portion where the treatment element 20 is provided to be slightly displaced with respect to the treatment element attachment portion constituting the advancing / retreating mechanism 21 and detects the pressure due to the displacement. It may be a pressure sensor of. Alternatively, the inclination detecting unit 23 may have a configuration in which the load can be detected by detecting the current value flowing through the motor constituting the advancing / retreating mechanism 21, or may have various other configurations. The tilt detection unit 23 is not limited to the configuration of detecting the load from the treated person on the treated child 20, and is not limited to the configuration of detecting the displacement of the appropriate portion of the portion where the treated child 20 is provided, or an optical sensor. , Magnetic sensor, ultrasonic sensor, etc. may be used. The contact of the treatment child 20 with the body of the treatment subject when detecting the load from the treatment child on the treatment child 20 is not limited to the configuration in which the treatment child 20 is directly in contact with the body, and the treatment is performed. It includes a contact via a sheet-like cover, clothes, etc., which is generally provided so as to cover the front side of the child 20.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the massage machine 1 includes a tilting mechanism 24 (26) that tilts the body so as to individually push out the left side body and the right side body at predetermined positions in the longitudinal direction of the body. In the present embodiment, the tilting mechanism 24 (26) can change the extrusion amount of each of the left side body and the right side body. With such a configuration, as will be described in detail later, it is possible to effectively correct the posture or effectively treat the posture by changing the left and right extrusion amounts.
In the present embodiment, the massage machine 1 includes a first tilting mechanism 24 and a second tilting mechanism 26 provided at the first and second positions spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction of the body as predetermined positions. The tilt detection unit 23 described above is configured to be capable of detecting tilts in the left-right front-rear direction at the first position and the second position. With such a configuration, as will be described in detail later, the first tilt mechanism 24 and the second tilt mechanism 26 are operated in the direction of relaxing and eliminating the left and right twists at the first position and the second position, respectively. The posture can be corrected more effectively. In addition, it is possible to perform treatment with the posture corrected in this way.

The first tilt mechanism 24 is configured to individually push out the left side body and the right side body, that is, the left shoulder and the right shoulder at the shoulder position as the first position. As shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B, the first tilting mechanism 24 includes a left shoulder air cell 25A for pushing out the left shoulder and a right shoulder air cell 25B for pushing out the right shoulder in the present embodiment.
The left shoulder air cell 25A and the right shoulder air cell 25B are provided in the backrest portion 2 so as to be located on both the left and right sides of the treatment unit 10 so as to be positioned so as not to interfere with the treatment unit 10 described above. The left shoulder air cell 25A and the right shoulder air cell 25B may be elongated in the longitudinal direction of the body so as to accommodate the shoulder positions of patients of various heights.

The second tilt mechanism 26 is configured to individually push out the left side body and the right side body, that is, the left waist and the right waist at the waist (pelvis) position as the second position. Similar to the first tilting mechanism 24, the second tilting mechanism 26 includes a left hip air cell 27A for pushing out the left hip and a right hip air cell 27B for pushing out the right hip.
The left hip air cell 27A and the right hip air cell 27B are provided in the backrest portion 2 so as to be located on both the left and right sides of the treatment unit 10 so as to be positioned so as not to interfere with the treatment unit 10 as described above. The left hip air cell 27A and the right hip air cell 27B may be elongated in the longitudinal direction of the body so as to accommodate the waist positions of patients of various heights.

The left shoulder air cell 25A, the right shoulder air cell 25B, the left waist air cell 27A, and the right waist air cell 27B have a bag shape that expands and contracts due to the introduction and discharge of air. That is, if air is introduced into these left shoulder air cell 25A, right shoulder air cell 25B, left waist air cell 27A and right waist air cell 27B to inflate, the extruded portion of the body is pushed forward with respect to the backrest portion 2. Is done. An air source such as an air pump is connected to the left shoulder air cell 25A, the right shoulder air cell 25B, the left waist air cell 27A, and the right waist air cell 27B via an air pipeline.
The first tilt mechanism 24 is provided with a left shoulder air cell air supply / exhaust unit 25a and a right shoulder air cell air supply / exhaust unit 25b that control the supply and exhaust of air to the left shoulder air cell 25A and the right shoulder air cell 25B. The second tilt mechanism 26 is provided with a left waist air cell air supply / exhaust unit 27a and a right waist air cell air supply / exhaust unit 27b that control the supply and discharge of air to the left waist air cell 27A and the right waist air cell 27B.

The left shoulder air cell air supply / exhaust unit 25a, right shoulder air cell air supply / exhaust unit 25b, left waist air cell air supply / exhaust unit 27a, and right waist air cell air supply / exhaust unit 27b include a left shoulder air cell 25A, a right shoulder air cell 25B, a left waist air cell 27A, and a right waist. It may be an electromagnetic valve or the like that opens and closes an air pipeline connected to each of the air cells 27B.
The left shoulder air cell 25A and the right shoulder air cell 25B control the left shoulder air cell air supply / exhaust unit 25a and the right shoulder air cell air supply / exhaust unit 25b, and by changing the air supply / exhaust amount (supply / exhaust time), the extrusion amount of the left shoulder and the right shoulder Can be changed. An appropriate detection unit may be provided to detect the extrusion amount of the left shoulder and the right shoulder.
The left waist air cell 27A and the right waist air cell 27B control the left waist air cell air supply / exhaust unit 27a and the right waist air cell air supply / exhaust unit 27b, and change the air supply / exhaust amount (supply / exhaust time) to change the air supply / exhaust amount (supply / exhaust time) to the left waist and the right waist. It is possible to change the extrusion amount of. An appropriate detection unit may be provided to detect the extrusion amount of the left hip and the right hip.

In the present embodiment, the massage machine 1 includes a third tilting mechanism 28 that pushes out the left side body and the right side body, that is, the left buttocks and the right buttocks individually in the seating surface position as the third position. .. The third tilting mechanism 28 includes a left buttock air cell 29A that pushes out (lifts) the left buttock and a right buttock air cell 29B that pushes out (lifts) the right buttock, as in the case of the first tilting mechanism 24 and the second tilting mechanism 26 described above. , Is equipped. When the left buttock air cell 29A and the right buttock air cell 29B are provided so as to be movable up to the seat portion 3, the left buttock air cell 29A and the right buttock air cell 29B are positioned so as not to interfere with the treatment unit 10 as described above. It is provided in the seat 3 so as to be located on both the left and right sides of the treatment unit 10. An air source such as an air pump is connected to the left buttock air cell 29A and the right buttock air cell 29B via an air pipe as described above.

Similar to the above, the third tilting mechanism 28 is provided with a left buttock air cell air supply / exhaust section and a right buttock air cell supply / exhaust section that control the supply and exhaust of air to the left buttock air cell 29A and the right buttock air cell 29B. The third tilting mechanism 28 may function as a second tilting mechanism instead of the second tilting mechanism 26 described above. Alternatively, the second tilting mechanism 26 and the third tilting mechanism 28 described above may function as the first tilting mechanism and the second tilting mechanism. The position of the tilting mechanism and the combination when a plurality of tilting mechanisms are provided are not limited to such an example, and may be configured to include only one tilting mechanism or four or more tilting mechanisms. Air cells for restraining or treating the left and right shoulders of the person to be treated may be further provided on both the left and right sides of the backrest portion 2.
The massage machine 1 is provided with an appropriate power supply unit, a power cord, or the like that is connected to an external commercial power source or the like and supplies drive power to each of the above-mentioned units.

As shown in FIG. 2, the massage machine 1 includes an operation display unit 8. The operation display unit 8 may be a remote controller or the like connected to the control unit 19 described later via an appropriate signal line or the like. The operation display unit 8 includes an operation unit for starting and stopping (ON / OFF) the massage machine 1, an operation unit for selecting various treatment modes, an operation unit for tilting the backrest portion 2 and the leg rest portion 4, and the operation unit. An operation unit or the like for moving the treatment unit 10 is provided. The operation display unit 8 is not limited to the operation unit operated by fingers or the like, and may include a voice recognition unit that can be operated by voice input, or may have various configurations. The operation display unit 8 is not limited to the one provided in advance to the massage machine 1, and may be a mobile information terminal or the like in which application software for operation is installed.

The massage machine 1 includes a control unit 19 that controls each unit.
The control unit 19 executes a correction mode in which the tilt mechanism 24 (26) is operated so as to correct the tilt based on the tilt detected by the tilt detection unit 23 described above. With such a configuration, the tilting mechanism 24 (26) is operated in a direction to alleviate / eliminate the left-right twist at a predetermined position of the treated person, and the posture can be corrected. In addition, it is possible to perform treatment in a state where the posture is corrected in this way, or to correct the posture during treatment.
The control unit 19 controls the tilting mechanism 24 (26) and the treatment unit 10 to execute a treatment mode in which the person to be treated is treated in a tilted state. With such a configuration, the left side treatment child 20A and the right side treatment child 20B, which can be individually advanced and retreated as described above, can be appropriately advanced and retreated while the treated person is tilted. As a result, one of the treatment elements 20A (20B) is advanced to one side, which is tilted to become the backrest side, and is pressed more strongly, or is pressed almost evenly on each of the left and right sides of the tilted body. The left and right treatment elements 20A and 20B can be advanced and retreated as described above.

The control unit 19 is built in the lower side of the seat portion 3 of the massage machine 1. The control unit 19 is provided with a control circuit such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a microcomputer (MCU) including various memories such as ROM and RAM, and the like. As shown in FIG. 2, the control unit 19 is connected to each of the above-mentioned drive units, air supply / exhaust units, detection units, and the like via signal lines and the like. Each drive unit and air supply / exhaust unit are controlled by being stored in the memory of the control unit 19 and referring to the detection value by each detection unit according to a predetermined program, and the tilt detection mode and the correction mode described later are various. The treatment mode is executed. In the tilt detection mode, correction mode, and tilt treatment mode, which will be described later, an appropriate operation unit provided on the operation display unit 8 provided on the portable information terminal or the massage machine 1 can be operated, or voice input can be performed on the voice recognition unit. It may be configured to be executed by accepting the above, and may be included in the initial setting mode or the like which is appropriately executed when the start operation of the massage machine 1 is performed.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 19 executes an inclination detection mode for detecting an inclination in the left-right front-rear direction at a predetermined position (step S100). In the present embodiment, the control unit 19 has a shoulder anteroposterior tilt detection mode for estimating the left-right anteroposterior tilt at the shoulder position as a predetermined position (first position) and a waist position as a predetermined position (second position). The waist front-back tilt detection mode, which estimates the left-right front-back tilt, is executed.
In the shoulder anterior-posterior tilt detection mode, as shown in FIGS. It may be made to detect the front-back position of the left shoulder. Then, if the detection value by the left body position detecting unit 23A exceeds a predetermined threshold value with the contact of the left side treatment child 20A with the left shoulder, the position exceeding the threshold value is stored in the memory as the front-back position of the left shoulder. The front-back position of the left shoulder can be detected by the main body advance / retreat position detection unit 15 described above.

Next, contrary to the above, in a state where the right side treatment child 20B is advanced from the left side treatment child 20A, the treatment unit main body 11 which is set to the retracted position is advanced to detect the front-back position of the right shoulder. good. Then, if the detection value by the right body position detection unit 23B exceeds a predetermined threshold value with the contact of the right side treatment child 20B to the right shoulder, the position exceeding the threshold value is stored in the memory as the front-back position of the right shoulder. .. The front-back position of the right shoulder can be detected by the main body advance / retreat position detecting unit 15 as described above.
Then, the front-back position of the left shoulder detected as described above is compared with the front-back position of the right shoulder, and the inclination of the left and right shoulders in the front-back direction is estimated. The inclination information of the left and right shoulders in the front-rear direction may include information on the magnitude of the inclination. In this shoulder anterior-posterior tilt detection mode, the widths of the left and right treatment elements 20A and 20B may be positioned and executed according to the widths of the left and right shoulders.

Prior to the execution of the shoulder anterior-posterior inclination detection mode, the shoulder height position detection mode for detecting the approximate shoulder height position (reference position) of the treated person may be executed. In this shoulder height position detection mode, with the left and right treatment elements 20A and 20B advanced respectively, the treatment unit 10 positioned above the shoulder of the treated person is moved downward to raise the shoulder height. The position may be detected. The operation display unit 8 may be provided with an operation unit capable of changing the shoulder height position detected by the shoulder height position detection mode. Alternatively, prior to the execution of the shoulder anterior-posterior tilt detection mode, the treatment unit main body 11 is moved downward in a state where one treatment child is advanced from the other treatment child, and one of the left shoulder and the right shoulder is used. The left and right shoulder height position detection modes may be executed to detect the height position and then detect the other height position in the same manner.
In the shoulder anterior-posterior tilt detection mode described above, the treatment unit main body 11 is set so that the left and right treatment elements 20A and 20B are at the shoulder height positions detected as described above (left and right shoulder height positions). It may be performed in a positioned state.

In the waist anterior-posterior tilt detection mode, as shown in FIGS. The unit body 11 may be advanced to detect the front-back position of the left hip. Then, if the detection value by the left body position detection unit 23A exceeds a predetermined threshold value with the contact of the left side treatment child 20A with the left hip, the position exceeding the threshold value is stored in the memory as the front-back position of the left hip. .. The front-back position of the left hip can be detected by the main body advance / retreat position detection unit 15 described above.
Next, contrary to the above, in a state where the right side treatment child 20B is advanced from the left side treatment child 20A, the treatment unit main body 11 which is set to the retracted position is advanced to detect the front-back position of the right hip. good. Then, if the detection value by the right body information detection unit 23B exceeds a predetermined threshold value with the contact of the right side treatment child 20B to the right hip, the position exceeding the threshold value is stored in the memory as the front-back position of the right hip. .. The front-back position of the right hip can be detected by the main body advance / retreat position detecting unit 15 as described above. Then, the front-back position of the left hip and the front-back position of the right hip detected as described above are compared, and the inclination of the left and right hips in the front-back direction is estimated. The inclination information in the front-back direction of the left and right hips may include the magnitude information of the inclination.

In this waist anterior-posterior tilt detection mode, the left and right treatment hands 20A and 20B have shoulder height positions (either left or right) detected by executing the shoulder height position detection mode or the left and right shoulder height position detection modes described above. The treatment unit main body 11 may be positioned so as to be approximately the reference waist height position estimated from the shoulder height position).
Alternatively, prior to the execution of the waist anterior-posterior tilt detection mode, the treatment unit main body 11 is moved downward with one treatment child advanced from the other treatment child, and the left waist (left pelvis) and right waist. The left and right hip height position detection modes may be executed to detect the height position of one of the (right pelvis) and then detect the height position of the other in the same manner. Then, even if the treatment unit main body 11 is positioned so that the left and right treatment units 20A and 20B are at the height positions of the left and right hips detected in this way, the waist front-back tilt detection mode is executed. good.

In this waist anterior-posterior tilt detection mode, the widths of the left and right treatments 20A and 20B may be positioned and executed according to the left and right hips (pelvis).
In the shoulder anterior-posterior inclination detection mode and the waist anterior-posterior inclination detection mode described above, the mode of detecting from the left side first is illustrated, but the mode of detecting from the right side may be used first.
In the above example, an example including one treatment unit (treatment unit 10) is shown, but the configuration is such that a plurality of treatment units (treatment unit 10) are provided above and below, and the upper treatment unit (treatment unit 10) is provided. The front-back inclination of the shoulder may be detected by the treatment unit (treatment unit 10) on the lower side, and the front-back inclination of the waist may be detected by the treatment unit (treatment unit 10).

In the above example, one of the left and right body anterior-posterior positions (shoulder anterior-posterior position or waist anterior-posterior position) is detected with one of the left and right treatment elements 20A and 20B advanced from the other. However, it is not limited to such an aspect. For example, with both the left and right treatment units 20A and 20B advanced, the treatment unit main body 11 is advanced as described above, and the detection value of one of the left and right body position detection units 23A and 23B sets the threshold value. If it exceeds, the position is stored in the memory as one of the left and right body anterior-posterior positions, and the treatment element on one side is retracted to advance the treatment unit main body 11, and if the detection value of the other exceeds the above threshold value, the position is moved. It may be stored in the memory as the front-back position of the left or right body.
Further, instead of the configuration in which the left and right treatment elements 20A and 20B are provided in one treatment unit 10, the left and right treatment elements 20A and 20B are respectively provided, and each of them can move along the longitudinal direction of the body. It may be provided with a pair of left and right treatment units. In this case, with one side of the left and right treatment elements 20A and 20B set as the upper limit position that is not in contact with the treated person, the other side is advanced to move the other side to the front-back position of the body. It may be an aspect such as detection. Instead of detecting the left and right body anterior-posterior positions (shoulder anterior-posterior position or waist anterior-posterior position) in the left-right order, a mode of simultaneously detecting the left and right body anterior-posterior positions may be used. Various other modes can be adopted as the mode for detecting the tilt in the left-right front-back direction at the waist position).

As shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 19 executes a correction mode for correcting the inclination detected as described above (step S101). In the present embodiment, the control unit 19 has a shoulder anterior-posterior tilt correction mode for correcting the left-right anterior-posterior inclination in the shoulder position as a predetermined position (first position) and a waist position as a predetermined position (second position). The waist front-back tilt correction mode, which corrects the left-right front-back tilt, is executed. The shoulder anterior-posterior inclination correction mode and the waist anterior-posterior inclination correction mode may be executed simultaneously or individually and sequentially.

In the example of FIG. 4 (c), in the shoulder anterior-posterior tilt detection mode, when it is detected that the right shoulder is in front of the left shoulder and the shoulder side portion has a counterclockwise twist (see FIG. 4 (b)). An example of the shoulder anterior-posterior tilt correction mode is shown. In this case, the left shoulder air cell 25A is inflated rather than the right shoulder air cell 25B, and the left shoulder is pushed out. That is, the first tilt mechanism 24 is controlled so as to twist the shoulder side portion of the treated person to the clockwise side, which is the side for alleviating / eliminating the twist detected as described above.
Contrary to the above, when it is detected that the left shoulder is in front of the right shoulder and there is a clockwise twist in the shoulder side part, the right shoulder air cell 25B is inflated rather than the left shoulder air cell 25A to inflate the right shoulder. You may try to correct it so that it is pushed out. That is, the first tilt mechanism 24 is controlled so as to twist the shoulder side portion of the treated person to the counterclockwise side, which is the side for alleviating / eliminating the twist detected as described above.
In this shoulder anterior-posterior inclination correction mode, the extrusion amount of the left and right shoulders may be changed according to the magnitude of the anteroposterior inclination of the left and right shoulders. In this shoulder anterior-posterior tilt correction mode, the treatment unit 10 may be moved to execute an appropriate treatment mode in the state corrected as described above, or the shoulder may be executed while the appropriate treatment mode is being executed. The forward / backward tilt correction mode may be executed. At this time, depending on the detected twist, the treatment may be performed with different strength, number of times, order, etc. on the right side and the left side.

In the example of FIG. 4 (f), in the waist anterior-posterior tilt detection mode, when it is detected that the left waist is in front of the right waist and the waist side portion has a clockwise twist (see FIG. 4 (e)). An example of the waist anterior-posterior tilt correction mode is shown. In this case, the right hip air cell 27B is inflated rather than the left hip air cell 27A, and the right hip is pushed out. That is, the second tilt mechanism 26 is controlled so as to twist the lumbar portion of the treated person to the counterclockwise side, which is the side for relaxing / eliminating the twist detected as described above.
Contrary to the above, when it is detected that the right hip is in front of the left hip and there is a counterclockwise twist in the lumbar region, the left hip air cell 27A is inflated rather than the right hip air cell 27B. You may try to correct it so that the left hip is pushed out. That is, the second tilt mechanism 26 is controlled so as to twist the lumbar portion of the treated person to the clockwise side, which is the side for alleviating / eliminating the twist detected as described above.
In this waist anterior-posterior tilt correction mode, the extrusion amount of the left and right hips may be changed according to the magnitude of the anterior-posterior inclination of the left and right hips, as described above. In this waist anterior-posterior tilt correction mode, the treatment unit 10 may be moved to execute an appropriate treatment mode in the state corrected as described above, or the waist may be executed while the appropriate treatment mode is being executed. The forward / backward tilt correction mode may be executed. At this time, depending on the detected twist, the treatment may be performed with different strength, number of times, order, etc. on the right side and the left side.

The left side body (in the above example, the left shoulder) is inflated from one of the left side air cell (left shoulder air cell 25A, left waist air cell 27A) and the right side air cell (right shoulder air cell 25B, right waist air cell 27B). , Left hip) and right body (in the above example, right shoulder, right hip), for example, one may be contracted by exhaust gas and the other may be expanded by air supply. It is also possible to adopt a mode in which both the left and right sides are inflated by air supply and one of them is contracted by exhaust gas, and various other modes can be adopted. Here, the contraction of one is not limited to the state of being completely contracted and may be a state of being contracted more than the other, and the expansion of the other is not limited to the state of being completely expanded and is expanded more than the other. It suffices if it is in the same state.
As a mode for changing the extrusion amount of the left side body and the right side body, a mode of changing the supply / discharge amount (supply / discharge time) of air to the left air cell and the right side air cell may be used, and the left and right extrusion amounts are appropriately detected. The mode may be changed by controlling the air supply / exhaust unit based on the detection of the detection unit, and various other modes can be adopted.
In the above example, the anteroposterior tilt correction mode at the shoulder position and the waist position as predetermined positions is illustrated, but it is only an example, and the anteroposterior tilt correction mode can be executed at an appropriate position according to the position and number of the tilt mechanisms. Is.

As shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 19 executes a tilted treatment mode in which the treated person is treated in a tilted state (step S102). In this tilt treatment mode, based on the anterior-posterior inclination (twist) detected in the shoulder anterior-posterior inclination detection mode and the waist anterior-posterior inclination detection mode, the treatment of the muscles and the acupuncture points (pots) around them, which are considered to be the cause, is performed. The treatment may be performed with the predetermined position of the treated person tilted so that the treatment can be performed effectively.
In the example of the tilt treatment mode shown in FIG. 5A, the extrusion amount of one of the left shoulder air cell 25A and the right shoulder air cell 25B (in the figure, the left shoulder air cell 25A) is changed to change the extrusion amount of the shoulder side portion of the treated person. An example of treatment by the treatment unit 10 in each state in which the degree of twist is changed is shown. As a result, it is possible to change the contact portion, contact strength, contact angle, etc. of the left and right treatment elements 20A and 20B with respect to the periphery of the left and right shoulder side parts, and various treatments can be performed. FIG. 5A shows an example in which the left and right treatment elements 20A and 20B are treated in the same advancing / retreating position, but one of the left and right shoulder sides (in the figure, the right shoulder) which is tilted to be the backrest side. The treatment child 20 on the side) may be treated in a state of being advanced from the treatment child 20 on the other shoulder side.

In the example of the tilting treatment mode shown in FIG. 5B, the left and right treatment elements 20A and 20B are pressed substantially evenly against the left and right shoulder side parts while the shoulder side part of the treated person is tilted. An example of treatment in a state where the advancing and retreating amounts of the left and right treatment elements 20A and 20B are adjusted is shown. In the illustrated example, the left shoulder air cell 25A is inflated, the left shoulder is pushed out, and the shoulder side portion is tilted, and the left side treatment child 20A is advanced from the right side treatment child 20B for treatment. On the contrary, the right shoulder air cell 25B may be inflated, the right shoulder may be pushed out, and the shoulder side portion may be tilted, and the right side treatment child 20B may be advanced from the left side treatment child 20A for treatment.

In the example of the tilt treatment mode shown in FIG. 5 (c), the extrusion amount of one of the left waist air cell 27A and the right waist air cell 27B (in the figure, the right waist air cell 27B) is changed to change the extrusion amount on the lumbar side of the treated person. An example of treatment by the treatment unit 10 in each state in which the degree of twist of the site is changed is shown. As a result, similarly to the above, it is possible to change the contact portion, contact strength, contact angle, etc. of the left and right treatment elements 20A and 20B with respect to the periphery of the left and right lumbar side parts, and various treatments can be performed. FIG. 5C shows an example in which the left and right treatment elements 20A and 20B are treated in the same advancing / retreating position, but one of the left and right hip sides (in the figure, the left hip) which is tilted to be the backrest side. The treatment child 20 on the side) may be treated in a state of being advanced from the treatment child 20 on the other lumbar side.

In the example of the tilted treatment mode shown in FIG. 5 (d), the left and right treatment elements 20A and 20B are pressed substantially evenly against the left and right lumbar regions while the lumbar region of the treated person is tilted. An example of treatment in a state where the advancing and retreating amounts of the left and right treatment elements 20A and 20B are adjusted is shown. In the illustrated example, the right hip air cell 27B is inflated, the right hip is pushed out, and the lumbar side portion is tilted, and the right side treatment child 20B is advanced from the left side treatment child 20A for treatment. On the contrary, the left hip air cell 27A may be inflated, the left hip may be pushed out, and the lumbar side portion may be tilted, and the left lower back treatment child 20A may be advanced from the right lower back treatment child 20B for treatment.

The tilted treatment mode in which the shoulder side portion is tilted and the tilted treatment mode in which the lumbar side portion is tilted may be simultaneously executed or may be sequentially executed individually.
As shown in FIG. 3, the tilt treatment mode is not limited to the tilt detection mode for detecting the tilt in the left-right front-back direction at a predetermined position and the mode executed after the correction mode for correcting the tilt is performed, and is executed independently. May be done. That is, without detecting the inclination or correcting the inclination, the left and right treatment children 20A and 20B are appropriately advanced and retreated in a state where the predetermined part or substantially the entire treatment is tilted. May be good.
In the above example, the tilting treatment mode in which the shoulder side part and the lumbar side part are tilted as predetermined parts is illustrated, but this is only an example, and the tilting at an appropriate part is performed according to the position and number of the tilting mechanisms. It is possible to execute the treatment mode. For example, instead of or in place of the mode in which the shoulder side portion and the lumbar side portion are tilted, or in addition to at least one of them, the treatment is performed in a state where the buttocks are tilted by the above-mentioned third tilting mechanism 28. You may do so. The treatment in the tilted treatment mode may be performed by an air cell, a roller, or the like provided on the leg rest portion 4 or the accoudoir portions 5, 5 described above, in addition to the treatment by the treatment unit 10.
The tilting mechanisms 24, 26, and 28 are not limited to the mechanism for tilting the above-mentioned parts, but may be a mechanism for tilting the head, left and right arms, and left and right legs, and are not limited to a mechanism for tilting by an air cell. , An appropriate advancing / retreating mechanism may be provided on each of the left and right sides and tilted.
The configuration of each part constituting the massage machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the inclination detection mode, the correction mode, and various treatment modes are not limited to the above-mentioned examples, and various other modifications are possible.

1 Massage machine 10 Treatment unit (treatment department)
19 Control unit 20A Left side treatment child 20B Right side treatment child 21 Advance / retreat mechanism 23 Tilt detection unit 24 First tilt mechanism (tilt mechanism)
26 Second tilt mechanism (tilt mechanism)

Claims (5)

In the tilting mechanism that tilts the body by pushing out each of the left side body and the right side body at a predetermined position in the longitudinal direction of the body, a tilting detection unit that detects the tilting in the left-right front-back direction at the predetermined position, and the tilting detection unit. Control to operate the tilt mechanism in a direction of pushing out a side different from the side detected by the tilt detection unit when it is forward of the left and right at the predetermined position so as to correct the tilt based on the detected tilt. It has a department and
The tilting mechanism is provided so as to be located on both the left and right sides of the treatment unit so as to be movable along the longitudinal direction of the body and not to interfere with the treatment unit having the left side treatment element and the right side treatment element. A massage machine characterized by being. A treatment unit that has a left side treatment child and a right side treatment child and is movable along the longitudinal direction of the body, and a treatment unit provided in the treatment unit, and the left side treatment child and the right side treatment child can be individually advanced and retreated. A state in which the patient is tilted by controlling the tilting mechanism and the treatment unit, the advancing / retreating mechanism, the tilting mechanism that tilts the body by individually pushing out the left side body and the right side body at a predetermined position in the longitudinal direction of the body. A massage machine characterized by being equipped with a control unit that executes a treatment mode for treatment. In claim 2,
It is equipped with a tilt detection unit that detects the tilt in the left-right front-back direction at the predetermined position.
The control unit is a massage machine, characterized in that it executes a correction mode in which the inclination mechanism is operated so as to correct the inclination based on the inclination detected by the inclination detection unit. In claim 1 or 3,
The tilting mechanism includes a first tilting mechanism and a second tilting mechanism provided at the first and second positions spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction of the body as the predetermined positions, and the tilting detection unit is the second tilting mechanism. A massage machine characterized in that it is configured to be able to detect tilts in the left-right front-back direction at one position and the second position. In any one of claims 1 to 4,
The tilting mechanism is a massage machine characterized in that the extrusion amount of each of the left side body and the right side body can be changed.

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