JPH11123221A - Seat having massage function - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To effectively eliminate a symptom by discriminating a meridian point on the basis of a selected symptom, and massaging the point by a therapeutic probe. SOLUTION: For example, when a symptom of a 'taking cold' is selected by a remote controller 28 being a symptom selecting means to select a symptom, a meridian point discriminating means 33 discriminates a meridian point for a massage as a cold stoma and, a great vertebra A meridian point vertical position operation means 34 inputs a moving distance from a vertical moving distance detecting means 31 of a therapeutic probe arranged in a seat back, and calculates a position in the vertical direction of a meridian point from a signal of the 'point' discriminating means 33. A vertical movement control means 36 outputs a signal to move the therapeutic piece to a vertical directional position of the calculated 'meridian point' to a vertically moving means 29. A width movement control means 35 inputs a moving distance from a width moving distance detecting means 32, and outputs a signal to move the therapeutic probe to a width directional position to a width moving means 30 according to a king of point.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a seat with a massage function for massaging a shoulder, a waist and the like of a seated person.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a seat with a massage function has been proposed in which a seat back is provided with a massage function so as to give an appropriate vibration to a shoulder, a waist and the like of a seated person. For example, a treatment element that moves in the vertical direction and the width direction is provided on the seat back, and the treatment element has a structure in which a desired part can be massaged (see Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 1-135926 as a similar technique).

[0003]

However, conventionally, using such a sheet with a massage function, in the case of shoulder stiffness due to a cold, for example, only the shoulders are massaged in order to obtain only comfort. However, to really eliminate stiff shoulders, it is necessary to eliminate not only the shoulders but also the cold itself. The part that eliminates such a symptom is a so-called "pot" which has been known for a long time. "Acupoint" other than shoulder
By massage, the cause of stiff shoulders can be fundamentally eliminated. The conventional sheet with a massage function massages only the shoulder, and does not massage the original "point". Further, even when studying the position of the "point", it is difficult to match the treatment element of the sheet with the massage function to that position.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to such a conventional technique, and has a massage function capable of automatically massaging a "pot" effective for eliminating the symptom in accordance with the symptom. It is intended to provide a sheet with a label.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
A massage function-equipped seat having a treatment element that moves in the vertical direction and the width direction on the seat back, and determines a "point" based on a selected symptom, and massages the "point" by the treatment element. is there.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the "point" is determined based on the selected symptom, and the "acupoint" is massaged by the treatment element, so that it is effective to eliminate the symptom.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vertical moving means for moving a treatment element provided on a seat back in a vertical direction along the seat back, and a width moving means for moving the treatment element in a width direction of the seat back. Vertical movement amount detection means for detecting the movement amount of the treatment element in the vertical direction, width movement amount detection means for detecting the movement amount of the treatment element in the width direction, and symptom selection means for selecting a symptom. The "point" discriminating means for discriminating the "point" to massage from the symptom, and the movement amount from the vertical movement amount detecting means are input, and the position of the "point" in the vertical direction is calculated from the signal of the "point" discriminating means The "acupoint" vertical position calculating means and the movement amount from the width movement amount detecting means are inputted, and the treatment element is positioned in the width direction of the "acupoint" according to the type of the "acupoint" determined by the "acupoint" determining means. To move to Movement control means for outputting a signal to the width movement means, and a vertical movement control for outputting a signal for moving the treatment element to the vertical position of the "point" calculated by the "point" vertical position calculation means to the vertical movement means. Means.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the position of the "point" in the width direction is determined according to the type of the determined symptom, and the "point" is calculated by the "point" vertical position calculating means. Since the position in the up-down direction is determined, the treatment element can be reliably moved to the "pot" position.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a seat back vertical movement means for vertically moving a seat back with respect to a seat cushion, and a seat back vertical movement amount detection means for detecting a vertical movement amount of the seat back. The movement amount from the seat back vertical movement amount detecting means is also input to the "pot" vertical position calculating means.

According to the third aspect of the invention, even if the seat back itself is moved up and down, the vertical position of the "pot" is calculated in consideration of the vertical position of the seat back. Is reliably detected in the vertical direction.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a reclining means for rotating the seat back with respect to the seat cushion, and a seat back rotation amount detecting means for detecting the amount of rotation of the seat back. The rotation amount from the seat back rotation amount detecting means is also input to the means.

According to the fourth aspect of the invention, even when the seat back itself is rotated back and forth, the vertical position of the "pot" is calculated in consideration of the rotation position of the seat back. The position detection of the acupoint in the vertical direction is reliable.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the treatment element has a diameter of 60 m.
The treatment element is a vertical disk having a thickness of 30 mm or more and a thickness of 30 mm or more.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, since the treatment element is large and the vertical vibration width is large, even if there is a slight error in detecting the position of the "point", the massage is performed by covering the "point" position. can do.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

First, the structure of a seat with a massage function according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

The seat with a massage function according to this embodiment mainly includes a seat cushion 1, a seat back 2,
And a seat side 3. The seat cushion 1 includes a pipe-shaped frame 4 and a cushion body 5. The frame 4 has high rigidity, and a footrest 7 that can be raised horizontally by rotating a lever 6 of the seat side 3 is provided at a front portion. A large vibrating body 8 is installed at the center of the footrest 7 so as to give an appropriate vibration to a straight leg.

A reclining mechanism 9 is provided at a rear portion of the frame 4, and a pair of left and right sliding mechanisms 10 are attached to both left and right end portions of the reclining mechanism 9 so as to be rotatable back and forth. The reclining mechanism 9 functions as “reclining means” of the present invention, and the slide mechanism 10 functions as “seat back vertical moving means” of the present invention.

The structure of the slide mechanism 10 will be described. Reference numeral 11 denotes a base having a U-shaped cross section, and a lower end portion is directly attached to a pivot S of the reclining mechanism 9. Base 11
On the rear side, a motor 12 is provided at a lower portion, and the upper end of a screw rod 13 extending upward from the motor 12 is supported by a bearing bracket 14 attached to an upper portion of the base 11. On the front side of the base 11, a fixed rail 1
The fixed rail 15 is provided with a movable rail 16.
Are slidably engaged. An arm 17 is formed from the movable arm 16 to the screw rod 13 through both the left and right sides of the base 11, and a nut 18 attached to the tip of the arm 17 is screwed to the screw rod 13. Accordingly, by rotating the screw rod 13 by the motor 12, the arm 17 moves up and down together with the movable rail 16.

On the other hand, a rail 19 is provided inside the seat back 2. The general part 20 corresponding to the back part P2 and the waist part P3 of the occupant (dummy in this embodiment) M on the rail 19 is formed in a straight line, but the position corresponding to the upper shoulder part P1 is An inclined portion 21 inclined toward the person M is formed. The rail 19 is provided with a movable treatment unit 22,
The motor and the chain mechanism (not shown) can move up and down along the rail 19 from the to the inclined portion 21.

The treatment unit 22 includes two slide bars 23 along the width direction W of the seat back 2 (see FIG. 3).
The slide bar 23 has a pair of left and right hydraulic cylinders 2 each having a treatment element 24 at the front end.
5 is attached movably in the width direction W along the slide bar 23. Therefore, the treatment element 24 not only moves up and down along the rail 19, but also at the shoulder P1 and the waist P3.
It also moves along the width direction W. By doing so, the massage effect at the shoulder P1 and the waist P3 is further enhanced. High-pressure oil from a pump (not shown) is sent to a hydraulic cylinder 25 that moves the treatment element 24 via an oil feed pipe 26. The treatment element 24 is a vertical disk having a diameter of 60 mm and a thickness of 30 mm, and vibrates up and down with a vibration width of 30 mm.

The rail 19 of the seat back 2
Is fixed to the movable rail 16 of the slide mechanism 10 via a bracket 27 (see FIG. 3). Therefore, by changing the angle of the slide mechanism 10 by the reclining mechanism 9, the entire seat back 2 is rotated back and forth about the rotation fulcrum S, and a desired reclining angle θ is obtained. If the screw rod 13 is rotated by driving the motor 12, the arm 1
Since the movable rail 16 moves up and down through 7, the seat back 2 as a whole can move in the up and down direction along the reclining angle θ. The front and rear rotation and the vertical movement of the seat back 2 can be performed by operating the remote controller 28 (see FIG. 1). The remote controller 28 is also a "symptom selecting means" of the present invention, and can select a symptom to be resolved by massage.

The uppermost position of the treatment element 24 on the rail 19 of the treatment unit 22 is an inclined portion 21.
The treatment element 24 of the treatment unit 22 in the
By massaging 1, an optimal massage effect is obtained. That is, in this embodiment, since the inclined portion 21 is formed on the side of the occupant M, the shoulder pressing angle by the treatment element 24 is set to the occupant (dummy) having the back on the seat back 2.
The angle is set to be an optimum angle with respect to M (specifically, about 30 degrees with respect to the torso line that is the central axis of the torso of the occupant M). This shoulder pressing angle of about 30 degrees is the angle at which most people felt comfortable as a result of performing a massage test on a plurality of persons by variously changing the angle at which massage was applied from the treatment element 24. is there.

Therefore, by moving the seat back 2 up and down, a person of any physique can adjust the treatment element 24 of the treatment unit 22 on the inclined portion 21 to the shoulder P1, and the optimum position for the shoulder P1 can be obtained. Massage can be performed. After the seat back 2 is moved up and down to fit the physique, the treatment unit 22 is automatically raised to the uppermost inclined portion 21 by simply pressing the “shoulder” button of the remote controller 28, and the treatment element 24 Can be massaged.

The occupant M can use the remote controller 28 if desired.
By operating the reclining mechanism 9, the slide mechanism 10 is rotated together with the seat back 2, and the reclining angle θ of the seat back 2 can be freely adjusted. The seat back 2 can be made substantially horizontal by setting the reclining angle θ to a maximum of 90 degrees. The reclining angle θ is increased, and the shoulder P1 of the
If there is a relative displacement between the seat back 2
By slightly lowering the relative displacement, the relative displacement can be corrected.

The seat with a massage function according to the present embodiment having the above-described structure can automatically massage a “point” corresponding to the symptom selected by the remote controller 28.

First, the symptoms that can be selected and the positions of the "points" corresponding to the symptoms are shown in Table 1 below.

[0028]

[Table 1]

Next, FIG. 4 shows a structure for moving the treatment element 24 to the "acupoint" position.

Reference numeral 29 denotes a vertical moving means for moving the treatment element 24 provided on the seat back 2 in the vertical direction along the seat back 2. Reference numeral 30 denotes a width moving means for moving the treatment element 24 in the width direction of the seat back 2. Reference numeral 31 denotes a vertical movement amount detecting means.
This is for detecting the amount of movement of the treatment element 24 in the vertical direction. Reference numeral 32 denotes a width movement amount detecting means for detecting the movement amount of the treatment element 24 in the width direction. As described above, the remote controller 28 is a symptom selecting means for selecting a symptom.

Reference numeral 33 denotes a "point" discriminating means for discriminating the "point" to be massaged from the selected symptom. For example, when the selected symptom is “cold”, it is determined that the “pot” for that is a wind gate and a large vertebra. Reference numeral 34 denotes a "point" vertical position calculating means for inputting the movement amount from the vertical movement amount detecting means 31 and calculating the vertical position of the "point" from the signal of the "point" discriminating means 33. It is. Reference numeral 35 denotes a width movement control unit that inputs the movement amount from the width movement amount detection unit 32 and sets the treatment element 24 to the “point” according to the type of the “point” determined by the “point” determination unit 33. A signal for moving to the width direction position is output to the width moving means 30. Code 36
The vertical movement control means outputs to the vertical movement means 29 a signal for moving the treatment element 24 to the vertical position of the "point" calculated by the "point" vertical position calculating means 34.

As described above, the slide mechanism 10 functions as "seat back up / down moving means" for vertically moving the seat back 2 with respect to the seat cushion 1. Reference numeral 37 denotes a seat back vertical movement amount detecting means.
The amount of movement of the seat back 2 in the vertical direction is detected. The movement amount detected by the seat back vertical movement amount detecting means 37 is input to the "pot" vertical position calculating means 34.

As described above, the reclining mechanism 9 functions as "reclining means" for rotating the seat back 2 with respect to the seat cushion 1. Reference numeral 38 denotes a seat back rotation amount detecting means for detecting the rotation amount of the seat back 2. The rotation amount detected by the seat back rotation amount detection means 38 is input to the "pot" vertical position calculation means 34.

The "point" vertical position calculating means 34 detects the amount of movement .DELTA.Ly in the vertical direction from the reference position of the shoulder (the position of the inclined portion 21) to the "point" position. This movement amount ΔLy is expressed by the following equation (1).

ΔLy = (Ls0−ΔLs) × (1-a) (1)

Here, reference symbol Ls0 is a length from the seat surface (the surface of the seat cushion 1) to the reference position of the shoulder (the position of the inclined portion 21) when the seat back 2 is raised to the highest position by the slide mechanism 10. That's it.

The symbol ΔLs is the length of the seat back 2 lowered from the highest position to the use position.

Symbol a represents the ratio of the length (Lt) from the seat surface to the "pot" to the length (Lh) from the seat surface to the reference position of the shoulder (the position of the inclined portion 21). That is, Lt
/ Lh, which is a constant that varies depending on the type of the "point". For example, when “acupoint” is a wind gate, the value is 0.95. still,
The "pot" vertical position calculating means 34 is also calculated taking into account the correction value ΔLθ based on the reclining angle θ of the reclining mechanism 9.

With the above configuration, the remote controller 28
So, for example, simply selecting the symptoms of "cold"
4 automatically moves to the “wind gate” and “large vertebra” and massages it. Therefore, it is effective in alleviating the symptoms of cold. Also, if some reason causes the treatment element 2
Even if 4 does not exactly match the "acupoint" position, as described above, since the treatment element 24 is large and the vertical vibration width is large, it is possible to massage while covering the "acupoint" position. it can.

[0040]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the "point" is determined based on the selected symptom, and the "acupoint" is massaged by the treatment element, so that it is effective to eliminate the symptom.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the position of the "point" in the width direction is determined according to the type of the determined symptom, and the "point" is calculated by the "point" vertical position calculating means. Since the position in the up-down direction is determined, the treatment element can be reliably moved to the "pot" position.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, even when the seat back itself is moved up and down, the vertical position of the "pot" is calculated in consideration of the vertical position of the seat back. Is reliably detected in the vertical direction.

According to the fourth aspect of the invention, even when the seat back itself is rotated back and forth, the vertical position of the "pot" is calculated in consideration of the rotation position of the seat back. The position detection of the acupoint in the vertical direction is reliable.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, since the treatment element is large and the vertical vibration width is large, even if there is some error in detecting the position of the "point", the massage is performed by covering the position of the "point". can do.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a massage function-equipped sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing the internal structure of the massage function-equipped sheet.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line SA-SA shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration for moving a treatment element to a “pot” position.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Seat back 9 Reclining mechanism (reclining means) 10 Slide mechanism (seat back vertical moving means) 24 Treatment element 28 Remote control (symptom selecting means) 29 Vertical moving means 30 Width moving means 31 Vertical moving amount detecting means 32 Width moving amount detecting means 33 "point" discriminating means 34 "point" vertical position calculating means 35 width movement control means 36 vertical movement control means 37 seat back vertical movement amount detecting means 38 seat back rotation amount detecting means

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A massage function-equipped seat having a treatment element which moves in a vertical direction and a width direction on a seat back, wherein a "point" is determined based on a selected symptom, and the "point" is determined by the treatment element. A sheet with a massage function characterized by massaging. 2. The seat with a massage function according to claim 1, wherein the treatment element provided on the seat back is moved up and down along the seat back, and the treatment element is moved in the width direction of the seat back. Vertical movement amount detecting means for detecting the moving amount of the treatment element in the vertical direction,
Width movement amount detecting means for detecting the movement amount of the treatment element in the width direction, symptom selecting means for selecting a symptom, `` acupoint '' determining means for determining the `` acupoint '' to be massaged from the selected symptom, and up / down movement A "point" vertical position calculating means for inputting the movement amount from the amount detection means and calculating the vertical position of the "point" from the signal of the "point" discriminating means, and a movement amount from the width movement amount detection means. The treatment element is set to “point” according to the type of the “point” determined by the input and the “point” determination means.
And a signal for moving the treatment element to the vertical position of the "point" calculated by the "point" vertical position calculating means. And a vertical movement control means for outputting a signal to the vertical movement means. 3. The seat with a massage function according to claim 2, wherein the seat back is moved up and down with respect to the seat cushion, and the seat back detects the amount of vertical movement of the seat back. A seat with a massage function, comprising: a vertical movement amount detection means, wherein the movement amount from the seat back vertical movement amount detection means is also input to the "point" vertical position calculation means. 4. A seat with a massage function according to claim 2, wherein a reclining means for rotating the seat back with respect to the seat cushion, and a seat back rotation amount detection for detecting a rotation amount of the seat back. A seat having a massage function, wherein the rotation amount from the seat back rotation amount detecting means is also input to the “point” vertical position calculating means. 5. The sheet with a massage function according to claim 1, wherein the treatment element is a vertically placed disc body having a diameter of 60 mm or more and a thickness of 30 mm or more, and the treatment element. A sheet with a massage function characterized by vibrating up and down with a vibration width of 30 mm or more.