KR101828678B1 - Management system of coin insert type massage chair - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a management system for a coin-operated massage chair capable of remotely managing sales information on a coin input and massage information of a massage chair, and charging the mobile device while receiving massage through a massage chair.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a coin-operated massage chair management system comprising: a massage chair operated by a power supply; A coin counter for interrupting power supplied to the massage chair based on the input coin or banknote and the set information; And a management server which is connected to the coin counter via a communication network, receives the coin information input from the coin counter, and stores and manages the sales information.

Description

{MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF COIN INSERT TYPE MASSAGE CHAIR}

The present invention relates to a management system for a coin-operated massage chair, and more particularly, it relates to a management system for a coin-operated massage chair, which can remotely manage sales information and massage information about massage coin, To a management system for a coin-operated massage chair.

Massage is a technique of using a hand or a device of a certain shape to breathe, press, or put on a body to give a physical stimulus to the body to cause a vital reaction, correcting the body's imbalance, And it is a kind of hand technique which promotes health.

A variety of massage apparatuses that perform such massage using a mechanical device have been developed and used, and among massage apparatuses, a massage chair capable of sitting comfortably and receiving massage is mainly used.

A massage chair is a device for massaging a user's back, calf, and arm while sitting comfortably on a chair, and is provided with a massage device that can form various vibration states at a position corresponding to a body part requiring massage .

Recently, there have been many popular massage chairs that can be used for paying for a certain period of time for profit. As for the massage chair for business, the service aspect is highlighted, and it is installed at the employee resting place of company such as large-sized mart, life insurance company and is used at relatively low cost. In addition, it is installed in theaters, cinemas, resting places and so on to be popularized by many users.

Such a massage chair for business use is adopted by a method of operating by the input of coins and is one of the massage chairs proposed for use by an unspecified number by the coin recognition system, which is disclosed in Patent Registration No. 10-1207857 A control device and a control method of a massage chair having a reclining function are disclosed.

The display device includes a case having a space therein, a display unit installed at one side of the space of the case, the display unit displaying an amount and a time of a coin or a bill placed on one side of the input unit, A control unit installed at one side of the display unit and controlling an operation of the massage chair by transmitting an operation signal to an operation panel provided at one side of the massage chair, and a power supply unit installed at one side of the control unit and supplying power to the control unit, The control unit includes a power input connection unit connected to the power supply unit and supplied with power, an input unit connection unit connected to the input unit to supply power to the input unit and receive the input amount, A contact connection unit connected to the panel to transmit an operation signal, and a contact connection unit connected to one side of the power supply line of the power supply device, A consecutive input prohibiting connection unit for transmitting a signal to the input unit to prevent the input unit from operating when the operation ends, and an amount signal received by the input unit connection unit, displaying the amount and the time on the display unit, And a central processing unit for transmitting a signal to the massage chair, and a control method of the massage chair having the reclining function and a control method.

Such a conventional coin-operated massage chair generally collects coins and bills put into the coin apparatus through an external company, and carries out massage chair maintenance. At this time, there is no function that can comprehensively calculate the amount of coins (bills) that have been input, so the amount of the input can not but be left to the conscience of the collector. In addition, there is a problem that the massage chair can be checked only through the field access.

KR 10-1207857 B1 (Nov. 28, 2012)

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a coin insertion type massage chair which is capable of collectively managing sales information on coins And to provide a management system for a massage chair.

The present invention also provides a management system for a coin-operated massage chair that can promptly determine whether a massage chair fails.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a coin-operated massage chair management system comprising: a massage chair operated by a power supply; A coin counter for interrupting power supplied to the massage chair based on the input coin or banknote and the set information; And a management server which is connected to the coin counter via a communication network, receives the coin information input from the coin counter, and stores and manages the sales information.

Wherein the coin counter detects an operation error of the massage chair and the management server receives and manages operation errors of the massage chair detected from the coin counter.

At this time, the coin counting unit counts the usage amount of the massage chair according to the use of the massage chair, the operation time when the massage chair is used once, the return time to the initial position of the massage chair with respect to the operation time, A setting unit for setting and managing time; A coin insertion unit for inputting a coin or banknote and determining whether the inserted coin or banknote is true or false; An operation control unit for controlling the power supplied to the massage chair based on the amount of money input into the coin insertion unit; An error detector for detecting an operation error of the massage chair; And a communication unit for transmitting the amount of money inserted into the coin insertion unit or the error information detected by the error detection unit to the management server through a communication network.

The coin counter may further include a voice guidance unit for outputting a voice guidance for the massage chair based on the amount input to the coin insertion unit.

Further, the coin counter may further include a mobile device charger operated by receiving power according to whether the power source of the coin counter is turned on.

According to the present invention, management of sales information can be performed comprehensively, so that sales settlement becomes transparent and sales management can be facilitated.

In addition, since the massage information of the massage chair can be confirmed remotely, the available time of the massage chair can be maintained at the maximum, and the sales can be expected to increase accordingly.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a general block diagram of a management system for a coin-operated massage chair according to the present invention; FIG.
FIG. 2 is a schematic communication configuration diagram of a management system for a coin-operated massage chair according to the present invention. FIG.
3 is a perspective view of a coin counter applied to a management system for a coin-operated massage chair according to the present invention.
4 is a block diagram of a coin counter applied to a management system for a coin-operated massage chair according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a mobile device charger applied to a management system for a coin-operated massage chair according to the present invention. FIG.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The present invention relates to a management system for a coin-operated massage chair capable of remotely managing sales information on a coin input and massage information of a massage chair, and charging the mobile device while receiving massage through a massage chair.

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a coin-operated massage chair management system according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic communication configuration diagram of a coin-operated massage chair management system according to the present invention.

1 and 2, a coin-operated massage chair management system according to the present invention includes a massage chair 100, a coin counter 200, a management server 300, and a mobile device charger 400 .

The massage chair 100 may be composed of a sofa-type massage chair 100 as shown in FIG. In the case of a sofa-type massage chair 100, the massage chair comprises a hip / thigh support part 101 which supports the user's body and supports the user's hips and thighs, An upper body support portion 102 which is rotatably installed at one end of the thigh support portion 101 and supports the upper body of the user, a rotatably installed on the other end side of the hip / thigh support portion 101, A calf / foot support 103 for supporting the user's arm and an arm support 104 for supporting the user's arm.

The massage chair 100 includes a controller 110 having a plurality of buttons and a display screen to receive an operation of the massage chair 100 and is controlled by the controller 110 A motor, a gear, and an eyeball (roller) for controlling the massage action of the massage chair 100 are provided.

According to the design conditions, the massage chair 100 may include an air bag or the like capable of shaking the user's arm or the like by charging the air (air).

In addition, the massage chair 100 may be provided with a failure diagnosis unit for detecting a failure or an error.

The failure diagnosis unit may detect the error information according to the massage operation based on the information stored in the stored error DB and display the error information with the error code. At this time, the error DB is stored in correspondence with the error code and the information on the position and the part where the error occurred. Of course, the error code detected by the fault diagnosis unit is displayed on the controller 110. [

The failure diagnostic unit may include driving error information including a moving position, a moving direction, a movement speed, and a rotational force of a mechanical structure according to a massage operation, and electrical error information including a short circuit, a short circuit, an overload, As shown in FIG.

The coin counter 200 performs a function of interrupting a power source applied to the massage chair based on inputted coins or banknotes and set information.

That is, the massage chair 100 according to the present invention is operated by receiving power, and the interruption of the power applied to the massage chair 100 is performed in the coin counter 200.

In addition, the coin counter 200 is connected to the massage chair 100 for power supply for a predetermined time corresponding to the inserted coin (or banknote), and when the predetermined time has elapsed, do. Thus, the user can receive various massage provided by the massage chair 100 for the predetermined time.

In addition, the coin counter 200 may be configured to detect an operation error for the error code detected by the failure diagnosis unit of the massage chair. At this time, the operation error and the error code can be configured identically.

3 is a perspective view of a coin counter applied to a management system for a coin-operated massage chair according to the present invention.

3, the coin counter 200 includes a coin dispenser 201, a cash dispenser 202, and a screen indicator 203, and the card dispenser 204 is further provided with a coin dispenser 201, .

The coin dispenser 201 is configured to allow a user to input a coin, and is configured to be exposed to an outer surface of the case and to input a coin, and includes a coin discharger for discharging a defective coin.

The banknote dispenser 202 is configured to allow a user to input banknotes, and is configured to be able to input banknotes by being exposed to the outer surface of the case, and the banknote banknotes are discharged to the inlet side.

Here, the coin dispenser 201 into which the coins are inserted and the bill inserter 202 into which the bill is inserted include an identifier for discriminating whether or not the coin is falsified. The identifier identifies the coins and bills to be inserted, . In addition, it may include a function of forcibly discharging a banknote when wet banknotes, bad banknotes and foreign matter are introduced.

In addition, the coin dispenser 201 may be an electronic coin type, and may be used only for a 100 won coin or a 500 won coin, or for a 100 won coin and a 500 won coin.

The screen display unit 203 is installed in the same direction as the coin dispenser 201 or the banknote dispenser 202 to display the amount of money input through the coin dispenser 201 or the banknote dispenser 202, The operation time of the corresponding massage chair, and the like are displayed. In addition, the screen display unit 203 may be configured to display an operation error of the error code detected by the failure diagnosis unit of the massage chair.

In addition, the card settlement unit 204 may be further included according to design conditions.

Here, the card that can be used in the card settlement apparatus 204 may be a credit card or a deferred card, and a predetermined amount may be settled according to the first payment. For example, when a credit card or deferred card is passed through the card settlement device 204, the minimum amount (for example, 1,000 won) for one use may be settled.

4 is a configuration diagram of a coin counter applied to a management system for a coin-operated massage chair according to the present invention.

The coin counter 200 according to the present invention includes a setting unit 210, a coin input unit 220, a card settlement unit 230, an operation control unit 240, an error detection unit 250, a voice guidance unit 260, (270).

The setting unit 210 may set and manage a usage amount of the massage chair according to the use of the massage chair, an operation time when the massage chair is used once, a return time to the massage chair initial position, and an available time for using the massage chair .

Here, when the user uses the massage chair, the user can operate the massage chair in a comfortable posture or perform the manual operation to adjust the angle of the hip / thigh support part 101, the upper body support part 102 and the calf / Can be changed. The return time means a time for returning to the initial position (or the initial state) of the massage chair before the operation time is ended. In other words, a massage chair with a deformed angle needs to be returned to its initial position before the end of use time because it is inconvenient for standing and sitting. Such a return time can be set in the range of 10 to 15 seconds depending on the function and configuration of the massage chair.

In addition, the available time means a time when the massage chair 100 can be used. For example, when the massage chair according to the present invention is installed at a place where the user travels 24 hours or more, such as a highway rest area, the available time may be configured as a normal operation. However, a theater and a movie theater, The massage chair 100 can be used only during the massage.

According to the design conditions, the setting unit 210 may be configured such that the massage chair is operated only when the set amount is inputted, that is, when the amount of money to be used according to the massage use of the massage chair is inputted. However, May be configured to operate. For example, the usage amount of the massage chair may be set to 1,000 won for one use, and may not be operated until 1,000 won is charged for a massage chair set to operate for 10 minutes for 1,000 won, Or a massage chair may be operated for 1 minute even if only 100 won is inputted.

The coin inserting unit 220 receives a coin or bill inserted in conjunction with the coin inserter 201 and the bill inserter 202 to determine whether the inserted coin or bill is authentic. At this time, when the authenticity of the inputted coins and banknotes is judged to be pneumatic, the coin inserting unit 220 is configured to display the charged amount on the screen display unit 203.

The card settlement unit 230 determines whether to approve the card read by the card settlement unit 204 in association with the card settlement unit 204 through communication with a card issuing organization. At this time, when the read card is approved and the settlement is normally performed, a predetermined amount is displayed on the screen display unit 203.

The operation control unit 240 controls the power supplied to the massage chair based on the amount of money input into the coin input unit. At this time, the interruption of the power source is performed based on the information set by the setting unit 210. [

The error detector 250 detects an operation error of the massage chair and may be configured to be linked to a failure diagnosis unit included in the massage chair 100. That is, if a failure is detected in the failure diagnosis unit, the error detection unit 250 may be configured to receive the failure.

The voice guidance unit 260 outputs voice guidance for the massage chair based on the amount input to the coin insertion unit.

In addition, the voice guidance unit 260 outputs the overall operation as voice for user convenience, such as a voice signal for outputting the start and end of massage chair, a voice signal for outputting an error, and a voice signal for indicating a remaining time.

The communication unit 270 performs a function of transmitting the amount of money input to the coin inserting unit 210 or the error information detected by the error detecting unit 250 through a communication network. At this time, the communication unit 270 is configured to transmit an identification code for identifying the coin counter 200 or the massage chair 100.

The coin counter 200 may be configured separately from the massage chair 100, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. However, it is needless to say that the coin counter 200 can be integrated with the massage chair 100 through simplification of the configuration.

1) is connected to the communication unit 270 of the coin counter 200 through a communication network, receives the information (input amount and error information) transmitted from the communication unit 270, do.

That is, the management server 300 can manage a plurality of massage chairs and coin counters connected through a communication network.

At this time, when the error information is received in the management server 300, the error information is transmitted to the mobile device of the manager, so that the massage chair in which the error occurs can be configured to be performed within a short time.

In this case, the coin counter 200 is also driven by application of power. An abnormality may occur in the coin counter 200 itself due to the application of the abnormal power, and the coin counter 200 may be damaged by an external force. Accordingly, when the communication with the coin counter and the coin counter, for which the sales information has not been generated for a predetermined period of time or more, is not normally performed in the management server 300, the management server determines that the coin counter is in failure .

In this manner, since the management server 300 can comprehensively manage the sales information of the massage chair, the sales settlement becomes transparent and the sales management can be facilitated. Further, the massage information of the massage chair can be remotely checked Therefore, it is possible to maintain the maximum use time of the massage chair, and the sales can be expected to increase accordingly.

In addition, based on the sales information stored in the management server 300, it can be utilized as a material for establishing a plan for the expansion or reduction of massage chairs.

Meanwhile, the massage chair 100 may include a mobile device charger 400.

5 is a configuration diagram of a mobile device charger applied to a management system for a coin-operated massage chair according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the mobile device charger 400 may include a mobile device holder 410 and a charging port 420. The mobile device holder 41 may be configured to be rotatable.

Here, when the mobile device charger 400 is configured, the voice guidance unit 260 may be configured to output a voice indicating that the mobile device is chargeable.

In addition, the mobile device charger 400 may be coupled to the massage chair 100, but may be configured to be coupled to the coin counter 200.

Accordingly, the user can charge the mobile device 500 while receiving massage through the massage chair, and it is possible to secure various customer layers according to diversification of services.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

100: Massage chair 101: Hip / thigh support
102: upper body supporting part 103: calf /
104: arm rest 110: controller
200: Coin counter 201: Coin dispenser
202: banknote dispenser 203: display indicator
204:
210: setting unit 220: coin input unit
230: Card settlement unit 240: Operation control unit
250: Error detection unit 260:
270:
300: management server
400: mobile device charger 410: mobile device holder
420: Charging port
500: Mobile device

Claims (5)

A massage chair operated by power supply;
A coin counter for interrupting power supplied to the massage chair based on the input coin or banknote and the set information; And
A management server connected to the coin counter via a communication network to receive coin information input from the coin counter and store and manage sales information;
And,
Wherein the coin counter comprises:
Setting and managing the usage amount of the massage chair according to the use of the massage chair one time, the operation time driven at the time of one use, the return time to the initial position of the massage chair with respect to the operation time and the available time at which the massage chair can be used part;
A coin insertion unit for inputting a coin or banknote and determining whether the inserted coin or banknote is true or false;
An operation control unit for controlling the power supplied to the massage chair based on the amount of money input into the coin insertion unit;
An error detector for detecting an operation error of the massage chair;
A communication unit for transmitting the amount of money inserted into the coin insertion unit and the error information detected by the error detection unit to the management server through a communication network; And
A voice guidance unit for outputting a voice guidance for the massage chair based on the amount input to the coin insertion unit;
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The massage chair comprises:
A hip / thigh support portion for supporting the user's hips and thighs;
An upper body supporting part rotatably installed at one end of the hips / thigh support part and supporting an upper body of a user;
A calf / foot support portion rotatably installed on the other end side of the hip / thigh support portion and supporting a user's calf and foot;
An arm rest for supporting the user's arm;
A controller for receiving an operation input; And
A fault diagnosis unit for diagnosing and detecting in real time electrical error information including driving error information including a moving position, a moving direction, a movement speed, and a rotational force of a mechanical structure according to a massage operation, and electrical leakage, short, overload, and shutdown;
And,
The return time is set in the range of 10 to 15 seconds so as to return to the initial position before the end of the use time,
Wherein the management server is configured to determine that the coin counter is in failure when communication with the coin counter and the coin counter that have not generated sales information for a predetermined time or more is not normally performed, .
delete delete delete The method according to claim 1,
A mobile device charger operated by receiving a power according to whether the power of the coin counter is turned on;
Further comprising a controller for controlling the coin dispensing massage chair.

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