JPH0714414B2 - Massage machine - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention stores the operation parameters of the treatment element, such as the type of operation of the treatment element, the operation position, the number of times of operation, or the operation time, in advance for each number of steps, The present invention relates to a program-type massage machine that executes the operation of a treatment element based on the operation parameter of each step in the order of steps.

[Background Art] In general, in a massage machine, it is desirable that the operation of the treatment element is weak at first and gradually becomes stronger, and it is desirable that the treatment element be changed in strength in the middle. For this reason, massage machines constructed so that the operating speed of the treatment element can be changed are known, for example, in No. 52-145989 and No.
Although it is disclosed in No. 121949, the former is for switching the speed at a fixed cycle, and the latter is for manually changing the speed, and both of them change the type of operation of the treatment element and the operation position. Therefore, the speed is changed in the same cycle regardless of the above.Therefore, the treatment method such as "rubbing" and "side-up", and the speed distribution suitable for the treatment site such as the neck and shoulder, or the treatment element There is a drawback in that it is impossible to evenly distribute the number of times of strength and weakness of the treatment elements when moving the treatment elements in the vertical direction or the width direction.

[Purpose of the Invention] The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to firstly provide a treatment site, a treatment method in advance,
A massage machine is provided in which a portion that is repeated for each of a large number of steps in which the number of treatments and the like is set is provided, and for each repetition, a different operation speed of the treatment element can be set. Secondly, the present invention provides a massage machine that switches between automatic operation and manual operation and selects a desired speed change to change the stimulus to the body in various ways for more effective massage.

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION However, according to the specific invention of the present application, the operating method, the operating position, and the operating parameter that defines the operating frequency or the operating time of the treatment element are stored and retained for each of a number of steps, and based on the operating parameters of each step. In a program-type massage machine that executes operations in a step-by-step manner, the operation speed of the treatment element is stored and held in correspondence with each of the above steps, and there are a plurality of operation parameter patterns other than the operation speed in all programmed steps. It is characterized by providing a portion that is repeated for each step, and setting and storing a different operation speed for each repetition. The operation speed of the treatment element is set in advance for each repetition of each step and It is designed so that it can be carefully set according to the treatment method.

Further, in the merged invention of the present application, a switching means capable of switching only an operation speed of the operation parameters among the above-mentioned specified inventions between an automatic operation to be executed according to a program and a manually variable manual operation is added. The present invention is characterized in that the switching means can be switched between automatic operation and manual operation to select a desired speed change. The structural point of the massage machine, especially the treatment element, is not specified as long as it can control the operation. For example, as shown in the above-mentioned publication, it goes without saying that it is formed as a pair of eccentric and inclined discs as described in the embodiment, and the kneading massage is rotationally driven by the rotational driving. A rolling massage can be obtained by moving without moving, a vibration massage, a thermal massage, or the like is optional. In the examples below,
Although the operating method is also shown as one of the operating parameters of the treatment element, the operating method may be only one type.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the embodiment shown in FIG. 1. In the massage machine shown here, the massager 1 is controlled by a control memory circuit formed by a microcomputer, and the treatment element 1 is a neck of a human body. To move in a range corresponding to the waist and perform a massage operation, the massaging element 1 is, for example, a pair of eccentric and inclined discs attached to a drive shaft that is rotationally driven. This is a type of massage that performs two types of massage, "rubbing up" and "rubbing down", depending on the direction of rotation of the drive shaft. It also moves up and down with the drive shaft without being rotationally driven. By doing this, the back of the human body is rubbed (rolling) massaged, and by moving in opposite directions in the axial direction of the drive shaft, the gap between the treatment elements 1 is increased. Are those variable. Since the treatment element 1 having such a structure is already known, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In addition to the treatment element 1 and the control storage circuit 2, a treatment element drive circuit 3 including a device for causing the treatment element 1 to perform a treatment operation or a movement operation, a clutch control solenoid, a motor speed, or the like. An instruction circuit 4 for giving an instruction such as a rotation direction of a motor or an ON / OFF of a solenoid to the treatment element drive circuit 3 according to an operation sequence, a vertical position of the treatment element 1, a width position, and a treatment element such as a protrusion amount of the treatment element 1 toward the human body. 1, a rotary encoder for detecting the position parameter 1, a hall element, a position detector 5 including a reed switch, and an operation input unit 6. The position detecting unit 5 here is the position detecting circuit.
By 50, the current position of the treatment elements is, for example, 1 to M in the vertical direction (Y coordinate), the width position of both treatment elements 1 (X coordinate).
1 to M'and outputs them to the comparison / discrimination circuit 21 in the control storage circuit 2 via the registers 51 and 52, and regarding the protrusion amount, the instruction circuit 4 via the register 53. To send to.

The control memory circuit 2 includes, in addition to the comparison / determination circuit 21 described above,
A series of operation parameters including an operation method (treatment method) of the treatment element 1, a width position and an up-and-down position which are operation positions, the number of operations, and an operation speed are stored and held for each step
First with addresses for each of a number of steps
The storage section includes a course table 22A, a second course table 22B, and a third course table 22C, and a table pointer 23 for designating addresses 1 to N of steps to be executed in any of the course tables 22A to 22C. ing. The three course tables 22A to 22C have different contents.

The operation input unit 6 includes selection buttons 61 to 63 for selecting which of the above three course tables 22A to 22C is selected, and a speed adjustment switch 64 for setting the operation speed of the treatment element to automatic, manual, or the like. And is connected to the control storage circuit 2.

Then, in this massage machine, the operation input unit 6
When any one of the three selection buttons 61, 62, 63 in is pressed, the table pointer 23 is set to the head address of the course table 22A to 22C corresponding to the selection button, and the speed information of the step of the address is included. The operation parameters are read out and each parameter is registered in registers 25, 26,
27 and 28 and the counter 29 are set. Then, in the comparison / discrimination circuit 21, the current position information of the treatment element 1 from the position detection section 5 is compared with the target position information set in the registers 26 and 27, and the current position of the treatment element 1 coincides with the target position. As described above, the treatment element 1 is moved through the instruction circuit 4 and the treatment element drive circuit 3, and when the current position and the target position match, the treatment element 1 operates based on the treatment method set in the register 28. The treatment child 1 is started,
After that, the number of treatments is counted in the counter 29,
When the count is up, the table pointer 23 is set to the next address step. In this way, the treatment element 1 is caused to sequentially perform the operation based on the operation parameter of each step in any of the course tables 22A to 22C. When the final step is reached, the treatment element 1 moves to the storage position and then stops. And complete the operation.
A flowchart of the above operation is shown in FIG. Note that the target position during rolling massage is the upper limit of rolling motion, and the number of motions depends on the number of reversals at the upper and lower limits for rolling massage and the maximum or minimum detection amount of protrusion amount for massages that are up and down. .

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a part of the automatic course table shown in FIG. 1. In FIG. 3, 1 to 5 of the “vertical position” parameters are the “neck” in the upper left coordinates in FIG.
Therefore, Steps 1 to 3 mean that the top value of the innermost end is sequentially raised from the top at a speed of "1" five times at three locations. Following this, the same position is raised again in steps 4 to 6, but in the future, the speed will be set to "2". Similarly, the above operation is repeated. Fig. 3 illustrates the situation. Speed "1" raises the upper and lower three places, then speed "2" raises the upper and lower three places, and speed "1" raises the upper and lower three places. The same site can be treated repeatedly while switching the speed alternately. According to this structure, it is possible to avoid a monotonousness when performing repeated treatments and perform a comfortable and effective massage.

FIG. 5 shows the speed adjusting switch 64 in the operation input section 6.
This is a concrete example of, and can be set in three stages of "automatic", "normal" and "slowly". When this is set to "automatic" and the selection buttons 61 to 63 are selected, the treatment element 1 operates at the speed set in each step in the order of the steps of the automatic course tables 22A to 22C, and "normal"
Or, if you set it to "slow", it will operate at a fixed speed regardless of the speed information of the automatic course table. FIG. 6 shows a specific circuit of a speed control circuit using the speed adjustment switch of FIG. 5, in which the voltage applied to the motor through the treatment element drive circuit 3 is switched by the speed adjustment switch 64, thereby Speed control. In the figure, the output voltage from the treatment speed register 25 is applied to the input terminal b of the transistor Tr, and the output terminal a of the speed adjustment switch 64 is connected to the treatment element drive circuit 3. When the speed setting is set to "automatic", the speed parameters preset in the automatic course tables 22A to 22C of the control storage circuit 2 are sequentially read out to the treatment speed register 25 and the operation speed parameter is set to "1". L level or H level is output to the switching terminal b depending on whether it is "2" or "2". When the switching terminal b is at L level, the transistor Tr is turned off, so the voltage of the terminal a is Vcc × (R ₂ + R ₃ ).
/ (R ₁ + R ₂ + R ₃ ), and when the switching terminal b is at the H level, the voltage of the terminal a becomes Vcc × R ₂ / (R ₁ + R ₂ ) and is output to the treatment element drive circuit 3, The speed is controlled by switching the voltage applied to the motor. Next, if the speed is set to "normal", the voltage at terminal a will be Vcc × (R ₅
+ R ₆ ) / (R ₄ + R ₅ + R ₆ ), and when the speed setting is set to “slow”, the voltage at terminal a becomes Vcc × R ₆ / (R ₄
+ R ₅ + R ₆ ), and a constant low speed can be achieved regardless of the switching terminal b.

FIG. 7 shows another embodiment, in which the speed adjusting switch 64a is a two-stage switch of "automatic" and "variable", and another volume knob 64b is set only when the speed adjusting switch 64a is variably set.
The speed can be adjusted steplessly with. Figure 8 is shows a circuit diagram thereof, operation in the case of "automatic" is similar to the previous embodiment, varying the voltage at the terminal a by the variable resistor VR ₁ When set to "variable" Is able to. With this configuration, it is possible to use the automatic course while selecting not only the preset speed but also the desired speed.

FIG. 9 shows still another embodiment, in which a stepless control volume 64c in the case of "automatic" is further added to the speed control switch of FIG. In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 5 and 7, when the switch adjustment switch is set to "automatic", only a fixed speed change is obtained.
In this embodiment, the desired speed can be selected even in the case of "automatic", and the speed change is automatically performed.
There is an advantage that the operation speed in the programmed automatic course can be shifted faster or slower overall according to the user's preference or physical condition. FIG. 10 shows a circuit diagram thereof, in which the voltage at the terminal a can be biased up and down by adjusting the variable resistor VR ₂ .

Furthermore, the embodiment shown in FIG. 11 has a "manual" configuration in the configuration shown in FIG.
Switch circuit 64d and m times /
The switching circuit 65 is added n times. This manual / automatic course switching circuit 64d has a speed adjustment switch 6
When 4a is set to "automatic", "automatic course" and "manual" can be selected.
When this is switched to the "automatic course", the number of treatments of the automatic course table is set in the treatment number counter 29 as described above, and a count-up signal is sent to the table pointer 23 to perform the automatic course operation. Also, the operation when the manual / automatic course switching circuit 64d is switched to "manual" is that the speed adjustment switch 64a is set to "automatic" in this case as well, but the speed is "1" first. Is set in the speed register 25 and the treatment number counter 29 is set m times to perform the treatment operation. When the m-th time is counted up, a count-up signal is sent to the m-time / n-time switching circuit 65. This time, n times is the treatment number counter 29
And the speed register 25 is set to "2" and the treatment operation is performed. Thereafter, similar operations are alternately repeated. Note that m and n above are
You can set the numbers 1, 2, 3 ... FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the above operation. With the above-described configuration, when the speed adjustment switch 64 is set to "automatic", a desired speed change can be selected by switching between "automatic course" and "manual". In a repetitive operation in a treatment method such as "/ bow down" or "rubbing", effective massage can be performed by variously changing the stimulus to the body.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the specific invention of the present application, the operation method, the operation position, and the operation parameter that defines the number of operations or the operation time of the treatment element are stored and retained for each of a large number of steps, and this is executed in order of steps. In the programmed massage machine to
The operation speed of the treatment element that is different for each of the above steps is stored and retained, and in all the programmed steps, a part in which the pattern of operation parameters other than the operation speed is repeated for each step is provided. The operation speed is set and stored differently for each, and the operation speed of the treatment element can be carefully set in advance every time the steps are repeated. There is an effect that it can be selected as desired according to the number of treatments. In addition, it is possible to avoid monotony in the repetition of the above steps, and it is possible to improve the treatment effect by changing the operation speed with each repetition of the above steps.

Further, in the merged invention of the present application, switching means capable of switching only the operation speed of the operation parameters among an automatic operation to be executed according to a program and a manually operable variable manual operation is added to the configuration of the specific invention. Since the switching means can switch between automatic operation and manual operation to select a desired speed change, there is an advantage that more effective massage can be performed by variously changing the stimulus to the body.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block circuit diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a basic operation flowchart of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a main part of an automatic course table in FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 5, FIG. 6 and FIG. 6 are front views and circuit diagrams of the speed adjusting switch, and FIGS. 7 and 8 are front views and circuits of other embodiments of the speed adjusting switch. FIGS. 9, 9 and 10 are a front view and a circuit diagram showing still another embodiment of the speed adjusting switch, FIG. 11 is a block diagram of a main part showing another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing the same operation, wherein 1 is a treatment element, 2 is a control memory circuit, 3 is a treatment element drive circuit, 4 is an instruction circuit, 5 is a position detection section, 6 is an operation input section, and 21 is a comparison / determination circuit. , 22A to 22C are automatic course tables, 23 is a table pointer, and 25 is a treatment speed. Jista, 26 target vertical position register, 27 target width position register, 28 treatment method register, 29 treatment number counter, 61-63 automatic course selection button, 64, 64a speed adjustment switch, 64b, 64c variable Volume, 64d is manual / automatic course switching circuit, 65
Indicates a switching circuit for m times / n times.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Hidenori Yamazaki Inventor Hidenori Yamazaki 1048, Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. (56) References JP-A-59-149145 (JP, A) JP-A-56-60558 ( JP, A) Jikkou 46-10982 (JP, Y1)

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A treatment method, a motion position, a motion position, and a motion parameter that defines a motion count or a motion time are stored and retained for each of a number of steps, and a motion based on the motion parameter of each step is executed in a step order. In the programmed massage machine, the operation speed of the massager is stored and held corresponding to each of the above steps, and the pattern of operation parameters other than the operation speed is repeated in every plural steps in all programmed steps. The massage machine is characterized in that a different operation speed is set and stored for each repetition. 2. An operating method, an operating position, and an operating parameter for defining the operating position and the number of times or operating time of the treatment element are stored and retained for each of a large number of steps, and the operation based on the operating parameter of each step is executed in order of steps. In the programmed massage machine, the operation speed of the massager is stored and held corresponding to each of the above steps, and the pattern of operation parameters other than the operation speed is repeated in every plural steps in all programmed steps. A different operation speed is set and stored for each repetition, and only the operation speed of the above operation parameters can be switched between automatic operation that is executed according to a program and manual operation that can be changed manually. A massage machine characterized by having means.