Massage system and massage device
AssigneeFamily Inada Co., Ltd.
InventorNichimu Inada
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Abstract
Provided is a massage system for a massage facility in which a robot arm is provided and a massage is performed with respect to a user by the robot arm, the system including a control unit configured to cause the robot arm to perform a massage operation in response to a program, and a setting unit configured to receive a setting operation of a setting position used for the massage operation from an operator, in which the control unit is configured to cause the robot arm to perform the massage operation with respect to a treatment position based on the setting position.
Claims12
A massage system for a massage facility in which a robot arm is provided and a massage is performed on a user by the robot arm, the system comprising:
- a control unit configured to cause the robot arm to perform a massage operation in response to a program;
- a movement device configured to move the robot arm in response to a control signal from the control unit, and including a lock unit configured to inhibit or release a movement of the robot arm;
- and
- a setting unit configured to receive a setting operation of a setting position used for the massage operation from an operator,
- wherein the control unit is configured to
- cause the robot arm to perform the massage operation with respect to a treatment position based on the setting position, and
- identify the setting position by having the operator guide the robot arm,
- wherein the lock unit is configured to switch the movement device between (i) a setting mode enabling the operator to guide the robot arm to the setting position, and (ii) a massage mode disabling the operator from guiding the robot arm to the setting position,
- wherein the robot arm includes a reading device,
- wherein the reading device is configured to read a marker installed at a position of a body of the user, the position corresponding to the setting position, and
- wherein the control unit is configured to recognize the setting position by having the reading device read the marker.
A massage device for a massage facility in which a pre-finishing massage is performed by the massage device with respect to a person being treated, the device comprising:
- a computing device, wherein the computing device is configured to control a robot arm to perform the pre-finishing massage, generate provision information to be provided to a therapist for performing a finishing massage after treatment of the pre-finishing massage, from information obtained during the treatment of the pre-finishing massage, and output the provision information after the treatment of the pre-finishing massage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.