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US 12,599,534 B2Granted
Air pump device with wireless communication
OwnerMasaya Kitaoinventor
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Abstract
An air pump device for a massage device includes a recognition device to acquire a type of the massage device via a wireless communication with an identification device of the massage device, and a controller to set an operation pattern based on the type of the massage device. The controller controls a pump connectable to an inflatable bladder of the massage device, based on the operation pattern.
Claims20
An air pump device for a first massage device and a second massage device, the air pump device comprising:
- a first connector port connectable with a first connector end of a first gas supply path of the first massage device;
- a second connector port connectable with a second connector end of a second gas supply path of the second massage device;
- a first recognition device located adjacent to the first connector port and configured to recognize a first identification device located on the first connector end of the first massage device through a short-range wireless communication configured to communicate within a first range that includes the first connector port and that excludes the second connector port;
- a second recognition device located adjacent to the second connector port and configured to recognize a second identification device located on the second connector end of the second massage device through a short-range wireless communication configured to communicate within a second range that includes the second connector port and excludes the first connector port;
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- a controller configured to:
- identify a type of the first massage device based on the first identification device recognized by the first recognition device and a type of the second massage device based on the second identification device recognized by the second recognition device;
- independently set a first operation pattern in accordance with the type of the first massage device identified and a second operation pattern in accordance with the type of the second massage device identified;
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- control a supply and withdrawal of gas to the first gas supply path and the second gas supply path which are in fluid communication with respective expandable and contractable bladders of the first massage device and the second massage device, in accordance with the first operation pattern and the second operation pattern, respectively.
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An air pump device for a plurality of massage devices, comprising:
- a pump configured to exchange a gas with an inflatable bladder of a first massage device via a first air supply tube of the first massage device, and with an inflatable bladder of a second massage device via a second air supply tube of the second massage device;
- a first connector port connectable with a first connector end of the first air supply tube of the first massage device;
- a second connector port connectable with a second connector end of the second air supply tube of the second massage device;
- a first recognition device configured to acquire a type of the first massage device from a first identification device located on the first connector end of the first air supply tube, via a short-range wireless communication configured to communicate within a first range that includes the first connector port and that excludes the second connector port;
- a second recognition device configured to acquire a type of the second massage device from a second identification device located on the second connector end of the second air supply tube, via a short-range wireless communication configured to communicate within a second range that includes the second connector port and that excludes the first connector port;
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- a controller configured to:
- independently set a first operation pattern based on the type of the first massage device and a second operation pattern based on the type of the second massage device;
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- control the pump based on the first operation pattern and the second operation pattern.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.