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AssigneeSanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsKunihiko Hori, Yoshihisa Fujiwara, Kazuya Hiyamizu, Toshiki Koma, Torahiko Nonoue
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The invention provides a massage machine for health care which comprises a living body information sensor 5 for detecting living body information of the autonomic nervous system of the person to be massaged, a control circuit 6 for judging the psychological state of the person based on the living body information detected, and a memory 61 for holding histories of psychological states of persons to be massaged. The machine is adapted to judge the physical condition of the person based on the history of psychological states of the person, and to judge whether the condition of the person's health is improved by massage so as to utilize the result of judgement as guidelines for health care.
A massage machine for giving massage by therapeutic members to the person to be massaged, the massage machine being useful for health care and comprising a living body information sensor for detecting living body information of the autonomic nervous system of the person, means for judging the psychological state of the person based on the living body information detected, and means for holding histories of psychological states of persons to be massaged.
A physiological quantity measuring circuit for detecting a physiological quantity of the person to be massaged by a physiological quantity sensor and controlling the massage operation of the machine based on variations in the physiological quantity, the measuring circuit comprising a physiological quantity detection circuit having the sensor connected thereto, and a signal processing circuit for producing physiological quantity data based on a physiological quantity signal obtained from the detection circuit, the physiological quantity detection circuit comprising a plurality of signal converters each adapted to receive the physiological quantity as an input signal and deliver the detection signal as an output signal, the signal converters exhibiting different kinds of signal conversion characteristics which are different in the relationship of the output signal with the input signal, the different kinds of signal conversion characteristics overlapping each other in the range of input signals to be processed by the converter, the signal processing circuit being operable to produce a series of items of physiological quantity data in the process of giving the same massage to the same body part based only on physiological quantity detection signals resulting from one of the different kinds of signal conversion characteristics of the detection circuit when said resulting detection signals are all included within an effective output range of said one kind of signal conversion characteristics, or to produce a series of items of physiological quantity data in the process based on physiological quantity detection signals resulting from one kind of or the different kinds of signal conversion characteristics when otherwise.
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