US 2003/0158504 A1 · Massaging apparatus

Abstract

A massaging apparatus includes: a potentiometer for detecting a change in the swing angle of a swinging arm in the process of reciprocating massaging members; a skewness detector 60 for measuring skewness of the user being in contact with the massaging members, based on the change in the swing angle detected by the potentiometer; and a massaging operation controller 63 for controlling a massaging operation according to the degree and pattern of skewness detected by the skewness detector 60. With this massaging apparatus, it is possible to correct the skewness or the like and reduce stiffness by giving a suitable massage to each user, according to the skewness of the body, unbalance between the left and right sides, and differences in physical attributes.

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Dependent claims

A massaging apparatus for performing a predetermined massaging operation with a massaging member attached to an end of a swinging arm, comprising a controller capable of performing operations of:

detecting skewness of a body of a user, based on a change in a swing angle of the swinging arm when performing the massaging operation on the user;
and
controlling the massaging operation, based on the detected skewness.

A massaging apparatus comprising:

a pair of support arms;
a swinging arm supported on each top end of said support arms so that the swinging arm can freely swing;
a pair of massaging members mounted on both ends of each swinging arm;
a kneading operation driving unit for performing a kneading operation by opening and closing said two support arms along a first direction;
a reciprocation driving unit for reciprocating the support arms in a longitudinal direction;
a tapping operation driving unit for performing a tapping operation by swinging the support arms along a second direction crossing the first direction;
and
a swing angle detecting unit for detecting a change in a swing angle of each swinging arm in a process of reciprocating the support arms,
wherein the controller is capable of performing further operations of:
detecting a body form of the user, based on the detected change in the swing angle;
detecting skewness of the body of the user, based on the detected body form of the user;
and
controlling driving of the kneading operation driving unit, reciprocation driving unit and tapping operation driving unit, based on the detected skewness.

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A massaging apparatus comprising:

a pair of support arms;
a swinging arm supported on each top end of said support arms so that said swinging arm can freely swing;
a pair of massaging members mounted on both ends of each swinging arm;
kneading operation driving means for performing a kneading operation by opening and closing said two support arms along a first direction;
reciprocation driving means for reciprocating the support arms in a longitudinal direction;
tapping operation driving means for performing a tapping operation by swinging the support arms along a second direction crossing the first direction;
swing angle detecting means for detecting a change in a swing angle of each swinging arm in a process of reciprocating the support arms,
form detecting means for detecting a body form of the user, based on the change in the swing angle detected by said swing angle detecting means;
skewness detecting means for detecting skewness of the body of the user, based on the body form of the user detected by said form detecting means;
and
drive-control means for controlling driving of the kneading operation driving means, reciprocation driving means and tapping operation driving means, based on the skewness detected by said skewness detecting means.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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