Massager with touch-sensing head
AssigneeLELO Inc.
InventorFilip Sedic
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Abstract
A massager includes a massager head with a capacitive sensor. A controller uses the capacitive sensor to sense capacitance changes that indicate a human body is in close proximity or in contact with the massager head. Responsive to activating the capacitive sensor, the controller activates a massager motor in the massager head. When a human body is sensed, the controller increases the vibrations caused by the massager motor from a starting speed to a final speed through a period of time. When the capacitive sensor no longer senses a body, the massager motor is slowed down and may be stopped.
Claims17
A massager configured for control based on touching a human body, comprising:
- a massager body;
- a massager motor enclosed within the massager body, such motor being capable of a plurality of operating speeds;
- a capacitive sensor disposed in at least a portion of the massager body surrounding the massager motor, the capacitive sensor configured for sensing contact with a human body of at least a portion of the massager body;
- a controller disposed within the massager body for operating the massager motor, the controller configured to turn the device on and off, execute a plurality of motor patterns and change the operating speed of the massager motor, wherein the controller increases the operating speed of the massager motor responsive to the capacitive sensor sensing close proximity or contact with a human body, and the controller decreases the operating speed of the massager motor responsive to the capacitive sensor no longer sensing such proximity or contact.
A massager configured for control based on touching a human body, comprising:
- a massager body;
- a massager motor enclosed within the massager body, the massager motor being capable of a plurality of operating speeds;
- a capacitive sensor disposed in at least a portion of the massager body, the capacitive sensor configured for sensing contact or close proximity of a human body with at least the portion of the massager body comprising the capacitive sensor;
- a controller disposed within the massager body for operating the massager motor, the controller configured to execute a massage using the massager motor, the massage comprising one of a plurality of motor patterns and an operating speed of the massager motor, wherein the controller is configured to change the massage executed by the massager motor responsive to the capacitive sensor sensing contact or close proximity of the human body.
A method for massager control based on touching a body, comprising:
- sensing contact or close proximity with a human body by a capacitive sensor associated with at least a portion of a massager;
- adjusting operation of a massager motor of a massager in response to the sensing of contact or close proximity with the human body;
- sensing by the sensor that the massager is no longer contacting or in close proximity to the human body;
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- adjusting operation of the massager motor of the massager in response to the sensing that the massager is no longer contacting or in close proximity to the human body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.