CN114177022A

CN114177022A - Massage machine, massage system, and recording medium having program for controlling massage machine recorded thereon

Info

Publication number: CN114177022A
Application number: CN202111000355.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 儿玉将吾
Original assignee: Fuji Medical Instruments Mfg Co Ltd
Current assignee: Fuji Medical Instruments Mfg Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-09-14
Filing date: 2021-08-27
Publication date: 2022-03-15

Abstract

The invention provides a massage machine, a massage system, and a recording medium having a program for controlling the massage machine recorded thereon. The massage machine includes a control unit and a communication terminal capable of communicating with the control unit, the communication terminal transmits therapy course history information related to a history of a massage therapy course determined by the communication terminal and executed by the massage machine to the control unit, the control unit creates 1 or more kinds of ranks related to the massage therapy course using the therapy course history information transmitted from the communication terminal, and the communication terminal acquires the ranks from the control unit and displays the ranks on the display unit.

Description

Massage machine, massage system, and recording medium having program for controlling massage machine recorded thereon

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a massage machine, a massage system, and a recording medium on which a program for controlling the massage machine is recorded.

Background

Patent document 1 discloses a massage machine including a seat, a backrest, armrests, leg rests, and an abutment portion serving as a base for the seat, the backrest, the armrests, and the leg rests. A massage unit including a pair of right and left kneading balls is attached to the backrest of patent document 1 so as to be able to move up and down. The massage assembly includes a kneading mechanism for eccentrically rotating the kneading balls and a tapping mechanism for shaking the kneading balls back and forth.

Documents of the prior art

Patent document

Patent document 1: JP Kokai publication 2012-250072

Massage machines are typically prepared for a variety of massage sessions from which a user can select a desired massage session. It is not easy for a user to select a course of massage therapy from a plurality of courses of massage therapy without any intention.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a massage machine, a massage system and a recording medium for recording a massage machine control program, which can facilitate the selection of massage treatment course.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a massage machine including a control unit and a communication terminal capable of communicating with the control unit, wherein the communication terminal transmits, to the control unit, treatment course history information relating to a history of a massage treatment course determined by the communication terminal and executed by the massage machine, the control unit creates 1 or more kinds of ranks relating to the massage treatment course using the treatment course history information transmitted from the communication terminal, and the communication terminal acquires the ranks from the control unit and displays the ranks on a display unit.

In this structure, since the user can select the massage therapy course with reference to the ranking, selection of the massage therapy course becomes easy.

One embodiment of the present invention provides a massage system including a massage machine including a control unit capable of communicating with a communication terminal, the massage machine transmitting, from the communication terminal, therapy course history information related to a history of a massage therapy course determined by the communication terminal and executed by the massage machine, the communication terminal receiving 1 or more kinds of ranks related to the massage therapy course created using the therapy course history information transmitted from the communication terminal, the communication terminal displaying the received ranks on a display unit.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a recording medium on which a massager control program for controlling a massager including a control unit capable of communicating with a communication terminal is recorded, the recording medium including: a transmission step of transmitting, from the communication terminal, therapy course history information relating to a history of a massage therapy course decided by the communication terminal and executed by a massager; a receiving step in which the communication terminal receives 1 or more kinds of ranks relating to a massage treatment course created using the treatment course history information; and a display step of displaying the ranking on a display unit of the communication terminal.

The above and still other objects, features and effects of the present invention will become apparent from the following description of the embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall structure of the massage system.

Fig. 2 is a partially missing perspective view showing the external appearance of the massage machine and the communication terminal.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view schematically showing the structure of the massage assembly.

Fig. 4A is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the massage machine.

Fig. 4B is an air circuit diagram showing an air circuit from the air pump to each air cell.

Fig. 5 is a block diagram showing the electrical configurations of the communication terminal and the server.

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram showing an example of contents of a history table provided in the server.

Fig. 7A is a schematic diagram showing an example of a remote controller home screen, fig. 7B is a schematic diagram showing an example of a pairing waiting screen, and fig. 7C is a schematic diagram showing an example of a pairing completion screen.

Fig. 8A is a schematic diagram showing an example of a login screen, fig. 8B is a schematic diagram showing an example of a connected device list screen, fig. 8C is a schematic diagram showing an example of a connected screen, and fig. 8D is a schematic diagram showing an example of a connection completion screen.

Fig. 9A is a schematic diagram showing an example of an application home screen, and fig. 9B is a schematic diagram showing an example of a popularity ranking mode screen.

Fig. 10A is a schematic diagram showing another example of the popularity ranking mode screen, and fig. 10B is a schematic diagram showing still another example of the popularity ranking mode screen.

Fig. 11A is a schematic diagram showing still another example of the popularity ranking mode screen, and fig. 11B is a schematic diagram showing still another example of the popularity ranking mode screen.

Fig. 12A is a schematic diagram showing still another example of the popularity ranking mode screen, and fig. 12B is a schematic diagram showing still another example of the popularity ranking mode screen.

Fig. 13A is a schematic diagram showing still another example of the popularity ranking mode screen, and fig. 13B is a schematic diagram showing still another example of the popularity ranking mode screen.

Fig. 14A is a schematic diagram showing still another example of the popularity ranking mode screen, and fig. 14B is a schematic diagram showing still another example of the popularity ranking mode screen.

Fig. 15 is a schematic diagram showing still another example of the popularity ranking mode screen.

Fig. 16A is a schematic diagram showing an example of a treatment course presentation screen, and fig. 16B is a schematic diagram showing an example of a screen during transfer.

Fig. 17A is a schematic diagram showing an example of a transfer completion screen, and fig. 17B is a schematic diagram showing an example of a confirmation screen.

Description of the reference numerals

1 massage system

2 chair type massage machine

3 communication terminal

4 server

5 communication network

23 massage assembly

25 remote controller

31-36 air bag

51 kneading ball

60 control part

61 memory

90 control part

91 memory

91A user form

91B course of treatment form

91C History record Table

Ranking tables 91D-91I

101 st communication unit

102 2 nd communication part

103 operation display unit

130 application home screen

140 popularity ranking mode Screen

150 treatment course prompting picture

151 massage start button

160 transfer medium picture

170 transfer completed picture

180 confirmation screen

181 NO button

182 YES push button

200 control part

211 communication unit

212 display part

213 operating part

214 storage unit

214A basic Table

214B History record Table

214C-214H ranking table

Detailed Description

[ description of embodiments of the invention ]

In one embodiment of the present invention, the communication terminal is an accessory terminal device attached to the massage machine.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the communication terminal is an attachment terminal attached to the massage machine or a mobile terminal independent of the massage machine.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the communication terminal allows the user to select a desired massage therapy session from a plurality of massage therapy sessions included in the ranking displayed on the display unit, and transmits therapy session specifying information for specifying the selected massage therapy session to the massage machine.

In this configuration, the user can select a desired massage therapy course from a plurality of massage therapy courses included in the ranking displayed on the display unit of the communication terminal, and the selected massage therapy course can be executed by the massage machine.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the massage machine or the massage system includes an input device for causing a user to input an execution instruction for executing a massage therapy session specified by the therapy session specifying information when the therapy session specifying information transmitted from the communication terminal is received, and for executing the massage therapy session specified by the therapy session specifying information when the execution instruction is input through the input device.

In this configuration, the massage machine can be caused to execute the massage therapy course specified based on the course specifying information received from the communication terminal only when the user inputs the execution instruction through the input device.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the course history information includes course determination information of a massage course determined by the communication terminal and executed by the massage machine.

In this configuration, the massage therapy session decided by the communication terminal and executed by the corresponding massage machine can be determined based on the therapy session history information.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the ranking comprises at least 1 of male and female ranking, physical ranking, age group ranking, national ranking, regional ranking, and worldwide ranking.

In this configuration, at least 1 of ranking by gender, by physique, by age group, by country, by region, and by all over the world can be displayed on the display portion.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the massage system includes a plurality of the massage machines, and the mobile terminal device transmits course specifying information of a massage course selected by a user who owns the mobile terminal device to the corresponding massage machine.

In this configuration, the massage therapy course selected by the user having the mobile terminal device can be executed by the corresponding massage machine.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the transmission step transmits the therapy session history information from the communication terminal to a server, and the reception step receives the ranking created by the server based on the massage therapy session history information.

In this configuration, the ranking created by the server can be displayed on the display unit of the communication terminal.

[ detailed description of embodiments of the invention ]

Embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[1] Integral structure of massage system 1

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall structure of the massage system 1.

The massage system 1 includes: a plurality of chair-type massage machines (hereinafter referred to simply as "massage machines 2"); a communication terminal 3 which exists in each of the plurality of massage machines 2 and is owned by a user who uses the massage machine; and a server 4. In this embodiment, the communication terminal 3 is a smartphone. The massage machine 2 and the communication terminal 3 can perform wireless communication or wired communication by Bluetooth (registered trademark), WiFi communication, or the like. The communication terminal 3 and the server 4 can communicate via a communication network 5.

The communication terminal 3 may be a computer such as a tablet computer. The massage machine 2 may be a massage machine 2 provided with a communication terminal 3 configured by such a computer. The massager 2 may be provided with a function of the communication terminal 3 by a remote controller 25 (see fig. 2) described later. In this case, the remote controller 25 serves as the communication terminal 3.

As described above, the communication terminal 3 may be an accessory terminal device attached to the massage machine 2 or may be a mobile terminal device independent of the massage machine 1.

An application (hereinafter, referred to as "massage application") for determining a massage therapy course is installed in the communication terminal 3. When a massage course is determined based on a user operation, the communication terminal 3 transmits course specifying information (hereinafter referred to as "course ID") for specifying the determined massage course to the corresponding massage machine 2.

Upon receiving the course ID from the communication terminal 3, the massage machine 2 causes a user seated in the massage machine 2 to input an execution instruction for executing a massage course. When the execution instruction is input, the massage machine 2 executes the massage course specified by the course ID, and notifies the corresponding communication terminal 3 that the execution instruction is input.

When the communication terminal 3 is notified of the input of the execution command, the communication terminal 3 creates therapy course history information including the therapy course ID and the like transmitted to the massage machine 2, stores the therapy course history information in the memory 91 (see fig. 5), and transmits the therapy course history information to the server 4. The course history information is information related to the history of the massage courses determined by the communication terminal 3 and executed by the corresponding massage machine 2.

Upon receiving the treatment course history information transmitted from the communication terminal 3, the server 4 creates ranking creation history information including the treatment course history information and stores the ranking creation history information in the storage unit 214 (see fig. 5). The server 4 creates 1 or more popularity rankings (usage frequency rankings) related to the massage therapy course based on the ranking creation history information in the storage unit 214. In this embodiment, the server 4 creates a plurality of popularity rankings. The server 4 transmits the created popularity ranking to the communication terminal 3 at a predetermined timing.

The communication terminal 3, upon receiving the popularity ranking of the plurality of types from the server 4, stores the popularity ranking in the memory 91. The communication terminal 3 displays the popularity ranking stored in the memory 91 on the operation display unit 103 (refer to fig. 5) as necessary. The operation display unit 103 is an example of the "display unit" in the present invention. The communication terminal 3 allows the user using the communication terminal 3 to select a desired massage therapy session from a plurality of massage therapy sessions included in the popularity ranking displayed on the operation display unit 103, and transmits a session ID of the selected massage therapy session to the corresponding massage machine 2.

Upon receiving the course ID from the communication terminal 3, the massage machine 2 causes a user seated in the massage machine 2 to input an execution instruction for executing a massage course. If an execution instruction is input, the massage machine 2 executes a massage course corresponding to the received course ID.

[2] Appearance of the massage machine 2

Fig. 2 is a partially missing perspective view showing the external appearance of the massage machine 2 and the communication terminal 3.

The massage machine 2 includes a seat 11, a backrest 12, an armrest 13, a leg rest 14, and a base which serves as a base for these components.

In the following description, the front-back direction, the left-right direction, and the up-down direction refer to the front-back direction, the left-right direction, and the up-down direction, respectively, as seen from the user when the user sits on the massage machine 2 in a normal posture.

The base is present below the seat 11, but is not shown in fig. 2 because it is hidden by the seat 11, the backrest 12, the armrest 13, and the leg rest 14.

The seat 11 is disposed on the base. The backrest portion 12 is disposed at the rear of the seat 11. The armrest portions 13 are disposed on both left and right sides of the seat 11. The leg rest 14 is disposed on the front side of the seat 11. The backrest portion 12 is supported to be tiltable with respect to the seat 11 by a backrest turning actuator 21 (see fig. 4A). The leg rest portion 14 is pivotable about a pivot shaft extending in the lateral direction provided near the upper portion of the seat by a leg rest pivot actuator 22 (see fig. 4A). Thereby, the leg rest portion 14 can be turned between the vertical posture shown in fig. 2 and the horizontal posture rotated by substantially 90 degrees from the vertical posture.

A massage unit 23 is built into the backrest 12. The massage unit 23 is used for performing various massages (mechanical massages) using a pair of right and left treatment members (kneading balls) 51. A pair of right and left U-shaped cross-sectional rails 28, 29 (see fig. 3) extending in the up-down direction are provided in the backrest portion 12, and the massage unit 23 is movable in the up-down direction along the rails 28, 29. The detailed structure of the massage unit 23 will be described later.

The armrest portion 13 is provided with an arm assembly 16 having a forearm receiving recess 17 for receiving the forearm of the user. The leg rest portion 14 has leg receiving recesses 18 and foot receiving recesses 19 for receiving the left and right legs and feet of the user, respectively.

Airbags are provided in the backrest 12, the seat 11, the armrest 13, and the leg rest 14 of the massage machine 2. The air cells are inflated and deflated by the supply and exhaust of air, thereby performing an air massage on the user.

On both sides of the highly central portion of the backrest portion 12 are provided: a right upper arm air bag 31a for massaging the right upper arm; and a left upper arm air bag 31b for massaging the upper arm on the left. The

air bags

31a and 32b constitute an upper arm air bag 31 for massaging the upper arm.

Further, on both sides of the lower portion of the backrest portion 12 are provided: a right waist airbag 36a for massaging the waist; and a left waist airbag 36b for massaging the left waist. The

air bags

36a and 36b constitute a waist air bag 36 for massaging the waist.

The seat 11 is provided with: a pair of right and left lateral

thigh air bags

32a, 32b for massaging the lateral parts of the thighs; a pair of right and left inner

thigh portion airbags

32c and 32d for massaging the inner thigh portions; and an inner thigh lower portion air bag 32e for massaging the inner side lower portion of the thigh. These air cells 32a to 32e constitute a thigh air cell 32 for massaging the thigh.

On both side surfaces of the pair of right and left forearm receiving recesses 17: forearm-main-

body airbags

33a and 33b for massaging the forearm; and

hand airbags

33c, 33d for massaging hands. The air bags 33a to 33d constitute a forearm air bag 33 for massaging the forearm and the hand.

On both side surfaces of the pair of right and left leg-receiving recesses 18, calf-

side airbags

34a and 34b for massaging the side surfaces of the calf are provided. The

inner side airbags

34c and 34d for massaging the inner side of the calf are provided on the bottom surfaces of the pair of left and right leg-receiving recesses 18. These air bags 34a to 34d constitute a calf air bag 34 for massaging the calf.

Foot

front side airbags

35a and 35b for pressing the front side portions of the feet downward are provided on both side surfaces of the pair of left and right foot receiving recesses 19.

Sole side airbags

35c and 35d for pressing the sole upward are provided on the bottom surfaces of the pair of left and right foot receiving recesses 19. These air cells 35a to 35d constitute a sole side air cell 35 for massaging the sole of the foot.

A remote control stand 24 is mounted to the arm assembly 16. A remote controller (hereinafter referred to as "remote controller 25") for the user to operate the massage machine 2 is detachably attached to the remote controller stand 24. As shown in fig. 4A, an operation display unit 26 and a plurality of operation keys are provided on the operation surface of the remote controller 25. The operation display unit 26 is constituted by, for example, a touch panel type liquid crystal display. The remote controller 25 includes a communication unit (not shown) for performing wireless communication or wired communication with the communication terminal 3. The remote controller 25 is an example of the "input device" in the present invention. The communication terminal 3 includes an operation display unit 103.

[3] Structure of massage assembly 23

Fig. 3 is a perspective view schematically showing the structure of the massage unit 23.

The massage assembly 23 is freely mounted in a raised and lowered position relative to the guide rails 28, 29. The massage unit 23 includes a main frame 41 having a rectangular frame shape. The main frame 41 is composed of a pair of left and right side walls, and a top wall and a bottom wall that respectively join upper ends and lower ends of the side walls. A guide shaft 42 extending in the left-right direction and a lifting drive shaft 43 are rotatably attached to the main frame 41.

The guide shaft 42 is disposed at an upper portion of the main frame 41, and the elevating drive shaft 43 is disposed at a lower portion of the main frame 41. Both ends of the guide shaft 42 and the lifting drive shaft 43 protrude outward from both side walls of the main frame 41. Guide rollers 44 guided by the guide rails 28 and 29 are attached to both ends of the guide shaft 42. Pinions 45 that mesh with racks (not shown) provided on the guide rails 28, 29 are attached to both ends of the lifting drive shaft 43.

An elevating motor 46 for rotating the elevating drive shaft 43 is attached to the main frame 41. The lifting motor 46 is coupled to the lifting drive shaft 43 via a gear mechanism 47. The massage unit 23 is lifted and lowered along the guide rails 28, 29 by the rotation of the lifting motor 46.

The massage unit 23 is provided with an elevation position sensor 48 for detecting an elevation position (vertical position) of the massage unit 23 by detecting a rotation amount of the elevation drive shaft 43. The elevation position sensor 48 is constituted by a rotary encoder for detecting the amount of rotation of the elevation drive shaft 43.

A swing frame 49 is attached to a lengthwise intermediate portion of the elevating drive shaft 43 so as to be swingable in the front-rear direction. A treatment tool driving unit 50 including a pair of right and left treatment tools 51 and a driving mechanism thereof is attached to the swing frame 49. The main frame 41 is provided with a treatment member driving unit advancing/retreating mechanism for advancing/retreating the rocking frame (treatment member driving unit) in the front-rear direction.

The treatment member driving unit advancing and retreating mechanism will be explained. A forward/backward shaft 52 disposed below the guide shaft 42 and extending in the left-right direction is rotatably attached to the main frame 41. A forward/backward movement motor 53 for rotating the forward/backward movement shaft 52 is attached to one side portion of the main frame 41. The advancing/retreating motor 53 is connected to the advancing/retreating shaft 52 via a gear mechanism 54. A pair of left and right pinion gears 55 are attached to the longitudinal middle portion of the advancing/retreating shaft 52. Arc-shaped racks 56 that mesh with the pair of left and right pinions 55 are provided on the upper portion of the swing frame 49. When the advancing-retreating shaft 52 is rotated by the advancing-retreating motor 53, the pinion 55 is rotated and the arc-shaped rack 56 is moved. Thereby, the swing frame 49 swings about the lifting drive shaft 43. Thereby, the treatment member driving unit 50 (treatment member 51) advances and retreats in the front-rear direction.

The massage unit 23 is provided with a forward/backward position sensor 57 for detecting the forward/backward position of the treatment member driving unit 50 by detecting the amount of rotation of the advancing/retreating shaft 52. The forward/backward position sensor 57 is constituted by an encoder for detecting the amount of rotation of the forward/backward shaft 52.

The treatment applicator drive unit 50 includes: a kneading mechanism for performing a kneading operation by eccentrically rotating the treatment tool 51; and a tapping mechanism for performing a tapping operation by swinging the treatment tool 51 in the front-rear direction. The kneading mechanism includes a kneading motor 58 as an actuator (driving source). The tapping mechanism includes a tapping motor 59 as an actuator (driving source).

[4] Electric structure of massager 2

Fig. 4A is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the massage machine 2. Fig. 4B is an air circuit diagram showing an air circuit from the air pump to each air cell.

Referring to fig. 4A, a control unit 60 for controlling the massage machine 2 is built in the interior of the massage machine 2. The control unit 60 includes a microcomputer, and includes a CPU, a memory (RAM, ROM, nonvolatile memory) 61, and the like. The memory 61 stores various data in addition to programs of the CPU.

The remote controller 25, the drive circuit 71 of the backrest pivoting actuator 21, and the drive circuit 72 of the leg rest pivoting actuator 22 are connected to the control unit 60. The control unit 60 is further connected to a drive circuit 73 of the lifting motor 46, a drive circuit 74 of the advancing/retreating motor 53, a drive circuit 75 of the kneading motor 58, and a drive circuit 76 of the tapping motor 59 in the massage unit 23. The controller 60 is further connected to the elevation position sensor 48 and the front-rear position sensor 57 in the massage unit 23.

The control unit 60 is further connected to a drive circuit 77 of the air pump 81 and drive circuits 78 of the plurality of solenoid valves 82a to 82 u. Air is supplied from an air pump 81 to the respective electromagnetic valves 82a to 82 u. Hereinafter, the solenoid valves 82a to 82u are collectively referred to as the solenoid valves 82 in some cases.

Referring to fig. 4B, the right upper arm airbag 31a is connected to the solenoid valve 82a, and the left upper arm airbag 31B is connected to the solenoid valve 82B. The right thigh side airbag 32a is connected to the solenoid valve 82c, and the left thigh side airbag 32b is connected to the solenoid valve 82 d. The right inner thigh upper bag 32c is connected to the solenoid valve 82e, and the left inner thigh upper bag 32d is connected to the solenoid valve 82 f. The electromagnetic valve 82g is connected to the inner thigh lower portion bladder 32 e.

The electromagnetic valve 82h is connected to the forearm main body airbag 33a of the right arm, and the electromagnetic valve 82i is connected to the forearm main body airbag 33b of the left arm. The right-hand air bag 33c is connected to the solenoid valve 82j, and the left-hand air bag 33d is connected to the solenoid valve 82 k. The right waist airbag 36a is connected to the solenoid valve 82t, and the left waist airbag 36b is connected to the solenoid valve 82 u.

The right calf side airbag 34a is connected to the solenoid valve 821, and the left calf side airbag 34b is connected to the solenoid valve 82 m. The right calf inside airbag 34c is connected to the solenoid valve 82n, and the left calf inside airbag 34d is connected to the solenoid valve 82 o. The right foot front side airbag 35a is connected to the solenoid valve 82p, and the left foot front side airbag 35b is connected to the solenoid valve 82 q. The right sole side airbag 35c is connected to the solenoid valve 82r, and the left sole side airbag 35d is connected to the solenoid valve 82 s.

In this embodiment, the electromagnetic valves are provided individually for the air bags arranged in pairs on the left and right sides, but 1 electromagnetic valve may be provided in common for 2 air bags arranged in pairs.

When the electromagnetic valve 82 of a certain air bag is excited, air is supplied from the air pump 81 to the air bag via the electromagnetic valve 82. Thereby, the balloon is inflated. When the solenoid valve 82 of the airbag is demagnetized, the air in the airbag is discharged to the outside through the solenoid valve. Thereby, the airbag is contracted.

The control unit 60 controls the

drive circuits

71, 72 of the

actuators

21, 22 based on an operation of the remote controller 25, an operation of the communication terminal 3, and the like. The control unit 60 controls the drive circuits 73 to 76 of the

motors

46, 53, 58, and 59, the drive circuit 77 of the air pump 81, and the drive circuit 78 of the electromagnetic valve 82 based on the operation of the remote controller 25, the operation of the communication terminal 3, and the like. Thereby, the massage machine 2 can perform various massages.

The operation modes of the massage machine 2 mainly include: controlling an application mode of the massage machine 2 by operating the communication terminal 3; and a remote controller mode for controlling the massage machine 2 by operating the remote controller 25 without using the communication terminal 3. The operation mode of the massage machine 2 can be switched by operating the remote controller 25 or the communication terminal 3.

Among the massage modes are a manual mode, an automatic mode, a body figure mode, a health care mode, a history mode, a popularity ranking mode, and the like. The manual mode and the automatic mode are massage modes that can be executed in the remote controller mode. The body diagram mode, the health care mode, the history mode, and the popularity ranking mode are massage modes that can be performed in the application mode.

The manual mode is a mode in which a massage corresponding to the kind of massage selected by the user is performed.

The automatic mode is a mode for allowing the user to select a desired massage therapy course from a plurality of massage therapy courses prepared in advance and execute the selected massage therapy course.

The body figure mode is a mode in which the user inputs the aching area and the aching condition, determines a massage treatment course suitable for the input aching area and the aching condition, and executes the determined massage treatment course based on the user operation and the like.

The health care mode is a mode in which a massage therapy session suitable for biological information such as the number of steps, sleep time, and pulse rate (heart rate) of the user is determined, and the determined massage therapy session is executed based on user operation or the like.

The history mode is a mode for causing the user to select a desired massage therapy session from massage therapy sessions performed on the user in the past and to perform the selected massage therapy session based on a user operation or the like.

The popularity ranking mode is a mode in which the popularity ranking created by the server 4 is presented to the user, and the user selects a desired massage therapy course from a plurality of massage therapy courses included in the popularity ranking and executes the selected massage therapy course based on a user operation or the like.

[5] Electrical structure of communication terminal 3 and server 4

Fig. 5 is a block diagram showing the electrical configurations of the communication terminal 3 and the server 4.

[5.1] Electrical Structure of communication terminal 3

The communication terminal 3 includes a control unit 90. The control unit 90 includes a microcomputer, and includes a CPU, a memory (RAM, ROM, nonvolatile memory) 91, and the like. The memory 91 stores various data in addition to the program of the CPU. The control unit 90 is connected to a 1 st communication unit 101, a 2 nd communication unit 102, an operation display unit 103, and the like.

The 1 st communication unit 101 is a communication interface for the control unit 90 to communicate with the remote controller 25 (the control unit 90 of the massage machine 2). The 2 nd communication unit 102 is a communication interface for the control unit 90 to communicate with the server 4 and other communication terminals via the communication network 5. The operation display unit 103 is constituted by, for example, a touch panel type liquid crystal display.

A memory 91 (nonvolatile memory) of the communication terminal 3 stores a massage application for realizing a human body figure mode, a health care mode, a history mode, a popularity ranking mode, or for transmitting treatment course history information to the server 4.

The therapy session history information includes, for example, "therapy session start date and time", "user ID", "date of birth of the user", "height of the user", "weight of the user", "nationality of the user", "massage mode", "therapy session ID", "therapy session name", "model ID of the massager", "model name of the massager", and the like.

The "course start date and time" is a date and time at which the massage course is started, and specifically, is a date and time at which the communication terminal 3 is notified of an input of an execution instruction to the massager 2. The "model ID of the massage machine" and the "model name of the massage machine" are the model ID and the model name of the massage machine 2 that performs the massage therapy session. The "massage mode" is a massage mode when a massage therapy course is determined, and in this embodiment, is any one of a body figure mode, a health care mode, a history mode, and a popularity ranking mode.

[5.2] Electrical Structure and operation of Server 4

The server 4 is constituted by, for example, a personal computer, and includes a control unit 200, a communication unit 211, a display unit 212, an operation unit 213, and a storage unit 214. The control unit 200 includes a CPU and a memory. The communication unit 211 is a communication interface for communicating with the communication terminal 3. The display portion 212 is, for example, a liquid crystal display. The operation unit 213 includes a mouse, a keyboard, and the like.

The storage unit 214 is configured by a hard disk, a nonvolatile memory, or the like. The storage unit 214 stores a basic table 214A, a history table 214B, a plurality of popularity ranking tables (hereinafter, referred to as "ranking tables"), and the like. The various ranking tables include a male-female ranking table 214C, a body-style ranking table 214D, an age-segment ranking table 214E, a country-ranking table 214F, a region-ranking table 214G, and a world-wide ranking table 214H.

The basic table 214A stores basic information such as a communication terminal ID of the communication terminal 3, a user ID of a user who owns the communication terminal, and a mail address of the user who owns the communication terminal, for each communication terminal 3. The communication terminal ID is, for example, a telephone number of the communication terminal 3. By the user registering the user in the server 4 using the communication terminal 3, basic information such as a user ID and a mail address is registered in the basic table 214A.

The history table 214B stores ranking generation history information including history information of the treatment courses transmitted from the communication terminal 3 to the server 4. Specifically, as shown in fig. 6, the history table 214B stores information such as "date and time of start of therapy session", "user ID", "date of birth of user", "height of user", "weight of user", "nationality of user", "massage mode", "therapy session ID", "name of therapy session", "model ID of massage machine", "name of machine of massage machine" and the like included in the therapy session history information for each history information number (serial number) of the received therapy session history information. Further, "user's physical information" determined based on "the user's height" and "the user's weight" included in the received therapy session history information is stored in the history table 214B.

There are 3 of "lean", "standard", and "obese" in "the user's physical information". These 3 types of physique are determined as follows, for example. That is, if the body weight is [ kg ]]Height [ m ]]²Assuming BMI (obesity index), when BMI is 16.99 or less, it is determined to be "lean", when BMI is larger than 16.99 and 29.99 or less, it is determined to be "standard", and when BMI is larger than 29.99, it is determined to be "obese".

In the ranking table by man and woman 214C, the therapy session IDs of a given number (for example, 10) of massage therapy sessions are stored in order for each man and woman from the massage therapy session having a high frequency of use.

In the physique ranking table 214D, the therapy session IDs of a given number (for example, 10) of massage therapy sessions are stored in order for each physique from the massage therapy session having a high frequency of use.

In the age-based ranking table 214E, a predetermined number (for example, 10) of the therapy session IDs of the massage therapy sessions are stored in order for each age group from the massage therapy session having a high frequency of use.

In the country-by-country ranking table 214F, a given number (for example, 10) of therapy session IDs of the massage therapy sessions are stored in order for each country (each nationality) from the massage therapy session having a high frequency of use.

In the region-by-region ranking table 214G, a predetermined number (for example, 10) of the therapy session IDs of the massage sessions are sequentially stored for each region of each country, starting from the massage session with the high frequency of use.

In the global ranking table 214H, the therapy session IDs of a given number (for example, 10) of massage therapy sessions are stored in order from the massage therapy session with the high frequency of use in the world.

Upon receiving the course history information transmitted from the communication terminal 3, the control unit 200 creates ranking creation history information including the received course history information and stores the ranking creation history information in the history table 214B.

When the predetermined time (for example, 3 am at the time of japan), the control unit 200 creates a ranking by popularity, a ranking by physique, a ranking by age, a ranking by popularity, a ranking by country, a ranking by regional popularity, and a ranking by world popularity based on the ranking creation history information stored in the history table 214B, and stores the ranking in the corresponding ranking tables 214C to 214H. Thus, the contents of the ranking tables 214C to 214H are updated every day.

Further, the control unit 200 transmits the contents of the ranking tables 214C to 214H to the communication terminal 3 based on the access from the communication terminal 3.

[6] Actuation of the massage machine 2

The user turns on the power switch of the remote controller 25 to start the massage machine 2. Thereby, a home screen image (hereinafter referred to as "remote controller home screen image") as shown in fig. 7A is displayed on the operation display unit 26 of the remote controller 25. A course selection button 111 for selecting various massage courses, a manual button 112 for manually selecting a massage type, a setting button 113 for performing various settings, a Bluetooth (registered trademark) button 114, and the like are displayed on the remote controller home screen. A Bluetooth (registered trademark) mark is displayed on a Bluetooth (registered trademark) button 114. In a state where the massage machine 2 is not connected to the communication terminal 3, a Bluetooth (registered trademark) mark is displayed in white.

When the user taps a Bluetooth (registered trademark) button 114, the massager 2 enters a connection standby state (pairing standby mode) with the communication terminal 3. At this time, the operation display unit 26 displays a pairing waiting screen as shown in fig. 7B. A character of "pairing mode", a pair of circular arrows mark, a pause button, a Bluetooth (registered trademark) button, and the like are displayed on the pairing standby screen. In the pairing standby mode, the circular arrow rotates the flag.

When the massager 2 and the communication terminal 3 are connected, a pairing completion screen as shown in fig. 7C is displayed on the operation display unit 26. In the pairing completion screen, the circular arrow pair flag in the pairing standby screen is changed to the hook point flag. The tick mark is a mark similar to a tick character.

When a predetermined time (for example, 2 seconds) has elapsed after the connection completion screen (pairing completion screen) is displayed, the remote controller home screen is displayed on the operation display unit 26 (see fig. 7A). In this case, a Bluetooth (registered trademark) mark on the Bluetooth (registered trademark) button 114 is displayed in blue.

[7] Initiation of massage application

The user starts the massage application by tapping an icon (not shown) of the massage application displayed on the operation display unit 103 of the communication terminal 3. Thereby, a login screen as shown in fig. 8A is displayed on the operation display unit 103. The login ID input unit 121, the password input unit 122, the login button 123, and the like are displayed on the login screen.

When the user has already registered, if the user enters the login ID and the password and then taps the login button 123, the connected device list screen as shown in fig. 8B is displayed on the operation display unit 103. On the connected device list screen,

type selection buttons

124 and 125 indicating the type of the massage machine in the pairing standby mode are displayed. The user taps a pattern selection button corresponding to the pattern of the massage machine that the user wants to use.

When a predetermined pattern selection button, for example, the pattern selection button 124 (the pattern is XY-0001) is tapped, the control unit 90 of the communication terminal 3 performs processing for connecting the communication terminal 3 to the massager 2 of the pattern corresponding to the pattern selection button (hereinafter, referred to as "selected pattern"). As shown in fig. 8C, the operation display unit 103 displays a connection screen including a message "connection with XY-0001". When the massager 2 in use is in the standby state, the communication terminal 3 is connected to the massager 2 thereafter.

When the communication terminal 3 is connected to the massage machine 2, a connection completion screen as shown in fig. 8D is displayed on the operation display unit 103. If the selected type is XY-0001, a message "connection with XY-0001 is completed" is displayed on the connection completion screen. Then, a main screen of the massage application (hereinafter referred to as "application main screen") is displayed on the operation display unit 103.

[8] Application home screen

Fig. 9A is a schematic diagram showing an example of an application home screen.

The application home screen 130 has a title area F1, a connection state display area F2, a body diagram mode button display area F3, a healthcare mode button display area F4, a history/ranking mode button display area F5, a course selection button display area F6, and a home button display area F7. These regions F1, F2, F3, F4, F5, F6, and F7 are arranged in this order from the upper end of the application main screen 130.

A hamburger button 131 and the like constituted by three lines are displayed in the title area F1. The hamburger button 131 is a button for displaying a given menu screen (not shown).

The connected state display area F2 is an area for displaying the connected state with the massage machine 2. In the connected state display area F2, a character string "being connected" is displayed when the communication terminal 3 is connected to the massage machine 2, and a character string "not connected" is displayed when the communication terminal 3 is not connected to the massage machine 2.

The human body map mode button 132 is displayed in the human body map mode button display area F3. The human body figure mode button 132 is a button for setting the massage mode to the human body figure mode. A character string such as "human body figure" is displayed on the human body figure mode button 132. When the human body figure mode button 132 is tapped, a human body figure screen (not shown) for allowing the user to input a sore part and a sore condition is displayed on the operation display unit 103. The user inputs the aching part and the aching condition on the picture of the human body.

When a sore part and a sore condition are input on the human body figure screen, a course presentation screen (not shown) for presenting a massage course suitable for the input sore part and the sore condition is displayed on the operation display unit 103. Then, if the user performs a predetermined operation on the course presentation screen, the course ID of the presented massage course is transmitted to the massager 2.

The health care mode button 133 is displayed in the health care mode button display area F4. The health care mode button 133 is a button for setting the massage mode to the health care mode. The health care mode button 133 displays, for example, biological information such as the number of steps, sleep time, and heart rate of the user, and a message for prompting a massage therapy session suitable for the biological information. In this example, the user's heart rate and a message that causes a massage session appropriate for that heart rate are displayed. The biometric information such as the number of steps, the sleep time, and the heart rate of the user is measured by, for example, a portable biometric information measuring device (not shown) attached to a part of the body of the user. The biological information measured by the biological information measuring device is supplied to the communication terminal 3 by, for example, wireless communication.

When the health care mode button 133 is pressed, a therapy course presentation screen (not shown) for presenting a massage therapy course suitable for the number of steps, the sleep time, the pulse rate, and the like of the user is displayed on the operation display unit 103. Then, if the user performs a predetermined operation on the course presentation screen, the course ID of the presented massage course is transmitted to the massager 2.

The history mode button 134 and the popularity ranking mode button 135 are arranged in a horizontal arrangement in the history/ranking mode button display area F5. Characters such as history are displayed on the history mode button 134, and characters such as popularity ranking are displayed on the popularity ranking mode button 135. Either one of the history mode button 134 and the popularity ranking mode button 135 is set to a selected state, and the other is set to a non-selected state. A bar of a given color (for example, blue) is displayed on the lower side of the button that becomes the selected state. In the application home screen 130, the history mode button 134 is set to a selected state, and the popularity ranking mode button 135 is set to a non-selected state.

A course selection button corresponding to a currently selected mode button among the history mode button 134 and the popularity ranking mode button 135, and the like are displayed in the course selection button display area F6. In the application home screen 130, the history mode button 134 is set to a selected state. Therefore, in the course selection button display area F6, the course selection buttons 136 corresponding to a given number of massage courses are displayed in the order of new to old times of execution among the massage courses previously determined by the communication terminal 3 and executed by the massage machine 2. In this example, the course selection button 136 corresponding to the massage course that is the newest at the time of execution and the course selection button 136 corresponding to the second new massage course at the time of execution are displayed in the course selection button display area F6.

The massage course name and the massage start date and time are displayed on each course selection button 136. When the therapy session selection button 136 is pressed, a therapy session presentation screen (not shown) for presenting the massage therapy session corresponding to the therapy session selection button 136 is displayed on the operation display unit 103. Then, if the user performs a predetermined operation on the course presentation screen, the course ID of the presented massage course is transmitted to the massager 2.

The home button 137 is displayed in the home button display area F7. Home button 137 is a button for returning the display screen to application home screen 130 when the display screen is a screen other than application home screen 130.

[9] Popularity ranking mode

The popularity ranking mode is described in detail below.

Referring to fig. 5, a memory 91 of the communication terminal 3 is provided with a user table 91A, a course table 91B, a history table 91C, a various popularity ranking table (hereinafter referred to as "ranking table"), and the like. The plurality of types of ranking tables include a man/woman ranking table 91D, a physique ranking table 91E, an age group ranking table 91F, a country ranking table 91G, a region ranking table 91H, and a world ranking table 91I, similarly to the ranking table provided in the server 4.

The user table 91A stores user information related to the user who owns the communication terminal 3. The user information includes "user ID", "date of birth of the user", "height of the user", "weight of the user", "nationality of the user", and the like.

In the course table 91B, a description sentence indicating the name, the massage time, and the course content of the massage course is stored for each course ID of the massage course.

The history table 91C stores the treatment course history information created by the communication terminal 3.

The ranking tables 91D to 91I store corresponding popularity ranking data acquired from the server 4.

When a massage course is determined in the body figure mode, the health care mode, the history mode, or the popularity ranking mode, the control section 90 of the communication terminal 3 transmits a course ID of the massage course to the corresponding massage machine 2. Upon receiving the course ID from the communication terminal 3, the massage machine 2 causes a user seated in the massage machine 2 to input an execution instruction for executing a massage course. The details of the input method of the execution instruction will be described later. When the execution instruction is input, the massage machine 2 executes the massage course specified by the course ID, and notifies the corresponding communication terminal 3 of the input of the execution instruction.

When the communication terminal 3 is notified of the input of the execution command, the communication terminal 3 creates history information of the course of treatment including "date and time of start of the course of treatment", "user ID", "date of birth of the user", "height of the user", "weight of the user", "nationality of the user", "massage mode", "course ID", "course name", "model ID of the massager", "model name of the massager", and the like. Then, the communication terminal 3 stores the created treatment course history information in the history table 91C and transmits the same to the server 4.

Each time the application home screen 130 (see fig. 9A) is displayed, the control section 90 accesses the web site provided by the server 4 and acquires various popularity ranking data from the server 4. Then, the acquired various popularity ranking data are stored in the corresponding ranking tables 91D to 91I. Thereby, the contents of the ranking tables 91D to 91I are updated.

When the popularity ranking mode button 135 is tapped on the application home screen 130, the control unit 90 displays a popularity ranking mode screen 140 as shown in fig. 9B on the operation display unit 103. In the popularity ranking mode screen 140, the history mode button 134 is set to the non-selection state, and the popularity ranking mode button 135 is set to the selection state. Thus, a bar of a given color (blue in this example) is displayed on the lower side of the popularity ranking mode button 135.

In addition, in the popularity ranking mode screen 140, the 1

st scroll buttons

141A and 141B and the 2

nd scroll buttons

142A and 142B are displayed on the upper portion of the course selection button display area F6.

The 1

st scroll buttons

141A and 141B and the 2

nd scroll buttons

142A and 142B are buttons for selecting the kind of popularity ranking to be displayed in the course selection button display area F6. The 1

st scroll buttons

141A and 141B are buttons for allowing the user to select a large category of popularity ranking, and are composed of a left scroll button 141A and a right scroll button 141B arranged with a left-right space therebetween. A character string representing a large category of popularity ranking is displayed in the area between the left scroll button 141A and the right scroll button 141B. In this embodiment, the general categories of popularity ranking include "by man and woman", "by physique", "by age", "by country", "by region", and "all over the world".

The 2

nd scroll buttons

142A and 142B are buttons for allowing the user to select a small category belonging to a large category of the popularity ranking selected by the 1

st scroll buttons

141A and 141B, and are composed of a left scroll button 142A and a right scroll button 142B arranged at a left-right interval. A string of characters representing a small category of popularity ranking is displayed in the area between the left scroll button 142A and the right scroll button 142B.

In a small classification of "by man" there are "male (male)" and "female (female)". Among the small "by body" categories are "lean", "standard" and "obese". Among the small categories of "age-based" are "age 50", "60", "70", and the like. Among the small "by country" categories are "japan", "china", "usa" and the like. In the small classification "by region", when the target country is japan, there are "osaka", "tokyo", "hokkaido", and the like. There is no small classification in "all over the world". Hereinafter, the type of popularity ranking selected by both the 1

st scroll buttons

141A and 141B and the 2

nd scroll buttons

142A and 142B or only the 1

st scroll buttons

141A and 141B is referred to as "currently selected ranking type".

In the popularity ranking mode screen 140, popularity rankings corresponding to the currently selected ranking category are displayed in the area below the 2

nd scroll buttons

142A and 142B in the therapy course selection button display area F6.

Fig. 9B shows an example of the popularity ranking mode screen 140 in the case where the currently selected ranking category is male by male or female. In the course selection button display area F6, 7 course selection buttons 143 to 149 corresponding to the top 7 massage courses are list-displayed in descending order of the frequency of use by men. The corresponding names of the massage courses are displayed on 7 course selection buttons 143-149.

The user can change the type of the popularity ranking displayed in the course selection button display area F6 by operating the 1

st scroll buttons

141A and 141B and the 2

nd scroll buttons

142A and 142B.

Fig. 10A shows an example of the popularity ranking mode screen 140 in the case where the currently selected ranking category is female by male and female, and fig. 10B shows an example of the popularity ranking mode screen 140 in the case where the currently selected ranking category is lean by physique. Fig. 11A shows an example of the popularity ranking mode screen 140 in the case where the currently selected ranking category is the standard by physique, and fig. 11B shows an example of the popularity ranking mode screen 140 in the case where the currently selected ranking category is the obesity type by physique.

Fig. 12A shows an example of the popularity ranking mode screen 140 in the case where the currently selected ranking category is the 50-year-old age group, and fig. 12B shows an example of the popularity ranking mode screen 140 in the case where the currently selected ranking category is the 60-year-old age group. Fig. 13A shows an example of the popularity ranking mode screen 140 in the case where the currently selected ranking category is japan by country, and fig. 13B shows an example of the popularity ranking mode screen 140 in the case where the currently selected ranking category is china by country.

Fig. 14A shows an example of the popularity ranking mode screen 140 in the case where the currently selected ranking category is osaka by region, and fig. 14B shows an example of the popularity ranking mode screen 140 in the case where the currently selected ranking category is tokyo by region. Fig. 15 shows an example of the popularity ranking mode screen 140 in a case where the currently selected ranking category is all over the world. In the world rank, since there is no small category, in fig. 15, the 2

nd scroll buttons

142A, 142B for selecting a small category are not displayed.

For the sake of convenience of explanation, the 7 course selection buttons 143 to 149 having the same contents as the 7 course selection buttons 143 to 149 displayed in the course selection button display area F6 of fig. 9B are displayed in the course selection button display area F6 of fig. 10A to 15, but the 7 course selection buttons 143 to 149 having contents corresponding to the kind of popularity ranking are actually displayed. In addition, when the popularity ranking mode button 135 is in the selected state, the number of course selection buttons displayed in the course selection button display area F6 may be less than 7 or more than 7.

When the user taps one treatment course selection button from the treatment course selection buttons 143 to 149 displayed in the treatment course selection button display area F6, the control unit 90 displays a treatment course presentation screen 150 presenting a massage treatment course corresponding to the tapped treatment course selection button on the operation display unit 103 as shown in fig. 16A.

A character string of "popularity ranking" indicating that the current massage mode is the popularity ranking mode is displayed on the course prompt screen 150. Further, an explanatory sentence indicating the name, the massage time, and the content of the massage therapy session corresponding to the tapped therapy session selection buttons 143 to 149 is displayed on the therapy session presentation screen 150, and a massage start button 151 is displayed.

When the user taps the massage start button 151, the control unit 90 transmits (transfers) the course ID of the massage course displayed on the course presentation screen 150 to the massage machine 2. Then, the control unit 90 displays the on-transfer screen 160 as shown in fig. 16B on the operation display unit 103. The transfer screen 160 is composed of a background area other than the center portion and a message area in the center portion. The background area is formed by, for example, superimposing translucent gray on an area other than the center portion of the course presentation screen 150. The message area displays the characters "on the fly" and the illustrations that characterize the text that is on the fly.

When the transfer of the course ID to the massage machine 2 is completed, the control unit 90 displays a transfer completion screen 170 as shown in fig. 17A on the operation display unit 103. The transfer completion screen 170 is composed of a background area other than the center portion and a message area in the center portion. The background area is the same as the background area of the on-transfer screen 160. The message area displays a character of "transfer completion", an illustration indicating transfer completion, and a remote controller for "please confirm the massage chair. "such a message.

Upon receiving the course ID from the communication terminal 3, the control unit 60 of the massage machine 2 transmits a command indicating that the course ID has been received to the communication terminal 3 of the transmission source. Thus, since the control unit 90 of the communication terminal 3 recognizes that the transfer of the course ID is completed, the control unit 90 displays the transfer completion screen 170 as described above. When the control unit 60 of the massage machine 2 receives the course ID from the communication terminal 3, the confirmation screen 180 is displayed on the operation display unit 26 of the remote controller 25 as shown in fig. 17B.

The confirmation screen 180 includes a title area E1, a session name display area E2, a message area E3, a button area E4, and the like. A character indicating "application" in which the operation mode of the massage machine 2 is the application mode is displayed in the title area E1. The name of the massage therapy course corresponding to the course ID transmitted from the communication terminal 3 is displayed in the course name display area E2. The message area E3 shows "the course of treatment is selected. Does it start to massage? "such an acknowledgement message. A NO button (NO button) 181 and a YES button (YES button) 182 are displayed in the button area E4.

The user seated on the massage machine 2 presses the YES button 182 when he or she desires to execute the massage session displayed on the confirmation screen 180 by the massage machine 2, and presses the NO button 181 when he or she does not desire to execute the massage session by the massage machine 2.

When the YES button 182 is pressed on the confirmation screen 180, an execution instruction is input to the control unit 60 of the massage machine 2. When the execution command is input to the control unit 60, the control unit 60 notifies the communication terminal 3 that the execution command is input, and executes the massage therapy course displayed on the confirmation screen 180. On the other hand, when the NO button 181 is pressed, the control unit 60 of the massage machine 2 returns the display screen of the operation display unit 26 of the remote controller 25 to the remote controller main screen without executing the massage session displayed on the confirmation screen 180.

[10] Effects of the embodiments

In the above-described embodiment, the popularity ranking mode is prepared as the massage mode, and various popularity rankings can be displayed on the operation display unit 103 of the communication terminal 3. Thus, the user can recognize not only the usage history of the massage therapy course of the user, but also various popularity rankings including the usage history of the massage therapy courses of other people. Thus, the user can select the massage therapy course with reference to the popularity ranking, and selection of the massage therapy course becomes easy.

[11] Modification example

In the above-described embodiment, the physical information of the user is determined by the server 4, but may be determined by the communication terminal 3. Specifically, the communication terminal 3 determines the physical information of the user based on the height and weight of the user when creating the treatment course history information. Then, the communication terminal 3 creates the course history information in which the physical information of the user is added to the contents of the course history information, and transmits the created course history information to the server 4. In this case, the server 4 may store the received therapy session history information in the history table 214B.

In the foregoing embodiment, "user ID" is stored in the basic table 214A (refer to fig. 5) of the server 4, but "year, month and day of birth of the user", "height of the user", "weight of the user", and "nationality of the user" are not stored. However, the basic table 214A may store "user ID", "date of birth of the user", "height of the user", "weight of the user", and "nationality of the user". In this case, the therapy session history information may not include "year, month and day of birth of the user", "height of the user", "weight of the user", and "nationality of the user". In this case, when the server 4 receives the course history information, the "date of birth of the user", "height of the user", "weight of the user", "nationality of the user", and "physique of the user" are determined based on the user ID and the basic table 214A included in the course history information, and are stored in the history table 214A.

In the above-described embodiment, upon receiving the course ID from the communication terminal 3, the control unit 60 of the massage machine 2 displays the confirmation screen 180 including the NO button 181 and the YES button 182 on the remote controller 25. However, when the operation display is incorporated into the main body of the massage machine 2, the confirmation screen 180 may be displayed on the operation display. In this case, the operation display is an example of the "input device" in the present invention.

The control unit 60 of the massage machine 2 may determine whether or not to execute the massage therapy session determined by the communication terminal 3 as follows. That is, as shown by a dashed line 301 in fig. 4A, for example, a microphone 301 as a voice input device is provided in the remote controller 25, and a voice recognition device (not shown) that performs voice recognition processing on a voice input to the microphone 301 is provided in the massager 2. When receiving the course ID from the communication terminal 3, the control unit 60 of the massage machine 2 causes the user who is using the massage machine 2 to input the voice for the voice recognition device via the microphone 301 whether or not to execute the massage course, and determines whether or not to execute the massage course by recognizing the input voice by the voice recognition device. In this case, the microphone 301 is an example of the "input device" in the present invention.

The control unit 60 of the massage machine 2 may determine whether or not to execute the massage therapy session determined by the communication terminal 3 as follows. That is, as shown by a dashed-dotted line 302 in fig. 4A, for example, a camera 302 for imaging the face of the user seated on the massage machine 2 is provided in the remote controller 25. In addition, for each communication terminal 3 of the user who uses the massage machine 2, face authentication data to be used for face authentication of the user who is the owner of the communication terminal 3 is stored in the memory 61 in advance.

Upon receiving the course ID from the communication terminal 3, the control unit 60 captures an image of the user seated in the massage machine 2 with the camera 302, and determines whether or not the face of the user seated in the massage machine 2 matches the face of the user who is the owner of the communication terminal 3 from which the course ID is transmitted. Then, only when it is determined that the two are identical, the control unit 60 executes the massage therapy session corresponding to the received therapy session ID. In this case, the camera 302 is an example of the "input device" in the present invention. Alternatively, a fingerprint device may be used instead of the camera 302, and a fingerprint authentication device may be used instead of the face authentication device.

In the above-described embodiment, after the massager 2 receives the course ID transmitted from the communication terminal 3, an execution command is input to the massager 2, and thereby the massage corresponding to the received course ID is executed. However, when the massage machine 2 receives the course ID transmitted from the communication terminal 3, the massage course corresponding to the received course ID may be executed.

In the above-described embodiment, the rank by gender, the rank by physique, the rank by age group, the rank by country, the rank by region, and the rank all over the world are prepared as the popularity rank, but any 1 or a combination of any plural of these may be prepared. Further, a popularity ranking other than these may be made.

The massage machine 1 may be installed in a facility used by the public, for example. In this case, the communication terminal 3 may be a communication terminal usable by the public. In this case, the ranking (popularity ranking) may be created and displayed as follows.

That is, the communication terminal 3 transmits therapy course history information related to the history of the massage therapy courses determined by the communication terminal 3 and executed by the massage machine 1 to the control unit 60 of the massage machine 1. The control unit 60 uses the treatment course history information transmitted from the communication terminal 3 to create 1 or more kinds of ranks related to the massage treatment courses. The communication terminal 3 obtains the ranking from the control unit 60 and displays the ranking on the operation display unit (display unit) 103.

In the above-described embodiment, the sole

side air bags

35c and 35d for pressing the sole upward are provided on the bottom surfaces of the pair of left and right foot receiving recesses 19 (see fig. 2), but a sole roller that is rotationally driven for massaging the sole may be provided instead of the sole

side air bags

35c and 35 d.

In the above-described embodiment, the communication terminal 3 is a smartphone, but the communication terminal 3 may be a computer such as a tablet computer.

In the above-described embodiment, the massage machine 2 is a chair-type massage machine, but the massage machine 2 may be a massage machine other than a chair-type massage machine.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail, but these are only specific examples used for clarifying technical contents of the present invention, and the present invention should not be construed as being limited to these specific examples, and the scope of the present invention is limited only by the appended claims.

This application corresponds to Japanese patent application No. 2020-.

Claims

1. A massage machine, comprising:

a control unit; and

a communication terminal capable of communicating with the control section,

the communication terminal transmits therapy course history information related to a history of the massage therapy courses decided by the communication terminal and executed by the massage machine to the control section,

the control part uses the treatment course history information sent from the communication terminal to make 1 or more kinds of ranking related to the massage treatment course,

the communication terminal obtains the ranking from the control unit and displays the ranking on a display unit.

2. The massager of claim 1,

the communication terminal enables a user to select a desired massage therapy course from a plurality of massage therapy courses included in the ranking displayed on the display unit, and transmits therapy course specifying information for specifying the selected massage therapy course to the massage machine.

3. The massager of claim 2,

the massage machine is provided with an input device for causing the user to input an execution instruction for executing a massage course determined based on the course determination information when the course determination information transmitted from the communication terminal is received,

when the execution instruction is input through the input device, a massage treatment course determined according to the treatment course determination information is executed.

4. The massager of claim 3,

the course history information includes course determination information of a massage course determined by the communication terminal and executed by the massage machine.

5. The massage machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4,

the ranking includes at least 1 of male and female ranking, physical ranking, age group ranking, national ranking, regional ranking, and worldwide ranking.

6. The massager of claim 1,

the communication terminal is an attachment terminal device attached to the massage machine.

7. A massage system including a massage machine having a control unit capable of communicating with a communication terminal, the massage system being characterized in that,

transmitting, from the communication terminal, therapy course history information relating to a history of a massage therapy course decided by the communication terminal and executed by a massager,

the communication terminal receives 1 or more kinds of ranks relating to a massage therapy course made using the therapy course history information transmitted from the communication terminal,

and the communication terminal displays the received ranking on a display part.

8. The massage system of claim 7,

9. The massage system of claim 8,

the massage system is provided with an input device for causing the user to input an execution instruction for executing a massage course determined based on the course determination information when the course determination information transmitted from the communication terminal is received,

10. The massage system of claim 9,

11. The massage system according to any one of claims 7 to 10,

12. The massage system of claim 7,

the communication terminal is an attachment terminal attached to the massage machine or a mobile terminal independent of the massage machine.

13. The massage system of claim 12,

the massage system is provided with a plurality of massage machines,

the mobile terminal device transmits course specifying information of a massage course selected by a user having the mobile terminal device to a corresponding massage machine.

14. A recording medium in which a massager control program for controlling a massager including a control unit capable of communicating with a communication terminal is recorded, the recording medium comprising:

a transmission step of transmitting, from the communication terminal, therapy course history information relating to a history of a massage therapy course decided by the communication terminal and executed by a massager;

a receiving step in which the communication terminal receives 1 or more kinds of ranks relating to a massage treatment course created using the treatment course history information; and

and a display step of displaying the ranking on a display unit of the communication terminal.

15. The recording medium of claim 14,

transmitting the course history information from the communication terminal to a server in the transmitting step,

in the receiving step, the communication terminal receives the ranking created by the server based on the massage therapy course history information.