Massage chair capable of performing acupuncture point massage

Abstract

Disclosed is a massage chair capable of performing acupuncture point massage. More particularly, disclosed is a massage chair comprising: a seat portion (200); a back support portion (100) rotatably mounted on one side of the seat portion (200); a calf massage portion (400) rotatably mounted on the other side of the seat portion (200); and a manipulation portion (600) capable of adjusting movements of the back support portion (100) and the calf massage portion (400), wherein the manipulation portion (600) comprises: a shoulder height measurement module (610) for measuring the user's shoulder height; a hip bone position prediction module (620) for predicting the hip bone position by using a predetermined first method on the basis of the shoulder height measured by the shoulder height measurement module (610); a massage position determination module (630) for determining a plurality of massage positions with reference to the hip bone position predicted by the hip bone position predictionmodule (620); and a massage mode selection module (640) for selecting a massage mode from a plurality of pre-stored massage modes with reference to the plurality of massage positions determined by the massage position determination module (630), thereby massaging parts of the user corresponding to the plurality of massage positions determined by the massage position determination module (630) according to the massage mode selected by the massage mode selection module (640).

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a massage chair, and more particularly, to a massage chair capable of performing acupressure. Background technique [0002] Many people get massages to relieve stiffness from stress, muscle lumps from lack of exercise, and more. However, massage by professional masseurs is not available for various reasons, so massage chairs that can be conveniently used at home have been developed and used. [0003] In addition, in recent years, there has been increasing interest in methods that can relieve user fatigue and maintain health based on not only simple massage or shiatsu of specific body parts, but also acupuncture points distributed in the body based on traditional Chinese medicine. [0004] However, each user's physical condition is different. That is, there are various factors that may affect physical conditions such as height, weight, sex, and age, and thus the positions of acupuncture points may vary. [0005] There...

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[0010] However, since this type of air massager can only perform acupressure at a specific position regardless of each user's different acupoint positions from each other, there is a disadvantage that customized acupressure cannot be provided to users.

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