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Abstract

This invention provides a chair type massage machine by which the massage around the shoulder of a user can be conducted exactly at the shoulder position. The massage machine 1 according to this invention includes a massage mechanism 3 capable of moving rollers 2 up and down freely along the backrest 12, a vertical position detecting section 4 which detects the vertical position of the rollers 2, a load detecting section 5 which detects the load F applied onto the rollers 2 from the user side 10, a control section 6 which controls the massage mechanism 3 to conduct a massage to the user 10 using the rollers 2, and shoulder position detection means which detect the shoulder position of the user 10 based on the output from the vertical position detecting section 4 and the load detecting section 5. The control section 6 detects the shoulder position of the user 10 by the shoulder position detection means. Further, the control section 6 also detects the deviation in the shoulder's position based on the output of the shoulder position detection means while a massage around the detected shoulder position is under execution, and corrects the position of the rollers 2.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a chair-type massage machine, and more particularly to a massage machine with a function of detecting the position of a user's shoulder. Background technique [0002] JP Patent No. 3075779 and the like disclose a massage machine provided with a user's shoulder position detection function in order to correct for individual differences in people, that is, physical differences. This massage machine combines various massage actions and performs them sequentially, with a so-called automatic mode massage program. And, every time this program is started, the automatic mode massage is started after the shoulder position is detected in advance by the above-mentioned shoulder position detection function. Therefore, when massaging the vicinity of the shoulder, it is possible to perform a massage corresponding to the position of the user's shoulder. [0003] However, in the chair-type massage machine, even if the shoulder positio...

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[0005] However, the re-detection of the shoulder position as described above is not performed near the shoulder, but during the massage action of moving the massage head up and down along the backrest. Therefore, even if the shoulder position is corrected based on this detection action , when the user's posture changes again before the massage is performed near the detected shoulder, the massage is performed at the shifted position, which cannot fundamentally solve the problem

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