The present disclosure relates to a massage device and a controller, and more particularly to a negative-pressure massage device and a negative-pressure controller.
The statements in this section merely provide background information related to the present disclosure and do not necessarily constitute prior art.
The statements in this section merely provide background information related to the present disclosure and do not necessarily constitute prior art. With the progress and development of the industrial and commercial society, in the mode of advocating speed and efficiency, modern people are always under various pressures. Coupled with abnormal diet, excessive intake of food and little exercise, many diseases related to cardiovascular or other unknown sources have occurred. In order to effectively relieve pressure and improve various functions of the body, related companies have successively developed various negative-pressure massage devices for different purposes to meet the needs of the market.
In general, the cups used in negative-pressure device in the industry will be used with a rhythm box, and the vibration generated by a vibration motor in the rhythm box will enhance blood circulation. In the known technology, a vibration intensity adjustment knob is disposed on each rhythm box, and a fixed DC power to all connected rhythm boxes is provided through a multi-connector power line. Therefore, when the vibration intensity needs to be adjusted, the knobs must be adjusted one by one on each rhythm box. Only after the device counts down for 30 minutes, will the DC power be cut off once so that all rhythm boxes will stop operating at the same time. Therefore, each rhythm box must individually adjust the knob to change the vibration mode, thereby causing inconvenience in use.
Accordingly, the present disclosure designs a negative-pressure massage device and a negative-pressure controller to supply power to an accessory body so that the accessory body can directly accept the current input voltage/current, without connecting to the system separately for synchronous control.
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present disclosure provides a negative-pressure massage device. The negative-pressure massage device includes at least one accessory body and a negative-pressure controller. The at least one accessory body includes a negative-pressure accessory and a rhythm box. The negative-pressure accessory includes an air hole. The rhythm box is disposed and contacted on one side of the negative-pressure accessory. The rhythm box includes a vibration motor, and the vibration motor drives the negative-pressure accessory to move accordingly. The negative-pressure controller is separately disposed from the at least one accessory body, and the negative-pressure controller includes a control panel, a negative-pressure air hole, and a first output port. The control panel is disposed on one side of the negative-pressure controller, and sets an operation parameter. The negative-pressure air hole is formed on one side of the negative-pressure controller, and communicates with the air hole through an external air pipe to provide a suction force from the external air pipe to the negative-pressure air hole, and forms a negative pressure from the air hole to the external air pipe. The first output port is formed on one side of the negative-pressure controller, electrically connected to the rhythm box through a power line, and provides a PWM voltage to the vibration motor through the power line. The negative-pressure controller adjusts a duty cycle of the PWM voltage based on the operation parameter to change a rhythm intensity of the vibration motor.
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present disclosure provides a negative-pressure controller. The negative-pressure controller controls and adjusts a negative pressure and a rhythm intensity generated by at least one accessory body. The negative-pressure controller includes a control panel, a negative-pressure air hole, and a first output port. The control panel is disposed on one side of the negative-pressure controller, and sets an operation parameter. The negative-pressure air hole is formed on one side of the negative-pressure controller, and provides a suction force from the external to the negative-pressure air hole. The first output port is formed on one side of the negative-pressure controller, and provides a PWM voltage. The negative-pressure controller adjusts a duty cycle of the PWM voltage based on the operation parameter, and the duty cycle is positively correlated with the rhythm intensity. The suction force is positively correlated with the negative pressure.
The main purpose and effect of the present disclosure are the negative-pressure massage device developed by the present disclosure is dedicated to supply power to the connected accessory body (especially the rhythm box). The first output port of the negative-pressure controller provides PWM voltage for regulation, and then makes the vibration motor speed up or down so that the vibration intensity is the corresponding intensity. On the other hand, the circuit board of the accessory body directly receives the current input voltage/current (that is, the PWM voltage), and does not need to be separately connected to the system for synchronous control, which simplifies the manufacturing cost and control manner of the accessory body.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary, and are intended to provide further explanation of the present disclosure as claimed. Other advantages and features of the present disclosure will be apparent from the following description, drawings and claims.
The present disclosure can be more fully understood by reading the following detailed description of the embodiment, with reference made to the accompanying drawing as follows:
Reference will now be made to the drawing figures to describe the present disclosure in detail. It will be understood that the drawing figures and exemplified embodiments of present disclosure are not limited to the details thereof.
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The accessory body 1 includes a negative-pressure accessory 12 and a rhythm box 14. The negative-pressure accessory 12 includes an air hole 122, and the air hole 122 is used to allow air to enter/exit the negative-pressure accessory 12 so that when the negative-pressure accessory 12 is attached to a specific part of the human body, pressure changes will occur. The rhythm box 14 is disposed and contacted on one side of the negative-pressure accessory 12. A vibration motor is accommodated in an accommodating space inside the rhythm box 14, and the vibration motor drives the negative-pressure accessory 12 to move accordingly. Specifically, when the speed of the vibration motor is increased, the vibration intensity will be intensified, otherwise the vibration intensity of the vibration motor will be weakened. The negative-pressure accessory 12 is affected by the intensified/weakened vibration intensity of the vibration motor to produce a rhythmic effect.
The negative-pressure controller 2 includes a control panel 22, a negative-pressure air hole 24, and a first output port 26. The control panel 22 is disposed on one side of the negative-pressure controller 2. The negative-pressure air hole 24 is formed on one side of the negative-pressure controller 2, and may be on the same side as the control panel 22 or on different sides. When the negative-pressure air hole 24 and the control panel 22 are on the same side, the negative-pressure air hole 24 may be integrated on the control panel 22. The negative-pressure air hole 24 communicates with the air hole 122 through an external air pipe (not shown) so as to provide a suction force from the external air pipe to the negative-pressure air hole 24 and form a negative pressure from the accessory body 1 and the air hole 122 to the external air pipe. Relatively, when the negative pressure of the accessory body 1 must be released, the negative-pressure controller 2 introduces air into the negative-pressure air hole 24 to release the negative pressure of the accessory body 1 by releasing the suction force of the negative-pressure air hole 24. The first output port 26 is formed on one side of the negative-pressure controller 2, and may be on the same side as the control panel 22 or on different sides. The first output port 26 may be integrated on the control panel 22. The first output port 26 is electrically connected to the vibration motor inside the rhythm box 14 through a power linePel, and provides a PWM (pulse-width modulation) voltage PWM to the vibration motor through the power line Pe1.
In general, when the PWM voltage PWM is, for example, but not limited to, at a high level, the vibration motor increases its rotation speed to produce an effect of intensified vibration. Conversely, when the PWM voltage PWM is at a low level, the vibration motor decreases its rotation speed to produce an effect of weakened vibration. Therefore, by controlling the vibration intensity of the vibration motor through the PWM voltage PWM can cause the negative-pressure accessory 12 to produce a rhythmic effect.
Furthermore, the control panel 22 may be used to set operation parameters, such as but not limited to massage time, rhythm intensity (for example, but not limited to, it may include constant rhythm intensity, decreasing rhythm intensity or increasing rhythm intensity), frequency of releasing the suction force, etc. Therefore, the negative-pressure controller 2 can adjust the duty cycle of the PWM voltage PWM, the suction force of the negative-pressure air hole 24, the frequency of releasing the suction force based on the operation parameters. Please refer to
Furthermore, the negative-pressure controller 2 acquires the required waveform equivalently by modulating the width of a series of pulses, and then uses the high-resolution counter to calculate the duty cycle of the square wave to encode the analog signal alignment bits, and the voltage/current that activates the accessory body 1 by an on and/or off control so that the repeated pulse sequence to simulate the rhythm.
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Specifically, in addition to the vibration motor of the rhythm box 14 of the accessory body 1 needs to be powered, the accessory body 1 may also include additional accessories, which must be powered by an additional power supply with a fixed voltage value in order to operate smoothly. Therefore, the second DC voltage Vdc2 (such as but not limited to 12 volts) with the fixed voltage value may be provided through the second output port 28 to supply power to the additional accessories in the accessory body 1. In addition, if the vibration motor of the rhythm box 14 continues to be powered by a high-level voltage, the vibration motor will continuously vibrate at the maximum vibration intensity. Therefore, if the vibration motor of the vibration box 14 is changed to be powered by the second DC voltage Vdc2 with the fixed voltage value through the second output port 28, the vibration intensity R of the vibration motor can be controlled to the maximum vibration value (i.e., continuous vibration).
The operation panel 222 includes an operation interface 222A and a display interface 222B. The operation interface 222A is, for example but not limited to, a knob, a touch screen, a switch, or other components that can be used to set operation parameters. The display interface 222B may be, for example but not limited to, a liquid crystal display, an LED display, and the like with an intuitive display screen so as to correspondingly display the operation parameters set by the user.
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Specifically, the control board 224 is electrically connected to the operation panel 222 and the driver board 32, and the control board 224 provides a control signal Sc corresponding to the operation parameters to the driver board 32 so as to control the driver board 32 through the control signal Sc to drive or supply power to various components inside the negative-pressure controller 2. In particular, a main chip 224A on the control board 224 is responsible for processing the instructions (i.e., operation parameters) sent by the APP or other external controllers, and according to these received instructions, the first output port 26 connected to the same group on the driver board 32 may change the specific power supply mode at the same time.
The driver board 32 includes a first conversion circuit 322 and a second conversion circuit 324. The first conversion circuit 322 is electrically connected to the first output port 26, and the second conversion circuit 324 is electrically connected to the second output port 28. The driver board 32 controls the first conversion circuit 322 to convert the first DC voltage Vdc1 into the PWM voltage PWM, and provide the PWM voltage PWM to the first output port 26. The driver board 32 controls the first conversion circuit 322 to adjust the duty cycle of the PWM voltage PWM based on the control signal Sc (corresponding to the operation parameters). The driver board 32 controls the second conversion circuit 324 to convert the first DC voltage Vdc1 into the second DC voltage Vdc2 with the fixed voltage value so as to provide the second DC voltage Vdc2 with the fixed voltage value to the second output port 28.
In one embodiment, the first conversion circuit 322 and the second conversion circuit 324 are inverters, also may be called AC/DC converters. The driver board 32 controls the switches in the second conversion circuit 324 to be constantly turned on to control the second conversion circuit 324 to convert the first DC voltage Vdc1 into the second DC voltage Vdc2 with the fixed voltage value. Alternatively, a capacitor is used for energy storage to filter the PWM voltage PWM outputted by the second conversion circuit 324 into the second DC voltage Vdc2 with the fixed voltage value. Specifically, since multiple conversion circuits with the same circuit structure are used on the same circuit board (i.e., the driver board 32), the conversion circuit only needs to be designed once, and the selection of components for the conversion circuit is relatively simple. Therefore, the first conversion circuit 322 and the second conversion circuit 324 are designed as the same type of converter, which can simplify the circuit design and reduce the circuit cost.
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Accordingly, the negative-pressure massage device 100 developed by the present disclosure is dedicated to supply power to the connected accessory body 1 (especially the rhythm box 14). It is known that most of the accessory body 1 only needs the ordinary second output port 28 to output a stable 12-volt voltage for operation. However, in order to provide a variety of vibration modes for the rhythm box 14 (such as a round-trip cycle in which the vibration body feels gradually changing from strong to weak, or directly switch between strong, medium, and weak), the present disclosure abandons the manner of synchronously controlling remote connections one by one from the accessories. Instead, the first output port 26 of the negative-pressure controller 2 provides PWM voltage PWM for regulation, and then makes the vibration motor 142 speed up or down so that the vibration intensity is the corresponding intensity. On the other hand, the circuit board of the accessory body 1 directly receives the current input voltage/current (that is, the PWM voltage PWM), and does not need to be separately connected to the system for synchronous control, which simplifies the manufacturing cost and control manner of the accessory body 1.
Although the present disclosure has been described with reference to the preferred embodiment thereof, it will be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the details thereof. Various substitutions and modifications have been suggested in the foregoing description, and others will occur to those of ordinary skill in the art. Therefore, all such substitutions and modifications are intended to be embraced within the scope of the present disclosure as defined in the appended claims.