Relaxation system, relaxation method and relaxation program

• US 20050131273A1
• Filed: 10/14/2004
• Published: 06/16/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Asano, Masakazu, Genno, Hirokazu
• Application Number:
  US10/963,752
• Publication Number:
  US 20050131273A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/27
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0149 Seat or chair
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/10 with further special therapeutic means, e.g. electrotherapy, magneto therapy or radiation therapy, chromo therapy, infrared or ultraviolet therapy
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2205/04 neck
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2205/062 Shoulders
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2205/081 Back
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2205/10 Leg
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2230/00 Measuring physical parameters of the user
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 23/00 Percussion or vibration massage, e.g. using supersonic vibration; Suction-vibration massage; Massage with moving diaphragms apparatus for passive exercising A61H1/00; generating or transmitting mechanical vibrations in general B06B
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2021/0022 by the tactile sense, e.g. vibrations
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 21/00 Other devices or methods to cause a change in the state of consciousness; Devices for producing or ending sleep by mechanical, optical, or acoustical means, e.g. for hypnosis
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/50 with microprocessors or computers

Abstract

A relaxation system includes a main body and a remote controller. In the relaxation system, a user grasps the remote controller for manipulation, whereby information on the health condition of the user is acquired. The information on the health condition means, for example, voice data based on the voice of the user, physiological data representing the skin temperature of the user, pulse rate, GRS, and the like, and question and answer data involving the identification number of the user, age, height, weight, and mental condition. The main body estimates physical and mental conditions of the user based on the acquired information on the health condition for controlling the operation of kneading balls.

Claims

1. A relaxation system comprising:

an acquisition device that acquires information on the health condition of a user;

an estimator that estimates a physical condition and a mental condition based on the information acquired by said acquisition device;

a stress relieving apparatus that relives the stress of the user; and

a controller that controls said stress relieving apparatus based on estimation results by said estimator.

2. The relaxation system according to claim 1, further comprising a correlation storage that stores in advance a first correlation between the information acquired by said acquisition device and the physical condition and a second correlation between the information acquired by said acquisition device and the mental condition, wherein

said estimator extracts the physical and mental conditions based on said first and second correlations stored in said correlation storage.

3. The relaxation system according to claim 1, wherein said acquisition device includes a physiological data acquisition device that acquires information on the physiological data of the user, and

said information on the health condition includes the information acquired by said physiological data acquisition device.

4. The relaxation system according to claim 1, wherein

said acquisition device includes a voice acquisition device that acquires information on the voice of the user, and

said information on the health condition includes the information acquired by said voice acquisition device.

5. The relaxation system according to claim 1, wherein

said acquisition device includes a questioning device that questions the user while inputting an answer to the question, and

said information on the health condition includes the answer input by said questioning device.

6. The relaxation system according to claim 1, further comprising a storage that stores in advance a plurality of stress relieving techniques, wherein

said controller selects any of said plurality of stress relieving techniques stored in said storage based on the physical and mental conditions estimated by said estimator, to control said stress relieving apparatus according to the selected stress relieving technique.

7. The relaxation system according to claim 2, wherein

said correlation storage additionally stores a third correlation between physical and mental conditions and a plurality of stress relieving techniques for relieving the stress of the user.

8. The relaxation system according to claim 7, wherein

said controller selects any of said plurality of stress relieving techniques with reference to said third correlation stored in said correlation storage based on the physical and mental conditions estimated by said estimator, to control said stress relieving apparatus according to the selected stress relieving technique.

9. The relaxation system according to claim 7, wherein

said acquisition device includes a questioning device that questions the user while inputting an answer to the question,

said information on the health condition includes the answer input by said questioning device, and

said controller modifies said third correlation based on the answer input by said questioning device, to select any of said stress relieving techniques with reference to the modified third correlation based on the physical and mental conditions estimated by said estimator.

10. The relaxation system according to claim 2, wherein

said acquisition device includes a questioning device that questions the user while inputting an answer to the question,

said information on the health condition includes the answer input by said questioning device,

said correlation storage additionally stores a plurality of third correlations between the physical and mental conditions and a plurality of stress relieving techniques for relieving the stress of the user, and

said controller selects any of said plurality of third correlations based on the answer input by said questioning device, to select any of said plurality of stress relieving techniques with reference to the third correlation selected based on the physical and mental conditions estimated by said estimator, for controlling said stress relieving apparatus according to the selected stress relieving technique.

11. The relaxation system according to claim 10, further comprising an input device with which the user can select any of said plurality of third correlations, wherein

said controller controls said stress relieving apparatus according to the stress relieving technique based on the third correlation selected by the user manipulating said input device.

12. The relaxation system according to claim 1, wherein

said stress relieving apparatus includes at least one of a respiration guidance device that controls the respiration of the user, a chaotic fluctuation vibrator that gives vibration based on chaotic fluctuation to the user, an illumination controller that controls the condition of illumination, and a music provider that provides the user with music.

13. The relaxation system according to claim 1, wherein

said stress relieving apparatus is a massager.

14. A relaxation method comprising the steps of:

acquiring information on the health condition of a user;

estimating a physical condition and a mental condition based on said acquired information; and

relieving the stress of the user based on estimation results on said physical and mental conditions.

15. A computer-executable relaxation program which allows said computer to execute the processes of:

acquiring information on the health condition of a user;

estimating a physical condition and a mental condition based on said acquired information; and

relieving the stress of the user based on estimation results on said physical and mental conditions.