LOW FREQUENCY MASSAGE APPARATUS OPERATING IN CONJUCTION WITH MUSIC AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME

• US 20110277616A1
• Filed: 05/06/2011
• Published: 11/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mirae Medical Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Mirae Medical Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: PARK, Jeong Hoon
• Application Number:
  US13/102,789
• Publication Number:
  US 20110277616A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 84/611
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/40 Rhythm
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/081 Genre classification, i.e. descriptive metadata for classification or selection of musical pieces according to style analysis genre G10H2210/036

Abstract

A low frequency massage apparatus may include a wired sound source input module for receiving a sound source signal being played, a frequency filter module for classifying the sound source signal according to frequencies, an A/D converter module for digitally converting the classified sound source signal, a music classification module for classifying the converted sound source signal for each musical instrument or for each genre, a database for storing pieces of frequency information for each musical instrument, pieces of frequency information for each genre, and pieces of massage pattern information, a massage pattern change module for loading a massage pattern, corresponding to the sound source signal, from the database and changing the massage pattern according to frequency components of the sound source signal, and an output channel change module for setting the changed massage pattern for each output channel and outputting the set massage pattern to the output terminals of massage pads.

Claims

1. A low frequency massage apparatus operating in conjunction with music, comprising:

a wired sound source input module for receiving a sound source signal being played;

a frequency filter module for classifying the inputted sound source signal according to frequencies;

an A/D converter module for digitally converting the sound source signal classified by the frequency filter module;

a music classification module for classifying the converted sound source signal for each musical instrument or for each genre;

a database for storing pieces of frequency information for each musical instrument, pieces of frequency information for each genre, and pieces of massage pattern information;

a massage pattern change module for loading a massage pattern, corresponding to the sound source signal classified by the music classification module, from the database and changing the massage pattern according to frequency components of the sound source signal; and

an output channel change module for setting the massage pattern, changed by the massage pattern change module, for each output channel and outputting the set massage pattern to the output terminals of massage pads.

2. The low frequency massage apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the output channel change module classifies and sets the output channels according to rhythm of the sound source signal and a height of a tone and outputs the massage pattern to the output terminals of the different massage pads according to the rhythm of the sound source signal and the height of the tone.

3. The low frequency massage apparatus as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a frequency tuning module for tuning the frequency of the sound source signal according to a height of a preset tone in order to solve tracking occurring when an area of the sound source signal is different.

4. The low frequency massage apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the music classification module comprises:

a load unit for loading a value of frequency components corresponding to the frequency information for each musical instrument or the frequency information for each genre;

a frequency comparison unit for comparing the value of the frequency components, loaded by the load unit, and a value of the frequency components of the sound source signal; and

an attribute determination unit for classifying rhythm and a genre of the sound source based on the value obtained by the frequency comparison unit.

5. The low frequency massage apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the massage pattern change module comprises:

a pattern load unit for loading a massage pattern of a relevant genre from the database based on a genre of the sound source signal classified by the music classification module; and

a pattern change unit for changing the loaded massage pattern of the genre based on a value of the frequency components of the sound source signal.

6. The low frequency massage apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the output channel change module comprises:

a rhythm check unit for changing rhythm of each of the channels from which the massage pattern changed by the massage pattern change module is outputted;

a strength and weakness check unit for changing a strength and weakness of each channel from which the massage pattern changed by the massage pattern change module is outputted; and

a multiplexer for sending a changed signal to each channel from which the massage pattern changed by the rhythm check unit and the strength and weakness check unit is outputted.

7. A low frequency massage apparatus operating in conjunction with music, comprising:

a wireless communication module for receiving a sound source signal, being played, from sound source play means through wireless transmission in order to facilitate connection to the sound source play means;

a frequency filter module for classifying the inputted sound source signal according to frequencies;

an A/D converter module for digitally converting the sound source signal classified by the frequency filter module;

a music classification module for classifying the converted sound source signal for each musical instrument or for each genre;

a database for storing pieces of frequency information for each musical instrument, pieces of frequency information for each genre, and pieces of massage pattern information;

a massage pattern change module for loading a massage pattern, corresponding to the sound source signal classified by the music classification module, from the database and changing the massage pattern according to frequency components of the sound source signal; and

an output channel change module for setting the massage pattern, changed by the massage pattern change module, for each output channel and outputting the set massage pattern to the output terminals of massage pads.

8. The low frequency massage apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein the output channel change module classifies and sets the output channels according to rhythm of the sound source signal and a height of a tone and outputs the massage pattern to the output terminals of the different massage pads according to the rhythm of the sound source signal and the height of the tone.

9. The low frequency massage apparatus as claimed in claim 8, further comprising a frequency tuning module for tuning the frequency of the sound source signal according to a height of a preset tone in order to solve tracking occurring when an area of the sound source signal is different.

10. The low frequency massage apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein the music classification module comprises:

a load unit for loading a value of frequency components, corresponding to the frequency information for each musical instrument or the frequency information for each genre;

a frequency comparison unit for comparing the value of the frequency components, loaded by the load unit, and a value of the frequency components of the sound source signal; and

an attribute determination unit for classifying rhythm and a genre of the sound source based on the value obtained by the frequency comparison unit.

11. The low frequency massage apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein the massage pattern change module comprises:

a pattern load unit for loading a massage pattern of a relevant genre from the database based on a genre of the sound source signal classified by the music classification module; and

a pattern change unit for changing the loaded massage pattern of the genre based on a value of the frequency components of the sound source signal.

12. The low frequency massage apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein the output channel change module comprises:

a rhythm check unit for changing rhythm of each of the channels from which the massage pattern changed by the massage pattern change module is outputted;

a strength and weakness check unit for changing a strength and weakness of each channel from which the massage pattern changed by the massage pattern change module is outputted; and

a multiplexer for sending a changed signal to each channel from which the massage pattern changed by the rhythm check unit and the strength and weakness check unit is outputted.

13. A low frequency massage method operating in conjunction with music, the method comprising the steps of:

playing a sound source signal in the massage apparatus;

inputting the played sound source signal;

converting the inputted sound source signal into a digital signal through a frequency filter;

classifying the sound source signal, converted into the digital signal, for each rhythm and for each genre;

changing a massage pattern according to an input signal of the classified sound source signal based on a pattern stored in a database; and

changing the changed massage pattern for each pad and outputting the changed massage pattern.