Handheld system of automatic acupoint stimulation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022175615-A1
Application number	US-202017112429-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 4, 2020
Priority date	Dec 4, 2020
Publication date	Jun 9, 2022
Grant date	—

Abstract

A handheld system of automatic acupoint stimulation has a case, a camera unit, a storage unit, a human-machine-interface (HMI) unit, a processing unit, an acupoint recognizing unit, and an acupoint stimulating unit. The case has an accommodating space and a handle portion. The camera unit is to capture an image from a body part of a user. The storage unit is to store multiple predetermined acupoint data. The HMI unit is to receive an input signal. The processing unit searches for at least one predetermined acupoint datum that is corresponding to the input signal. The acupoint recognizing unit is to receive the at least one predetermined acupoint datum and obtain a reference length and a beginning basis to locate the acupoint. The acupoint stimulating unit is to stimulate the acupoint of the user located by the acupoint recognizing unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A handheld system of automatic acupoint stimulation, comprising:
a case having:
an accommodating space formed in an interior of the case; and
a handle portion;
a camera unit mounted in the accommodating space of the case to capture an image from a body part of a user; a storage unit mounted in the accommodating space of the case to store multiple predetermined acupoint data; a human-machine-interface (HMI) unit mounted in the accommodating space of the case, electrically connected to the storage unit, and to receive an input signal; a processing unit mounted in the accommodating space of the case, electrically connected to the camera unit and the HMI unit, receiving the input signal transmitted by the HMI unit, and searching for at least one predetermined acupoint datum that is corresponding to the input signal from the multiple predetermined acupoint data; an acupoint recognizing unit mounted in the accommodating space of the case and electrically connected to the processing unit to receive the at least one predetermined acupoint datum and obtain a reference length and a beginning basis according to the image captured by the camera unit, wherein the acupoint recognizing unit adds at least one or multiple said reference lengths from the beginning basis to recognize and locate a position of an acupoint of the user; and an acupoint stimulating unit mounted in the accommodating space of the case and electrically connected to the acupoint recognizing unit to stimulate the acupoint of the user located by the acupoint recognizing unit.

2 . The handheld system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a tripod head electrically connected to the acupoint recognizing unit and the acupoint stimulating unit to control an orientation of the acupoint stimulating unit toward the acupoint of the user located by the acupoint recognizing unit.

3 . The handheld system as claimed in claim 2 further comprising a posture detecting unit mounted on the tripod head and connected to the tripod head to detect a position, orientation angles, and a rotating speed of the tripod head and generate a rotating signal, wherein the tripod head adjusts the orientation of the acupoint stimulating unit according to the rotating signal.

4 . The handheld system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a wireless transmission unit electrically connected to the HMI unit to receive the input signal transmitted by a mobile device.

5 . The handheld system as claimed in claim 4 further comprising a tripod head electrically connected to the acupoint recognizing unit and the acupoint stimulating unit to control an orientation of the acupoint stimulating unit toward the acupoint of the user located by the acupoint recognizing unit.

6 . The handheld system as claimed in claim 5 further comprising a posture detecting unit mounted on the tripod head and connected to the tripod head to detect a position, orientation angles, and a rotating speed of the tripod head and generate a rotating signal, wherein the tripod head adjusts the orientation of the acupoint stimulating unit according to the rotating signal.

7 . The handheld system as claimed in claim 2 further comprising a positioning unit electrically connected to the tripod head and mounted on the tripod head to emit a positioning signal to the acupoint located by the acupoint recognizing unit.

8 . The handheld system as claimed in claim 3 further comprising a positioning unit electrically connected to the tripod head and mounted on the tripod head to emit a positioning signal to the acupoint located by the acupoint recognizing unit.

9 . The handheld system as claimed in claim 5 further comprising a positioning unit electrically connected to the tripod head and mounted on the tripod head to emit a positioning signal to the acupoint located by the acupoint recognizing unit.

10 . The handheld system as claimed in claim 6 further comprising a positioning unit electrically connected to the tripod head and mounted on the tripod head to emit a positioning signal to the acupoint located by the acupoint recognizing unit.

11 . The handheld system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the input signal includes an acupoint datum indicating an acupoint information inputted by the user.

12 . The handheld system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the input signal includes a symptom datum of the user; the storage unit stores multiple predetermined symptom data; each one of the multiple predetermined symptom data corresponds to at least one predetermined acupoint datum of the multiple predetermined acupoint data.

13 . The handheld system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a supplemental lighting lamp electrically connected to the processing unit to provide brightness.

14 . The handheld system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the acupoint stimulating unit is an auto-acupuncturing device.

15 . The handheld system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the acupoint stimulating unit is a current massager.

16 . The handheld system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the acupoint stimulating unit is a massage gun.

17 . The handheld system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the acupoint stimulating unit is a moxibustion stick.

Assignees

• Univ Feng Chia

Inventors

• Lin Yu-Chen
• Chen Jui-Yu
• Lin Shuan-You
• Chen Ching-Kun

Classifications

• A61H39/02

  Devices for locating such points · CPC title

• A61H39/06

  Devices for heating or cooling such points within cell-life limits (cauterisers, moxaburners, cryogenic apparatus A61B18/06; heating or cooling appliances for medical treatment of general areas of the human body A61F7/00) · CPC title

• A61H2230/625

  used as a control parameter for the apparatus · CPC title

• A61H39/002 Primary

  Using electric currents (electrotherapy A61N1/32) · CPC title

• A61H2201/0188

  Illumination related features · CPC title