Patent ID: 9610215
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: A61H

Claim:
1. A massager configured for control based on touching a human body, comprising: a massager body; a massager motor enclosed within the massager body, such motor being capable of a plurality of operating speeds; a capacitive sensor disposed in at least a portion of the massager body surrounding the massager motor, the capacitive sensor configured for sensing contact with a human body of at least a portion of the massager body; and a controller disposed within the massager body for operating the massager motor, the controller configured to turn the device on and off, execute a plurality of motor patterns and change the operating speed of the massager motor, wherein the controller gradually increases the operating speed of the massager motor from a zero operating speed to an initial non-zero operating speed responsive to the capacitive sensor sensing close proximity or contact with the human body, the controller gradually increases the operating speed of the massager motor from the initial non-zero operating speed to a greater non-zero operating speed responsive to the capacitive sensor sensing sustained contact with the human body, and the controller gradually decreases the operating speed of the massager motor responsive to the capacitive sensor no longer sensing such proximity or contact.