Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a load detector capable of increasing the life of a load sensor, and provide a walking assist device.SOLUTION: A load detector 1 relating to the invention comprises an upper sole 11, a lower sole 12, a low friction coefficient resin 13, an application member 14 and a sheet-shaped load sensor 15. The sheet-shaped load sensor 15 is positionally fixed at the lower sole 12. The application member 14 is provided between the sheet-shaped load sensor 15 and the upper sole 11. The low friction coefficient resin 13 is provided between the application member 14 and the upper sole 11, and is positionally fixed at the upper sole 11. And, the application member 14 is slidable to the upper sole 11 and the sheet-shaped load sensor 15.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a transfer support apparatus capable of preventing the situation that a care receiver is held between a sitting object and a body holder and pressurized and easily and quickly performing a transfer operation. SOLUTION: The transfer support apparatus 1 includes: a support base 12; a column 13 whose one end is freely tiltably attached to the support base 12; the body holder 30 provided on the other end part of the column 13, to be held by the care receiver P; a driving means 20 for tilting the column 13, a measuring means 40 for measuring torque generated by the care receiver P holding the body holder 30; and a control means 50 for controlling the driving means 20. The control means 50 controls the driving means 20 on the basis of the torque measured by the measuring means 40 in the transfer operation of making the care receiver P sit on the sitting object (60) in the state of holding the body holder 30. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a walking assist device preventing a turnover, and allowing a user to sit without feeling a load, and to provide a method for controlling the same.SOLUTION: The walking assist device includes: a first link 2 worn on a thigh of a leg of the user; a second link 3 worn on a lower limb; a drive part 6 for relatively rotationally driving the links; and a control part 92 for controlling the drive part 6. The control part 92 executes friction compensation control for imparting a torque for cancelling a drag force caused by mechanical frictional force generated between the first link 2 and the second link 3, after the detection of a standing-up movement of the user.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve safety when abnormality occurs during walking movement.SOLUTION: A controller 2 is provided for a walking assist device 1 that is mounted on a leg of a user to assist user's walking movement. The controller 2 includes: an abnormality detection section 11 that detects the abnormality of walking movement; a knee angular velocity detection section 12 that detects an angular velocity of a knee joint part 3 in abnormal circumstances; and a torque control section 13 that generates maintenance torque for decreasing the angular velocity when the knee joint part 3 moves in a bending direction, that is a torque proportional to the angular velocity detected by the knee angular velocity detection section 12 in the abnormal circumstances.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a knee joint resistance measurement system suitable to measure resistance of a knee joint in a standing posture or a seating posture.SOLUTION: This knee joint resistance measurement system 10 includes an angle sensor 15, a gripper 25, a load sensor 24, and a storage device 30. The angle sensor 15 measures the angle of the knee joint of a subject. The gripper 25 is a member mounted to a lower thigh of the subject, and gripped by a measurer so as to turn the lower thigh of the subject. The load sensor 24 is disposed in the gripper 25, and measures a force applied to the lower thigh by the measurer along a turning direction of the knee joint. The storage device 30 associates and stores the knee joint angle changing when an external force is applied to the lower thigh, and an external torque calculated from a distance from the rotation center of the knee joint to the load sensor and the external force measured by the load sensor. The measurement device 10 is simple and compact since an actuator is not included therein, and even if the subject has the standing posture or the seating posture, the measurement is easy.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sitting-motion assist device which appropriately assists sitting motion even when a chair has an undefined seat height.SOLUTION: The assist device includes a thigh link, a lower thigh link, joints, a motor, and a controller. The thigh link and the lower thigh link are mounted to the thigh and the lower thigh of the user, respectively. The joint connects the lower thigh link to the thigh link in a swingable manner. The motor drives the joint, and generate a torque for swing the lower thigh link relative to the thigh link. The controller controls the motor to match the angle of the knee to an objective knee angle. Further, the controller controls the motor so that an actual angle of the knee tracks the objective knee angle pattern having an objective knee angle reduced with time, and finishes the tracking control when predetermined sitting determination conditions are satisfied during the control tracking the objective knee angle pattern.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a transfer support device in which such a situation that a care recipient is caught between a sitting object and a body holder and compressed is prevented, and which allows a transfer operation to be easily and quickly performed.SOLUTION: The transfer support device 1 includes: a support base 12; a column support 13 whose one end is freely tiltably attached to the support base 12; a body holder 30 which is provided on the other end part of the column support 13 and is held by a care recipient P; a driving means 20 for tilting the column support 13; a measuring means 40 for measuring torque generated by holding the body holder 30 by the care recipient P; and a control means 50 for controlling the driving means 20. The control means 50 controls the driving means 20 on the basis of the torque measured by the measuring means 40 in the transfer operation through which the care recipient P sits on a sitting object (60) while holding the body holder 30.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a walking ability measuring apparatus for measuring an index which is suitable to evaluate walking ability of a user.SOLUTION: The walking ability measuring apparatus 100 includes a load sensor 19, foot position sensors 23, 25 and a display 30. The load sensor measures a load which a foot sole of the user's leg is received from a floor face while walking. The foot position sensors measure a foot position of the user's leg to a waste position in the fore and aft direction. The display processes sensor data and displays measurement result. The display measures a first foot position when the load exceeds the predetermined first load threshold value every one step and a second foot position when the load falls below the predetermined second load threshold value based on the sensor data of the foot position sensors. The display displays the first foot position and the second foot position in measured multiple steps.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent wrong use of auxiliary wearing apparatuses even under a situation where a plurality of auxiliary wearing apparatuses are shared by a plurality of users. SOLUTION: A management device includes: a database for recording identification information of the auxiliary wearing apparatus to be used and an operation parameter to be used by the auxiliary wearing apparatus by each user; a designating means for receiving the designation of the user to use the auxiliary wearing apparatus; a reading means for reading the identification information and the operation parameter recorded with respect to the designated user out of the database; a communication means to be communicably connected to one of the auxiliary wearing apparatuses; an acquiring means for acquiring the identification information from the auxiliary wearing apparatus being connected via the communication means; and a transfer means for transferring the operation parameter read by the reading means to the auxiliary wearing apparatus connected via the communication means only when the identification information acquired by the acquiring means coincides with the identification information read by the reading means. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a transfer support device in which such a situation that a care recipient is caught between a sitting object and a body holder and compressed is prevented, and which allows a transfer operation to be easily and quickly performed.SOLUTION: The transfer support device 10 includes: a support base 12; a column support 13 whose one end is freely tiltably attached to the support base 12; a body holder 30 which is provided on the other end part of the column support 13 and is held by a care recipient P; a driving means 20 for tilting the column support 13; a measuring means for measuring torque generated by holding the body holder 30 by the care recipient P; and a control means for controlling the driving means 20. The control means controls the driving means 20 on the basis of the torque measured by the measuring means in the transfer operation through which the care recipient P sits on a sitting object 60 while holding the body holder 30.