公开(公告)号：US11052013B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-06

申请号：US16371175

申请日：2019-04-01

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Kenta Murakami ,  Stephen William John ,  Hiroki Takeuchi ,  Shinobu Adachi

IPC: A61H3/00 ,  B25J9/00 ,  A61B5/11 ,  A61H1/02

Abstract: There is provided an assistance apparatus in which when assistance provided to a user in walking is to be stopped, a motor reduces a tension of a first wire and a tension of a second wire, which couple an upper-body belt and a left knee belt to each other on or above a front part and a back part of a body of the user, to less than a second threshold value during a first stop period in a gait phase of a left leg of the user, the first stop period being a period from a period included in a first period and including a timing at which the left leg shifts from a stance phase to a swing phase to a start period of a second period, and reduces a tension of a third wire and a tension of a fourth wire, which couple the upper-body belt and a right knee belt to each other on or above the front part and back part of the body of the user, to less than the second threshold value during a second stop period in a gait phase of a right leg of the user, the second stop period being a period from a period included in a third period and including a timing at which the right leg shifts from the stance phase to the swing phase to a start period of a fourth period.

公开(公告)号：US10945909B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-16

申请号：US16009508

申请日：2018-06-15

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Kenta Murakami ,  Stephen John ,  Mayumi Komatsu ,  Shinobu Adachi

IPC: A61H3/00 ,  A61H1/02 ,  A61H1/00 ,  B25J9/00

Abstract: An assistance apparatus includes first to eighth wires that couple an upper body belt to be worn on an upper body of a user to a first knee belt and a second knee belt to be worn above a left knee and a right knee of the user, respectively, and a motor. In a case of assisting the user in turning left, the motor generates, when a left leg is in a swing phase and a right leg is in a stance phase, a tension in each of the second, third, sixth, and seventh wires at an identical timing. In a case of assisting the user in turning right, the motor generates, when the left leg is in a stance phase and the right leg is in a swing phase, a tension in each of the second, third, sixth, and seventh wires at an identical timing.

公开(公告)号：US10881574B2

公开(公告)日：2021-01-05

申请号：US16027198

申请日：2018-07-03

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Kenta Murakami ,  Stephen John ,  Mayumi Komatsu ,  Shinobu Adachi

IPC: A61H3/00 ,  A61H1/02 ,  A61H1/00

Abstract: An assistance apparatus includes first to eighth wires that couple an upper body belt to be worn on an upper body of a user to a first knee belt and a second knee belt to be worn above a left knee and a right knee of the user, respectively, and a motor. In a case of assisting the user in moving to turn left, the motor generates a tension larger than or equal to a first threshold in each of the second wire, the third wire, and the fourth wire at an identical timing in a swing phase of a left leg of the user, and generates a tension larger than or equal to the first threshold in each of the fifth wire, the sixth wire, and the eighth wire at an identical timing in a swing phase of a right leg of the user.

公开(公告)号：US10772787B2

公开(公告)日：2020-09-15

申请号：US16154758

申请日：2018-10-09

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Kenta Murakami ,  Stephen William John ,  Hiroki Takeuchi ,  Shinobu Adachi

IPC: A61H3/00 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61H1/02 ,  A61B5/103 ,  A61B5/11 ,  A61F5/01

Abstract: An assistance apparatus includes a first and second wires coupling an upper-body belt and a left knee belt to each other on or above a front and back parts of a body of a user, respectively, a third and fourth wires coupling the upper-body belt and a right knee belt to each other on or above the front and back parts, respectively, a motor, a first sensor that detects at least tensions of the first and third wires, and a control circuit. The control circuit controls the motor to generate, when the first wire is broken, in the second wire, a tension less than a tension of the second wire during no break in the first wire, and to generate, when the third wire is broken, in the fourth wire, a tension less than a tension of the fourth wire during no break in the third wire.

公开(公告)号：US09439003B2

公开(公告)日：2016-09-06

申请号：US14563416

申请日：2014-12-08

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Shinobu Adachi ,  Jun Ozawa

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  A61B5/12

CPC classification number: H04R25/30 ,  A61B5/12 ,  H04R25/70

Abstract: An exemplary uncomfortable sound pressure estimation system includes an HTL section for receiving information of hearing threshold levels respectively for a plurality of frequencies; a UCL measurement determination section for determining at least two measurement points at which to measure uncomfortable sound pressures, the at least two measurement points defining a first and a second frequency concerning a first and a second hearing threshold level; a UCL measurement section for measuring uncomfortable sound pressures with respect to the at least two measurement points; a calculation section for calculating a criterion concerning auditory characteristics by using the respective hearing threshold levels and uncomfortable sound pressures for the at least two points; and a UCL estimation section for estimating an uncomfortable sound pressure at a frequency corresponding to a given acquired hearing threshold level, according to the predetermined criterion.

Abstract translation: 示例性的不舒服的声压估计系统包括用于分别接收多个频率的听觉阈值水平信息的HTL部分; UCL测量确定部分，用于确定测量不舒服的声压的至少两个测量点，所述至少两个测量点限定关于第一和第二听力阈值水平的第一和第二频率; 用于测量相对于所述至少两个测量点的不舒适声压的UCL测量部分; 计算部，用于通过使用所述至少两个点的各个听力阈值水平和不舒服的声压来计算关于听觉特性的标准; 以及UCL估计部分，用于根据预定标准估计与给定获取的听力阈值水平相对应的频率处的不舒适声压。