Title:
HANDHELD TOOL FOR LEVELING UNCOORDINATED MOTION
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2018099155
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide tools for leveling or stabilizing muscle movements of physically handicapped patients.SOLUTION: A handheld tool 100 includes a handle 120 for holding by a user, an attachment arm 110 extending from the handle that is configured to connect to a user-assistive device 105, a first inertial measurement unit IMU mounted to the attachment arm to acquire measurements of one or more of a motion or an orientation of the user-assistive device to generate feedback data indicative of the measurements, an actuator assembly 115 coupled to manipulate the user-assistive device via the attachment arm in at least two orthogonal dimensions, and a motion control system coupled to receive the feedback data from the first IMU and coupled to provide commands to the actuator assembly to provide auto-leveling of the user-assistive device to a frame of reference while the user manipulates the handheld tool.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1B
Inventors:
ANUPAM J PATHAK
MICHAEL M ALLEN
MICHAEL M ALLEN
Application Number:
JP2016245290A
Publication Date:
June 28, 2018
Filing Date:
December 19, 2016
Export Citation:
Assignee:
VERILY LIFE SCIENCES LLC
International Classes:
A61G12/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2008238338A | 2008-10-09 | |||
| JP2014533127A | 2014-12-11 |
Foreign References:
| WO2016133621A1 | 2016-08-25 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yoshiyuki Inaba
Mutsumi Sato
Mutsumi Sato