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Title:
CONVEYANCE ASSISTANCE DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2015/159883
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided is a conveyance assistance device comprising: a drive unit to be mounted on an object to assist in the conveyance of the object; a manipulation unit to be mounted on the object, further comprising a left manipulation input unit which receives an input of a manipulation by the left hand of an operator for the drive unit, and a right manipulation input unit which receives an input of a manipulation by the right hand of the operator for the drive unit; a first control unit which controls the drive unit in response to the amounts of manipulation inputted into the left manipulation input unit and the right manipulation input unit; a left hand sensing unit which senses whether the operator's left hand is contacting the left manipulation input unit; and a right hand sensing unit which senses whether the operator's right hand is contacting the right manipulation input unit. When it is sensed by the left hand sensing unit and the right hand sensing unit that one of the operator's hands is not in contact, the first control unit causes the drive unit to decelerate at a prescribed deceleration.

Inventors:
NAKAUCHI KENTA (JP)
KISHI EIJI (JP)
MOTOI MASAKAZU (JP)
KAWASAKI YOICHI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2015/061472
Publication Date:
October 22, 2015
Filing Date:
April 14, 2015
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Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI KK (JP)
International Classes:
A61G7/08; B60L15/20
Foreign References:
JP2013100076A2013-05-23
JP2014021676A2014-02-03
JPH08317953A1996-12-03
JP2004098890A2004-04-02
JP2002002488A2002-01-09
JPH0924071A1997-01-28
JPS63155307A1988-06-28
JP2003167628A2003-06-13
JP2006168490A2006-06-29
JPH09202235A1997-08-05
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
HASEGAWA Yoshiki et al. (JP)
Yoshiki Hasegawa (JP)
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