Title:
FALLING PREVENTION DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2024/018844
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A falling prevention device according to the present disclosure comprises: a seat unit on which a user sits; a motion assist unit that is disposed in the seat unit and assists the user in a motion to stand up when the user shifts from a seated state on the seat unit to a standing state; a sensor that detects the motion and state of the user; a balance determination unit that determines the posture of the user on the basis of a signal from the sensor, measures a deviation of the posture from a specified state, and determines the deviation as a balance state; and an operation control unit that controls the motion assist unit on the basis of the balance state determined by the balance determination unit, so that the motion assist unit operates to help the posture of the user move closer to the specified state. This makes it possible to provide a technique to assist the user in standing up and prevent the user from falling.
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Inventors:
MIZUNO HIDEKI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2023/023531
Publication Date:
January 25, 2024
Filing Date:
June 26, 2023
Export Citation:
Assignee:
DAICEL CORP (JP)
International Classes:
A61G5/14; A47C7/62; A61G5/10
Foreign References:
| JP2016129667A | 2016-07-21 | |||
| JP2014180455A | 2014-09-29 | |||
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| US20170246061A1 | 2017-08-31 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
IP FIRM SHUWA (JP)
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