Title:
WORK PLEASANTNESS EVALUATING DEVICE AND WORK PLEASANTNESS EVALUATING METHOD
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2004/008957
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A work pleasantness evaluating device and method for evaluating the pleasantness of a work of any type such as steering of a vehicle by a driver. Myogenic potentials of a pair of muscles symmetrically present in a human body, produced by a myogenic activity of the human body during a work are measured and amplified. From the time-series waveforms of the pair of the amplified myogenic potentials, a synchronous contraction waveform of the pair of muscles is generated. From the information on the intensity of the generated synchronous contraction waveform or the information on the frequency at a predetermined intensity range, the level of the pleasantness of the work is evaluated. The synchronous contraction waveform is generated such that, for example, the time-series waveforms of the pair of myogenic potentials are full-wave rectified, and the rectified time-series waveform having the smaller signal value out of the rectified time-series waveforms at the same time is used as the synchronous contraction waveform.
Inventors:
KURAMORI AKIRA (JP)
KOGUCHI NORITAKA (JP)
KAMIJO MASAYOSHI (JP)
SADOYAMA TSUGUTAKE (JP)
HOSOYA SATOSHI (JP)
SHIMIZU YOSHIO (JP)
KOGUCHI NORITAKA (JP)
KAMIJO MASAYOSHI (JP)
SADOYAMA TSUGUTAKE (JP)
HOSOYA SATOSHI (JP)
SHIMIZU YOSHIO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2003/009154
Publication Date:
January 29, 2004
Filing Date:
July 18, 2003
Export Citation:
Assignee:
YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO LTD (JP)
KURAMORI AKIRA (JP)
KOGUCHI NORITAKA (JP)
KAMIJO MASAYOSHI (JP)
SADOYAMA TSUGUTAKE (JP)
HOSOYA SATOSHI (JP)
SHIMIZU YOSHIO (JP)
KURAMORI AKIRA (JP)
KOGUCHI NORITAKA (JP)
KAMIJO MASAYOSHI (JP)
SADOYAMA TSUGUTAKE (JP)
HOSOYA SATOSHI (JP)
SHIMIZU YOSHIO (JP)
International Classes:
A61B5/374; A61B5/16; A61B5/18; A61B5/22; (IPC1-7): A61B5/048; A61B5/18
Foreign References:
| JP2002214083A | 2002-07-31 | |||
| JP2003177079A | 2003-06-27 |
Other References:
MANABU YOSHIKAWA ET AL.: "Sokoji ni okeru untensha no shinshin han'no no keisoku", DAI 11 KAI SINSHU CHIKU KEISOKU SEIGYO KENKYU KOENKAI KOEN RONBUNSHU, KEISOKU JIDO SEIGYO GAKKAI CHUBU SHIBU SHINSHU CHIKU KEISOKU SEIGYO KENKYU IINKAI, 1998, pages 1 - 4, XP002974121
MASAKAZU KURACHI ET AL.: "Sokoji ni okeru tire no chigai ni yoru untensha no shinshin han'no", SEN'I GAKKAI SYMPOSIUM YOKOSHU, THE SOCIETY OF FIBER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY JAPAN, 1998, pages S163, XP002974122
MASAKAZU KURACHI ET AL.: "Jidosha tire noi chigai ni yoru untensha no sinshin han'no", DAI 19 KAI BIOMECHANISM GAKAJUTSU KOEN KAI, SOCIETY OF BIOMECHANISMS(SOBIM) JAPAN, 1998, pages 267 - 268, XP002974123
See also references of EP 1535570A4
MASAKAZU KURACHI ET AL.: "Sokoji ni okeru tire no chigai ni yoru untensha no shinshin han'no", SEN'I GAKKAI SYMPOSIUM YOKOSHU, THE SOCIETY OF FIBER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY JAPAN, 1998, pages S163, XP002974122
MASAKAZU KURACHI ET AL.: "Jidosha tire noi chigai ni yoru untensha no sinshin han'no", DAI 19 KAI BIOMECHANISM GAKAJUTSU KOEN KAI, SOCIETY OF BIOMECHANISMS(SOBIM) JAPAN, 1998, pages 267 - 268, XP002974123
See also references of EP 1535570A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Watanabe, Mochitoshi (12-5 Iwamoto-cho 2-chom, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo, JP)
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