Title:
POSTURE CONTROL DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2023/181288
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
This posture control device comprises: a posture information detection unit (20); a tactile stimulus application unit (40) configured to apply a tactile stimulus to a somato-sensory receptor of a user; and an extrasensory stimulus application unit (50) configured to apply an extrasensory stimulus to the user. The posture information detection unit (20) is configured to detect ground-contact pressure at a plurality of points on the sole of a foot and to detect a change in posture on the basis of a temporal change in the detected ground-contact pressure. The extrasensory stimulus application unit (50) is configured to apply, to the user, an extrasensory stimulus that assists user posture control through sensory integration with the tactile stimulus applied by the tactile stimulus application unit (40), at a predetermined timing which is based on a detection result from the posture information detection unit (20).
Inventors:
FUJIWARA TAKESHI (JP)
TSUZUKU KOICHIRO (JP)
HIRATA HITOSHI (JP)
OYAMA SHINTARO (JP)
TSUZUKU KOICHIRO (JP)
HIRATA HITOSHI (JP)
OYAMA SHINTARO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2022/014074
Publication Date:
September 28, 2023
Filing Date:
March 24, 2022
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TOYODA GOSEI KK (JP)
NATIONAL UNIV CORPORATION TOKAI NATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH SYSTEM (JP)
NATIONAL UNIV CORPORATION TOKAI NATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH SYSTEM (JP)
International Classes:
A61H3/00; A61H1/02
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2004103244A1 | 2004-12-02 |
Foreign References:
| JP2021126172A | 2021-09-02 | |||
| US20200147382A1 | 2020-05-14 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ONDA Makoto et al. (JP)
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