Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Walking assistance robot for assisting smooth start of user's action after standing up from chair
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Application No.: US15417278Application Date: 2017-01-27
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Publication No.: US10765585B2Publication Date: 2020-09-08
- Inventor: Hidetsugu Maekawa
- Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C.
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@1a3c9116
- Main IPC: A61H3/00
- IPC: A61H3/00 ; A61H3/04 ; A61G5/14 ; B62B5/00

Abstract:
A system is disclosed which includes a walking assistance robot for assisting a smooth start of a user's action after standing up from a chair. A system according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a walking assistance robot and an automatic elevation chair that moves a seating surface where a user sits. The automatic elevation chair detects a consciousness level of the user and transmits consciousness level information on the detected consciousness level of the user to the walking assistance robot via the network. The walking assistance robot, including a body and a rotor that moves the walking assistance robot, receives the consciousness level information via the network and controls resistance force to rotation of the rotor based on the received consciousness level information.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170258665A1 WALKING ASSISTANCE ROBOT FOR ASSISTING SMOOTH START OF USER'S ACTION AFTER STANDING UP FROM CHAIR Public/Granted day:2017-09-14
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