WALKING AID VEHICLE

• Main Author: KUROSE TAKAHIRO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 28.01.2016
• Subjects: ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSESOR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY; CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; COUNTING MECHANISMS; COUNTING OF OBJECTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MASSAGE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING ORSTIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; PHYSICS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a walking aid vehicle capable of obtaining the number of steps of a user with reduced cost and labor.SOLUTION: A walking aid vehicle 1 that aids a user's walking includes: a handle 3; a handle sensor 16 for detecting first handle operational force to cause the handle 3 to rotate in one direction in a predetermined plane, and second handle operational force to cause the handle 3 to rotate in a direction opposite to the direction of the first handle operational force; and the-number-of-steps calculation part 102 of a controller 10 for counting up the number of steps based on a change in the magnitude relation between the first handle operational force and the second handle operational force detected by the handle sensor 16, and obtaining the number of steps of the user. 【課題】コストや手間を要せずに、利用者の歩数を精度良く求めることができる歩行補助車を提供する。【解決手段】利用者の歩行を補助する歩行補助車１は、ハンドル３と、ハンドル３を所定の平面内において一方向に回動させようとする第１ハンドル操作力と、ハンドル３を第１ハンドル操作力と反対方向に回動させようとする第２ハンドル操作力と、を検出するハンドルセンサ１６と、ハンドルセンサ１６が検出した第１ハンドル操作力と第２ハンドル操作力との大小関係の変化に基づいて歩数をカウントアップして、利用者の歩数を求めるコントローラ１０の歩数算出部１０２と、を有する。【選択図】図２