Development of an apparatus for measuring and supporting human standup motions

Author

Suzuki, Takumi ; Hongo, Yuta ; Matsuhira, Nobuto

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng. Sci. & Mech., Shibaura Inst. of Technol., Tokyo, Japan

fYear

2014

fDate

22-25 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

773

Lastpage

777

Abstract

An apparatus measuring and supporting human standup motions has been developed and is intended for use by elderly people in daily life. It consists of a force plate, a 6-axis force sensor, a motion sensor, and pressure sensors to measure human movement as they stand from a sitting position on a chair. Electric sliders, which can drive the position of the handle, are also added to study the apparatus´s supporting motion. Results from a basic experiment find that there is a suitable time of drive against the apparatus´s handle. The apparatus´s suitable supporting motion has the potential to reduce the pulling force and burden on subjects.

Keywords

biomedical equipment; biomedical measurement; force sensors; gait analysis; geriatrics; pressure sensors; elderly people; electric sliders; force sensor; human movement measurement; human standup motions; motion sensor; pressure sensors; pulling force; sitting position; support apparatus; Biomechanics; Robot sensing systems; Senior citizens; Measurement; Sensing; Standup motion; Support apparatus; Timing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control, Automation and Systems (ICCAS), 2014 14th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Seoul

ISSN

2093-7121

Print_ISBN

978-8-9932-1506-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCAS.2014.6987883

Filename

6987883