DocumentCode
2638049
Title
A study of powered wheelchair operation
Author
Booka, Masayuki ; Sueda, Osamu ; Fujisawa, Shoichiro
Author_Institution
Hiroshima Int. Univ., Hiroshima
fYear
2007
fDate
17-20 Sept. 2007
Firstpage
834
Lastpage
837
Abstract
At present, powered wheelchair joystick lever of the single fulcrum type is standard equipment. This time, we developed a slide type joystick with a mechanism to slide back and forth. In this study, the operation time a nd operation velocity of the slide and standard type joystick was measured with PC simulator.
Keywords
biomedical equipment; handicapped aids; interactive devices; PC simulator; powered wheelchair operation; slide type joystick; Battery charge measurement; Educational institutions; Measurement standards; Power engineering and energy; Power measurement; Switches; Time measurement; Velocity measurement; Wheelchairs; Wheels; Interface; Measurement; Powered Wheelchair;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
SICE, 2007 Annual Conference
Conference_Location
Takamatsu
Print_ISBN
978-4-907764-27-2
Electronic_ISBN
978-4-907764-27-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SICE.2007.4421099
Filename
4421099
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