DocumentCode
504441
Title
Development of Intelligent Power Wheelchair assisting for frail elderly people on daily life
Author
Nakamura, Atsuhiro ; Obayashi, Gen ; Fujimoto, Yasunari ; Nitta, Osamu ; Yamaguchi, Toru
Author_Institution
Dept. of Inf. & Commun. Syst. Eng., Tokyo Metropolitan Univ., Tokyo, Japan
fYear
2009
fDate
18-21 Aug. 2009
Firstpage
2754
Lastpage
2757
Abstract
The number of elderly people increases in Japan, and the development of welfare apparatus having the effect of minimizing care is required. In this research, authors develop intelligent power wheelchair along with minimizing care needs for frail elderly people. This intelligent power wheelchair features the four functions; approach function by human gesture recognition, standing up assistance, walking assistance, and operation assistance by posture recognition. And it shows experiments which three assistances function in useful.
Keywords
gesture recognition; handicapped aids; wheelchairs; Japan; frail elderly people; human gesture recognition; intelligent power wheelchair; operation assistance; posture recognition; standing up assistance; walking assistance; welfare apparatus; Senior citizens; Wheelchairs; Parkinson disease; frail elderly people; minimizing care; welfare; wheelchair;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
ICCAS-SICE, 2009
Conference_Location
Fukuoka
Print_ISBN
978-4-907764-34-0
Electronic_ISBN
978-4-907764-33-3
Type
conf
Filename
5333352
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