Title :
Study of evaluation method for mental activities and apprication to intelligent power wheelchair
Author :
Fujimoto, Yasunari ; Obayashi, Gen ; Sekine, Nobuyuki ; Yamaguchi, Toru
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Syst. Design, Tokyo Metropolitan Univ., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
It is important to evaluate a mental activities or a physical condition on health care and rehabilitation equipments. This paper shows the method for evaluating mental activities by an easy measurement and the application the method to intelligent power wheelchair adjusting power assistance. The method is based on chaos theory. The mental activities are obtained to calculate user´s accelerated plethysmogram applied chaos analysis. The intelligent power wheelchair is included walking function adjusting power volume for assistance based on mental activities.
Keywords :
chaos; control engineering computing; gait analysis; handicapped aids; health care; neurophysiology; patient rehabilitation; plethysmography; wheelchairs; chaos analysis; chaos theory; health care equipment; intelligent power wheelchair; mental activities evaluation method; power volume adjustment; rehabilitation equipment; users accelerated plethysmogram; walking function; Acceleration; Chaos; Legged locomotion; Senior citizens; Stress; Trajectory; Wheelchairs; chaos; evaluation; mental stress; plethysmogram; power wheelchair; pulse wave;
Conference_Titel :
SICE Annual Conference 2010, Proceedings of
Conference_Location :
Taipei
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7642-8
