Title :
Suggestion of one-hand type power-assisted wheelchair and driving control for persons with hemiplegia
Author :
Nakamura, F. ; Watada, M. ; Yong-Jae Kim
Author_Institution :
Musashi Inst. of Technol., Tokyo
Abstract :
Elderly people and disabled people use the wheelchair as a transportation device. However, the manual wheelchair has a large physical burden in order to use own power, and the activity on the outdoors is difficult. Moreover, the electric wheelchair causes the fall of muscular power by operation with joy stick. We suggest the one-hand type power-assisted wheelchair for persons with hemiplegia. This paper describes the driving control of straight and revolution by one-hand. The simulation was performed about straight and revolution. The result showed the validity of driving control.
Keywords :
biocontrol; electric propulsion; geriatrics; handicapped aids; motion control; disabled people; driving control; elderly people; hemiplegia persons; one-hand type power-assisted wheelchair; Angular velocity; Computational modeling; DC motors; Digital signal processing; Gears; Leg; Power system modeling; Senior citizens; Trajectory; Wheelchairs; Aged; Disabled Persons; Equipment Design; Hand; Hemiplegia; Humans; Motor Activity; Personal Autonomy; Wheelchairs;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lyon
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0787-3
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353410