Title :
A study of powered wheelchair operation
Author :
Booka, Masayuki ; Sueda, Osamu ; Fujisawa, Shoichiro
Author_Institution :
Hiroshima Int. Univ., Hiroshima
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;
Conference_Titel :
SICE, 2007 Annual Conference
Conference_Location :
Takamatsu
Print_ISBN :
978-4-907764-27-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-4-907764-27-2
DOI :
10.1109/SICE.2007.4421099
