A joint movement detection device and system is presented which is responsive to elbow or wrist movements during use of a manually-propelled wheelchair to enable coordination of assistive motor energization with a user's efforts at self-motivating the manually-propelled wheelchair during driving, steering, and braking of the wheelchair. Several embodiments are provided which help to ensure user-intended assistive motor output that is responsive to movement of the joint over which the device is worn.
Joint movement detection device and system for coordinating motor output with manual wheelchair propulsion
2017-03-21
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B63H Schiffsantrieb oder Steuerung der Schiffe , MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING / G01L Messen von Kraft, mechanischer Spannung, Drehmoment, Arbeit, mechanischer Leistung, mechanischem Wirkungsgrad oder des Drucks von Fluiden , MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE / A61B DIAGNOSIS , Diagnostik / A61H PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY , Geräte für die physikalische Therapie, z.B. Vorrichtungen zum Lokalisieren oder Anregen spezieller Reflexpunkte am Körper / B62M RIDER PROPULSION OF WHEELED VEHICLES OR SLEDGES , Antrieb von Radfahrzeugen oder Schlitten durch den Fahrer / H02P CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS , Steuern oder Regeln von elektrischen Motoren, elektrischen Generatoren, dynamoelektrischen Umformern / A61G TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS , Transport, persönliche Beförderungsmittel, oder Lagerung besonders ausgebildet für Kranke oder Behinderte / G08C Übertragungssysteme für Messwerte, Regel-, Steuer- oder ähnliche Signale , TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURED VALUES, CONTROL OR SIMILAR SIGNALS |
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