Panasonic Corporation

Katsuhisa Asano

Hiromichi Fujimoto

Motoki Nakano

A server of a gait data management system includes: an obtaining unit that obtains a first sensor value obtained when a walker walks with assistance from a walking assistance device; an accumulating unit that accumulates the first sensor value, and the walking assistance device includes: an actuator that drives a joint; a storage unit that stores a walk algorithm that is for determining a drive level of the actuator and is generated through statistical processing on a gait value indicating walking characteristics and calculated from the first sensor value accumulated in the accumulating unit; a sensor that obtains a second sensor value obtained when the walker walks with assistance from the walking assistance device; a control unit that determines the drive level of the actuator according to the second sensor value using the walk algorithm; and a transmitting unit that transmits the second sensor value to the server.

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Nara, Japan

Katsuhisa Asano