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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2016
Fuji Corporation, Chiryu, JP;
Satoshi Shimizu, Chiryu, JP;
Joji Isozumi, Cupertino, CA (US);
Takehiro Noguchi, Ama, JP;
Takehiro Hiraoka, Chiryu, JP;
FUJI CORPORATION, Chiryu, JP;
Abstract
An assistance device that enables a caregiver or care receiver to understand a degree to which a load is applied in the front-rear direction of a body supporting member. The assistance device includes: the body supporting member configured to support the upper body of the care receiver; a load detecting device provided on the body supporting member and configured to detect a load applied by the care receiver; and a display device configured to display an extent to which a load is applied to the body supporting member in a front-rear direction of the body supporting member based on the load detected by the load detecting device.