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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2009
Hideyuki Murayama, Owariasahi, JP;
Hitoshi Yamamoto, Takahama, JP;
Ken-ichi Fujino, Aichi-gun, JP;
Shinji Akiyama, Kariya, JP;
Atsushi Shibata, Toyota, JP;
Hideyuki Murayama, Owariasahi, JP;
Hitoshi Yamamoto, Takahama, JP;
Ken-ichi Fujino, Aichi-gun, JP;
Shinji Akiyama, Kariya, JP;
Atsushi Shibata, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-Shi, JP;
Araki Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Toyota-Shi, JP;
Abstract
A method of controlling a power assist device that includes an operating handle, a force sensor, a robot arm, an actuator that drives the robot arm, and a conveying portion for conveying the robot arm. When a body in motion, the conveying portion is controlled to move in synchronization with the body, and when the motion of the body is stopped or has resumed, the drive of the robot arm is stopped for a predetermined time, and does not resume until after a predetermined time has elapsed.