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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2009
Kei Shimada, Saitama, JP;
Ken Yasuhara, Saitama, JP;
Tetsuya Ido, Saitama, JP;
Shuichi Wakita, Saitama, JP;
Kei Shimada, Saitama, JP;
Ken Yasuhara, Saitama, JP;
Tetsuya Ido, Saitama, JP;
Shuichi Wakita, Saitama, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a rehabilitation device using a walking assistance device () having an actuator which generates and provides torque to a lower limb joint of a wearer wearing the walking assistance device (), comprising a floor reaction force pattern storing unit () configured to store a reference floor reaction force pattern; a control target floor reaction force setting unit () for determining a control target floor reaction force based on the floor reaction force pattern stored in the floor reaction force pattern storing unit (); a target torque calculating unit () for calculating a target torque of the actuator to achieve the control target floor reaction force determined by the control target floor reaction force setting unit (); and an actuator output controller () for controlling output of the actuator such that the actuator generates a torque matching the target torque calculated by the target torque calculating unit (); wherein the floor reaction force that the wearer receives is increased and decreased by the application of torque generated by the actuator.