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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2010
Applicant:
Akira Kuramori, Hiratsuka, JP;
Inventor:
Akira Kuramori, Hiratsuka, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/48 (2006.01); B60W 40/109 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/109 (2013.01);
Abstract
The vehicle evaluation method and vehicle evaluation apparatus can appropriately and quantitatively evaluate the sense of lateral oscillation of a vehicle. The method and apparatus measure muscle activity waveforms of a pair of left and right muscles in at least one type of skeletal muscle involved in maintaining a posture of a head of an occupant of the vehicle driven under predetermined driving conditions, calculate an amount of simultaneous activity that expresses characteristics of the muscle activity waveforms and evaluate a sense of lateral oscillation of the vehicle based on the amount of simultaneous activity.