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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2015
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Shingo Shimoda, Kasugai, JP;
Fady SK Shibata Alnajjar, Nagoya, JP;
Vincent Berenz, Nagoya, JP;
Hitoshi Yamada, Nagakute, JP;
Masashi Yamashita, Miyoshi, JP;
Takashi Izuo, Toyota, JP;
Soya Takagi, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A rehabilitation system that assists an action of a paretic arm due to brain damage, such as a stroke, includes: a detecting unit configured to detect an assist action that a healthy arm assists the paretic arm; an assist unit configured to cause the paretic arm to carry out bending and stretching actions; an adjustment unit configured to adjust an operation timing, operation speed, bending load or stretching load of the assist unit in response to detection of the assist action by the detecting unit; and a control unit configured to cause the assist unit to operate in accordance with the operation timing, operation speed, bending load or stretching load, adjusted by the adjustment unit.