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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2016
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 7/10 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); B25J 5/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/04 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 7/10 (2013.01); A61G 7/1017 (2013.01); B25J 5/007 (2013.01); B25J 9/046 (2013.01); B25J 9/1633 (2013.01); B25J 11/009 (2013.01); B25J 13/085 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45108 (2013.01);
Abstract
A holding mechanism holds a care-receiver, a traction mechanism that is connected to the holding mechanism, and the traction mechanism pulls the holding mechanism so that the holding mechanism draws a predetermined path. On the basis of a position of the holding mechanism detected by a position sensor and a force detected by a force sensor, if the position of the holding mechanism is not on the predetermined path, a controller controls the traction mechanism so that the holding mechanism draws the predetermined path by changing the position of the holding mechanism to a position on the predetermined path at a time after the time at which the position is detected.