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Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018

Filed:

May. 28, 2015
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Tomo Ikebe, Suwa, JP;

Yutaka Arakawa, Hara, JP;

Tomohisa Iwazaki, Matsumoto, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H 1/02 (2006.01); A61H 23/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H 1/0288 (2013.01); A61H 23/0245 (2013.01); A61H 2201/123 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1238 (2013.01); A61H 2201/165 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5061 (2013.01);
Abstract

A driving device includes a wearable mechanism that is worn on a wearing part, an actuator that drives the wearable mechanism, and first and second force sensors that are provided on the wearable mechanism and detect a force. The first and second force sensors are provided at positions at which a first detected value obtained from the first force sensor and a second detected value obtained from the second force sensor are changed in response to a motion of the wearing part. When a difference between the first and second detected values is less than a pre-decided first threshold value and the first or second detected value is greater than a pre-decided second threshold value, the actuator drives the wearable mechanism so that the second detected value is constant.


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