US 11,793,704 B2
Assisting device control system and driving permission range deciding method
Kazunori Kuroda, Saitama (JP); and Hiroyuki Tsuruoka, Saitama (JP)
Assigned to Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 6, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/986,285.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-147039 (JP), filed on Aug. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0038462 A1, Feb. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. A61H 3/00 (2006.01); G08B 21/18 (2006.01); A61H 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61H 3/00 (2013.01) [A61H 1/024 (2013.01); A61H 1/0244 (2013.01); G08B 21/182 (2013.01); A61H 2201/165 (2013.01); A61H 2201/501 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5061 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5097 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assisting device control system controlling an assisting device, which comprises a brace worn on a predetermined portion of a body of a wearer, and an assisting mechanism moving the brace to apply an assisting force corresponding to movement of the wearer to the body of the wearer, the assisting device control system comprising:
a sensor detecting a tension factor, which is a factor related to a tension when the brace is worn;
a tension recognition part recognizing the tension from the detected tension factor; and
a driving control part controlling driving of the assisting mechanism,
wherein the driving control part permits driving of the assisting mechanism only if the recognized tension is within a permission range, which has a predetermined lower tension limit value and a predetermined upper tension limit value.