US 12,173,879 B2
Cane
Tsuyoshi Miyazawa, Miyoshi (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Dec. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/543,821.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-210629 (JP), filed on Dec. 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0210023 A1, Jun. 27, 2024
Int. Cl. F21V 23/04 (2006.01); A61H 3/06 (2006.01); G08B 5/38 (2006.01)
CPC F21V 23/0492 (2013.01) [A61H 3/061 (2013.01); A61H 3/068 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0188 (2013.01); G08B 5/38 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cane comprising:
a cane body;
a light source installed in the cane body; and
a controller that causes the light source to blink while changing a blinking frequency of the light source according to a use status of the cane body by a user,
wherein the controller changes the blinking frequency of the light source according to a swing speed of the cane body.