MOVEMENT ASSISTANCE DEVICE, AND SYNCHRONY BASED CONTROL METHOD FOR MOVEMENT ASSISTANCE DEVICE

摘要

In a wearable motion assist device, a motion assist device for generating a motion pattern synchronized with a wearer while maintaining a certain phase difference between a motion of the wearer and a motion of the device, and a synchronization based control method for the device are provided. The motion assist device acquires a phase of torque generated by the wearer's motion, applies a value of the phase to a phase oscillator model as an input, performs arithmetic processing, and calculates target torque and a target angle of the device with the motion of the device synchronized with the wearer. It is possible to improve an assisting effect of the device by controlling the device based on the calculated values.

主权项

1. A motion assist device comprising:
a joint disposed corresponding to a wearer's bent movable region; a link connected to the joint, the link being installed in the wearer; an actuator configured to drive a motion of the joint; a phase acquisition unit configured to acquire a phase θ′h of a motion of the wearer's bent movable region; a target value calculation unit configured to calculate a target value of motion of the joint for synchronizing the motion of the wearer's bent movable region and the motion of the joint while maintaining a preset target phase difference based on a phase oscillator model whose the phase θ′h of the motion of the bent movable region acquired by the phase acquisition unit is an input oscillation; and a drive control unit configured to drive the actuator based on the target value of motion calculated by the target value calculation unit.