WALKING SUPPORT DEVICE, GAIT MEASUREMENT DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAMS

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve pedestrians' lateral balance during walking without experts' help.SOLUTION: The half walking cycle representing the time from when a foot of a pedestrian lands till when the other foot lands is calculated by using one of triaxial acceleration data and angular velocity data measured by an acceleration sensor 11 and an angular velocity sensor 12. A walking cycle variation rate and a lateral balance variation rate are calculated based on the calculated half walking cycle, the calculated walking cycle variation rate and lateral balance variation rate are compared to threshold values respectively and it is determined whether or not improvement is required. If it is necessary to be improved, a tactile stimulation or an auditory stimulation is given to the pedestrian.