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Granted Patent B2
US 11,207,003 · App. 16/313,226 · Granted Dec 28, 2021

Walking state determination device, walking state determination system, walking state determination method, and storage medium

Inventors: Kenichiro Fukushi (Tokyo, JP); Hisashi Ishida (Tokyo, JP); Takeo Nozaki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
A61B5/1123A61B5/1036A61B5/11A61B5/112A61B5/1126A61B5/4023A61B5/6887A61B5/1071A61B2562/0219A61B2562/0247A61B2562/0261
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Patent No.
US 11,207,003
App. No.
16/313,226
Granted
Dec 28, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is to determine a walking state when a target person uses a stick. A walking state determination device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an acquisition unit that acquires feature information indicating a feature of a motion of a target person when using a stick, based on first measurement data acquired from a first sensor installed at the stick and second measurement data acquired from a second sensor installed at the target person; and a determination unit that determines a walking state of the target person, based on the acquired feature information.

Claims (31)

1. A walking state determination device comprising:

a memory and one or more processors executing a program loaded on the memory, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

acquire first measurement data from a first sensor, which measures a stick load, installed at a stick and second measurement data from a second sensor, which measures a troubled foot load, installed at a target person who uses the stick;

calculate a difference, as a stick dependence degree, between a value of a peak value multiplied by a predetermined value and a troubled foot load acquired from the second measurement data at a time point of the peak value, wherein

the peak value is acquired from the first measurement data,

the stick dependence degree is a feature information indicating a feature of a motion of the target person when using the stick,

the stick dependence degree indicates a degree of dependence on the stick in walking when the target person uses the stick, and

the stick dependence degree increases when a value of the peak value multiplied by predetermined value is larger than the troubled foot load at the time point; and

determine a walking state of the target person, based on the stick dependence degree.

2. The walking state determination device according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to

further determine that walking of the target person is more difficult as the stick dependence degree is higher.

3. The walking state determination device according to claim 2 , the one or more processors are further configured to output a determined result.

4. The walking state determination device according to claim 1 , the one or more processors are further configured to output a determined result.

5. The walking state determination device according to claim 4 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to further output

a plurality of past determined results of the target person.

6. A walking state determination method comprising:

acquiring first measurement data from a first sensor, which measures a stick load, installed at a stick and second measurement data from a second sensor, which measures a troubled foot load, installed at a target person who uses the stick;

calculate a difference, as a stick dependence degree, between a value of a peak value multiplied by a predetermined value and a troubled foot load acquired from the second measurement data at a time point of the peak value, wherein

the peak value is acquired from the first measurement data,

the stick dependence degree is a feature information indicating a feature of a motion of the target person when using the stick,

the stick dependence degree indicates a degree of dependence on the stick in walking when the target person uses the stick, and

the stick dependence degree increases when a value of the peak value multiplied by predetermined value is larger than the troubled foot load at the time point; and

determining a walking state of the target person, based on the stick dependence degree.

7. A walking state determination method comprising:

acquiring first measurement data from a first sensor, which measures a stick load, installed at a stick and second measurement data from a second sensor, which measures a troubled foot load, installed at a target person who uses the stick;

calculate a difference, as a stick dependence degree, between a value of a peak value multiplied by a predetermined value and a troubled foot load acquired from the second measurement data at a time point of the peak value, wherein

the peak value is acquired from the first measurement data,

the stick dependence degree is a feature information indicating a feature of a motion of the target person when using the stick,

the stick dependence degree indicates a degree of dependence on the stick in walking when the target person uses the stick, and

the stick dependence degree increases when a value of the peak value multiplied by predetermined value is larger than the troubled foot load at the time point; and

determining a walking state of the target person, based on the stick dependence degree.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 26, 2018
From: FUKUSHI, KENICHIRO; ISHIDA, HISASHI; NOZAKI, TAKEO
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047851/0955 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2016-131187 · Jul 1, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190150796A1 · May 23, 2019
Cited By (1)
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