A Power-Assisted Wheelchair Taking Running Environment Into Account

Takashi Miyazawa, Seiichirou Katsura, Kouhei Ohnishi

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Abstract

Developing a selfdrive wheelchair, one cannot judge that the power assist system which can expand operator's field of activities, is indispensable element. In addition, this condition has not satisfied the user demand, since the same assistant rate is applied in all environment. Considering the production cost, it is unnecessary to develop a power-assisted wheelchair with more sensor, which is considered in this paper. That is to say, the purpose of this research is to realize sensorless power assist and adapt to environment by considering production cost. Consequently, first realization method of sensorless power assist is proposed. Next, necessity of making the system of wheelchair variable based on inclination information is mentioned. In this paper, the validity of the proposed method is confirmed and its application is introduced.

Original languageEnglish
Pages1343-1348
Number of pages6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2003 Dec 1
EventThe 29th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society - Roanoke, VA, United States
Duration: 2003 Nov 22003 Nov 6

Other

OtherThe 29th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityRoanoke, VA
Period03/11/203/11/6

Keywords

  • Compliance Control
  • Reaction Torque Compensation
  • Reaction Torque Estimation Observer
  • Sensorless Power-Assisted Wheelchair
  • Support for Disabled People

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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