To provide an inexpensive smart cane having a simple configuration and capable of easily and reliably indicating a destination direction to a person with poor eyesight.SOLUTION: A cane for assisting walking by causing a user to grasp an upper tip of the cane, includes: calculating a displacement state of location information acquired by a GPS processing part 21 to determine a travel azimuth to which the user walks, rotatingly driving a direction indication member provided at the upper tip face of the cane such that the determined azimuth matches the intended azimuth, and allowing the user to recognize any azimuth to go, out of a northwest, northeast, southwest, southeast, north, north-northeast, east-northeast, east, east-southeast, south-southeast, south, south-southwest, west-southwest, west, west-northwest, and north-northwest.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3
【課題】 簡単な構成で、視力が低下している者に対して、行き先方位を簡易、かつ確実に指標できる安価なスマート杖を提供すること。【解決手段】杖の上部先端を掴むことで歩行を補助する杖において、GPS処理部21が取得する位置情報の変位状態を演算してユーザーが歩行する進行方位を確定し、該確定した方位と意図する方位とが一致するように、杖の上部先端面に設ける方向指示部材を回転駆動して進むべき北西・北東・南西・南東・北・北北東・東東北・東・東南東・南南東・南・南南西・西西南・西・西西北・北北西のいずれかの方位を認識させることを特徴とする。【選択図】 図3
SMART CANE
スマート杖
2023-03-20
Patent
Electronic Resource
Japanese