Patent ID: 9320636
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F,A61H,A63B,G01L

Claim Text:
1. A support device comprising: a force measurement sensor structure comprising: first and second elastic members; and an intermediate element supported between the first and second elastic members; a drive unit which is configured to vary a load applied to the intermediate element from the first and second elastic members of the force measurement sensor structure; a control unit which is configured to control the drive unit; and a wearable unit which a user wears on the user's body; wherein the force measurement sensor structure includes: the wearable unit includes: wherein the first and second elastic members are configured to support the intermediate element, are capable of applying a load to the intermediate element in directions opposite to each other in one dimensional direction along the shaft, the linear potentiometer detects a position of the intermediate element in one dimensional direction along the shaft to measure a force applied to the intermediate element, and the control unit is configured to control the drive unit depending on the measured force applied to the intermediate element.