Human Assistance Method by Connecting Two-Dimensionally Walking Condition Map to Emotion Map

Abstract

This paper aims to explore the relationship between walking and emotion. We employed the two-dimension walking condition map and two-dimension emotion map to confirm their tendency and relation. According to the individual differences, we propose the personal walking ideal-line on the walking condition map. Then, we conduct the experiment by shifting the position on the personal walking ideal-line on walking condition map to stimulate the subject’s emotion. We thus can confirm the tendency and relation for connecting the walking and emotion. To valid use this tendency, we proposed to use it in the assistive engineering. As the results, we recommend patient should walk on their own personal walking-ideal-line, they can freely control the emotion by changing walking pattern. In conclusion, this method can be applied for various assistance devices to keep the motivation until they recover.