電車用車椅子乗り込み装置の開発

抄録

When wheelchair users board a train, they require a station staff’s assistance because there are step-difference and gap between station platform and train. Therefore, they feel stress for the movement with the train. On the other hand, the labor burdens on station employee increase with increase of the use of station by the wheelchair user. In this study, an assistance device is proposed to solve such problems. This device is available for an existing wheelchair and a platform and a train and does not need power such as the electricity. The wheelchair user can board a train by oneself without needing assistance by using this device.