PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To hold a care recipient with appropriate holding force.SOLUTION: A transfer support device 1 comprises: a front face holding unit 12 for holding a human body in the front face direction a pair of side face holding units 13 for holding the human body by approaching/separating in the side face directions of the human body whose front face is in contact with the front face holding unit 12 a drive unit 112 for making the side face holding units 13 move in the approaching/separating directions a contact detection unit 133 for detecting a state where the side face holding units 13 are in contact with the human body a position detection unit 111 for detecting positions of the side face holding units 13 in the approaching/separating directions and a control unit 102 which estimates a physical constitution of the human body in the case where the contact detection unit 133 detects the state where the side face holding units 13 are in contact with the side faces of the human body, and controls a drive state of the drive unit 112 so that fastening force corresponds to the estimated physical constitution of the human body on the basis of the positions of the side face holding units 13 detected by the position detection unit 111.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】適切な保持力で被介護者を保持すること。【解決手段】移乗支援装置1は、人体の前面方向を保持する前面保持部12と、前面保持部12に前面を接触させた人体の側面方向から近接・離反を行い、人体を保持する一対の側面保持部13と、側面保持部13を近接、離反方向に移動させる駆動部112と、側面保持部13が人体に接触した状態を検知する接触検知部133と、側面保持部13の近接、離反方向上の位置を検出する位置検出部111と、接触検知部133が側面保持部13と人体側面とが接触した状態を検知したときに人体の体格を推定し、位置検出部111が検出した側面保持部13の位置に基づき、推定した人体の体格に応じた締付力となるように駆動部112の駆動状態を制御する制御部102と、を備える。【選択図】図7
