Motion assistance apparatus and control method of the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsMinhyung Lee, Jeonghun Kim, Se-Gon Roh, Youn Baek Lee, Jongwon Lee, Byungjune Choi, Hyun Do Choi
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Abstract
A motion assistance apparatus including a fixing module attached to a user, a driving module fixed to the fixing module to generate rotation power, a supporting module configured to support a portion of a body of the user and driven by the driving module, a sensor configured to measure a width of the fixing module, and a controller configured to adjust the rotation power of the driving module based on the measured width.
Claims12
A motion assistance apparatus comprising:
- a fixing device attached to a user;
- a driver configured to generate rotation power;
- a support configured to support a portion of a body of the user and rotate in response to the rotation power;
- a sensor configured to measure a width of the fixing device;
- and
- a controller configured to adjust the rotation power based on the measured width.
A method of controlling a motion assistance apparatus, the method comprising:
- measuring, by a sensor mounted on a fixing device attached to a first portion of the user, a width of the fixing device;
- and
- adjusting, by a controller, a rotation power of a driver based on the measured width, the driver configured to drive a support configured to support a second portion of the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.