Motion assistance apparatus and method of controlling the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsKyung-Rock Kim, Youngjin Park, Youngbo Shim, Bokman Lim, Jun-Won Jang
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Abstract
A motion assistance apparatus including a fixing module to be attached to a waist of a user, a driving module provided in the fixing module to provide a torque to assist a motion of the user, a supporting module connected to the driving module to support a portion of a circumference of a leg of the user, and a controller configured to control the driving module to provide a torque to maintain a close contact between the supporting module and the leg of the user while the user is not walking.
Claims16
A motion assistance apparatus comprising:
- a fixing device to be attached to a waist of a user;
- a driver associated with the fixing device, the driver configured to generate a torque to assist a walking motion of the user;
- a support including a force transmitting frame connected to the driver, the support configured to support a portion of a circumference of a leg of the user;
- and
- a controller configured to control the driver to generate the torque such that the torque urges the support to maintain close contact between the support and the leg of the user when the leg of the user is stalled based on information from at least one sensor while the user is stopped at rest and standing erect in an idle state rather than performing the walking motion.
A motion assistance apparatus comprising:
- a driver configured to generate a driving torque to assist motion of a leg of a user;
- a controller configured to instruct the driver to generate the driving torque;
- and
- a support including a force transmitting frame connected to the driver and a plate body configured to support a rear half of thigh of the user, wherein
- the controller controls the driver to generate the driving torque such that the driving torque urges the support to maintain a distance between the support and the rear half of the thigh of the user when the leg of the user is stalled based on information from at least one sensor while the user is not performing the motion and stopped at rest and standing erect in an idle state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.