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US 11,957,636 B2Granted
Assisting torque setting method and apparatus
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSeungyong Hyung, Youngbo Shim, Sunghwan Ahn
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Abstract
An assisting torque setting apparatus and method, wherein the apparatus is configured to generate a reference gait model by applying body information of a user to a predetermined body model, and set an optimal assisting torque by adjusting an assisting torque provided from a walking assistance apparatus to the user based on the reference gait model is disclosed.
Claims17
An electronic device comprising:
- a memory configured to store a program to generate an assisting torque profile for a user;
- and
- a processor configured to execute the program to:
- obtain body information including a height and a weight of the user,
- generate an initial assisting torque profile based on the body information,
- generate a first assisting torque profile by adjusting a trajectory of the initial assisting torque profile to reduce an amount of metabolic energy used for a gait of the user, and
- output, on a display of the electronic device, the first assisting torque profile as a series of points, the series of points each indicating an assisting torque provided from a walking assistance apparatus at a corresponding time associated with the gait of the user such that the series of points together form a trajectory of the assisting torque provided from the walking assistance apparatus.
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A method of generating an assisting torque profile, the method performed by an electronic device, the method comprising:
- obtaining body information including a height and a weight of a user;
- generating an initial assisting torque profile based on the body information;
- generating a first assisting torque profile by adjusting a trajectory of the initial assisting torque profile to reduce an amount of metabolic energy used for a gait of the user;
- and
- outputting, on a display of the electronic device, the first assisting torque profile as a series of points, the series of points each indicating an assisting torque provided from a walking assistance apparatus at a corresponding time associated with the gait of the user such that the series of points together form a trajectory of the assisting torque provided from the walking assistance apparatus.
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An electronic device comprising:
- a memory configured to store a program to generate an assisting torque profile for a user;
- and
- a processor configured to execute the program to:
- obtain body information of the user,
- generate an initial assisting torque profile through a reference gait model generated based on the body information,
- generate a first assisting torque profile by adjusting a trajectory of the initial assisting torque profile to reduce an amount of metabolic energy used for a gait of the user, and
- output the first assisting torque profile as a series of points on a display of the electronic device, the series of points each indicating an assisting torque provided from a walking assistance apparatus at a corresponding time associated with the gait of the user such that the series of points together form a trajectory of the assisting torque provided from the walking assistance apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.