Mobile device with adaptable speed for assisting a user
AssigneesToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsChristopher T. Standley, John Charles Rafferty
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Abstract
Mobile devices described herein relate to assisting users. In one embodiment, a mobile device for assisting a user is disclosed. The mobile device includes a motor, one or more sensors, a processor, and a memory communicably coupled to the processor and including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine, using sensor data from the one or more sensors, a signature of the user that is operating the mobile device, the signature indicating at least attributes about movement of the user. The instructions include instructions to responsive to determining that the signature satisfies a trigger, adjust a speed of the mobile device by controlling the motor.
Claims9
A mobile device for assisting a user, comprising:
- a motor;
- one or more sensors;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory communicably coupled to the processor and including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- determine, using sensor data from the one or more sensors, a signature of the user that is operating the mobile device, the signature indicating at least attributes about movement of the user relating to a gait including a walking habit that specifies at least a width of steps and physiological attributes including a heart rate;
- and
- responsive to determining that the signature satisfies a trigger that indicates a deviation in the signature, including identifying a change in the width of the steps of the gait, and a change in the physiological attributes including an increase in the heart rate of the user, adjust a speed of the mobile device in proportion to a speed of the user and the heart rate by controlling the motor, wherein the instructions to identify the deviation include instructions to compare baseline gait data with the signature to determine the deviation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.