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US 12,582,205 B2Granted
Walking assistance method and apparatuses
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorJun-Won Jang
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Abstract
A walking assistance apparatus is configured to adaptively control at least one of a length or a stiffness based on a gait motion of a user to assist an upper body of the user.
Claims16
A walking assistance system for assisting a user;
- the walking assistance system comprising:
- a first walking assistance device configured to support a part of an upper body of the user and control a length of the first walking assistance device based on information on a gait motion of the user, the first walking assistance device configured to offload a portion of a body weight of the user by directing a force received from an upper limb of the user to a ground, wherein the first walking assistance device includes at least one support forming a walking stick or a crutch;
- and
- a second walking assistance device configured to support a part of a lower body of the user and to transmit the information on the gait motion to the first walking assistance device based on sensing the gait motion of the user.
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A method of operating a walking assistance system including a first walking assistance device and a second walking assistance device, the first walking assistance device configured to offload a portion of a body weight of a user by directing a force received from an upper limb of the user to a ground, the method comprising:
- transmitting, by the second walking assistance device, information on a gait motion based on sensing the gait motion of the user;
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- controlling, by the first walking assistance device, a length of the first walking assistance device based on the information on the gait motion,
- wherein the first walking assistance device includes at least one support forming a walking stick or a crutch and is configured to support a part of an upper body of the user, and
- wherein the second walking assistance device is configured to support a part of a lower body of the user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.