Walking assist device
AssigneeChang Gung University
InventorsYA-JU CHANG, JIUNN-WOEI LIAW, HSIAO-LUNG CHAN
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates a walking assist device, including: a sensor configured to detect a movement of an user and to generate detection signals, a step length module configured to calculate a step length, a controller connected to the sensor and the step length module, and an output module. The controller is configured to determine a step status according to the detection signals, and to generate control signals according to the step status and the step length. The output module is disposed on a shoe body. The output module connects to the controller, and the output module is configured to issue a step cue according to the control signals.
Claims20
A walking assist device, comprising:
- a sensor module configured to generate a detected signal corresponding to a movement of a user;
- a step length module configured to calculate a step length corresponding to the movement;
- a controller coupled to the sensor module and the step length module, the controller is configured to determine a step status by the detected signal, and generate a control signal by the step status and the step length;
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- an output module, coupled to the controller, the output module is configured to output a step cue by the control signal.
A method for controlling a step cue of a walking assist device, the method comprising:
- generating a detected signal corresponding to a movement of a user;
- generating a step length corresponding to the movement of the user;
- determining a step status according to the detected signal;
- generating a control signal according to the step status and the step length;
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- outputting the step cue according to the control signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.