US 11,957,636 B2
Assisting torque setting method and apparatus
Seungyong Hyung, Yongin-si (KR); Youngbo Shim, Seoul (KR); and Sunghwan Ahn, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Aug. 26, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/003,335.
Application 17/003,335 is a continuation of application No. 14/697,839, filed on Apr. 28, 2015, granted, now 10,786,416.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2014-0166234 (KR), filed on Nov. 26, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2020/0390637 A1, Dec. 17, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61H 3/00 (2006.01); A61H 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61H 3/00 (2013.01) [A61H 1/0244 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1215 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1628 (2013.01); A61H 2201/164 (2013.01); A61H 2201/165 (2013.01); A61H 2201/501 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5064 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5069 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5079 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5084 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5097 (2013.01); A61H 2230/085 (2013.01); A61H 2230/605 (2013.01); A61H 2230/625 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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1. 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.