US 12,093,105 B2
Walking assistance device and control method of walking assistance device
Changhyun Roh, Suwon-si (KR); Younbaek Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Jongwon Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Bokman Lim, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Aug. 12, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/991,649.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0117660 (KR), filed on Sep. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0085554 A1, Mar. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 1/3212 (2019.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61H 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/3296 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 1/3212 (2013.01) [A61B 5/112 (2013.01); A61H 3/008 (2013.01); G06F 1/3296 (2013.01); A61H 2003/007 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1207 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1628 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5007 (2013.01); A61H 2203/0406 (2013.01); A61H 2205/088 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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12. A walking assistance apparatus comprising:
a sensor configured to measure a gait motion of a user wearing the walking assistance apparatus; and
a controller configured to,
estimate an operable time of the walking assistance apparatus based on an amount of remaining power and power consumption of the walking assistance apparatus, and
generate a torque profile based on an algorithm of a power saving mode in response to the operable time satisfying a set criterion.