US 12,443,261 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., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jul. 1, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/760,095.
Application 18/760,095 is a continuation of application No. 16/991,649, filed on Aug. 12, 2020, granted, now 12,093,105.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0117660 (KR), filed on Sep. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0353910 A1, Oct. 24, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 1/3212 (2019.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61H 3/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/3296 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 1/3212 (2013.01) [A61B 5/112 (2013.01); A61H 3/008 (2013.01); B25J 9/0006 (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)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control method of a wearable walking assistance apparatus, the method comprising:
determining an operable time of the wearable walking assistance apparatus based on an amount of remaining power and a power consumption of the walking assistance apparatus; and
controlling a torque output of the walking assistance apparatus so that a power consumption of the walking assistance apparatus is reduced, in response to the operable time satisfying a set criterion,
wherein the controlling of the torque output comprises reducing a maximum intensity of the torque output, in response to the operable time of the walking assistance apparatus being reduced.