Generating personalized exosuit designs

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11238188-B2
Application number	US-202016837048-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 1, 2020
Priority date	Apr 1, 2020
Publication date	Feb 1, 2022
Grant date	Feb 1, 2022

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating personalized exosuits. In some implementations, sensor data indicating a three-dimensional shape of stretchable template garment while the template garment is worn by a person and has been stretched to align with the person's anatomy is obtained. The template garment can include indicators corresponding to positions for components of an exosuit, and can correspond to an exosuit design. The sensor data is analyzed to determine locations of the indicators of the template garment. A personalized exosuit design is generated for the person by adjusting a computer model for the exosuit design to locate components of the exosuit at regions corresponding to the identified locations of the indicators of the template garment. The personalized exosuit design is provided to one or more manufacturing devices.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method performed by one or more computers, the method comprising:
obtaining, by the one or more computers, sensor data indicating a three-dimensional shape of stretchable template garment measured while the template garment is worn by a person and has been stretched to align with the person's anatomy, wherein the template garment includes indicators for exosuit components of an exosuit design for an exosuit configured to apply or adjust force at an anatomical structure of a wearer of the exosuit, and wherein the indicators of the template garment are located such that, when the template garment is worn by the person in alignment with the person's anatomy, the indicators designate locations for the exosuit components of the exosuit design to be placed with respect to the person's anatomy;
analyzing, by the one or more computers, the sensor data to determine locations where the indicators of the template garment were located while the template garment was worn by the person in alignment with the person's anatomy;
generating, by the one or more computers, a personalized exosuit design for the person by adjusting a data model for the exosuit design, wherein the adjustment places the exosuit components at regions determined based on the locations of the indicators of the template garment determined by analysis of the sensor data; and
providing, by the one or more computers, the personalized exosuit design to a device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data model is a data model representing a reference design for an exosuit.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data model is a computer-aided design model that specifies positional relationships of exosuit components in three dimensions.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the indicators are visible at an outer surface of the template garment.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining the sensor data comprises obtaining sensor data for multiple different poses of the person while the template garment is worn by the person.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising using the sensor data for the multiple different poses to determine at least one of:
anatomical properties of the person;
positions of exosuit components of the personalized exosuit design; or
functional capabilities for the personalized exosuit design.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the functional capabilities include at least one of a range of motion for the personalized exosuit design, a joint center of motion for the personalized exosuit design, a level of assistance for the personalized exosuit design to provide, a level of stability for the personalized exosuit design to provide, or a set of functionality configured to assist with a particular health condition.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein analyzing the sensor data comprises analyzing the sensor data to determine at least one of a size, shape, number, type, or orientation of the indicators of the template garment.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the personalized exosuit design comprises adjusting at least one of a size, shape, number, type, location, or orientation of one or more exosuit components.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein providing the personalized exosuit design to the device comprises providing the personalized exosuit design to a manufacturing device.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein providing the personalized exosuit design to a manufacturing device comprises providing the personalized exosuit design to a 3D printer.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein providing the personalized exosuit design to a manufacturing device comprises providing the personalized exosuit design to a computer numerical control (CNC) machine.

13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving input indicating modifications to at least one of a size, shape, number, type, location, or orientation of the components of the exosuit; and
wherein generating a personalized exosuit design comprises adjusting the data model for the exosuit design or the personalized exosuit design in accord with the modifications.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining sensor data comprises obtaining scan data from a 3D scanner.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein obtaining scan data from the 3D scanner comprises obtaining scan data from one of the following:
a photogrammetry scanner;
a LiDAR scanner; or
a structured light scanner.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the template garment is one of multiple template garments, each of the template garments having indicators for exosuit components of a different exosuit design;
wherein the method comprises selecting, from among data models for the different exosuit designs, a data model for the exosuit design that is determined to correspond to the template garment worn by the person; and
wherein generating the personalized exosuit design for the person comprises altering the selected data model based on the locations of the indicators of the template garment.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the template garment includes indicators for exosuit components of multiple exosuit designs, and wherein the method comprises selecting the exosuit design from the multiple exosuit designs.

18. The method of claim 17 , comprising determining one or more functional capabilities to be provided by an exosuit for the person,
wherein selecting the exosuit design comprises selecting the exosuit design for the exosuit design from the multiple exosuit designs based on the determined one or more functional.

19. A system comprising:
one or more computers; and
one or more computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
obtaining, by the one or more computers, sensor data indicating a three-dimensional shape of stretchable template garment measured while the template garment is worn by a person and has been stretched to align with the person's anatomy, wherein the template garment includes indicators for exosuit components of an exosuit design for an exosuit configured to apply or adjust force at an anatomical structure of a wearer of the exosuit, and wherein the indicators of the template garment are located such that, when the template garment is worn by the person in alignment with the person's anatomy, the indicators designate locations for the exosuit components of the exosuit design to be placed with respect to the person's anatomy;
analyzing, by the one or more computers, the sensor data to determine locations where the indicators of the template garment were located while the template garment was worn by the person in alignment with the person's anatomy;
generating, by the one or more computers, a personalized exosuit design for the person by adjusting a data model for the exosuit design, wherein the adjustment places the exosuit components at regions determined based on the locations of the indicators of the template garment determined by analysis of the sensor data; and
providing, by the one or more computers, the personalized exosuit design to a device.

20. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
obtaining, by the one or more computers, sensor data indicating a three-dimensional shape of stretchable template garment measured while the template garment is worn by a person and has been stretched to align with the person's anatomy, where

Assignees

• X Dev Llc

Inventors

• Sargent Joseph Hollis
• Kentin Rhoda Jill

Classifications

• G06F2111/16

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• G06F30/20

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• G05B2219/37558

  Optical sensor, scanner · CPC title

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