Torque pattern adjustment apparatus and method for adjusting torque pattern using the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11844740-B2
Application number	US-202318184281-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 15, 2023
Priority date	Sep 1, 2014
Publication date	Dec 19, 2023
Grant date	Dec 19, 2023

Abstract

An torque pattern adjustment apparatus including a display configured to display a first torque pattern corresponding to a gait cycle, and a generator configured to generate a second torque pattern by adjusting at least a portion of the first torque pattern in response to a reception of an input, and a torque pattern adjustment method using the same may be provided. The first torque pattern may be applied to a joint of a user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device including,
a touch screen; and
at least one processor configured to,
display, on the touch screen, a graphical user interface (GUI) screen including a first torque intensity and a second torque intensity for a walking aid device, wherein
the first torque intensity is a torque intensity of a first movement component of a movement of a joint of a user and is displayed on the touch screen as a first number,
the second torque intensity is a torque intensity of a second movement component of the movement of the joint of the user and is displayed on the touch screen as a second number,
the first number is displayed adjacent to a first object associated with the first movement component, and the second number is displayed adjacent to a second object with the second movement component, and
the GUI screen is configured to allow the user to touch the first object and the second object to adjust the first torque intensity and the second torque intensity, respectively,
receive, via the GUI screen displayed on the touch screen, at least one touch input to adjust at least one of the first torque intensity or the second torque intensity, and
provide, to the walking aid device, at least one of the adjusted first torque intensity or the adjusted second torque intensity.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to receive, via the GUI screen, the at least one touch input to adjust at least one of an intensity of a peak and a position of the peak for the at least one of the first torque intensity and the second torque intensity.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first number and the first object are located on a first region of the GUI screen, and the second number and the second object are located on a second region of the GUI screen, the second region being different from the first region.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first number and the second number are numbers represented in percentage values.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to display on the touch screen,
a first mark indicating a first direction associated with the first torque intensity adjacent to the first object, and
a second mark indicating a second direction associated with the second torque intensity adjacent to the second object.

6. A system for providing walking assistance, comprising:
the electronic device of claim 1 ; and
a walking aid device including,
at least one processor configured to,
receive, from the electronic device, the adjusted first torque intensity and the adjusted second torque intensity,
set the walking aid device to assist movement of a body part of the user wearing the walking aid device based on the adjusted first torque intensity and the adjusted second torque intensity, the body part being a part associated with the joint, and
apply a first torque corresponding to the adjusted first torque intensity or a second torque corresponding to the adjusted second torque intensity to the body part of the user wearing the walking aid device.

7. A method for controlling a walking assist device, the method comprising:
displaying, on a touch screen of an electronic device, a graphical user interface (GUI) screen including a first torque intensity and a second torque intensity for a walking aid device, wherein
the first torque intensity is a torque intensity of a first movement component of a movement of a joint of a user and is displayed on the touch screen as a first number, and
the second torque intensity is a torque intensity of a second movement component of the movement of the joint of the user and is displayed on the touch screen as a second number,
the first number is displayed adjacent to a first object associated with the first movement component, and the second number is displayed adjacent to a second object with the second movement component, and
the GUI screen is configured to allow the user to touch the first object and the second object to adjust the first torque intensity and the second torque intensity, respectively,
receiving, via the GUI screen displayed on the touch screen, at least one touch input to adjust at least one of the first torque intensity or the second torque intensity; and
providing, to the walking aid device, at least one of the adjusted first torque intensity and the adjusted second torque intensity.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the at least one touch input is one or more inputs of the user to adjust at least one of an intensity of a peak and a position of the peak for the at least one of the first torque intensity and the second torque intensity.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the displaying includes displaying the first number and the first object on a first region of the GUI screen, and displaying the second number and the second object on a second region of the GUI screen, the second region being different from the first region.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the first number and the second number are numbers represented in percentage values.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the displaying includes,
displaying, on the GUI screen, a first mark indicating a first direction associated with the first torque intensity adjacent to the first object, and
displaying, on the GUI screen, a second mark indicating a second direction associated with the second torque intensity adjacent to the second object.

12. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
receiving, by a walking assist device from the electronic device, the adjusted first torque intensity and the adjusted second torque intensity;
setting the walking aid device to assist movement of a body part of the user wearing the walking aid device based on the adjusted first torque intensity and the adjusted second torque intensity, the body part being a part associated with the joint; and
apply a first torque corresponding to the adjusted first torque intensity or a second torque corresponding to the adjusted second torque intensity to the body part of the user wearing the walking aid device.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the method of claim 7 .

14. A walking aid device comprising:
a processor configured to,
receive, from an electronic device, at least one of an adjusted first torque intensity and an adjusted second torque intensity,
set the walking aid device to assist movement of a leg of a user wearing the walking aid device based on at least one of the adjusted first torque intensity and the adjusted second torque intensity, and
apply a first torque corresponding to the adjusted first torque intensity or a second torque corresponding to the adjusted second torque intensity to the leg of the user wearing the walking aid device, wherein
the at least one of the adjusted first torque intensity and the adjusted second torque intensity is determined via a graphical user interface (GUI) screen of the electronic device,
the GUI screen is configured to allow the user to adjust a first torque intensity and a second torque intensity based on at least one touch input of the user to a first object and a second object, respectively,
the first torque intensity is a torque intensity of a first movement component of a movement of a joint of the user and is displayed on the GUI screen as a first number,
the second torque intensity is a torque intensity of a second movement component of the movement of the joint of the user and is displayed on the GUI scr

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Seo Keehong
• Choi Byung-Kwon
• Lim Bokman

Classifications

• A61H3/00 Primary

  Appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk about (apparatus for helping babies to walk A47D13/04 {; applying electrical currents by contact electrodes for stimulating motor muscles, e.g. walking assistance A61N1/36003}) · CPC title

• A61B5/112

  Gait analysis · CPC title

• A61H1/0262 Primary

  Walking movement; Appliances for aiding disabled persons to walk (A61H3/00 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B25J9/0006

  Exoskeletons, i.e. resembling a human figure · CPC title

• A61H2003/007

  secured to the patient, e.g. with belts · CPC title