Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Walking assistance method and apparatus
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Application No.: US14879481Application Date: 2015-10-09
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Publication No.: US10335341B2Publication Date: 2019-07-02
- Inventor: Youngbo Shim , Jongwon Lee , Youngjin Park , Sunghwan Ahn , Seungyong Hyung
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: KR10-2015-0009954 20150121
- Main IPC: A61H3/00
- IPC: A61H3/00 ; A61F2/70 ; G09B19/00 ; A61B5/103 ; A61B5/11 ; A61B5/00

Abstract:
A walking assistance method and apparatus, in detail, a control device that may estimate a gait motion of a user based on pressure data indicating information on a pressure applied to a sole of the user, and provide a feedback corresponding to the gait motion to the user by controlling a vibrator to apply a vibration to the sole of the user, is provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160206499A1 WALKING ASSISTANCE METHOD AND APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2016-07-21
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