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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Youngbo Shim, Seoul, KR;
Jongwon Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Youngjin Park, Seoul, KR;
Sunghwan Ahn, Seoul, KR;
Seungyong Hyung, Yongin-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H 3/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/70 (2006.01); G09B 19/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/103 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H 3/00 (2013.01); A61B 5/1038 (2013.01); A61B 5/112 (2013.01); A61F 2/70 (2013.01); G09B 19/003 (2013.01); A61B 5/6807 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0247 (2013.01);
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.