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Patent No.:

US 10434029 B1

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Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 23, 2015
Applicant:

Osaka University, Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Mitsunori Uemura, Osaka, JP;

Fumio Miyazaki, Osaka, JP;

Hiroaki Hirai, Osaka, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H 3/00 (2006.01); A61F 5/01 (2006.01); A61F 2/64 (2006.01); A61F 2/70 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/10 (2006.01); A61H 1/02 (2006.01); A61F 2/76 (2006.01); A61F 2/50 (2006.01); A61B 5/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H 3/00 (2013.01); A61B 5/112 (2013.01); A61H 1/024 (2013.01); B25J 9/0006 (2013.01); B25J 9/104 (2013.01); A61B 5/05 (2013.01); A61B 5/1121 (2013.01); A61B 5/1123 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0247 (2013.01); A61F 2002/503 (2013.01); A61F 2002/5073 (2013.01); A61F 2002/704 (2013.01); A61F 2002/763 (2013.01); A61F 2002/7625 (2013.01); A61H 2003/001 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0192 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1207 (2013.01); A61H 2201/164 (2013.01); A61H 2201/165 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1671 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5007 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5058 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5069 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5071 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5079 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5084 (2013.01); A61H 2203/0406 (2013.01); A61H 2205/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

A walking assistance apparatus includes: a walking assistance attachment to be attached to a leg of a human body and including a variable stiffness mechanism having stiffness that is changeable in a direction where the human bends and stretches the knee by motor driving; and a controller. The controller includes a foot-end motion calculation part configured to receive an output from a sensor to detect motion of a leg and successively calculate a relative velocity of a foot end with reference to a waist of the human body; and a leg state determination part configured to determine shift timing between a swing phase and a stance phase based on the relative velocity of the foot end.


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Uemura, Mitsunori. (2019). Method for determining leg-phase shift timing, leg-phase shift timing determination apparatus, method for controlling walking assistance, and walking assistance apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 10434029). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10434029

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