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Patent No.:

US 12485056 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 31, 2023

Method and device for controlling walking assist device

Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Bokman Lim, Yongin-si, KR;

Kyung-Rock Kim, Yongin-si, KR;

Jusuk Lee, Suwon-si, KR;

Jun-Won Jang, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;

Attorney:

NIXON & VANDERHYE P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Victoria Murphy

Assistant Examiner:

Savannah L Gabriel

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H 3/00 (2006.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H 3/00 (2013.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01); A61H 2003/007 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1628 (2013.01); A61H 2201/164 (2013.01); A61H 2201/165 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5007 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5058 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5061 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5069 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and device for controlling a walking assist device is disclosed. The method includes determining a first state variable for a gait state of a user wearing the walking assist device based on a gait of the user, obtaining a second state variable which is smoothed and time-delayed from the first state variable, obtaining a third state variable by applying a torque control variable to the second state variable, and determining an assist torque to be provided by the walking assist device based on the obtained third state variable.

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Lim, Bokman. (2025). Method and device for controlling walking assist device (U.S. Patent No. 12485056). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12485056

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