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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2014
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Inventor:
Chang-Hyun Roh, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/72 (2006.01); A61H 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/72 (2013.01); A61H 3/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wearable robot may comprise: a robot unit including machinery configured to assist a wearer's muscular strength; at least one first sensor provided on the wearer's knees and configured to detect the wearer's motion of pressing the wearer's knees; and/or a controller configured to judge whether or not the wearer intends to stand up based on information detected using the at least one first sensor, and configured to transmit a control signal to assist corresponding muscular strength to the robot unit upon judging that the wearer intends to stand up.