US 11,752,393 B2
Balance training method using wearable device and the wearable device
Jusuk Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Youn Baek Lee, Yongin-si (KR); Bokman Lim, Hwaseong-si (KR); Seungyong Hyung, Yongin-si (KR); Kyung-Rock Kim, Seoul (KR); and Keehong Seo, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Mar. 12, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/817,090.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0134686 (KR), filed on Oct. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0121741 A1, Apr. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A63B 26/00 (2006.01); A61H 1/02 (2006.01); A63B 24/00 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 26/003 (2013.01) [A61B 5/112 (2013.01); A61B 5/1117 (2013.01); A61B 5/7275 (2013.01); A61H 1/0244 (2013.01); A63B 24/0087 (2013.01); A63B 2220/54 (2013.01); A63B 2220/803 (2013.01); A63B 2220/836 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A balance training method using a wearable device, comprising:
generating a walking assistance torque pattern associated with providing a walking assist function to a user wearing the wearable device;
generating, during a balance training mode of the wearable device, an irregular torque pattern by applying a perturbation to the walking assistance torque pattern that simulates the user falling; and
instructing an actuator of the wearable device to output a torque based on the walking assistance torque pattern during a first time period and a torque based on the irregular torque pattern during a second time period such that, during the second time period, the torque output by the actuator includes a sudden change in force that simulates the user falling.