469 results about "Hand walking" patented technology

In one embodiment, a method includes steps of: (a) identifying an average foot contact time of a user during a first outing; (b) identifying an average pace of the user during the first outing; (c) defining a relationship between foot contact times of the user and corresponding paces of the user, wherein the relationship is based upon the average foot contact time and the average pace identified during the first outing, and wherein no other average foot contact times and no other average paces identified during any different outings by the user are used to define the relationship; and (d) calibrating at least one device that monitors activity of the user in locomotion on foot based upon the defined relationship between foot contact times of the user and corresponding paces of the user. In another embodiment, a method includes steps of: (a) determining a single user-specific calibration constant that defines a relationship between foot contact times of a user and corresponding paces of the user, wherein no other user-specific calibration constants are used to define the relationship; and (b) calibrating at least one device that monitors activity of the user in locomotion on foot based upon the relationship between foot contact times of the user and corresponding paces of the user that is defined by the single user-specific calibration constant.

A footwear construction including a sole and an adjustable heel element selectively rotatable about an axis of rotation to configure the heel element in a fitness mode or a stability mode. The heel element can include a ground contacting surface having a first performance contour and a second, different performance contour. In the fitness mode, the first performance contour is positioned rearward of the second performance contour to provide a rolling/rocking motion when the heel region of the footwear engages a walking surface in a gait cycle. In the stability mode, the second performance contour is positioned rearward of the first performance contour to provide a stable impact when the heel region engages a walking surface. The footwear can include an actuator to enable the heel element to rotate and locking elements to hold the heel element in a fixed rotational position. A related method of use also is provided.

A device configured to provide biofeedback on arm swing during walking, running, or other movement activities is disclosed herein. The device includes motion sensing means configured to sense the motion of an arm of a user during a movement activity and output one or more signals based upon the sensed arm motion; computational means configured to compute an arm swing angle of the arm of the user using the one or more signals outputted by the motion sensing means; and one or more signaling devices operatively coupled to the motion sensing means and computational means, the one or more signaling devices configured to emit one or more signals to the user that are based upon the computed arm swing angle of the user so as to provide biofeedback to the user regarding arm swing. The use of two devices, one on each arm of a user is also disclosed herein.

A standing office walking equipment is composed of a platform smoothly placed on the ground and provided for a user to exercise thereon, and a working table crossing over a front end of the platform, wherein a front end of the platform is relatively below the working table while using the platform. The platform can be separated from the working table when the platform is not in use. The platform has a supporting structure provided for standing up such that after the platform is separated from the working table, the platform individually stands up through the supporting structure so as to achieve the storage.

To provide a walking assist device which can apply torque to a knee joint at a suitable timing. A walking assist device includes an actuator, a reaction force sensor and an angle sensor. The walking assist device is fitted to a user's leg. The actuator is able to apply torque to a knee joint of one leg of the user. The reaction force sensor detects a reaction force that the foot of the one leg receives from the floor. The angle sensor detects a hip joint angle of the one leg around a pitch axis. The walking assist device specifies a timing to start applying the torque to the knee joint in a direction that swings the lower leg backward, based on the detected reaction force and the detected hip joint angle.

Universal sole designed to help a user adapt his walking or running gait to the surface over which he is moving or to the peculiarities of his individual leg/foot System by individually adjusting the hardness and thickness of several areas of the sole. Each area consists of one or more layers of a flat coil of elastic extensible airtight and optionally reinforced rubber tube which may be flattened or inflated beyond its nominal diameter as a function of the pressure introduced by the action, as the user walks, of a small pump located inside the sole underneath the user's heel and adjustments and isolations performed manually with a System of valves built into the thickness of the sole. The coils, the valve System and the pumping System are either located and bonded between layers of foam containing the impression of the coils and filling the spaces between laces or placed in a mould or in a sole in the shape of a boat, a filling material then being introduced to fill the empty spaces. The resulting soles or sole elements can be used on ail kinds of shoes.

A sensor unit installed in a premises for detecting a user's walking behavior. Connected to the server through a communication network are a server, an information reporting unit, and an exercise machine. The server includes a diagnosis section for analyzing time series data of walking signal from the sensor unit to determine walking ability and generate walking ability data indicative thereof, and an information providing section which provides the walking ability date to the information reporting unit and the exercise machine. The information reporting unit includes reporting means for reporting the determined walking ability to the user. The exercise machine includes a control section which gives an exercise to the user depending upon the walking ability.

The present invention relates to a system and a method for controlling a joint angle of a knee-joint type walking training robot which estimates a walking stage of a person receiving rehabilitation for walking and actively responds to the walking stage on the basis thereof. The present invention can easily control the joint angle of the knee-joint type walking training robot by providing a configuration comprising: a pressure measuring device for measuring the pressure on the sole of a walker's foot by using a pressure sensor; and a joint angle estimating device for estimating the joint angle of a knee-joint by extracting movement time of the walk and the length of the part of the sole contacting the ground on the basis of the sole's pressure measured by the pressure measuring device.

An ankle-foot prosthesis includes a foot plate, an ankle frame attached to the foot plate, a yoke pivotally connected to the ankle frame and including a member for attaching to a leg, a damper having a first end connected to the yoke and a second end connected to the ankle frame, and a control mechanism for switching the damper between low and high settings.

The invention discloses a personification biped walking robot. The personification biped walking robot comprises a trunk mechanism and two leg walking device assemblies fixedly connected at the bottom of the trunk mechanism. Each leg walking device assembly comprises a hip-joint driving mechanism, a leg driving device and a foot sole walking device, wherein the hip-joint driving mechanism, the leg driving device and the foot sole walking device are sequentially arranged from top to bottom. According to the personification biped walking robot, the technical defects of a traditional series robot and a traditional parallel robot are overcome, and the technical advantages of the traditional series robot and the traditional parallel robot are achieved at the same time; the personification biped walking robot has the advantages that various motions can be simulated, the simulation performance and the reliability are high, the structural design is reasonable, and the practicability is high.

A support for a walking aid such as a crutch, a walker or a cane is disclosed. The support is configured for providing enhanced balance on adverse terrain that may contain obstacles and/or have slippery spots. In an embodiment of the present invention, the support comprises a flat bottom and an upwardly angled slit that provides an upper and a lower section configured for contorting in a manner as to enhance friction with the walking terrain thus reducing the probability of slippage. In an alternate embodiment, the support comprises an oval shaped bottom and a downwardly angled slit. This support is configured facilitating walking and providing support in rough terrain.

The invention discloses lower limb rehabilitation training equipment and a biped end executor thereof. The biped end executor comprises two sets of execution devices which have the same structure andare arranged in parallel; each execution device comprises a linear motion mechanism used for achieving forward and backward motion of the corresponding foot, a lifting mechanism connected with the linear motion mechanism and used for achieving height lifting of the foot, and an ankle joint rotating mechanism connected with the lifting mechanism and used for achieving ankle joint rotation. The lower limb rehabilitation training equipment comprises a supporting frame, a weight reduction supporting mechanism used for carrying out weight reduction control on a human body during training, a biped end executor used for carrying out gait training, and a pelvis pose adjusting mechanism used for carrying out cooperative adjustment on a position and a pose of the pelvis of the human body during gaittraining of the lower limbs of the human body so as to achieve balance. The lower limb joint movement can be realized, and the pelvis cooperative movement can also be realized; and the walking capability and the balance capability of a patient can be effectively improved.

The present invention related to the area of lifestyle devices, particularly to pedometers used for exercise tracking. This invention aims at accurate recording of steps, speeds, distances, type of motion (walk and run) and calories expenditure, independently of the personal characteristics (age, gender, weight and height). The invention uses sub-band decomposition filters that produce non-distorted sine wave regardless of personal traits and the type of walking or running. Low-complexity zero-crossing step detection is subsequently applied, and the step length and energy expenditure information is then extracted. The method for goals tracking is included for independent types of goals: steps, energy, distance and duration.

The invention relates to a biped walking four-bar mechanism which comprises two parallel moving feet, two connecting bars, three motors and four universal joints, wherein the two moving feet and the two connecting bars are connected through the four universal joints to form a monocycle closed-type parallel four-bar mechanism; the two moving feet are respectively provided with the motors which areparallel to the moving feet, and when one moving foot steps on the ground, the motor on the moving foot drives the other moving foot to rotate around the moving foot, so that the two moving feet moveup and down alternately to move forward; the motors on the two moving feet work synchronously, and the lifted moving foot can rotate around the rotating axis thereof, so that supporting plates remainin downward positions; and the third motor is perpendicularly arranged at the end of any connecting bar, which is in connection with one moving foot, and the connecting bar is driven by the third motor to rotate by taking the moving foot as an axis, so as to drive the other moving foot to laterally move. Accordingly, the biped walking four-bar mechanism achieves the effect of three-degree-of-freedom motion and the function of adjusting a detection attitude, and solves the problem that the simple four-bar travel mechanism fails to serve the function of non-linear motion.

The invention provides an electric walking assistance device for facilitating a gait activity and an application method thereof. The electric walking assistance device comprises: a support member; a user area at least one gait monitoring module, at least one gait guiding module, and a control system, wherein the at least one gait monitoring module obtains gait feature information through a sensingmethod, transmits the information to the control system, converts the gait feature information to indication information, and transmits the indication information to the at least one gait guiding module, and the gait guiding module provides at least a gait prompt for a user according to content thereof and guides the user to perform the gait activity. Through the above content, the gait activitystate of the user can be observed in real time, and the proper prompt is given to the user to achieve the goal of facilitating the gait activity of the user.