(WO/2008/097336) CONTROLLER FOR AN ASSISTIVE EXOSKELETON BASED ON ACTIVE IMPEDANCE
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| IPC: | A61H 1/00 (2006.01), A61H 1/02 (2006.01), A61H 5/00 (2006.01), G06F 19/00 (2006.01) | |||||||||||
| Applicants: | HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. [JP/JP]; 2-1-1 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-8556 (JP) (All Except US). AGUIRRE-OLLINGER, Gabriel [MX/US]; (US) (US Only). GOSWAMI, Ambarish [IN/US]; (US) (US Only). COLGATE, Edward, J. [US/US]; (US) (US Only). PESHKIN, Michael, A. [US/US]; (US) (US Only). NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY [US/US]; 633 Clark Street, Evanston, IL 60208 (US) (All Except US). | |||||||||||
| Inventors: | AGUIRRE-OLLINGER, Gabriel; (US). GOSWAMI, Ambarish; (US). COLGATE, Edward, J.; (US). PESHKIN, Michael, A.; (US). | |||||||||||
| Agent: | MCNELIS, John, T. et al.; Fenwick & West LLP, Silicon Valley Center, 801 California Street, Mountain View, CA 94041 (US). | |||||||||||
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| Title: | CONTROLLER FOR AN ASSISTIVE EXOSKELETON BASED ON ACTIVE IMPEDANCE | |||||||||||
| Abstract: | A system and method are presented to provide assist to a user by means of an exoskeleton with a controller capable of making the exoskeleton display active impedance. The exoskeleton assists the user by reducing the muscle effort required by the user to move his or her extremities. In one embodiment, a single-degree-of- freedom (1-DOF) exoskeleton assists a user with single-joint movement using an active impedance controller. In another embodiment, a multiple-degree-of-freedom (multi-DOF) exoskeleton assists a user with multiple-joint movement using an active impedance controller. | |||||||||||
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AE, AG, AL, AM, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IS, JP, KE, KG, KM, KN, KP, KR, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LT, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PG, PH, PL, PT, RO, RS, RU, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, SV, SY, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. African Regional Intellectual Property Org. (ARIPO) (BW, GH, GM, KE, LS, MW, MZ, NA, SD, SL, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW) Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, MD, RU, TJ, TM) European Patent Office (EPO) (AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR) African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). | |||||||||||
| Publication Language: | English (EN) |
| Filing Language: | English (EN) |
