Control of limb device
US10076425B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 18, 2017 |
| Grant date | Sep 18, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 18, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05B2219/45172
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention refers to the area of control of a limb device in the form of an artificial limb for a human or a robot limb. In particular, the invention is related to a control unit for electrically controlling an electrically controllable limb device, the limb device comprising a plurality of actuators, the control unit comprising a first interface for connecting the control unit to the limb device, the control unit comprising a second interface for connecting the control unit to a data gathering device comprising one or more sensing devices, the control unit comprising a processing unit which is arranged for controlling the limb device at least based on data gathered by the data gathering device, wherein the control unit is arranged for outputting one single control action step to the actuators of the limb device calculated by the processing unit based on a first data or data combination received from the data gathering device, and the control unit is arranged for outputting a plurality of control action steps to the actuators of the limb device calculated by the processing unit based on a second data or data combination received from the data gathering device, the second data or…
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