An apparatus 1 to aid walking, the apparatus 1 comprising a base unit 3, housing a motor; and further comprising first and second horizontally orientated foot supports 6,7, mounted for back and forth parallel motion relative to the base unit 3; the foot supports 6,7 each being operably connected to the motor; a foot support comprising a plurality of planar members 5, including a base plate 41, an intermediate plate 44 and a foot plate 45 having an upper surface to receive a user's foot, the intermediate plate 44 being pivotally linked at a first end to the base plate 41 and at a second end to the foot plate.

Provided is a bidet device. The bidet device according to the present invention comprises: a seat as a place to sit; a steaming chamber housing which is imbedded in a bidet tank coupled to one side of the seat and has built-in parts therein; a nozzle for hip fumigation, which is connected to the steaming chamber housing for jetting medicinal steam; and a steam generator which is provided in the steaming chamber housing and connected to the nozzle for hip fumigation, allowing the medicinal steam and medicinal extracts generated for hip-fumigation bath to be supplied to the nozzle for hip fumigation, wherein the steam generator and a medicine container of the steaming chamber disposed in the steaming chamber housing are integrally installed to eject the fumigated medicinal steam and medicinal extracts of drugs into a stool.

A massage system includes a chair type massage machine that performs a massage on a person to be treated, a head mounted display (head worn type display device) that is worn on a head portion of the person to be treated, and a controller, which, when the massage is being performed by the massage machine on the person to be treated, makes a video image, including a moving image of a virtual practitioner performing the massage, be displayed on the head mounted display.

An apparatus includes a first wire and a second wire which are coupled to a right upper ankle belt and a right lower ankle belt, a third wire and a fourth wire which are coupled to a left upper ankle belt and a left lower ankle belt, an obtainer obtaining information about a road surface where a user walks, and a controller controlling tensions of the first wire and the second wire at the same time and controlling tensions of the third wire and the fourth wire at the same time using a first stiffness target value corresponding to the first wire, a second stiffness target value corresponding to the second wire, a third stiffness target value corresponding to the third wire, and a fourth stiffness target value corresponding to the fourth wire that are determined based on the information about the road surface.

An torque pattern adjustment apparatus including a display configured to display a first torque pattern corresponding to a gait cycle, and a generator configured to generate a second torque pattern by adjusting at least a portion of the first torque pattern in response to a reception of an input, and a torque pattern adjustment method using the same may be provided. The first torque pattern may be applied to a joint of a user.

A wearable device and an exercise support method performed by the wearable device are disclosed. The exercise support method includes receiving exercise setting information associated with a lower body muscle that is selected by a user input, determining a torque profile to be applied to the wearable device based on the received exercise setting information, and operating an actuator of the wearable device based on the determined torque profile.

A motion assistance apparatus includes a proximal support configured to support a proximal part of a user, a power transmitting frame configured to rotate relative to the proximal support, a driving frame connected to the power transmitting frame and configured to enclose at least a portion of a distal part of the user, a reinforcement belt attached to a front surface of the driving frame, a rear belt connected to the driving frame or the reinforcement belt and configured to support a rear surface of the distal part of the user, and a front belt with a central portion spaced apart from the driving frame, the front belt provided between the driving frame and the rear belt and configured to support a front surface of the distal part of the user.

A walking assistance device deformable based on a thigh shape includes a hip joint actuator, an upper thigh frame connected to the hip joint actuator and configured to receive power from the hip joint actuator and rotate about a first axis and rotate about a second axis intersecting the first axis, a motion frame connected to the upper thigh frame, the motion frame including a plurality of segment frames configured to rotate relative to each other, and a lower thigh frame connected to the motion frame.

A method and apparatus for helping a user walk may verify whether the user is in a standing state and calculate a torque that controls balance of the user, and an assistance force for controlling balance may be provided for the user based on the torque generated by an actuator.