Disclosed is a safety monitoring system using an intelligent walking stick, the system helps stabilize ambulation of a user, monitors safety and health of the user by monitoring the heart rate or a motion state of the user, and includes content providing mental stimulation and exercise to the user via an application.

A device for improving environmental perception for blind or visually impaired users, including a set of mechanical actuators intended to be in contact with the skin of a user, at least one digital camera designed to acquire a current digital image of an environment facing the user, a processing circuit connected to the camera for receiving pixel signals from the acquired digital image and converting at least one portion of the pixel signals into control signals, each of which powers a mechanical actuator of the set of actuators, an eye-tracking module for tracking each eye of the user to identify a gaze direction of the user. The processing circuit then selects, in the environment filmed by the camera, an area of acquired current image which is a function of the gaze direction and converts the pixel signals of said area into control signals, each of which powers an actuator of the set to stimulate the user's skin.

An ankle-less walking assistant apparatus includes: a body supporting the back of a wearer; left and right hip joint-drivers extending from both sides of the body; left and right thigh links having first ends connected to the left and right hip joint-drivers, respectively; left and right knee-drivers connected to second ends of the left and right thigh links, respectively; left and right calf links having first ends connected to the left and right knee-drivers, respectively; and ground-contact feet fixed to second ends of the left and right calf links, respectively.

A lower body supporting robot system includes a lower body mechanism being worn on a user's lower body, the lower body mechanism including a plurality of joints and links and a drive device, a distance calculator for measuring a first distance that is a vertical distance to an object located therebelow and a second distance that is a vertical distance to a ground surface, a memory for storing a limit distance that is a vertical distance between the distance calculator and the ground surface when the lower body mechanism is in a lowest sitting posture, and a controller for calculating a tolerance distance that is a difference between the second distance and the limit distance, comparing the first distance with the tolerance distance, and controlling the drive device so that the distance calculator moves by the first distance when the first distance is less than the tolerance distance.

A system that comprises a memory device storing instructions, and a processing device communicatively coupled to the memory device. The processing device executes the instructions to: receive user data obtained from records associated with a user; generate a modified treatment plan based on the user data; and send, to a treatment apparatus accessible to the user, the modified treatment plan, wherein the modified treatment plan causes the treatment apparatus to update at least one operational aspect of the treatment apparatus, and update at least one operational aspect of at least one other device communicatively coupled to the treatment apparatus.

A computer-implemented method for facilitating cardiac rehabilitation among eligible users is disclosed. The method includes the steps of (1) receiving health information associated with one or more users; (2) for each user of the one or more users: determining, based on health information associated with the user, a respective eligibility of the user for cardiac rehabilitation; (3) determining, based on the respective eligibilities, that at least one user of the one or more users is eligible for cardiac rehabilitation; (4) generating a treatment plan for the at least one user, where the treatment plan pertains to a cardiac rehabilitation that is specific to the at least one user; and (5) assigning the treatment plan to at least one electromechanical machine to enable the user to perform the cardiac rehabilitation.

A method of controlling an exoskeleton mobility device includes executing a control application with an electronic controller to perform: sensing at least one of an angular position or angular velocity of a stance/trailing leg during a single support dynamic state of a gait cycle; determining whether the angular position satisfies an advanced gait threshold; and when it is determined that the angular position satisfies the advanced gait threshold, the control system employs advanced gait control in which a duration of double support states between single support dynamic states is minimized. For advanced gait control the control system controls such that hip joint component velocities are non-zero during transitions from swing states to stance states, and knee joint component velocities are non-zero during transitions from stance states to swing states of the gait cycle. Each step of the gait cycle thus blends into a next step by way of hip joint component swing-to-stance extension, and/or knee joint component stance-to-swing flexion.

A knee joint mechanism without a power source is provided. The knee joint mechanism includes a thigh support assembly, a connecting base, a shank support assembly and a locking mechanism. The thigh support assembly is fixed at a thigh of an exoskeleton robot, a first angle sensor is disposed on a hip, and power is provided from the hip. The connecting base is mounted with a second angle sensor; the locking mechanism includes a motor, a worm gear, a locking member, an unlocking member, and a first limiting member. The unlocking member and the first limiting member firmly fix the locking member to maintain the thigh support assembly, the connecting base and the shank support assembly at an ergonomic angle; the motor drives the unlocking member to rotate through the worm gear to realize unlocking, and the second angle sensor controls the unlocking member to lock the locking block.

A walking support apparatus supports the walking movement of a walking person. The walking person may be an elderly person, a disabled person, an invalid, an athlete, a learner, or the like. A measurement unit measures walking information with respect to the walking person, and generates data that represents the walking information. An attachment applies an action to the arm of the walking person according to the walking information data measured by the measurement unit. Such an arrangement provides improved walking movement via the effect on the arm movement when the walking person is walking.

A training apparatus includes a fixed frame, a training rod, a motor, rotation information detection sensor, tilt angle and position difference calculation units, determination, motor drive and position difference eliminating units. The training rod is supported by the fixed frame in a manner capable of being tilted by a motor about at least an X-axis or a Y-axis so as to hold the limb. The tilt angle calculation unit calculates a tilt angle of the training rod. The position difference calculation unit calculates a position difference. The determination unit obtains the position difference every time when a second time period elapses. If the position difference generated in the second time period is a first threshold or lower, the motor drive unit drives the motor so that the position difference is accumulated and maintained. The position difference eliminating unit resets the position difference at a predetermined timing.