Patents by Inventor Taishin NOMURA

Taishin NOMURA has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230233852
    Abstract: A walking assist device includes a plurality of electrodes disposed on a surface of a leg of a user, a stimulation applier configured to apply, to the electrodes, a voltage for applying electrical stimulation to the muscles, and a control unit configured to control the stimulation applier to apply the voltage to one or more target electrodes selected from among the electrodes. The control unit controls the stimulation applier such that a combination of electrodes selected as the one or more target electrodes is different for each of a plurality of motion phases included in a motion cycle of the leg during the walking motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicants: OSAKA UNIVERSITY, JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matija MILOSEVIC, Koshi SHIBAGAKI, Taishin NOMURA, Yoshitaka KAWAKAMI, Yoshitaka YOSHIMI