Patent ID: 11948470
Assignee: ATO-GEAR HOLDING B.V.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A computer-implemented method of generating a motion adjustment instruction for a user performing an activity, the method comprising:
obtaining, via a computer, a target biomechanical load distribution for the user based on user data and a biomechanical load model,
monitoring, using a sensor arrangement comprised of sensors positioned on one or more parts of a body of the user, motion of a portion of a body of the user so as to obtain monitored motion data,
communicating the monitored motion data to the computer,
calculating a monitored biomechanical load distribution for the user, in accordance with the monitored motion data and the biomechanical load model,
calculating a target adjustment to the motion of the user that corresponds to a reduction of a deviation of the monitored biomechanical load distribution from the target biomechanical load distribution,
generating a motion adjustment instruction in accordance with the target adjustment, and
communicating the motion adjustment instruction to the user by displaying a visual message on a display, annunciating an audible message on an audible device, providing a haptic signal on a haptic device, or any combination of the foregoing,
wherein the sensor arrangement comprises at least one of:
one or more pressure sensors configured to monitor pressure exerted upon one or more regions of a foot of the user as a result of a contact force exerted upon that foot by ground during locomotion, and wherein the monitored motion data comprises data representative of the monitored pressure,
one or more inertial measurement units, wherein each of the inertial measurement units is attachable to a part of the body or clothing of the user and is configured to monitor linear acceleration and a rotational rate of the part to which it is attached, and wherein the monitored motion data comprises data representative of the monitored linear acceleration and rotational rate from each of the plurality of inertial measurement units, or
one or more sensors configured to monitor a velocity, an orientation, or both the velocity and the orientation of the one or more monitored parts of the body of the user during the performing of the action.