Patent ID: 8723676
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A rehabilitation-assisting apparatus comprising: at least one step-information sensing unit to be worn on a user's lower limb, wherein the step-information sensing unit senses and generates step information of the user, wherein the step-information sensing unit detects distance, wherein when the step-information sensing unit senses that a distance between a neighboring object and the user's lower limb is less than a distance threshold, a close-proximity signal is generated and included in the step information of the user; an alert-signal generating unit; and a processing unit building connections with the step-information sensing unit and the alert-signal generating unit, the processing unit receives the step information of the user from the step-information sensing unit, wherein when the processing unit receives the step information with the close-proximity signal, the processing unit determines that the user is not walking appropriately, and the processing unit drives the alert-signal generating unit to generate an alert signal.