Patents
US 12370404 B2: Simulating a split-belt with a single-belt treadmill
- Granted
- 2025-07-29
- Filed
- 2021-10-12 application 17498986
- Type
- Utility · 19 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
The present disclosure presents improved treadmill control systems and methods. One such method comprises initiating a recording a video sequence of a walking exercise by a subject on a treadmill device; extracting intra-gait phases of the subject from the recorded video sequence using a video temporal alignment with a neural network; generating a series of treadmill belt control settings for the treadmill device corresponding to each phase of the gait pattern of the subject; and signaling the series of treadmill belt control settings to a motor controller of the treadmill device. Other methods and systems are also provided.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg250729.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM 3,356 patents | US company or organization | Austin, TX | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA 193 patents | US company or organization | Tuscaloosa, AL | The University of Alabama College or university FUZZY medium confidence: same name (governing-board words and legal endings aside) and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David A. Brown | Galveston, TX | 4 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Chih-Ying Li | Galveston, TX | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Mansoo Ko | Galveston, TX | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Shengting Cao | Tuscaloosa, AL | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Xuefeng Wang | Tuscaloosa, AL | 112 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Fei Hu | Tuscaloosa, AL | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Yu Gan | Tuscaloosa, AL | 11 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Liang Zhang | Tuscaloosa, AL | 9 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| A63B | Apparatus for physical training, gymnastics, swimming, climbing, or fencing; ball games; training equipment | A63B22/025 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-08-24 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | ZHANG, LIANG signed 2020-10-28 WANG, XUEFENG signed 2020-10-30 GAN, YU signed 2020-11-11 CAO, SHENGTING signed 2020-11-12 HU, FEI signed 2021-01-21 | THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA TUSCALOOSA, AL | 60887/312 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2022-08-24 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | BROWN, DAVID A. signed 2020-10-27 KO, MANSOO signed 2020-10-27 LI, CHIH-YING signed 2020-10-27 | THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM AUSTIN, TX | 60882/673 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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