Shoe-based analysis system

US10405779B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Nano Composite Products, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Aaron Jake Merrell · Orem, US
• Anton E. Bowden · Lindon, US
• David T. Fullwood · Provo, US
• Matthew Kirk Seeley · Spanish Fork, US
• Gavin Quinn Collins · Farmington, US
• Parker Gary Rosquist · Bluffdale, US
• William Fredrick Christensen · Provo, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 7, 2016
• Grant date: Sep 10, 2019
• Expiry date: Dec 6, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2562/0261
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In one example, an apparatus includes a shoe having a sole with at least a portion of foam replaced with a composite polymeric foam, at least one probe disposed in the composite polymeric foam, a voltage detector coupled to the probe that detects voltage data generated by the composite polymeric foam, and a transformation module that converts voltage data generated by the composite polymeric foam in response to deformation events into GRF, acceleration, or pressure data. In another example, a method includes receiving voltage data produced by composite polymeric foam, the composite polymeric foam providing support and padding in the sole of a shoe, converting the voltage data to force data, comparing the force data to a profile, and transmitting, when the force data fails to fall within a threshold of the profile, a feedback signal to a physical feedback device, the feedback signal indicating a difference with the profile.