In-shoe foot monitoring utilizing an insert
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1. An in-shoe monitoring system, comprising:
- a shoe insert including at least;
a flexible substrate;
a plurality of force sensors secured to the flexible substrate;
at least one position sensor;
at least one motion sensor;
a microcontroller secured to the flexible substrate and operational to receive sensor data from the plurality of force sensors, the at least one position sensor, and the at least one motion sensor; and
a wireless transceiver operational to at least transmit sensor data from the plurality of force sensors, the at least one position sensor, and/or the at least one motion sensor; and
a portable computing device operational to receive the sensor data from the wireless transceiver;
wherein the sensor data is associated with a user'"'"'s foot within a shoe having the shoe insert, and wherein the portable computing device is further operational to process the sensor data to determine shoe consumption data characterizing shoe usage or shoe lifetime analysis.
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An in-shoe monitoring system has a shoe insert including a flexible substrate, force sensors secured to the flexible substrate, a position sensor and a motion sensor. A microcontroller is secured to the flexible substrate and is operational to receive sensor data from the force sensors, the position sensor, and the motion sensor. A wireless transceiver on the flexible substrate is operational to transmit sensor data from the force sensors, the position sensor, and the motion sensor. A portable computing device is operational to receive the sensor data from the wireless transceiver.
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1. An in-shoe monitoring system, comprising:
a shoe insert including at least; a flexible substrate; a plurality of force sensors secured to the flexible substrate; at least one position sensor; at least one motion sensor; a microcontroller secured to the flexible substrate and operational to receive sensor data from the plurality of force sensors, the at least one position sensor, and the at least one motion sensor; and a wireless transceiver operational to at least transmit sensor data from the plurality of force sensors, the at least one position sensor, and/or the at least one motion sensor; and a portable computing device operational to receive the sensor data from the wireless transceiver; wherein the sensor data is associated with a user'"'"'s foot within a shoe having the shoe insert, and wherein the portable computing device is further operational to process the sensor data to determine shoe consumption data characterizing shoe usage or shoe lifetime analysis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. The in-shoe monitoring system as recited in claim wherein the plurality of force sensors include a matrix of interleaved force sensors.
- 17. The in-shoe monitoring system as recited in claim wherein the plurality of force sensors include a matrix of solid state strain gauges.
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