Intelligent footwear systems
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1. An intelligent system for an article of footwear, the system comprising:
- a control system;
a power source electrically coupled to the control system;
an adjustable element; and
a driver coupled to the adjustable element for adjusting the adjustable element in response to a signal from the control system.
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Abstract
The invention is directed to intelligent systems for articles of footwear that adjust automatically in response to a measured performance characteristic. The intelligent systems include one or more adjustable elements coupled to a mechanism that actuates the adjustable elements in response to a signal from a sensor to modify the performance characteristic of the article of footwear. The intelligent system adjusts the performance characteristics of the article of footwear without human intervention.
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41 Claims
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1. An intelligent system for an article of footwear, the system comprising:
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a control system;
a power source electrically coupled to the control system;
an adjustable element; and
a driver coupled to the adjustable element for adjusting the adjustable element in response to a signal from the control system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An article of footwear including an upper coupled to a sole and an intelligent system at least partially disposed in the sole, the system comprising:
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a control system;
a power source electrically coupled to the control system;
an adjustable element; and
a driver coupled to the adjustable element for adjusting the adjustable element in response to a signal from the control system. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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22. A system for measuring compression within an article of footwear, the system comprising:
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a sensor at least partially disposed within a sole of the article of footwear; and
a magnet generally aligned with and spaced from the sensor. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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30. A method of modifying a performance characteristic of an article of footwear during use, the method comprising the steps of:
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i. monitoring the performance characteristic of the article of footwear;
ii. generating a corrective driver signal; and
iii. adjusting an adjustable element based on the driver signal to modify the performance characteristic of the article of footwear. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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35. The method of 30, wherein the adjustment step is terminated when a threshold value of the performance characteristic is reached.
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40. A method of providing comfort in an article of footwear, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing an adjustable article of footwear; and
determining a jerk value. - View Dependent Claims (41)
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