Intelligent footwear systems
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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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31. An intelligent footwear system comprising:
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an article of footwear;
a system for monitoring an athletic performance of a wearer of the article of footwear, the system at least partially disposed in the article of footwear; and
a processor located remotely to the article of footwear and in communication with the monitoring system, the processor configured to exchange data with the monitoring system. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A method of providing an intelligent footwear system, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a sensing system associated with an article of footwear;
measuring an athletic performance of a wearer of the article of footwear with the sensing system; and
providing a control system at least partially within the article of footwear, the control system configured to monitor the athletic performance of the wearer, wherein the athletic performance is selected from the group consisting of a wearer'"'"'s pace, a distance traveled by the wearer, and a location of the wearer. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. An intelligent footwear system comprising:
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an article of footwear;
a system for monitoring an athletic performance of a wearer of the article of footwear, the system at least partially disposed in the article of footwear; and
a processor in communication with the monitoring system, the processor configured to exchange data with the monitoring system, wherein the athletic performance is selected from the group consisting of a wearer'"'"'s pace, a distance traveled by the wearer, and a location of the wearer.
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