SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MEASURING PRESSURE POINTS
First Claim
1. A sensing system, comprising:
- a transducer to measure pressure at each of a plurality of points in an area of interest, said transducer comprising;
a compressible layer, andfirst and second flexible conductive layers, between which the compressible layer is disposed; and
means for transmitting data corresponding to said measured pressures.
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Abstract
Force sensing methods, systems, and computer-program products may be used to sense pressure at a plurality of points of a user'"'"'s foot, including its bones, joints, muscles, tendons, and ligaments. Such systems, methods, and computer-program products sense pressure along the bottom of a user'"'"'s foot during sports training and monitoring applications, electronic games, and diagnostic systems. In particular, the system generally comprises a transducer having a plurality of points of interest, an insole node for collecting and transmitting data sensed at the plurality of points of interest, first means for coupling that data across a network, by way of second means for coupling same to a collector node, and then to a computer.
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41 Claims
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1. A sensing system, comprising:
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a transducer to measure pressure at each of a plurality of points in an area of interest, said transducer comprising; a compressible layer, and first and second flexible conductive layers, between which the compressible layer is disposed; and means for transmitting data corresponding to said measured pressures. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for sensing a force applied to a first moving object by a second moving object in contact with the first object, comprising:
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measuring the force at each of a plurality of points in an area of interest between the first and second objects; activating, dynamically in real-time, selected points within said area of interest to variably measure force at said selected points; measuring an acceleration of each of said plurality of points within said area of interest along an x-axis, a y-axis, and a z-axis; transmitting data corresponding to said measured forces and said measured accelerations to a computer adapted to receive said transmitted data and output the received data in a user-readable format; integrating said transmitted data corresponding to acceleration of each of said plurality of points within said area of interest along said x-axis, said y-axis, and said z-axis; collecting said integrated data; and correlating said collected data with said transmitted data corresponding to said measured forces and said measured accelerations. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions, the medium comprising:
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one or more instructions for measuring the force at each of a plurality of points in an area of interest between the first and second objects; one or more instructions for activating, dynamically in real-time, selected points within said area of interest to variably measure force at said selected points; one or more instructions for measuring an acceleration of each of said plurality of points within said area of interest along an x-axis, a y-axis, and a z-axis; one or more instructions for transmitting data corresponding to said measured forces and said measured accelerations to a computer adapted to receive said transmitted data and output the received data in a user-readable format; one or more instructions for integrating said transmitted data corresponding to acceleration of each of said plurality of points within said area of interest along said x-axis, said y-axis, and said z-axis; one or more instructions for collecting said integrated data; and one or more instructions for correlating said collected data with said transmitted data corresponding to said measured forces and said measured accelerations. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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