SYSTEM FOR ASSISTING IN BALANCING BODY WEIGHT

• US 20160302716A1
• Filed: 12/10/2013
• Published: 10/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Operacion Sonrie S.L.
• Original Assignee: Operacion Sonrie S.L.
• Inventors: CATALINA PENA, Antonio
• Application Number:
  US15/102,876
• Publication Number:
  US 20160302716A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 3/34 with electrical or electronic arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 7/00 Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1038 Measuring plantar pressure during gait
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4836 Diagnosis combined with treatment in closed-loop systems or methods A61B5/0036 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/486 Bio-feedback A61B5/375 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6807 Footwear
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/743 Displaying an image simultaneously with additional graphical information, e.g. symbols, charts, function plots
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7455 characterised by tactile indication, e.g. vibration or electrical stimulation
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/746 Alarms related to a physiological condition, e.g. details of setting alarm thresholds or avoiding false alarms alarms per se G08B

Abstract

System for assisting in balancing body weight containing a footwear item and a smartphone or similar, where the footwear item comprises means for detecting the proportion of the weight bearing on the front part of the foot and on the rear part of the foot, preferably load sensors (1 and 2), a printed circuit board (4) for controlling and transmitting/receiving signals, a power supply battery (5) for powering the elements installed in the footwear item and vibrating motors (3) positioned in the front part of the foot and in front of the front load sensors (3). An application is installed in the smartphone and used to control the operation of the system and consequently, the footwear item and the exercises to be performed thereon.

Claims

1. System for assisting in balancing body weight characterised in that it contains:

a footwear item which in turn contains;

Means for detecting the weight bearing on the front part of the foot and on the rear part of the foot,

A printed circuit board (4) for control and transmission/reception of signals.

A lithium battery (5) to power the elements installed in the footwear item.

Vibrating motors (3),

and a smartphone or similar in communication with the printed circuit board (4) of the footwear item, on which is installed an application with different graphs showing the level of body weight, guidelines and exercises.

2. System for assisting in balancing body weight, according to claim 1 characterised in that the means of detection of the weight bearing on the front part of the foot and on the rear part of the foot comprises two front load sensors (1) placed in the front part of the sole of the foot, and two rear load sensors (2) placed in the area of the heel.

3. System for assisting in balancing body weight, according to claim 1 characterised in that the vibrating motors (3) are positioned in the front part of the foot.

4. System for assisting in balancing body weight, according to claim 1 characterised in that the vibrating motors (3) are arranged in the front part of the foot in front of the front load sensor.

5. System for assisting in balancing body weight, according to claim 1 characterised in that the number of vibrating motors (3) is four.

6. System for assisting in balancing body weight, according to claim 1 characterised in that the printed circuit board (4) is in charge of receiving the signal of the load value measured by the sensors) (1) and (2), and is designed in such a way that when the ratio between the weight borne by the front part and the weight borne by the rear part exceeds a given threshold of imbalance, it issues an alarm signal to the smartphone fitted with an application to record and display the degrees of lateral and frontal weight imbalance, prepares the user for the exercises and activates operation of the vibrating motors (3).

7. System for assisting in balancing body weight, according to claim 6 characterised in that the threshold of imbalance between the weight of the front and rear part from which an alarm is generated determined by the user, has options from 60 to 70% of the weight bearing on the rear area of the body.

8. System for assisting in balancing body weight, according to claim 3 characterised in that the number of vibrating motors (3) is four.