WEARABLE STEP-COUNTING SHOE

• US 20170325538A1
• Filed: 01/10/2017
• Published: 11/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Homeway Technology Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Homeway Technology Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: HSIEH, Chin-Hsing, HSIEH, Tsung-Hsien, HSIEH, Ming-Chia, HSIEH, Tung-Chen
• Granted Patent: US 10,206,448 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 13/00 Soles; Sole-and-heel integral units
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 3/34 with electrical or electronic arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 3/35 with electric heating arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 5/00 Footwear for sporting purposes non-skid devices, e.g. ice-spurs or studs for football shoes, A43C15/00
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 7/14 with foot-supporting parts
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 7/32 with shock-absorbing means resilient soles A43B13/18
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6807 Footwear
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/17 Counting, e.g. counting periodical movements, revolutions or cycles, or including further data processing to determine distances or speed
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/836 Sensors arranged on the body of the user
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0062 Monitoring athletic performances, e.g. for determining the work of a user on an exercise apparatus, the completed jogging or cycling distance
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0622 Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 22/006 Pedometers

Abstract

A wearable step-counting shoe includes a shoe body and a pedometer. The shoe body includes a shoe sole having opposite inner and outer sides, and a groove surface defining amounting groove. The pedometer is removably disposed in the mounting groove and includes a pedometer body having opposite first and second faces and configured to detect and record the number of steps taken by a user, and a screen disposed on the second face and configured to display the detected number of steps. An engaging unit is provided to fix the pedometer on the shoe body, and includes a first engaging portion provided on the groove surface, and a second engaging portion provided on the pedometer and releasably engageable with the first engaging portion.

Claims

1. A wearable step-counting shoe comprising:

a shoe body including a shoe sole having opposite inner and outer sides, and a groove surface extending from said inner side toward said outer side and defining a mounting groove;

a pedometer removably disposed in said mounting groove and including a pedometer body configured to detect and record the number of steps taken by a user, and a screen configured to display the detected number of steps, said pedometer body having a first face facing said shoe sole, and a second face opposite to said first face, said screen being disposed on said second face; and

an engaging unit to fix said pedometer on said shoe body, said engaging unit including a first engaging portion provided on said groove surface of said shoe sole, and a second engaging portion provided on said pedometer and releasably engageable with said first engaging portion.

2. The wearable step-counting shoe as claimed in claim 1, wherein one of said first and second engaging portions includes a recess, and the other one of said first and second engaging portions includes a protrusion releasably engageable with said recess.

3. The wearable step-counting shoe as claimed in claim 2, wherein said first engaging portion includes said recess that is formed in said groove surface and that communicates with said mounting groove, and said second engaging portion includes said protrusion protruding outwardly from said pedometer body.

4. The wearable step-counting shoe as claimed in claim 1, wherein said pedometer further includes a reset button disposed on said second face of said pedometer body and configured to reset the recorded number of steps to zero.

5. The wearable step-counting shoe as claimed in claim 4, wherein said reset button is a silicone button.

6. The wearable step-counting shoe as claimed in claim 1, wherein said groove surface completely separates said mounting groove from other parts of said shoe sole.

7. The wearable step-counting shoe as claimed in claim 1, wherein said shoe sole is made of a heat-resistant material.