Electronic step counting shoe

• US 5,661,916 A
• Filed: 07/05/1996
• Issued: 09/02/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Tien-Tsai Huang
• Original Assignee: Tien-Tsai Huang
• Inventors: Huang, Tien-Tsai
• Primary Examiner(s): KAVANAUGH, JOHN T
• Application Number:
  US08/674,530
• Time in Patent Office: 424 Days
• Field of Search: 36/1, 36/132, 36/136, 36/29, 128/779, 73/172, 73/714
• US Class Current: 36/132
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 23/24 Ornamental buckles; Other ornaments for shoes without fastening function
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 3/00 Footwear characterised by the shape or the use
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 3/0078 provided with logos, letters, signatures or the like decoration A43B23/24 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 3/34 with electrical or electronic arrangements

Abstract

An electronic step counting shoe which includes a shoe body holding a fluid container, a pressure sensor, a temperature sensor, a circuit board, and a LCD, the circuit board having a pressure converter connected to the pressure sensor, a temperature compensating circuit connected to the temperature sensor, and a microprocessor, the pressure converter and the temperature compensating circuit converting pressure and temperature signals from the pressure sensor and the temperature sensor into corresponding electric signals for processing into corresponding digital signals by the microprocessor, permitting the digital signals thus obtained to be shown through the LCD through the control of a function switch.

Claims

1. An electronic step counting shoe comprising:

a shoe body having a vamp and an outsole and a receiving chamber defined within said outsole;

a fluid container mounted in the receiving chamber of the outsole of said shoe body and filled up with a fluid;

a pressure sensor disposed in contact with the fluid of said fluid container and adapted for detecting the pressure of the fluid;

a temperature sensor disposed in contact with the fluid of said fluid container and adapted for detecting the temperature of the fluid;

a circuit board mounted in the receiving chamber of said shoe body, said circuit board comprising a pressure converter, a temperature compensating circuit, and a microprocessor, said pressure converter being electrically connected to said pressure sensor, and adapted for converting the pressure signal detected by said pressure sensor into a corresponding electric signal and providing the electric signal thus obtained to said microprocessor for processing into a corresponding digital signal, said temperature compensating circuit being electrically connected to said temperature sensor, and adapted for converting the temperature signal detected by said temperature sensor into a corresponding electric signal and providing the electric signal thus obtained to said microprocessor for processing into a corresponding digital signal, so as to provide a compensation for the error resulting from the change of the temperature of the fluid of said fluid container; and

a liquid crystal display electrically connected to said microprocessor and adapted for displaying the digital signals outputted from said microprocessor.

2. The electronic step counting shoe of claim 1 wherein said liquid crystal display is mounted on the vamp of said shoe body.

3. The electronic step counting shoe of claim 1 wherein said fluid container has an outlet sealed with a diaphragm;

said pressure sensor and said temperature sensor have a respective detecting end respectively coupled to a connector mounted in the outlet of said fluid container, said connector having a pointed tip piercing said diaphragm and a passage hole adapted for guiding the fluid of said fluid container to the detecting ends of said pressure sensor and said temperature sensor.

4. The electronic step counting shoe of claim 1 wherein said microprocessor is electrically connected to a function switch, and has a display mode controlled by said function switch.

5. The electronic step counting shoe of claim 4 wherein said display mode is a number display mode adapted for counting, permitting the counted number to be shown through said liquid crystal display, said counting display mode counting one each time the value calculated by said microprocessor surpasses a predetermined value and then drops below it.

6. The electronic step counting shoe of claim 4 wherein said display mode is a maximum weight display mode adapted for driving said liquid crystal display to display the maximum value currently obtained from said microprocessor.

7. The electronic step counting shoe of claim 4 wherein said display mode is a weight and number product display mode, said weight and number product display mode driving said liquid crystal display to display the product resulting from multiplying the weight and the number obtained from said circuit board through said microprocessor.

8. The electronic step counting shoe of claim 1 wherein said liquid container comprises a front water chamber, a rear water chamber, and an intermediate water chamber communicating between said front water chamber and said rear water chamber.

9. The electronic step counting shoe of claim 8 wherein said outlet of said liquid container is disposed in said

intermediate water chamber.