Micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS) pressure sensor for footwear
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1. Footwear comprising:
- a sole; and
a plurality of sealed cavities contained within the sole; and
,a plurality of micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS) pressure sensors respectively contained within the sealed cavity plurality.
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Abstract
Footwear comprises a sole and a plurality of sealed cavities contained within the sole. The sealed cavities can be incorporated as deformable containers within an elastic medium, comprising the sole. A plurality of micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS) pressure sensors are respectively contained within the sealed cavity plurality, and can be adapted to measure static and dynamic pressure within each of the sealed cavities. The pressure measurements can provide information relating to the contact pressure distribution between the sole of the footwear and the wearer'"'"'s environment.
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13 Claims
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1. Footwear comprising:
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a sole; and a plurality of sealed cavities contained within the sole; and
,a plurality of micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS) pressure sensors respectively contained within the sealed cavity plurality. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for operating micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS) pressure sensor-enabled footwear comprising:
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sensing pressures from an array of micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS) pressure sensors encapsulated and sealed in cavities distributed in a footwear sole; interpreting the pressures provided as signals from the array of MEMS pressure sensors; communicating the pressure signal interpretations to a supervisory system; and
,generating a dynamic pressure profile and a static pressure profile from the communicated pressure signal interpretations. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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