Sports shoe with sensing and control
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1. Apparatus for improving athletic performance of a user, comprising:
- a flexible insole, adapted for insertion into a shoe, the insole shaped so as to define at least two pressure-sensing chambers, said at least two pressure-sensing chambers comprising a forefoot chamber and a hindfoot chamber;
a stimulator; and
a control unit, adapted to detect pressures in the forefoot and hindfoot chambers as a function of time and to measure a duration between a first time, when said pressure detected in said hindfoot chamber begins to increase, and a second time, when said pressure detected in said forefoot chamber begins to increase, and to drive the stimulator to apply a stimulation to the user responsive to a relationship between the duration and a desired parameter of athletic performance.
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Abstract
Apparatus (20) is provided for improving athletic performance of a user, including a flexible insole (40), adapted for insertion into a shoe, the insole shaped so as to define one or more chambers (22, 24). The apparatus also includes a stimulator (50) and a control unit (30). The control unit is adapted to detect respective pressures in the chambers, and to drive the stimulator to apply a stimulation to the user responsive to the detected pressures and a desired parameter of athletic performance.
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1. Apparatus for improving athletic performance of a user, comprising:
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a flexible insole, adapted for insertion into a shoe, the insole shaped so as to define at least two pressure-sensing chambers, said at least two pressure-sensing chambers comprising a forefoot chamber and a hindfoot chamber; a stimulator; and a control unit, adapted to detect pressures in the forefoot and hindfoot chambers as a function of time and to measure a duration between a first time, when said pressure detected in said hindfoot chamber begins to increase, and a second time, when said pressure detected in said forefoot chamber begins to increase, and to drive the stimulator to apply a stimulation to the user responsive to a relationship between the duration and a desired parameter of athletic performance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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