Configurable footwear sole structures controlled by a smartphone app algorithm using sensors in the smartphone and the soles
First Claim
1. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, having encoded thereon an app for a smartphone or another mobile computer device, general purpose or specialized, said app, when executed by said smartphone or another mobile computer device, causes the device to actively control, by a wired or wireless connection, a configuration of:
- one or more footwear structural elements located in a footwear sole or a removable inner sole insert of both right and left shoes or other footwear of a user of the device, andone or more sensors being located in either the sole or the removable inner sole insert of both of the right and left shoes or other footwear of the device user and at least a sensor including a gyroscope and an accelerometer in the device; and
the one or more footwear structural elements being configured for computer control by the device when the app is operating on the device; and
wherein instructions of the app when executed on the device cause the device to;
first, control one or more of the footwear structural elements by establishing a first configuration of said one or more footwear structural elements for at least a first test during locomotion or other physical activity of the device user;
second, control one or more of the footwear structural elements by establishing a second configuration of said one or more footwear structural elements that is different from the first configuration for at least a second test during locomotion or other physical activity of the device userthird, process measurement data from the first and second tests received from the sensors located in both footwear soles or inserts and from the sensor in the device;
fourth, compare the data from the first and second tests with a preferred data set;
fifth, select and establish one said configuration of the footwear structural elements from the first or second test that produced data that is closest to matching the preferred data set.
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Abstract
A smartphone or other mobile computer app that causes a smartphone or another mobile computer device to actively control a configuration of footwear structural elements located in both footwear of a device user. Sensors are located in both footwear soles and in the device of the user. The footwear structural elements are configured for computer control by the device. Instructions of the app cause the device to: first, control the footwear structural elements by establishing a first configuration of the footwear structural elements for a first device user locomotion test; second, control the footwear structural elements by establishing a second, different configuration of the footwear structural elements; third, process sensor measurement data from the first and second tests; fourth, compare the test data with a preferred data set; fifth, select and establish a configuration of the footwear structural elements from the test data closest to matching the preferred data set.
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22 Claims
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1. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, having encoded thereon an app for a smartphone or another mobile computer device, general purpose or specialized, said app, when executed by said smartphone or another mobile computer device, causes the device to actively control, by a wired or wireless connection, a configuration of:
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one or more footwear structural elements located in a footwear sole or a removable inner sole insert of both right and left shoes or other footwear of a user of the device, and one or more sensors being located in either the sole or the removable inner sole insert of both of the right and left shoes or other footwear of the device user and at least a sensor including a gyroscope and an accelerometer in the device; and the one or more footwear structural elements being configured for computer control by the device when the app is operating on the device; and wherein instructions of the app when executed on the device cause the device to; first, control one or more of the footwear structural elements by establishing a first configuration of said one or more footwear structural elements for at least a first test during locomotion or other physical activity of the device user; second, control one or more of the footwear structural elements by establishing a second configuration of said one or more footwear structural elements that is different from the first configuration for at least a second test during locomotion or other physical activity of the device user third, process measurement data from the first and second tests received from the sensors located in both footwear soles or inserts and from the sensor in the device; fourth, compare the data from the first and second tests with a preferred data set; fifth, select and establish one said configuration of the footwear structural elements from the first or second test that produced data that is closest to matching the preferred data set. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method implemented by an app for a smartphone or another mobile computer device and executed by a smartphone or other mobile computer device that causes the smartphone or other mobile computer device to actively control, by a wired or wireless connection, configuration of footwear with sensors, said configuration comprising:
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one or more structural elements located in a footwear sole or a removable inner sole insert of either or both shoes or other footwear of a user of the device, and one or more sensors located in either the sole or the removable inner sole insert of either or both shoes or other footwear of the device user and at least a sensor including a gyroscope and an accelerometer in the device; and one or more of the footwear structural elements being configured for control by the device when the app is operating on the device; and said method comprising the following steps wherein instructions of the app, when executed, cause the device to; first, control one or more of the footwear structural elements by establishing a first configuration of said one or more footwear structural elements for at least a first test during locomotion or other physical activity of the device user; second, control one or more of the footwear structural elements by establishing a second configuration of said one or more footwear structural elements that is different from the first configuration for at least a second test during locomotion or other physical activity of the device user; third, process measurement data from the first and second tests received from the sensors located in either or both footwear soles or inserts and from the sensor in the device; fourth, compare the data from the first and second tests with a preferred data set; and fifth, select and establish one said configuration of one or more of the footwear structural elements from the first and second test that produced data that is closest to matching the preferred data set. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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