Artificial Intelligence Shoe Mounting a Controller and Method for Measuring Quantity of Motion

• US 20080203144A1
• Filed: 09/26/2006
• Published: 08/28/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Aison Co., Ltd. (Yonsei University)
• Original Assignee: Aison Co., Ltd. (Yonsei University)
• Inventors: Kim, Hee-Suk
• Application Number:
  US11/994,102
• Publication Number:
  US 20080203144A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/105
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/00 Measuring for diagnostic purposes radiation diagnosis A61B6/00; diagnosis by ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves A61B8/00; Identification of persons
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4866 Evaluating metabolism A61B5/083 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6807 Footwear

Abstract

The present invention relates, in general, to shoes for measuring the quantity of motion and a method of measuring the quantity of motion using the shoes and, more particularly, to artificial intelligence shoes, in which various numerical values (calorie consumption, body fat, and a pulse), measured by a walking sensor (23), a body fat measurement unit, and a pulse sensor (21) mounted in a shoe body, are displayed in real time on a display unit (32), so that a user can periodically check his or her quantity of motion, and in which calorie consumption and body fat are calculated on the basis of the user'"'"'s body conditions, so that the precision thereof is high, and such quantity of motion numerical values can be transmitted to various types of external devices, thus enabling the user to periodically manage the quantity of motion thereof.

Claims

1. Artificial intelligence shoes, comprising:

a walking sensor embedded in one of the shoes to sense whether a user is walking; and

a controller for receiving a signal from the walking sensor, and calculating calorie consumption,

wherein the walking sensor periodically generates ON/OFF signals when the shoe lands on a ground and when the shoe leaves the ground, depending on walking of the user, and

wherein the controller is detachably attached to the shoe, and comprises a body fat measurement unit provided with conductive contact electrodes for causing current to flow into a body of the user in order to measure the user'"'"'s body fat, and a display unit for displaying calorie consumption calculated based on a walking speed, derived from a temporal difference, which is calculated for the ON/OFF signals received from the walking sensor, and a measured body fat calculated by the body fat measurement unit.

2. The artificial intelligence shoes according to claim 1, further comprising a pulse sensor for measuring a pulse of the user, wherein the controller receives a signal measured by the pulse sensor and additionally calculates the user'"'"'s pulse, and the display unit additionally displays the calculated pulse.

3. The artificial intelligence shoes according to claim 2, wherein the controller further comprises an input unit for inputting physical information about the user, a central processing unit for calculating and processing various types of information, and memory for storing various types of information.

4. The artificial intelligence shoes according to claim 3, wherein the controller further comprises a light emitting unit for variously emitting light with respect to a case where the user has taken insufficient exercise, or a case where an abnormality occurs in a heart of the user.

5. The artificial intelligence shoes according to claim 3, wherein the controller further comprises an alarm unit for providing an audible alarm with respect to a case where the user has taken insufficient exercise, or a case where an abnormality occurs in a heart of the user.

6. The artificial intelligence shoes according to claim 3, wherein the controller further comprises a transmission unit for transmitting various types of information to an external device.

7. The artificial intelligence shoes according to claim 6, wherein the transmission unit comprises at least one of a wired transmission unit, a wireless transmission unit, and an external memory interface unit.

8. The artificial intelligence shoes according to claim 3, wherein the input unit is implemented to enable input of at least one of the user'"'"'s age, gender, height and weight.

9. The artificial intelligence shoes according to claim 3, wherein the controller further comprises a walking sensing circuit unit for eliminating noise from a signal received from the walking sensor and amplifying a noise-eliminated signal.

10. The artificial intelligence shoes according to claim 3, wherein the controller further comprises a pulse sensing circuit unit for eliminating noise from a signal received from the pulse sensor and amplifying a noise-eliminated signal.

11. The artificial intelligence shoes according to claim 2, wherein the body fat measurement unit further comprises a body fat sensing circuit unit for generating a predetermined oscillation signal, transmitting the oscillation signal to a conductive contact electrode on a first side, and transmitting the signal, which flows from the conductive contact electrode on the first side into a conductive contact electrode on a second side through a human body, to the central processing unit.

12. The artificial intelligence shoes according to claim 2, wherein the walking sensor is embedded in either of two shoes.

13. The artificial intelligence shoes according to claim 12, wherein the walking sensor is a metal contact switch.

14. The artificial intelligence shoes according to claim 2, wherein the pulse sensor is inserted into at least one of a portion of the shoe corresponding to the Achilles'"'"' tendon of the user, and a portion of the shoe corresponding to a top side of a foot of the user.

15. The artificial intelligence shoes according to claim 14, wherein the pulse sensor is any one of a piezoelectric sensor for converting a minute pulse of an artery into a fine voltage, and an optical sensor for radiating light onto blood in an artery and thus sensing a pulse.

16. The artificial intelligence shoes according to claim 2, wherein the controller is detachably attached to a controller case embedded in a predetermined location in the shoe.

17. The artificial intelligence shoes according to claim 16, wherein the controller case is a box-shaped member having a first open side and a second closed side and having a first fitting recess on a side thereof, and the controller comprises a first fitting protrusion on an outer circumference thereof, so that the first fitting protrusion is fitted into the first fitting recess, thus firmly supporting the controller.

18. The artificial intelligence shoes according to claim 17, wherein the controller case comprises a second fitting recess on a bottom thereof, and the controller comprises a second fitting protrusion on a rear surface thereof, so that the second fitting protrusion is fitted into the second fitting recess, thus firmly supporting the controller.

19. The artificial intelligence shoes according to claim 16, wherein the controller comprises terminals and the controller case comprises opposite terminals, the opposite terminals of the controller case being electrically conducted to the walking sensor or the pulse sensor, and the terminals of the controller being electrically connected to the opposite terminals of the controller case to receive signals from the opposite terminals.

20. The artificial intelligence shoes according to claim 2, wherein the controller is detachably attached to any one of a side surface of a midsole of the shoe, an insole of the shoe, a region covering the midsole and an upper of the shoe, a region covering an outsole, the midsole and the upper of the shoe, and a bottom of the outsole of the shoe.

32. The artificial intelligence shoes according to claim 2, further comprising a weight sensor for automatically sensing a weight of the user or a weight of the shoe.

33. The artificial intelligence shoes according to claim 2, wherein the controller comprises a power cutoff unit for sensing motion of the user and automatically cutting off power of the controller if no motion is sensed, thus preventing consumption of battery power.

34. The artificial intelligence shoes according to claim 2, wherein the display unit of the controller further comprises a backlight unit for emitting light.

35. The artificial intelligence shoes according to claim 8, wherein the input unit of the controller additionally inputs a weight of the user'"'"'s shoe.

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