WEIGHT CALCULATING INTELLINGENT WEARABLE DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20170038243A1
• Filed: 08/06/2015
• Published: 02/09/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tritton Technologies
• Original Assignee: Tritton Technologies
• Inventors: Peng, Sheng Yu
• Application Number:
  US14/819,472
• Publication Number:
  US 20170038243A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 17/00 Insoles for insertion, e.g. footbeds or inlays, for attachment to the shoe after the upper has been joined
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 3/34 with electrical or electronic arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0247 Pressure sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1036 Measuring load distribution, e.g. podologic studies
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 19/44 for weighing persons
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 23/3735 using a digital network
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 3/13 having piezoelectric or piezoresistive properties
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/23 The load being a medical device, a medical implant, or a life supporting device
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/32 for charging batteries from a charging set comprising a non-electric prime mover rotating at constant speed

Abstract

Provided is a weight calculating intelligent wearable device and method thereof. The device includes a carrier and a data recorder. At least a heel piezoelectric element, at least a sole of foot piezoelectric element, a central control module, a power converting module and an electricity storage module are installed on the carrier. The heel piezoelectric element and the sole of foot piezoelectric element generate pulse signals when a heel of a wearer exerts pressure on the heel piezoelectric element during a walking process. The central control module includes a processor and a wireless transmitting unit. The pulse signals are received by the processor, and characteristic vectors are obtained by an algorithm. The characteristic vectors are transmitted from the wireless transmitting to the data recorder. A weight value of the wearer is obtained based on the characteristic vectors computed in a remote database or local data recorder.

Claims

1. A weight calculating intelligent wearable device, comprising:

a carrier, wherein at least a heel piezoelectric element, at least a sole of foot piezoelectric element, a central control module, a power converting module and an electricity storage module are installed on the carrier,

wherein the heel piezoelectric element transmits a pulse signal when a heel of a wearer exerts pressure on the heel piezoelectric element during a walking process,

wherein the sole of foot piezoelectric element transmits the pulse signal when the heel of the wearer exerts pressure on the sole of foot piezoelectric element during the walking process,

wherein the central control module comprises a processor and a wireless transmitting unit, the processor is electrically connected with the heel piezoelectric element, the sole of foot piezoelectric element and the wireless transmitting unit, the processor receives a plurality of pulse signals from the heel piezoelectric element and the sole of foot piezoelectric element, a plurality of characteristic vectors are obtained by the processor, and are transmitted by means of the wireless transmitting element,

wherein the power converting module is electrically connected to the heel piezoelectric element, the sole of foot piezoelectric element and the power storage module, the power converting module receives the plurality of pulse signals from the heel piezoelectric element and the sole of foot piezoelectric element, and the electricity storage module is charged after power conversion;

wherein the electricity storage module provides electricity required for the weight calculating intelligent wearable device; and

a data recorder, receiving the plurality of characteristic vectors transmitted by the wireless transmitting unit.

2. The weight calculating intelligent wearable device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of characteristic vectors comprise an output voltage, an output frequency and a peak voltage.

3. The weight calculating intelligent wearable device of claim 1, wherein the carrier comprise one of a shoe pad, a shoe underlayer and an underlayer of a sock.

4. The weight calculating intelligent wearable device of claim 1, wherein the carrier is a soft plate, and a top surface and a bottom surface of the carrier comprise a first waterproof protective layer and a second waterproof protective layer, respectively.

5. The weight calculating intelligent wearable device of claim 1, wherein the sole of foot region piezoelectric element comprises a plurality of regions that correspond to a plurality of sole of foot regions.

6. A method for weight calculation, comprising the steps of:

receiving the foot pressure exerted by a wearer during a walking process, via at least a heel piezoelectric element and at least a sole of foot piezoelectric element, and transmitting a plurality of pulse signals to a processor;

receiving the plurality of pulse signals by the processor, and obtaining a plurality of characteristic vectors by means of an algorithm, transmitting the plurality of characteristic vectors received by the processor to a data recorder by means of a wireless transmitting unit; and

obtaining a weight value of the wearer based on the plurality of characteristic vectors of the data recorder that are computed by a remote database or local data recorder.

7. The method for weight calculation of claim 6, wherein the plurality of characteristic vectors comprise an output voltage, an output frequency and a peak voltage.

8. The method for weight calculation of claim 6, wherein the algorithm splits the plurality of pulse signals obtained by the ith piezoelectric element into k window frames, a length of each window frame is L, and the formula for calculating the output voltage of the ith piezoelectric element is: