Footwear with force sensing device
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1. An article of footwear, comprising:
- an upper connected to an outsole;
a controller mounted to one of said outsole and said upper, said controller including a display;
at least one sensor coupled to said controller and being mounted to one of said outsole and said upper, said at least one sensor including a printed circuit board coupled to said controller and a contact movable into engagement with said printed circuit board upon impact with a ball, said at least one sensor being operative upon impact with the ball to transmit a signal to said controller representative of the magnitude of force with which said at least one sensor contacts the ball, said controller causing said display to provide a visual indication of the magnitude of said force.
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Abstract
An article of footwear is provided, particularly a soccer shoe, having one or more sensors mounted in the shoe upper which, when impacted by a ball, are effective to send a signal to a controller representative of the magnitude of the force with which the ball was struck by the shoe. A liquid crystal display, mounted within a housing which also carries the controller, provides a visual indication of the force of the ball strike which can be readily observed by the wearer of the shoe.
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13 Claims
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1. An article of footwear, comprising:
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an upper connected to an outsole; a controller mounted to one of said outsole and said upper, said controller including a display; at least one sensor coupled to said controller and being mounted to one of said outsole and said upper, said at least one sensor including a printed circuit board coupled to said controller and a contact movable into engagement with said printed circuit board upon impact with a ball, said at least one sensor being operative upon impact with the ball to transmit a signal to said controller representative of the magnitude of force with which said at least one sensor contacts the ball, said controller causing said display to provide a visual indication of the magnitude of said force. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An article of footwear, comprising:
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an upper connected to an outsole; a controller mounted to one of said outsole and said upper, said controller including a display; at least one sensor coupled to said controller and being mounted to one of said outsole and said upper, said at least one sensor including an array of contacts each operative to cause a timing signal to be transmitted to said controller in response to engagement with a ball, each of said timing signals being representative of the magnitude of force with which respective contacts engage the ball, said controller being effective to detect said timing signal of longest duration and to cause said display to provide a visual indication of the magnitude of said force based on said timing signal of longest duration. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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