A method and a system for determining whether a foot is present in an article of footwear and a non-transitory machine-readable medium

A foot presence sensor system for an active article of footwear can include a sensor housing configured to be disposed at or in an insole of the article, and a controller circuit, disposed within the sensor housing, configured to trigger one or more automated functions of the footwear based on a foo...

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Main Authors MENEAU, PHILLIP, WALKER, STEVEN H
Format Patent
LanguageChinese
English
Published 01.02.2024
Subjects
FASTENINGS OR ATTACHMENTS OF FOOTWEAR
FOOTWEAR
HUMAN NECESSITIES
LACES IN GENERAL
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Summary:A foot presence sensor system for an active article of footwear can include a sensor housing configured to be disposed at or in an insole of the article, and a controller circuit, disposed within the sensor housing, configured to trigger one or more automated functions of the footwear based on a foot presence indication. In an example, the sensor system includes a capacitive or magnetic sensor configured to sense changes in a body's proximity to the sensor in footwear. Characteristics of the sensed proximity can be used to update an automated footwear function, such as an automatic lacing function, or can be used to determine a step count, foot strike force, a rate of travel, or other information about a foot or about the footwear.
Bibliography:Application Number: TW202211116614