# US 11,432,613 B2 · Load cell module inserted in shoes and weight management service system using the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,432,613 B2 - Document ID: US11432613B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/607,389 - Filed: 2018-06-19 - Published: 2020-04-30 - Granted: 2022-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2017-06-22 - Assignees: Si Hyun Choi - Applicants: Si Hyun Choi - Inventors: Si Hyun Choi; Hyo Jae Lee; Gwang Sup Moon - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11432613B2 ## CPC - G01G 19/44: for weighing persons - A43B 3/34: with electrical or electronic arrangements - A43B 7/00: Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements - A43B 7/144: situated under the heel, i.e. the calcaneus bone - A61B 5/0002: {Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network (endoradiosondes A61B5/07)} - A61B 5/0022: {Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet} - A61B 5/1036: {Measuring load distribution, e.g. podologic studies} - A61B 5/6807: {Footwear} - A61B 5/7275: {Determining trends in physiological measurement data; Predicting development of a medical condition based on physiological measurements, e.g. determining a risk factor} - G01G 19/52: Weighing apparatus combined with other objects, e.g. furniture (with walking sticks A45B3/08) - G09B 19/00: Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass (teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26) - G09B 19/0038: {Sports} - A61B 2560/0214: of power generation or supply - A61B 2562/0219: Inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes, tilt switches - A61B 2562/0247: Pressure sensors - A61B 2562/0252: Load cells - H02J 7/751: {concerning the insertion or the connection of the batteries} - H02J 2105/46: Medical devices, medical implants or life supporting devices - G01G: WEIGHING (sorting by weighing B07C5/16) - A43B: CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - G09B: EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS (devices for psychotechnics or for testing reaction times A61B5/16; games, sports, amusements A63; projectors, projector screens G03B) - H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY ## Abstract The present invention relates to a load cell module configured to be insertedly disposed in shoes and a weight management service system using the same. The load cell module comprises: a main case (10) including a load cell accommodating space (11) projected upwardly at one side thereof and a circuit and battery accommodating space (12), which are formed therein; a load cell (20) accommodated in the load cell accommodating space (11); a main PCB (30) including a tilt sensor (31) and a transmission and reception unit (32), the main PCB being accommodated in the circuit and battery accommodating space 12; and a battery (40) accommodated in the circuit and battery accommodating space 12, whereby the load cell module is detachably mounted to a heel part (H) of a midsole (M) of a shoe. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A load cell module configured to be insertedly disposed in shoes, comprising: a main case (10) including a load cell accommodating space (11) projected upwardly at one side thereof and a circuit and battery accommodating space (12), which are formed therein; a load cell (20) accommodated in the load cell accommodating space (11); a main PCB (30) including a tilt sensor (31) and a transmission and reception unit (32) disposed thereon, the main PCB being accommodated in the circuit and battery accommodating space 12; and a battery (40) accommodated in the circuit and battery accommodating space 12, whereby the load cell module is detachably mounted to a heel part (H) of a midsole (M) of a shoe. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The load cell module according to claim 1, wherein the main PCB (30) comprises a charging terminal (33) and a functional button (34), which are disposed thereon so as to be exposed to a side of the main case (10). ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The load cell module according to claim 1, further comprising a weight transfer unit (13) having a surface hardness of 10 to 60 Shore C, which is disposed on a top of the main case (10) so as to cover an upper portion of the load cell accommodating space (11). ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The load cell module according to claim 1, wherein the main case (10) comprises an opening formed at an upper portion thereof so as to fluidically communicate with the upper portion of the load cell accommodating space (11) so that a weight measurement plate (21) is disposed above the load cell (20) in such a manner as to be protruded upwardly from the upper portion of the main case (10) through the opening. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The load cell module according to claim 1, wherein the main case (10) comprises at least two fixed projections (14) formed on an underside thereof so as to be coupled to a concaved recess formed on the heel part (H) of the shoe. ### Claim 6 A weight management service system using a load cell module configured to be insertedly disposed in shoes, wherein the load cell module comprises: a main case (10) including a load cell accommodating space (11) projected upwardly at one side thereof and a circuit and battery accommodating space (12), which are formed therein; a load cell (20) accommodated in the load cell accommodating space (11); a main PCB (30) including a tilt sensor (31) and a transmission and reception unit (32), the main PCB being accommodated in the circuit and battery accommodating space 12; and a battery (40) accommodated in the circuit and battery accommodating space 12, whereby the load cell module is detachably mounted to a heel part (H) of a midsole (M) of a shoe, the weight management service system being characterized in that when a wearer is in a state where his or her feet are level with the ground surface, the wearer's state is detected by the tilt sensor (31) and at this time, values measured by the load cell (20) is transmitted to a mobile terminal of the wearer in a continuous or intermittent manner through the transmission and reception unit (32), and variations in the measured values are outputted as graphs and figures on the mobile terminal.