System and method for foot classification
OwnerRoberta Noleinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of classifying a foot into a foot type. The method includes the steps of visualizing the foot, wherein the foot is in a standing position,or in a walking or running motion, assessing a plurality of characteristics of said foot, and classifying the foot into a foot type. The classification is based on the visualization of the foot during a standing position or in a walking or running motion and is further based on the assessment of the plurality of characteristics exhibited by the foot.
Claims17
A method of classifying a foot in a foot type, the method comprising:
- visualizing said foot;
- assessing a plurality of characteristics exhibited by said foot;
- and
- classifying said foot into a foot type wherein classification is based on said visualization of said foot and said assessment of said plurality of characteristics exhibited by said foot.
A foot analysis center for analyzing a foot and classifying the foot into a foot type, the foot analysis center comprising:
- a walking platform;
- at least one image recording device;
- and
- a processing unit connected to the-at least one image recording device and the walking platform, wherein the processing unit facilitates a method of analyzing and classifying said foot into a foot type.
A system of classifying a foot into a foot type, the system comprising:
- twenty-four foot types, wherein each of said twenty-four foot types is based on characteristics exhibited by a foot;
- evaluation means for evaluating said characteristics exhibited by the foot;
- comparing said characteristics exhibited by the foot to said characteristics of said twenty-four foot types;
- and
- classifying the foot into one of said twenty-four foot types.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.