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US 7,921,716 B2Granted
Method and system for measuring energy expenditure and foot incline in individuals
AssigneeUniversity of Utah Research Foundation
InventorsStacy J. Morris Bamberg, Mark A. Fehlberg
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Abstract
A method and system for measuring energy expenditure of individuals by measuring force from a plurality of foot-borne force sensitive resistors and calculating incline from a foot-borne tri-axial accelerometer.
Claims13
A method for analyzing motion of an individual, comprising:
- a) affixing at least a tri-axial accelerometer with respect to a user's foot;
- b) collecting accelerometer data from the tri-axial accelerometer;
- c) determining incline during stance phase based on the accelerometer data from the tri-axial accelerometer using an electronic processor;
- d) determining stance phase based on the accelerometer data from tri-axial accelerometer using the electronic processor;
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- e) determining an energy expenditure of the individual based on the inclination of the shoe with respect to the ground over a period of time using the electronic processor.
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A method for measuring activity in an individual, comprising:
- a) collecting data from a multi-sensor insole disposed in a shoe, including force data from a plurality of force sensitive resistors and accelerometer data from a tri-axial accelerometer;
- b) analyzing the data from the sensors of the multi-sensor insole with an electronic processor to determine the energy expenditure of the individual based on the force data and inclination of the shoe with respect to the ground during stance phase over a period of time;
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- c) determining stance phase based on the force data from the plurality of force sensitive resistors using the electronic processor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.