Smart footwear and operating method thereof
AssigneeElectronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
InventorsJae Won Jang, Sa Kwang Song, Ho Youl Jung, Min Ho Kim, Soo Jun Park, Seon Hee Park
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Abstract
Smart footwear includes: a film type insole sensor measuring a change of force applied by a user's foot, as a resistance value; an acceleration sensor measuring an acceleration value according to a change in the motion of the user's foot; and a microcontroller estimating the user's current condition and the quantity of motion based on the resistance value and the acceleration value, and generating user condition information and quantity of motion information.
Claims16
Smart footwear comprising:
- a film type insole sensor measuring a change of force applied by a user's foot as a resistance value;
- an acceleration sensor measuring an acceleration value according to a change in a motion of the user's foot;
- a microcontroller estimating a current condition of the user and a quantity of motion based on the resistance value and the acceleration value, and generating user condition information and quantity of motion information;
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- a location recognition module periodically detecting a location of the user and generating location information.
A method for operating smart footwear that is able to measure an activity of a user and a quantity of motion, the method comprising:
- measuring a change in force applied by a foot of the user as a resistance value by using a film type insole sensor;
- measuring an acceleration value according to a change in a motion of the smart footwear by using an acceleration sensor;
- estimating a current condition of the user and the quantity of motion based on the resistance value and the acceleration value, and generating user condition information and quantity of motion information;
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- periodically detecting a location of the user and generating location information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.