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US 9,038,482 B2Granted
Footcare product dispensing kiosk
AssigneeMSD Consumer Care, Inc.
InventorsBin Xia, Harold A. Howlett, Charles E. Lundy
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Abstract
A kiosk apparatus that may select for a person a recommended footcare product based on pressure measurements collected from pressures sensors or calculated biomechanical data estimates. Pressure measurements and calculated biomechanical data estimates may be used to determine if a foot is unshod on the pressure sensor and also group a person into a classified subgroup. The pressure measurement and calculated biomechanical data estimates may also be used to select a recommended footcare product.
Claims6
A method of determining if a foot on a sensor is unshod, comprising:
- estimating a plurality of foot dimensions;
- calculating a plurality of foot dimension ratios;
- and
- determining if the foot is unshod by comparing the foot dimension ratios to pre-determined values.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.