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US 9,433,254 B2Granted
Footwork activity instruction and evaluation apparatus and system
AssigneeStep-Right LLC
InventorElliot Goodman Lee
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Abstract
An intelligent footwork device that provides a user with visual instruction and direction of each footwork activity. The visual instruction is provided by directional lights embedded into the footwork device. The target footwork activity is compared to the actual footwork activity and an evaluation score is provided to the user.
Claims38
A footwork apparatus for instructing and evaluating footwork activity, comprising:
- an upper member and a sole member connected to the upper member;
- an array of lights for instructing the direction of the footwork activity;
- at least one motion sensor for determining the direction of the footwork activity;
- a speaker for providing an audio output;
- a receiver for receiving a user communication input;
- at least one selector for providing a user selection input;
- an instruction and evaluation module comprising a processor, memory and execution code configured to communicate with the array of lights, the at least one motion sensor, the speaker, the receiver and the at least one selector;
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- a power source for powering the instruction and evaluation module, the array of lights, the at least one sensor, the speaker, the receiver and the at least one selector.
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A system for instructing and evaluating a footwork activity, the system comprising:
- a footwork apparatus including an upper member, a sole member connected to the upper member, an array of lights for instructing the direction of the footwork activity, at least one motion sensor, a speaker, a transmitter, a receiver, an instruction and evaluation module, an instruction routine, an evaluation routine and a power source;
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- a remote unit in wireless communication with the receiver of the footwork apparatus, wherein the remote unit transmits the instruction routine to the receiver of the footwork apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.