System and method for monitoring a runner'S gait
AssigneeMed Hab, LLC
InventorJohnny Ross
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Abstract
A sensor system for performing gait analysis of a person includes a sensor system that includes a pair of sensor insoles that include a plurality of force sensors, an accelerometer, and a transmitter for transmitting data to a portable electronic device. A monitoring program operably installed on the portable electronic device performs the following steps: receiving a desired cadence; receiving the data from the sensor insoles; determining an actual cadence of the person's footsteps based upon the data received; and comparing the actual cadence with the desired cadence.
Claims11
A sensor system for gait analysis of a person by monitoring movement of the person's feet and forces of the person's feet against a ground while running, the sensor system comprising:
- a pair of sensor insoles, each comprising a substrate layer shaped to be worn adjacent one of the person's feet, each of the substrate layers having a plurality of force sensors, an accelerometer, and a transmitter for transmitting data from the plurality of force sensors and the accelerometer;
- a portable electronic device having a computer processor and a computer memory for receiving the data transmitted from the transmitters of the sensor insoles;
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- a monitoring program operably installed in the computer memory of the portable electronic device for performing the following steps:
- receiving the data from the accelerometers regarding movements of the sensor insoles;
- receiving the data from the force sensors to periodically determine a force exerted by the person's feet against each of the sensor insoles;
- determining a gait analysis of the movements of the person's feet based upon the data received, the gait analysis including for each foot a flight time, a ground contact time, and a sequential force strike analysis of how each of the person's feet strike the ground;
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- reporting the gait analysis.
A sensor system for gait analysis of a person by monitoring forces of the person's feet against a ground while running, the sensor system comprising:
- a pair of sensor insoles, each comprising a substrate layer shaped to be worn adjacent one of the person's feet, each of the substrate layers having a plurality of force sensors and a transmitter for transmitting data from the plurality of force sensors;
- a portable electronic device having a computer processor and a computer memory for receiving the data transmitted from the transmitters of the sensor insoles;
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- a monitoring program operably installed in the computer memory of the portable electronic device for performing the following steps:
- receiving the data from the force sensors to periodically determine a force exerted by the person's feet against each of the sensor insoles;
- determining a gait analysis of the movements of the person's feet based upon the data received, the gait analysis including for each foot a sequential force strike analysis of how each of the person's feet strike the ground;
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- reporting the gait analysis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.