Title:
INTELLIGENT FOOTWEAR SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2008229372
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide intelligent systems for articles of footwear that sense biomechanical needs of a wearer and that automatically adjust performance characteristics of shoes so as to be adaptive for biomechanical needs of a wearer.
The intelligent systems 106 include one or more adjustable elements 124 which is coupled to a mechanism 130 that actuates the adjustable elements in response to a signal from a sensor 122 to modify the performance characteristic of the article of footwear. The intelligent system adjusts the performance characteristics of the article of footwear without human intervention.
Inventors:
Dibenedetto, Christian
Oleson, Mark Arthur
Roth, Charles
Thompson, Mark Christopher
Oleson, Mark Arthur
Roth, Charles
Thompson, Mark Christopher
Application Number:
JP2008000129168
Publication Date:
October 02, 2008
Filing Date:
May 16, 2008
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ADIDAS INTERNATL MARKETING BV
International Classes:
A43B7/32; A43B13/14; A43B3/00; A43B5/06; A43B13/18; A43B21/26; A43B23/00; A43D1/00; A61B5/103