CN107454825B

CN107454825B - Shoe and control method thereof

Info

Publication number: CN107454825B
Application number: CN201680014699.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 夏新元
Original assignee: Shenzhen Royole Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Royole Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2016-05-19
Filing date: 2016-05-19
Publication date: 2020-07-28
Anticipated expiration: 2036-05-19
Also published as: WO2017197627A1; CN107454825A; JP2019506980A; EP3459382A1; US20190133242A1

Abstract

A shoe (10) and a control method thereof, the shoe (10) comprises a vamp (11) and a sole (12), the vamp (11) is connected with the sole (12) and forms a shoe cavity (13) for accommodating a foot of a wearer together with the sole (12), the shoe (10) further comprises a controller (14) arranged on the vamp (11) or the sole (12), a communication module (15) and at least a pressure sensor (16) arranged on the vamp (11), the controller (14), the communication module (15) and the pressure sensor (16) are electrically connected, the pressure sensor (16) is at least used for detecting pressure applied to a preset area of the vamp (11) and outputting corresponding pressure data to the controller (14), the shoe (10) is in communication connection with a user terminal (100) through the communication module (15), the user terminal (100) is used for displaying the pressure applied to the preset area of the vamp (11) according to the pressure data. The shoe (10) can realize the monitoring of the vamp (11) pressure.

Description

Shoe and control method thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to a shoe, in particular to a shoe capable of detecting vamp pressure and a control method thereof.

Background

As a necessity of daily life, whether the size of the shoe is proper or not directly influences wearing comfort and even health of feet. At present, people usually judge whether shoes fit feet or not through subjective feeling when trying on the shoes, but sometimes the subjective feeling is not reliable, so that the bought shoes are often not suitable. Especially for children, the situation that the feet are not fit after being bought back often occurs because the expression ability is not enough, and the long-term wearing of the shoes with the fit is easy to cause the problems of the development of the feet of the children.

In addition, the needs of people for shoes are often different for different situations, for example, jogging shoes require a softer sole to provide better cushioning to the foot during running; the climbing shoes need harder soles to filter the discomfort brought to the feet by rugged and uneven mountain roads; when the shoes are in a home or an office, the shoes with relatively loose uppers and relatively soft soles can be worn due to the extremely small amount of exercise, so that good comfort is obtained. However, the performance of existing shoes is determined at the time of production and is therefore only suitable for a specific application.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above problems in the prior art, embodiments of the present invention provide a shoe, in which a pressure sensor is disposed on an upper to detect pressure in a predetermined area of the upper, so as to prevent a decrease in wearing comfort and even a damage to foot health caused by over-tightening of the upper.

In addition, the embodiment of the invention also provides a method for controlling the shoe.

A shoe comprises a vamp and a sole, wherein the vamp is connected with the sole and forms a shoe cavity for accommodating a foot of a wearer together with the sole, the shoe further comprises a controller, a communication module and a pressure sensor, the controller and the communication module are arranged on the vamp or the sole and are at least arranged on the vamp, the controller is electrically connected with the communication module and the pressure sensor, the pressure sensor is at least used for detecting pressure received by a preset area of the vamp and outputting corresponding pressure data to the controller, the shoe is in communication connection with a user terminal through the communication module, and the user terminal is used for displaying the pressure received by the preset area of the vamp according to the pressure data.

A method of controlling a shoe, comprising:

detecting the pressure applied to a preset area of the vamp through a pressure sensor, and generating corresponding pressure data;

transmitting the pressure data to a user terminal through a communication module;

and the user terminal receives the pressure data transmitted by the communication module and displays the pressure applied to the preset area of the vamp.

The shoes are through setting up on the vamp pressure sensor to can detect the vamp predetermines the pressure that the region received, and then generate corresponding pressure data, and pass through communication module will pressure data transfer gives user terminal, thereby can pass through user terminal directly perceivedly shows the vamp predetermines the pressure that the region received, consequently can effectively prevent to lead to the travelling comfort to reduce or even harm foot health because of the vamp is too tight.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of a first perspective of a shoe according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of a second perspective of a shoe provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a display interface of a user terminal for controlling a shoe provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of an upper for a shoe provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a touch operation of a user terminal for controlling a shoe provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic directional diagram for controlling a touch operation of a shoe provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a top view of a shoe provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional structural illustration of the upper of the shoe of FIG. 7 taken along the direction A1-A2;

FIG. 9 is another state diagram of the cross-sectional configuration of the upper depicted in FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a schematic structural view of an upper void in an open state in a shoe provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a schematic structural view of a vamp air hole of a shoe provided by an embodiment of the invention in a closed state;

FIG. 12 is a schematic view of another embodiment of a shoe provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is a schematic structural view of a sole of a shoe according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 14 is a schematic view of another structure of a sole of the shoe according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 15 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling a shoe according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2 together, in one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a shoe 10 including an upper 11 and a sole 12, the upper 11 being connected to the sole 12 and cooperating with the sole 12 to form a chamber 13 for receiving a foot of a wearer. The shoe 10 further includes a controller 14, a communication module 15, and at least one pressure sensor 16 disposed on the upper 11 or the sole 12, the controller 14 is electrically connected to the communication module 15 and the pressure sensor 16, the communication module 15 is configured to establish a communication connection with a user terminal 100 (fig. 3), the pressure sensor 16 is configured to detect a pressure applied to a preset area of the upper 11 and output corresponding pressure data to the controller 14, the controller 14 is configured to process the pressure data and transmit the processed pressure data to the user terminal 100 through the communication module 15, as shown in fig. 3, the user terminal 100 is configured to display the pressure applied to the preset area of the upper 11 according to the pressure data. It is understood that the user terminal 100 may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a computer, etc.; the communication module 15 may be a bluetooth, Wi-Fi or mobile communication module such as 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, etc.

In this embodiment, the upper 11 may include predetermined areas such as a top area 1101, a first lateral area 1102, a second lateral area 1103, a toe area 1104, and an upper area 1105. The pressure sensors 16 may be disposed on an inner surface of each predetermined area of the upper 11, such that when the wearer puts the shoe 10 on the foot, the pressure applied to each predetermined area of the upper 11, i.e., the pressure applied to each predetermined area of the upper 11 by the wearer's foot, can be detected by the pressure sensors 16. Further, the pressure sensor 16 converts the detected pressure applied to the preset area of the upper 11 into corresponding pressure data, and outputs the corresponding pressure data to the controller 14, and transmits the pressure data to the user terminal 100 through the communication module 15, so that the pressure applied to each preset area of the upper 11 can be displayed through the user terminal 100. It is understood that the user terminal 100 may store a picture of the shoe 10 in advance, and at the same time, the user terminal 100 may run a specific application program and call and display the pre-stored picture of the shoe 10 through the application program. The shoe 10 can establish a communication connection with the communication terminal 100 through the communication module 15, and after the communication terminal 10 displays the pre-stored picture of the shoe 10 through the specific application program, the pressure applied to each preset area of the upper 11 is displayed on the picture in real time according to the received pressure data transmitted by the communication module 15. In this embodiment, the communication terminal 10 displays the pressure indication bars with different colors in the picture areas corresponding to the preset areas of the upper 11 to distinguish different pressure magnitudes, as shown by

reference numerals

101, 102, 104, and 105 in fig. 3, so as to visually present the pressure applied to the preset areas of the upper 11.

Specifically, the user terminal 100 may store a preset normal pressure range of each preset area of the upper 11, or a normal pressure range may be set by the wearer through the specific application program according to the situation of the wearer. When the user terminal 100 receives that the pressure data of a certain preset area (for example, the top area 1101) is larger than the upper limit of the normal pressure range, a red pressure indication bar is displayed in an area corresponding to the preset area on the picture; and when the user terminal 100 receives that the pressure data of the preset region is within the normal pressure range or is smaller than the lower limit of the normal pressure range, a green pressure indication bar is displayed in a region corresponding to the preset region on the picture, as shown by the pressure indication bar 101 in fig. 3. It is understood that the user terminal 100 may also indicate the pressure applied to the preset area on the upper 11 by displaying a corresponding prompt text on the area corresponding to the preset area on the picture, for example, "the pressure is too high", "the pressure is normal", and the like.

Referring to fig. 4, the upper 11 includes a pressure sensor layer 111, a deformation material layer 113, and a skin layer 115, which are sequentially stacked from inside to outside. The pressure sensor 16 is disposed in the pressure sensor layer 111, the deformation material layer 113 is electrically connected to the controller 14, and the controller 14 is further configured to control the deformation material layer 113 to deform to adjust the shape of the upper according to the pressure applied to different preset areas of the upper 11. The shape-changing material layer 113 may be made of one or more of a memory metal material, a dielectric elastic material, an electroactive polymer material, or an electrostrictive material. Different currents are provided to the shape-changing material layer 113 through the controller 14, so that the shape-changing material layer 113 can be controlled to stretch or contract, thereby changing the pressure of the upper 11 at the corresponding predetermined area. It will be appreciated that the controller 14 may include a memory unit for storing predetermined normal pressure ranges for predetermined regions of the upper 11. When the controller 14 receives pressure data of a certain preset area, comparing the pressure data with the preset normal pressure range, and if the pressure data is within the normal pressure range or is smaller than the lower limit of the normal pressure range, keeping the current state unchanged, that is, the controller 14 does not change the magnitude of the current provided to the deformable material layer 113; if the pressure data is greater than the upper limit of the normal pressure range, which indicates that the current pressure in the preset area is too large, the controller 14 increases the current supplied to the deformable material layer 113, and the application of the deformable material layer 113 is increased due to the larger current, so as to change the shape of the upper 11 in the preset area until the pressure data in the preset area is within the normal pressure range. It is understood that the pressure sensor 16 may be a pressure sensor film integrally disposed on the inner surface of the upper 11, or may be a pressure sensor array formed by connecting a plurality of separate pressure sensors through wires. The shape-changing material layer 113 may be formed by arranging a plurality of electrostrictive wires in a specific direction.

Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2 again, the deformable material layer includes a first deformable portion 1131, a second deformable portion 1132, a third deformable portion 1133, a fourth deformable portion 1134 and a fifth deformable portion 1135, the first deformable portion 1131 is disposed in the top area 1101 of the upper and extends along the transverse direction of the upper 11, the second deformable portion 1132 is disposed in the first lateral area 1102 of the upper and extends along the longitudinal direction of the upper 11, the third deformable portion 1133 is disposed in the second lateral area 1103 of the upper and extends along the longitudinal direction of the upper 11, the fourth deformable portion 1134 is disposed in the toe area 1104 of the upper and extends along the transverse direction of the upper 11, and the fifth deformable portion 1135 is disposed in the upper area 1105 of the upper and extends along the bending direction of the upper area 1105.

The first deformation part 1131, the second deformation part 1132, the third deformation part 1133, the fourth deformation part 1134 and the fifth deformation part 1135 are isolated from each other, are respectively electrically connected to the controller 14, and are respectively controlled by the controller 14; the first deformation portion 1131 is used for adjusting the shape of the top area 1101 of the upper, the second deformation portion 1132 and the third deformation portion 1133 are respectively used for adjusting the shapes of the first lateral area 1102 and the second lateral area 1103 of the upper, the fourth deformation portion 1134 is used for adjusting the shape of the toe area 1104 of the upper, and the fifth deformation portion 1135 is used for adjusting the shape of the upper area 1105 of the upper.

In this embodiment, each of the first deformation part 1131 and the fourth deformation part 1134 includes a plurality of

electrostrictive members

113a and 113d spaced apart from each other in the transverse direction of the upper 11; the second deforming part 1132 and the third deforming part 1133 each include a plurality of

electrostrictive members

113b and 113c spaced apart along the longitudinal direction of the upper 11; the fifth deformation part 1135 includes a plurality of electrostrictive members 113e distributed at intervals along the bending direction of the upper area 1105; each of the electrostrictives is individually controlled by the controller 14. Wherein, the transverse direction along the upper 11 is a direction from left to right or from right to left along the upper 11 when the shoe 10 is put on the foot of the wearer, and the longitudinal direction along the upper 11 is a direction from top to bottom or from bottom to top along the side of the upper 11. It is understood that a plurality of electrostrictive members in each of the deformation portions may be arranged in parallel with each other.

It is understood that when the shoe 10 establishes a communication connection with the user terminal 100 through the communication module 15, the wearer can also manually control the magnitude of the pressure of the predetermined regions of the upper 11 through the user terminal 100. Referring to fig. 5, the user terminal 100 may display a picture of the shoe 10, and when a wearer puts the shoe 10 on a foot, if the pressure of each preset area of the upper 11 is still sensed to be too high after the controller 14 automatically controls the pressure of the preset area (e.g., the top area 1101 or the upper area 1105 of the upper) through the controller 14, a stretching touch operation may be performed on a position on the graph corresponding to the top area 1101 or the upper area 1105 of the upper to trigger the controller 14 to control the first deformation portion 1131 in the top area 1101 or the fifth deformation portion 1135 in the upper area 1105 of the upper to stretch, so as to reduce the pressure of the top area 1101 or the upper area 1105 of the upper on the foot. Referring to fig. 6, the first side region 1102, the toe region 1104 and the second side region 1103 (fig. 2) of the shoe upper 11 can be manually pressed by a stretching touch operation corresponding to the corresponding positions of the pictures. The direction of the stretching touch operation for each preset area of the upper 11 is shown by an arrow in fig. 6, that is, the direction of the stretching touch operation for the preset area is perpendicular to the surface of the stretched preset area and extends toward a direction away from the preset area. It can be understood that the wearer can also perform a shrinking touch operation on a position on the graph corresponding to a preset area, so as to trigger the controller 14 to control the deformation portion in the preset area to shrink, thereby increasing the pressure in the preset area. Wherein a direction of the pinch touch operation is opposite to a direction of the stretch touch operation.

In this embodiment, the user terminal 100 displays the picture of the shoe 10, and then the controller 14 is triggered to control the stretching or shrinking of the deformation portion in the corresponding preset area through the stretching touch operation or the shrinking touch operation on the picture 10 corresponding to the position of each preset area of the shoe upper 11, so that the wearer can control the pressure of each preset area of the shoe upper 11 according to the situation of the wearer. For example, when the instep of the foot of the wearer is injured, if the pressure of the upper top region 1101 is controlled by the controller 14 according to the preset normal pressure range, discomfort may still be caused to the instep of the wearer, and at this time, the wearer may manually control the first deformation portion 1131 in the upper top region 1101 to further stretch through the user terminal 100, so as to further reduce the pressure of the upper top region 1101 against the instep, thereby preventing the upper top region 1101 from pressing the injured instep to cause an aggravation of the injury. For another example, if the heel of the wearer is scratched by wearing a high-heeled shoe, the fifth strain 1135 in the upper region 1105 of the upper may be manually controlled by the user terminal 100 to stretch when wearing the shoe 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention, so that the upper may be prevented from contacting the heel, thereby alleviating pain. It can be understood that, in order to prevent the injury of the wearer due to the excessive pressure of the upper 11 caused by the misoperation during the manual control through the user terminal 100, a corresponding maximum pressure threshold may be set for each of the preset areas of the upper 11, and when the controller 14 determines that the pressure detected by the pressure sensor 16 reaches the maximum pressure threshold, the controller refuses to execute the contraction control instruction corresponding to the touch operation of the wearer and triggers the user terminal 100 to issue an alarm, for example, to prompt the wearer that the current pressure exceeds the maximum pressure threshold through a text or a voice, so as to remind the wearer to stop the corresponding touch operation, so as to avoid the injury to the foot of the wearer.

Referring to fig. 7 and 8 together, fig. 7 is a top view of footwear 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 8 is a cross-sectional view of top region 1101 of upper 11 of footwear 10 shown in fig. 7, taken along the direction a1-a 2. The first deformation part 1131 is disposed in the top area 1101 of the upper 11, and includes a plurality of electrostrictive members 113a spaced apart from each other in the transverse direction of the upper 11, and the electrostrictive members 113a are disposed in the top area 1101 of the upper 11 at intervals in an arch shape. When the wearer needs to reduce the pressure of the top area 1101 of the upper 11 against the instep, the first deformation 1131 in the upper top area 1101 may be manually controlled to stretch by a stretch touch operation for a corresponding position of the picture of the shoe 10 displayed on the user terminal 100, so as to reduce the pressure of the upper top area 1101 against the instep. Specifically, after receiving a stretch touch operation of the user on the upper top area 1101, the user terminal 100 converts the stretch touch operation into a corresponding control instruction code, and sends the control instruction code to the communication module 15 of the shoe 10, where the control instruction is decoded by the communication module 15 and sent to the controller 14, and the controller 14 adjusts the current supplied to the electrostrictive member 113a according to the control instruction to trigger the electrostrictive member 113a to stretch, so that the upper top area 1101 increases an arched arc under the supporting action of the electrostrictive member 113a, as shown in fig. 9, and thus the pressure of the top area 1101 of the upper 11 on the instep is reduced.

Referring to fig. 10 and 11, the shoe upper 11 further includes at least one air hole array 117, the air hole array 117 includes a plurality of air holes 1171 arranged at intervals, a deformation band 119 having a width greater than or equal to a diameter of the air holes 1171 is arranged at a position of the deformation material layer 113 corresponding to the air hole array 117, two ends of the deformation band 119 are respectively arranged at two ends of the air hole array 117 and are located on an axis of the plurality of air holes 1171, and the deformation band 119 is electrically connected to the controller 14 (fig. 1) and is used for shielding or exposing the air holes 1171 under the control of the controller 14. Specifically, when the deformation belt 119 is stretched under the control of the controller 14, the air hole 1171 is exposed, as shown in fig. 10; when the deformation band 119 is contracted under the control of the controller 14, the air hole 1171 is shielded, as shown in fig. 11. In this embodiment, the diameter of the air hole 1171 may be between 0.1 mm and 2 mm.

Referring to fig. 12, the shoe 10 may further include a rain sensor 17 disposed on the upper 11, the rain sensor 17 is electrically connected to the controller 14, and is configured to sense a rain amount on the upper 11 and output corresponding rain amount data to the controller 14, and the controller 14 is further configured to control the deformation band 119 to shield or expose the air hole 1171 according to the rain amount. For example, when the controller 14 determines that the amount of rainwater exceeds a preset rainwater threshold, the deformation band 119 is controlled to shield the air hole 1171 to prevent rainwater from entering the interior of the shoe 10; when the controller 14 determines that the amount of rainwater does not exceed the preset rainwater threshold, the deformation band 119 is controlled to be exposed out of the air hole 1171, so as to ensure that the shoe 10 has good air permeability.

Referring to fig. 13 and 14, the sole 12 includes a first deformation material layer 121 and a second deformation material layer 123 disposed at an interval, the first deformation material layer 121 and the second deformation material layer 123 are both electrically connected to the controller 14 (fig. 1), and the controller 14 is further configured to control the first deformation material layer 121 and/or the second deformation material layer 123 to adjust the shape and adjust the size of the sole by controlling the first deformation material layer 121 and/or the second deformation material layer 123.

Specifically, the first deformable material layer 121 includes a plurality of electrostrictive strips 1211 spaced apart in the transverse direction of the sole 12 for adjusting the width of the sole 12 in the transverse direction; the second deformation material layer 123 includes a plurality of electrostrictive strips 1231 spaced apart in the longitudinal direction of the shoe sole 12, for adjusting the length of the shoe sole 12 in the longitudinal direction; each of the

electrostrictive strips

1211 and 1231 is individually controlled by the controller 14. In this embodiment, the

electrostrictive strips

1211 and 1231 are both linear strip structures, and the electrostrictive strip 1211 and the electrostrictive strip 1231 are respectively located on different layers. Wherein, the transverse direction along the sole 12 refers to the width direction between the left side and the right side of the sole 12; the longitudinal direction of the sole 12 is along the length between the toe and heel of the sole 12.

Referring again to fig. 12, in an alternative embodiment, the sole 12 may also be made of a variable stiffness material. For example, the sole 12 may include a sealed bladder (not shown) that contains an electro-rheological fluid. The sole 12 is electrically connected to the controller 14, the pressure sensor 16 may also be disposed on the sole 12, and is configured to detect a pressure applied to the sole 12 and output corresponding pressure data to the controller 14, and the controller 14 is further configured to control the sole 12 to adjust hardness according to a change in the pressure applied to the sole 12. When the pressure sensor 16 detects that the pressure difference distance between different parts of the sole 12 is large, the controller 14 judges that the wearer may be in a mountain walking state, and the controller 14 can control the sole 12 to increase the hardness by adjusting the magnitude of the current provided to the electrorheological fluid, so as to filter the stimulation of broken stones on the mountain to the sole of the wearer and improve the comfort of the wearer during the mountain walking process.

In addition, the shoe 10 further includes a motion sensor 18 disposed on the upper 11 or the sole 12, wherein the motion sensor 18 is electrically connected to the controller 14 for monitoring a motion state of the wearer and controlling the shape-changing material layer 113 to adjust the shape of the upper 11 and/or controlling the sole 12 to adjust the hardness according to the motion state. For example, the motion sensor 18 may be a speed sensor or an acceleration sensor, and when the motion sensor 18 detects that the wearer is currently moving at a high speed or acceleration, the controller 14 may control the contraction of the upper 11, thereby increasing the wearing stability. The motion sensor 18 may be a position sensor, such as a GPS, which can detect the current position of the wearer, and thus trigger the controller 14 to control the sole 12 to adjust the stiffness according to different situations, for example, when the position sensor detects that the wearer is currently at home, the sole 12 is controlled to decrease the stiffness, and the upper 11 is controlled to stretch, so as to improve the wearing comfort.

It will be appreciated that the motion sensor 18 may also be a distance sensor, an angle sensor, or the like. The distance sensor can detect the distance between the sole 12 and the ground, when the distance is kept constant for a long time, which indicates that the wearer is possibly in a static state, the controller can control the sole 12 to reduce the hardness and control the upper 11 to stretch, so as to improve the wearing comfort. The angle sensor can detect the angle of the sole 12 relative to the horizontal plane, and when the angle of the sole 12 relative to the horizontal plane is continuously greater than the preset angle, which indicates that the wearer may be on the way to mountain climbing, the controller 14 can control the upper 11 to contract and control the sole 12 to increase the hardness, so as to ensure the wearing stability and good filterability. It is understood that the hardness of the shoe sole 12 can also be manually controlled by the user terminal 100, that is, the communication module 15 can also be used for receiving a hardness control command of the shoe sole 12 sent by the user terminal 100, and the controller 14 can also be used for controlling the shoe sole 12 to adjust the hardness according to the shoe sole hardness control command.

Referring to FIG. 15, in one embodiment of the present invention, a method of controlling footwear 10 is also provided, the method including at least the steps of:

step S11: detecting the pressure applied to a preset area of the vamp through a pressure sensor, and generating corresponding pressure data;

step S13: transmitting the pressure data to a user terminal through a communication module;

step S15: and the user terminal receives the pressure data transmitted by the communication module and displays the pressure applied to the preset area of the vamp.

Wherein, the pressure of the vamp preset area is displayed, and the method comprises the following steps:

displaying the figure of the shoe through a graphical interface;

and displaying the pressure on different preset areas of the vamp on the graph through different colors.

Wherein the method further comprises:

receiving touch operation aiming at the graph, and generating a corresponding control instruction according to the touch operation;

receiving a control instruction through a communication module;

controlling the deformation of the deformation material layer of the vamp to adjust the shape of the vamp.

The receiving a touch operation for the graph and generating a corresponding control instruction according to the touch operation includes:

receiving a stretching touch operation or a shrinking touch operation for a preset area on the graph corresponding to the vamp;

generating a control instruction for controlling a preset area of the vamp to execute stretching deformation according to the stretching touch operation;

and generating a control instruction for controlling a preset area of the vamp to execute shrinkage deformation according to the shrinkage touch operation.

Wherein a stretching direction of the stretching touch operation or a shrinking direction of the shrinking touch operation is perpendicular to the outer surface of the upper.

Wherein the method further comprises:

judging whether the pressure applied to a preset area exceeds a set pressure threshold value or not;

when the pressure applied to the preset area exceeds a set pressure threshold value, the deformation material layer of the vamp is controlled to deform so as to reduce the pressure applied to the preset area.

It is understood that the specific implementation of the various steps of the method may be referred to in the description of the various embodiments of footwear 10 and will not be described in detail herein.

The shoe 10 is provided with the pressure sensor 16 on the upper 11, so that the pressure on the preset area of the upper 16 can be detected, corresponding pressure data can be generated, the pressure data can be transmitted to the user terminal 100 through the communication module 15, and the pressure on the preset area of the upper 11 can be visually displayed through the user terminal 100, so that the reduction of wearing comfort and even the harm to the health of the foot caused by the over-tightening of the upper 11 can be effectively prevented. Meanwhile, through setting up the independent deformation portion that constitutes by the deformation material layer in each preset area of vamp 11, and with each deformation portion respectively with controller 14 electric connection, thereby can pass through controller 14 controls the extension or the shrink of the deformation material of each deformation portion alone, thereby changes each preset area of vamp is to the pressure of foot. The stretching or shrinking amplitude of the deformable material layer 13 is determined by the current provided by the controller 14, so that the current provided to the deformable material layer 13 in each preset area can be automatically adjusted according to the preset normal pressure range, and the pressure of each preset area of the upper 11 on the foot can be adjusted. In addition, after the shoe 10 establishes a communication connection with the user terminal 100 through the communication module 15, the pressure of each preset area of the upper 11 on the foot can be manually controlled through a stretching touch operation or a contracting touch operation on the corresponding position of the picture of the shoe 10 displayed by the user terminal 100, so that the pressure of each preset area of the upper 11 on the foot can be adjusted according to the requirement of the wearer.

While the invention has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and detail may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Claims

1. A shoe comprises a vamp and a sole, wherein the vamp is connected with the sole and forms a shoe cavity together with the sole for accommodating a foot of a wearer, the shoe is characterized by further comprising a controller arranged on the vamp or the sole, a communication module and at least one pressure sensor arranged on the vamp, the controller is electrically connected with the communication module and the pressure sensor, the pressure sensor is used for detecting pressure applied to a preset area of the vamp and outputting corresponding pressure data to the controller, the shoe is in communication connection with a user terminal through the communication module, the user terminal is used for displaying the pressure applied to the preset area of the vamp according to the pressure data,

the vamp comprises a pressure sensor layer and a deformation material layer which are sequentially stacked, the pressure sensor is arranged on the pressure sensor layer, the deformation material layer is electrically connected with the controller, the controller is also used for controlling the deformation material layer to deform according to the pressure applied to the preset area of the vamp so as to adjust the shape of the vamp,

the deformation material layer is made of one or more materials of a memory metal material, a dielectric elastic material, an electroactive polymer material or an electrostrictive material,

the vamp still includes the gas pocket, the deformation material layer with the position that the gas pocket corresponds is provided with the deformation area, the deformation area with controller electric connection, the shoes still including set up in rainwater sensor on the vamp, rainwater sensor with controller electric connection is used for the response the rainfall on the vamp, the controller still is used for according to the rainfall control the deformation area shields or exposes the gas pocket.

2. The shoe of claim 1, wherein the predetermined area of the upper includes a toe region, and the layer of deformable material includes a deformation disposed in the toe region of the upper.

3. The shoe according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined area of the upper further comprises an upper region, and wherein the deformable material layer comprises a deformation in the upper region, and wherein the deformation in the toe region extends in a direction different from the direction of the deformation in the upper region.

4. The shoe according to claim 3, wherein the predetermined area of the upper further comprises a top zone adjacent to and spaced from the toe zone, and the layer of deformable material comprises deformations located in the top zone, the deformations in the top zone extending in a direction corresponding to the direction of extension of the deformations in the toe zone.

5. The shoe of claim 3, wherein the predetermined area of the upper further comprises side areas on opposite sides of the upper, and the layer of deformable material comprises deformations in the side areas, the deformations in the side areas extending in a direction different from the direction of the deformations in the upper area and toe area.

6. The shoe of any one of claims 1-5, wherein the sole comprises a first deformable material layer and a second deformable material layer which are arranged at intervals, the first deformable material layer and the second deformable material layer are both electrically connected with the controller, and the controller is further used for controlling the first deformable material layer and/or the second deformable material layer to adjust the shape and adjusting the size of the sole by controlling the first deformable material layer and/or the second deformable material layer.

7. The shoe of claim 6, wherein the first deformable material layer comprises a plurality of electrostrictive strips spaced in a lateral direction of the sole for adjusting a width of the sole in the lateral direction; the second deformation material layer comprises a plurality of electrostrictive strips which are distributed at intervals along the longitudinal direction of the vamp and are used for adjusting the length of the sole along the longitudinal direction; each electrostrictive strip is independently controlled by the controller.

8. The shoe according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the sole is made of a material with variable hardness, the sole is electrically connected to the controller, the pressure sensor is further disposed on the sole and is configured to detect a pressure applied to the sole and output corresponding pressure data to the controller, and the controller is further configured to control the sole to adjust the hardness according to a change in the pressure applied to the sole.

9. The shoe of claim 8, further comprising a motion sensor disposed on the upper or the sole, wherein the motion sensor is electrically connected to the controller for monitoring the motion state of the wearer and controlling the deformation of the deformable material layer to adjust the shape of the upper and/or controlling the sole to adjust the stiffness according to the motion state.

10. The shoe of claim 8, wherein the communication module is further configured to receive a control command sent by the user terminal, and the controller is further configured to control the deformation of the deformable material layer according to the control command to adjust the shape of the upper and/or control the sole to adjust the hardness.

11. The method of controlling a shoe of claim 1, comprising:

the user terminal receives the pressure data transmitted by the communication module and displays the pressure applied to the preset area of the vamp,

the display of the pressure applied to the preset area of the upper comprises:

displaying the figure of the shoe through a graphical interface;

displaying on said graphic the different pressures to which said predetermined areas of the upper are subjected by means of different colours,

the method further comprises the following steps:

receiving a control instruction through a communication module;

12. The method of claim 11, wherein receiving a touch operation for the graphic and generating a corresponding control instruction according to the touch operation comprises:

13. The method of claim 12, wherein a stretch direction of the stretch touch operation or a shrink direction of the shrink touch operation is perpendicular to an exterior surface of the upper.

14. The method of any one of claims 11-13, further comprising: