ITMC20120012U1 - FOOTWEAR SHOE WITH DIAGNOSTIC AND CONNECTIVITY CAPACITY. - Google Patents

Description

DESCRIPTION

accompanying a patent application for a utility model entitled:

“INSOLE FOR FOOTWEAR WITH DIAGNOSTIC AND CONNECTIVITY CAPABILITIES”.

TEXT OF THE DESCRIPTION

The present utility model patent application relates to an insole for footwear having diagnostic and connectivity capabilities.

This new invention has been designed to meet the needs of those who carry out sports activities, especially at an amateur level.

As is well known, in fact, there is a growing number of people who, in order to improve or maintain their physical shape, undergo sports that are also quite strenuous.

It alludes to those who engage in jogging, or team sports such as football, volleyball and so on.

It happens, however, that many of these subjects undergo similar efforts without a prior medical evaluation of their physical conditions, running the risk of reporting pathologies, even serious ones, in the presence of any excessive effort or a general health condition. optimal.

Only the most prudent equip themselves, during their sporting activity, with diagnostic tools, such as a heart rate monitor, a blood pressure meter and the like.

It happens, however, that these current diagnostic devices are intended to be fixed to the user's arm or chest, with a series of easily imaginable inconveniences.

Well, starting from a similar context, the solution idea underlying the present invention is to entrust to the insole insole according to the invention those diagnostic functions that are currently entrusted to the aforementioned much more cumbersome devices.

Such a choice, in fact, exempts the user from the need to carry those aforementioned traditional diagnostic tools attached to their body (chest or legs) which certainly constitute a factor of bulk and annoyance during sports practice.

The further object of the present invention is to make available to the user of the insole according to the invention a means capable of keeping him in contact (via mobile telephony) with people potentially interested in knowing his position and with people who could intervene to remove him from some awkward situation. This feature is also particularly advantageous: because if it is true that the person who carries out sports activities could still remain connected through a normal mobile phone, it should also be specified that the technology adopted in the insole in question is such as to be able to send automatic alarm messages (and therefore a request for help) even in the presence of a possible state of unconsciousness of the user.

However, it is understood that the new insole in question can also find advantageous use in the field of non-sporting footwear, perhaps when these shoes are worn by elderly or poor health subjects, for whom an identical need for timely monitoring occurs. of the main diagnostic values and to keep them connected remotely with subjects responsible for their assistance.

Well as regards the aforementioned diagnostic capabilities, it must be said that the insole according to the invention, preferably equipped with an anatomical structure of the type of classic "footbed", adopts a series of sensors intended to interact with the sole of the user's foot and to draw from such a contact a series of values of considerable diagnostic interest.

In particular, the monitored values concern, at least:

- body weight

- the percentage of fat mass

- body temperature

- blood pressure

- heart rate.

Moreover, the aforementioned sensors are interfaced with miniaturized electronic components (substantially inspired by the logic of nanotechnologies), equally housed in the aforementioned footbed.

These electronic components are able to record and reprocess the aforementioned data detected by the sensors and then transmit them in real time, and through Bluethoot technology, to an electronic device equipped with a display supplied to the same user, such as a smartphone. , a notebook, a tablet or similar.

In particular, the reprocessing of the aforementioned data serves to inform the user of the deviation that its current values manifest with respect to the corresponding optimal reference values.

With the same logic, however, the user can be put in a position to receive a warning, possibly even acoustic, of any serious pathological situations already in progress or potentially arising in the short term; for example, we allude to a pressure crisis, a violent tachycardia, a real heart attack, etc.

Moreover, the aforementioned electronic components can also be programmed in order to enable the forwarding of the same alarm signals also in the direction of "emergency telephone numbers", previously established, by virtue of the cooperation established with the portable telephone supplied to the same user. of the insole according to the invention.

In particular, it is envisaged that the insole will send to the aforementioned portable telephone, through the aforementioned bluethoot technology, an order to send a similar emergency call.

In this latter regard, it must be said that the insole also incorporates a position detector (based on GPS technology); this means that the aforementioned telephone alarm call is capable of providing the aforementioned "remote rescuers" with the coordinates of the position occupied by the subject who is in the aforementioned serious pathological situations.

It should also be considered that the aforementioned miniaturized electronic components which reside in the insole according to the invention are in a position to perform, if suitably programmed, also further important functions.

They can in fact detect the distances traveled in the unit of time by the user of the new insole in question and / or the number of steps taken, they can also calculate the times of the aforementioned distances and can finally calculate the constant caloric consumption as a function of the aforementioned performances. .

It goes without saying that these data can also be viewed on the display of the user's electronic device which communicates with the insole according to the invention, on which the "reset" function can also be set, useful for sending the electronic components housed in the insole itself the command to reset the values previously detected and to resume a new detection cycle.

For greater clarity, the description of the invention continues with reference to the attached drawing table, having only an illustrative and certainly not limiting value, in which Figure 1 is a block diagram of the apparatuses that govern the operation of the insole in question.

With reference to the aforementioned figure 1, the insole according to the invention internally houses one or more sensors designed to detect the user's physiological parameters.

In a preferred constructive solution of the insole in question, said sensors can consist of:

- a weight sensor

- a fat mass sensor

- a body temperature sensor

- a blood pressure sensor

- a heart rate sensor.

In accordance with the purposes of the present invention, it is provided that the aforementioned sensors are located at the height of the upper surface of the aforementioned insole, in such a way that they can be in contact with the sole of the user's foot.

In fact, it is precisely from such direct contact that the aforementioned sensors are able to acquire in real time the data of their competence and instantly transfer them to a CPU equipped with a memory, also housed in the base according to the invention together with the respective power supply battery. .

Moreover, it is envisaged that said CPU cooperates with two further apparatuses contained in the slab in question.

The first of these devices consists of a comparator capable of relating data from two different sources.

This refers to the data detected in real time by the aforementioned sensors, and passed through the CPU memory, with the reference data or "threshold values", contained in a special memory within the same CPU.

In particular, the expression "threshold values" refers to those values that the user should not exceed in order not to incur excessive risks for their health, especially in relation to blood pressure and heart rate.

In fact, the aforementioned comparison is aimed at ascertaining, moment by moment, whether the values measured in real time on the user of the insole according to the invention are compatible, or not, with the aforementioned "threshold values".

The further apparatus that cooperates with the CPU, on the other hand, consists of a transceiver antenna capable of sending the data detected by the aforementioned sensors to a device supplied to the user, as well as the results of the comparison performed, starting from said data, from the aforementioned comparator.

It can be said otherwise that the task of such an antenna - which can alternatively exploit Bluetooth, Wireless or IR technologies - is to allow the insole according to the invention, or rather the respective CPU, to interact with a small electronic device, comfortably usable by the user, which is essentially configured as the aforementioned “user-device”.

In a first constructive version such an electronic device, substantially consisting of a device intended for traditional heart rate monitors, the cooperation of the following devices:

- a transceiver unit capable of communicating with the aforementioned antenna of the slab according to the invention

- a data-visualization display

- a unit capable of remotely controlling the aforementioned CPU housed in the insole according to the invention, with the necessary cooperation of the aforementioned transceiver unit contained in the same user-device and the aforementioned antenna housed in the same insole.

In this way, this control unit of the user device is able to send to the CPU the on or off command, but above all the command that enables the selective transfer - from the same CPU to the aforementioned display supplied with the user device - of the data. acquired by the aforementioned sensors of weight, fat mass, temperature, blood pressure and heart rate, as well as the data processed by the aforementioned comparator.

In a second construction version Γ the aforementioned user-device, substantially consisting of a mobile phone, makes use, in addition to the aforementioned devices mentioned in relation to the aforementioned first construction version, of:

- a data processing unit from the aforementioned comparator supplied with the CPU housed in the insole - a telephone dialer

- a transmitting antenna connected to the GPRS mobile phone network.

In this way, the aforementioned reprocessing unit, as soon as it has received from the aforementioned CPU Γ information that the user has exceeded the aforementioned critical "threshold values", automatically gives the aforementioned telephone dialer the order to generate a “alarm” telephone call.

It will then be the aforementioned transceiver antenna to send a similar "alarm" telephone call in the direction of one or more remote "rescue" operating centers, using the relevant previously stored telephone numbers for this purpose.

In a third construction version, the aforementioned device, substantially consisting of a latest generation mobile phone, uses, in addition to the aforementioned devices mentioned in relation to the aforementioned second construction version, a GPS detector.

In this case, the aforementioned alarm telephone signal addressed to the remote rescue center also contains the coordinates relating to the position occupied by the user at the time the sending of the aforementioned "automatic" rescue call was enabled.

Claims (9)

CLAIMS 1) Insole for footwear with diagnostic and connectivity capabilities, characterized by the fact that it houses the following devices: - one or more sensors designed to detect the user's physiological parameters - a CPU interfaced with the aforementioned one or more sensors - a transceiver antenna interfaced with the aforementioned CPU; being expected: - that the aforementioned one or more sensors are housed in the aforementioned insole in a condition such as to be able to be in contact with the sole of the user's foot fitted in the respective shoe; - that the aforementioned one or more sensors instantly transfer the respective data detected on the user's foot in the aforementioned shoe to the aforementioned CPU; - that the aforementioned transceiver antenna sends the data detected by the aforementioned one or more sensors to a "user device" equipped with a display. 2) Insole according to claim 1, characterized in that it incorporates a further apparatus consisting of a comparator interfaced with the aforementioned CPU; being expected: - that said CPU transmits to said comparator the data received from the aforementioned one or more sensors, so that the comparator itself compares them with the reference data, or "threshold values", contained in a special memory inside the same CPU; - that the aforementioned transceiver antenna sends the aforementioned "user device" also the results of the aforementioned comparison performed by the aforementioned comparator. 3) Insole according to the first or both of the preceding claims, characterized in that the aforementioned one or more sensors suitable for detecting the physiological parameters of the user consist of a weight sensor and / or a fat mass sensor and / or a sensor body temperature and / or a blood pressure sensor and / or a heart rate sensor. 4) Insole according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that its aforementioned transceiver antenna operates with Bluetooth technology. 5) Insole according to one or more of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that its aforementioned transceiver antenna operates with the Wireless technology. 6) Insole according to one or more of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that its aforementioned transceiver antenna operates with IR technology. 7) Insole according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that it is able to cooperate with a "user device" using the following devices: - a transceiver unit designed to communicate with the aforementioned transceiver antenna housed in the same slab - a data display - a unit capable of remote control Γ indeed said CPU housed in the same slab, with the necessary cooperation of the transceiver antenna housed inside the latter and the aforementioned transceiver unit supplied with the same "user device". 8) Insole according to one or more of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that it is adapted to cooperate with a "user device" using the following devices: - a transceiver unit designed to communicate with the aforementioned transceiver antenna housed in the same slab - a data display - a unit capable of remotely controlling the aforementioned CPU housed in the same slab, with the necessary cooperation of the transceiver antenna housed within the latter and the aforementioned transceiver unit supplied with the same "user device" - a unit for processing the data processed by the aforementioned comparator supplied with the CPU housed in the insole - a telephone dialer - a transceiver antenna connected to the GPRS mobile phone network; it being envisaged that the aforementioned reprocessing unit of the "user device" automatically provides, as soon as it has received from the aforementioned CPU housed in the slab Γ information that the user has exceeded the aforementioned "threshold values", to impart to the aforementioned telephone dialer the 'order to generate an "alarm" telephone call, which will be transmitted, by the aforementioned transceiver antenna housed in the same "user device", in the direction of one or more remote "rescue" operating centers. 9) Insole according to one or more of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that it is able to cooperate with a "user device" using the following devices: - a transceiver unit designed to communicate with the aforementioned transceiver antenna housed in the same slab - a data display - a unit capable of remotely controlling the aforementioned CPU housed in the same slab, with the necessary cooperation of the transceiver antenna housed inside the latter and the aforementioned transceiver unit supplied with the same "user device" - a reprocessing unit for the data processed by the aforementioned comparator supplied with the CPU housed in the insole - a telephone dialer - a transceiver antenna connected to the GPRS mobile phone network - a GPS detector; since the aforementioned processing unit of the "user device" provides automatically, as soon as it has received from the aforementioned CPU housed in the insole the information that the user has exceeded the aforementioned "threshold values", to impart to the aforementioned telephone dialer the order to generate an "alarm" telephone call, which will be transmitted, by the aforementioned transceiver antenna housed in the same "user device", in the direction of one or more remote "emergency" operating centers, also with the 'indication of the coordinates, detected by the aforementioned GPS detector, of the position occupied by the user at the moment in which the aforementioned “alarm” telephone call was transmitted.