TWI754060B - Health insole - Google Patents

Abstract

Ahealth insole includes an insole body, at least one detector, a controller and a communication unit. These detectors is disposed on the insole bodycorresponding to the foot acupuncture points of human, to detect the foot acupuncture points of human and produce at least a physiological signal. The controller is coupled to the detectors, the communication unit is coupled to the controller, and the controller receives the physiological signals, and transmits the physiological signals to an electronic device outside the health insole through the communication unit.

Description

Healthy insoles

The present invention relates to a healthy insole, and in particular, to a healthy insole having detection elements corresponding to the acupuncture points on the soles of the human body.

Insole is a product that is often used in people's daily life. It has the functions of preventing the sole of the foot from sliding in the shoe, providing support and shock absorption, and is deeply loved by people. The existing insole adopts different materials and shapes as the contact layer of the sole of the foot, so as to achieve the effect of comfort or slip resistance.

The soles of the feet are the reflection areas of the vital organs of the human body, and there are multiple acupoints that can reflect the health status of the vital organs of the human body. For example, the well-known Yongquan acupoint has been proved to be related to the health of the human body's kidneys, while the Dadun acupoint is related to the health of the liver. . Other well-known important acupoints on the soles of the feet include Taichong, Taibai, Taixi and Shenmai.

At present, there have been insoles on the market that have protruding points and can massage the acupoints of the soles of the human body. However, there is still no ideal solution for how to obtain information on the health status of the body from the acupuncture points on the soles of the human body in the easiest way. Therefore, how to make a device that can easily detect the health state of the human body has become the focus of those concerned in the art.

The invention provides a healthy insole, which has detection elements corresponding to the acupoints of the soles of the human body, and can detect the health state of the human body.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention can be further understood from the technical features disclosed in the present invention.

To achieve one or part or all of the above objectives or other objectives, an embodiment of the present invention provides a healthy insole, which includes an insole body, at least one detection element, a controller and a communication unit. The detecting elements are disposed on the insole body corresponding to the acupoints on the soles of the human body, and are used for detecting the acupoints on the soles of the human body and generating at least one physiological signal. The controller is coupled to the detection elements, the communication unit is coupled to the controller, the controller receives the physiological signals, and transmits the physiological signals to an electronic device outside the healthy insole through the communication unit.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned detecting element is a pressure sensing element.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned detection element includes a resistance detector to detect the change of resistance and measure the change of pressure.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned detecting element is an optical sensing unit, and the optical sensing unit includes a light-emitting element and a light-detecting element.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned healthy insole further has at least one light-emitting unit, which is disposed on the insole body corresponding to the acupoints on the soles of the human body, and is used to emit a therapeutic beam to treat the acupoints on the soles of the human body, wherein the therapeutic beam is Infrared beam, visible beam or ultraviolet beam.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned communication unit is a wireless transmission unit.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned communication unit is a device such as Bluetooth, WIFI, or ZigBee.

To achieve one or part or all of the above objectives or other objectives, an embodiment of the present invention provides a healthy insole system, which includes an electronic device, the above-mentioned healthy insole and a healthy sock. The health socks include at least one opening corresponding to the acupoints of the soles of the human body, each opening corresponds to each detecting element, wherein the health insole outputs at least one physiological signal to the electronic device.

The health insole of the embodiment of the present invention can detect the health state of the human body by disposing the detection element at the position corresponding to the acupuncture point on the sole of the human body. A light-emitting unit can be arranged at the position corresponding to the acupoints on the soles of the human body, so as to treat the acupoints on the soles of the human body. The physiological signal can also be transmitted to the electronic device outside the healthy insole through the communication unit for analysis and processing.

In order to make the above-mentioned and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention more clearly understood, preferred embodiments are hereinafter described in detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

The foregoing and other technical contents, features and effects of the present invention will be clearly presented in the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment with reference to the drawings. The directional terms mentioned in the following embodiments, such as: up, down, left, right, front or rear, etc., are only for referring to the directions of the attached drawings. Accordingly, the directional terms used are illustrative and not limiting of the present invention.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the health insole of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the health insole 10 shown in FIG. 1 . The healthy insole 10 includes an insole body 11 , a detection element 111 , a controller 112 and a communication unit 113 . The detection elements 111 are disposed on the insole body 11 corresponding to the acupoints on the sole of the human body, and are used to detect the acupoints of the sole of the human body (not shown) and generate a physiological signal S111 . The shape and size of the insole body 11 can be, for example, corresponding to the sole of the human body, so as to provide foot support and shock absorption, and to prevent the sole of the foot from sliding in the shoe. The controller 112 is coupled to the detection element 111 and the communication unit 113 . The controller 112 can receive the physiological signal S111 generated by the detection element 111 and transmit the physiological signal S111 to the electronic device outside the healthy insole 10 through the communication unit 113 . The present invention does not limit the number of the detection elements 111 , and the number of the detection elements 111 shown in FIG. 1 is only an example.

In this embodiment, the communication unit 113 of the healthy insole 10 is a wireless transmission unit as an example, wherein the communication unit 113 may be, for example, a device such as Bluetooth, WIFI, or ZigBee. In this embodiment, the electronic device outside the health insole 10 is illustrated by the computer network I, and the computer network I can be, for example, the Internet or a local area network (LAN). Not limited by this. In other embodiments of the present invention, the electronic device outside the health insole 10 may also be a desktop computer, a notebook computer, a tablet computer, a smart phone, a health bracelet, or the like.

Therefore, after receiving the physiological signal S111 generated by the detection element 111, the controller 112 can wirelessly transmit the physiological signal S111 to the computer network I through the communication unit 113, and for example, can communicate with these signals through the computer network I. The physiological signal S111 performs actions such as storage, calculation and/or analysis, and can also use the health data, data and/or parameters stored in the computer network I to analyze and process the physiological signal S111 to generate the health information of the human body to provide medical personnel or Assessment of user health status. Since the insole is worn by the user at any time, as long as the user wears the shoes, the physiological signal S111 of the acupuncture points on the sole of the foot can be wirelessly obtained at any time, and the health status of the body can be known.

In addition, the healthy insole 10 may further have a storage unit 114 , and the storage unit 114 is coupled to the controller 112 . The storage unit 114 can store the physiological signal S111, so that when the healthy insole 10 is not connected to an external electronic device, the physiological signal S111 can still be stored. The storage unit 114 may be, for example, a flash memory or a card-reader, which is not limited in the present invention.

In addition, the detection element 111 can be, for example, a pressure sensing element, and the health insole 10 can detect the pressure of each acupoint on the sole of the human body through the detection element 111 , and the electronic device outside the healthy insole 10 can analyze the acupuncture point on the sole of the human body through the detection element 111 . pressure value to assess the user's health status. For example, if the pressure detected by the detecting element 111 corresponding to a certain acupoint on the sole of the foot is relatively high, it may indicate that the muscles of the acupoint are relatively tight, and the human organs corresponding to the acupoint may have problems. Or, for example, if the pressure detected by the detecting element 111 corresponding to a certain sole acupoint is relatively small, it may indicate that the muscles of this acupoint are relatively relaxed, and the human organs corresponding to this acupoint may be in a relatively healthy state. The detection element 111 can also be used to analyze the pressure value changes of each acupuncture point on the sole of the foot when the user is walking or exercising, so as to evaluate the health state of the user. Wherein, the data information of these acupoints, pressure values and/or health status can be obtained by a medical institution according to clinical trials, for example, and stored in an electronic device outside the health insole 10 . The present invention does not limit the type of the pressure sensing element of the detection element 111 , as long as it is an element capable of sensing pressure, it can be applied to the detection element 111 . In addition, the detection element 111 may include, for example, a resistance detector to detect changes in resistance and measure changes in pressure.

In addition, the detection element 111 may be, for example, an optical sensing unit, and the detection element 111 may include a light-emitting element (not shown) and a light detection element (not shown). The light-emitting element may include, for example, a light-emitting diode (LED) or a laser diode (Laser Diode), and the light-detecting element may include, for example, a photo-coupled element (CCD) or a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS). The healthy insole 10 can emit light through the light-emitting element of the detection element 111, and the light can be reflected to the light detection element after irradiating the sole of the human body, and the light detection element can detect the light signal (not shown) of the acupuncture point of the human foot sole. , the electronic device outside the healthy insole 10 can evaluate the user's health status by analyzing the light signals of the acupuncture points on the soles of the human body. For example, if the color of the light signal detected by the detecting element 111 corresponding to a certain acupoint on the sole of the foot is reddish, it may indicate that the skin color of the acupoint is relatively ruddy, and the human body corresponding to the acupoint may be in a relatively healthy state. Or, for example, the color of the light signal detected by the detecting element 111 corresponding to a certain acupoint on the sole of the foot is white, which may indicate that the skin color of the acupoint is relatively pale, and the human body corresponding to the acupoint may be in a relatively unhealthy state. The detection element 111 can also be used to analyze the changes of the light signals of the acupuncture points on the soles of the feet when the user is walking or exercising, so as to evaluate the health status of the user. The data information of these acupoints, light signals and/or health status can be obtained by a medical institution according to clinical trials, for example, and stored in an electronic device outside the health insole 10 .

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of the healthy insole of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of the healthy insole 20 shown in FIG. 3 . The healthy insole 20 of this embodiment has similar structures and functions to the healthy insole 10 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 . The difference between this embodiment and the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 is that the external electronic device of the healthy insole 20 is exemplified by a computer device C, and the computer device C can be, for example, a desktop computer, a notebook computer, tablet computer, smart phone or health bracelet, etc., the present invention is not limited by this.

Therefore, after the controller 112 receives the physiological signal S111 generated by the detection element 111, it can wirelessly transmit the physiological signal S111 to the computer device C through the communication unit 113, and the computer device C can transmit the physiological signal S111 to the computer device C. Send to the Internet (Internet) for cloud storage, computing and/or analysis. In other embodiments of the present invention, the computer device C can directly store, calculate and/or analyze the physiological signal S111.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of the healthy insole of the present invention. The healthy insole 30 of this embodiment has similar structure and function to the healthy insole 10 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 . The difference between this embodiment and the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 is that: the healthy insole 30 further has at least one light-emitting unit 116, and the light-emitting unit 116 is disposed on the insole body 11 corresponding to the acupoints of the soles of the human body, and emits light. The unit 116 can emit a therapeutic beam to perform health care or treatment on the acupuncture points on the soles of the human body. The treatment beam emitted by the light-emitting unit 116 may be, for example, an infrared beam, a visible beam or an ultraviolet beam, which is not limited in the present invention. The light-emitting unit 116 of the healthy insole 30 may be disposed on the insole body 11 separately from the detection element 111 , and the light-emitting unit 116 may also be integrated with the detection element 111 . The light-emitting unit 116 shown in FIG. 5 is integrated with the detection element 111 as an example, so as to more accurately correspond to the acupuncture points on the sole of the human body. When the light-emitting unit 116 performs health care or treatment on the acupuncture points on the soles of the feet, the detection element 111 can simultaneously detect the health status of the acupuncture points on the soles of the feet to evaluate the effect of health care or treatment, and can change the light-emitting unit according to the detection results of the detection element 111 116 Intensity, wavelength and/or frequency of operation, etc. In addition, the light emitting unit 116 can emit far infrared rays, for example, to perform health care or treatment on the acupuncture points on the soles of the human body. At present, clinical medicine has confirmed that far-infrared rays in the range of 4 μm to 14 μm can resonate with the molecules of the human body, which can promote the expansion of microvessels, smooth blood circulation, promote metabolism, and increase the body’s immunity. Therefore, the healthy insole 30 of this embodiment can be conveniently and effectively applied to medical treatment and health care.

6 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the health insole system of the present invention. The health insole system 100 includes a health insole 30 as shown in FIG. 5 , a health socks 13 and an electronic device, wherein the electronic device of this embodiment is connected to a computer network Road I is used as an example. The health socks 13 have at least one opening 131 corresponding to the acupuncture points on the soles of the human body, and each opening 131 corresponds to each detecting element 111, so that when the user puts on the health socks 13, the openings 131 can expose the acupuncture points on the soles of the users' feet. The detection element 111 can be used for detection, or the light-emitting unit 116 can be used for health care treatment. The functions and functions of the computer network I are substantially the same as those described in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , and will not be repeated here.

To sum up, the health insole of the embodiment of the present invention can detect the health state of the human body by disposing the detecting element at the position corresponding to the acupuncture point on the sole of the human body. A light-emitting unit can be arranged at the position corresponding to the acupoints on the soles of the human body, so as to treat the acupoints on the soles of the human body. The physiological signal can also be transmitted to the electronic device outside the healthy insole through the communication unit for analysis and processing.

Although the present invention has been disclosed above by the embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Those with ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention pertains can make some changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be determined by the scope of the appended patent application.

10, 20, 30‧‧‧Healthy Insole 11‧‧‧Insole Body 100‧‧‧Healthy Insole System 111‧‧‧Detection Element 112‧‧‧Controller 113‧‧‧Communication Unit 114‧‧‧Storage Unit 116‧ ‧‧Lighting Unit 13‧‧‧Health Socks 131‧‧‧Opening C‧‧‧Computer Device I‧‧‧Computer Network S111‧‧‧Physiological Signal

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the healthy insole of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of an embodiment of the healthy insole of the present invention. 3 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of the healthy insole of the present invention. 4 is a functional block diagram of another embodiment of the healthy insole of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of yet another embodiment of the healthy insole of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the healthy insole system of the present invention.

10‧‧‧Healthy Insole

11‧‧‧Insole body

111‧‧‧Detection element

112‧‧‧Controller

113‧‧‧Communication Unit

114‧‧‧Storage unit

Claims (8)

A healthy insole, comprising: an insole body; at least one detection element, corresponding to the acupoints of the soles of the human body, and disposed on the insole body to detect the acupoints of the soles of the human body and generate at least one physiological signal; a controller, coupled to the some detection elements are arranged on the insole body; and a communication unit is coupled to the controller and arranged on the insole body, the controller receives the physiological signals, and transmits the physiological signals to the health through the communication unit An electronic device on the outside of the insole. The healthy insole as claimed in claim 1, wherein the detecting element is a pressure sensing element. The healthy insole as claimed in claim 2, wherein the detecting element comprises a resistance detector to detect the change of resistance and measure the change of pressure. The healthy insole of claim 1, wherein the detecting element is an optical sensing unit, and the optical sensing unit includes a light-emitting element and a light-detecting element. The health insole described in item 1 of the scope of the patent application further has at least one light-emitting unit, which is disposed on the insole body corresponding to the acupoints on the soles of the human body, and is used to emit a therapeutic beam to treat the acupoints on the soles of the human body, wherein the The treatment beam is an infrared beam, a visible beam or an ultraviolet beam. The health insole according to the claim 1, wherein the communication unit is a wireless transmission unit. The health insole as described in claim 6, wherein the communication unit is a device such as Bluetooth, WIFI, or ZigBee. A health insole system, comprising: an electronic device; a health insole according to one of claims 1 to 7; and a health sock, comprising at least one opening corresponding to the acupuncture point of the sole of the human body, each of the openings corresponds to each of the The detection element, wherein the healthy insole outputs at least one physiological signal to the electronic device.

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