Patent Application
20200187586
The present disclosure relates to a shoe structure, especially a shoe structure configured to display exercise conditions.
Modern people pay more and more attention to healthy living. Keeping an exercise plan, maintaining a healthy and positive lifestyle, keeping one's body fit and healthy are the goals of many. Among which, walking and running are suitable exercises regardless of gender and age.
In order to know whether one's step count or amount of exercise has reached the predetermined amount or one's body condition during an exercise, some people will put on wearable devices to know such information. However, it is not convenient to wear too many devices when exercising.
In view of this, the present disclosure intends to provide a shoe structure configured to display information on a display panel according to data detected by sensors so as to provide a shoe structure configured to display diverse information.
The shoe structure includes a sole and an upper connected to the sole, a sensor, and a display panel. The upper has an outer surface and an inner surface; the sensor is disposed on the sole or the upper. The display panel is connected to the sensor and disposed on the outer surface. Wherein, the display panel is configured to display information according to data detected by the sensor.
In an embodiment, the display panel is attached to the outer surface by thermal bonding.
In an embodiment, the display panel is flexible.
In an embodiment, the display panel is an organic light-emitting diode display panel.
In an embodiment, the display panel is a liquid crystal display panel.
In an embodiment, the shoe structure further includes at least one light-emitting element disposed on the sole, wherein the light-emitting element provides a light source to the liquid crystal display panel.
In an embodiment, the shoe structure further includes at least one optical conduction channel disposed on the outer surface, and the light entrance end of the optical conduction channel is disposed corresponding to the light-emitting element.
In an embodiment, there is at least one information which includes step count, walking distance, walking speed, health condition or a combination thereof.
In an embodiment, the display panel is configured to display different colors according to the change of information.
In addition, another shoe structure of the present disclosure includes a sole and an upper connected to the sole, a sensor, a tongue, a shoelace and the display panel. The sensor is disposed on the sole or the upper; the tongue is disposed on the upper; the shoelace is threaded through a plurality of eyelets of the upper; and the shoelace has an optical conducting channel therein; the display panel is disposed on the tongue; the light source of the display panel is provided by the optical conducting channel. The display panel is configured to display information according to data detected by the sensor.
In an embodiment, the optical conduction channel is a plastic optic fiber.
In an embodiment, the optical conduction channel has at least one bending point, and light emitted through the bending point is configured to be a light source required for the display panel.
In an embodiment, the display panel is flexible.
In an embodiment, the display panel is an organic light-emitting diode display panel.
In an embodiment, the display panel is a liquid crystal display panel.
In an embodiment, there is at least one information which includes step count, walking distance, walking speed, health condition or a combination thereof.
In an embodiment, the display panel is configured to display different colors according to the change of information.
Compared to traditional shoes, the shoe structure according to the present disclosure may display information on the display panel according to the data detected by the sensor so as to provide a shoe structure configured to display diverse information.
A plurality of embodiments of the present disclosure are disclosed in detail with reference to FIGs and sentences in the following paragraphs, in order to further understand the techniques of the present disclosure, a plurality of practical details are described together in the following paragraphs. However, it should be understood that these practical details do not have any intention to limit the scope of the present disclosure. In addition, for the purpose of clarification, some current structures and elements are illustrated simply in figures.
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The sensor (not illustrated) may be disposed on the upper 12 or the sole 11, but not limited thereto. The sensor, for example, may be a vibration sensor, a pulse sensor (preferably disposed on the inner surface), a gravity sensor, a gyroscope, an acceleration sensor, etc., but not limited thereto, so as to respectively detect required information such as step count, health condition (such as a heartbeat), walking distance, walking speed, etc.
The display panel 13 is connected to the sensor, and disposed on the outer surface. Specifically, the display panel 13 is flexible, therefore, the display panel 13 may be disposed on any one portion of the outer surface of the upper 12. In another embodiment, the display panel 13 may also be disposed on the side wall of the sole. In the present embodiment, the display panel 13 is an organic light-emitting diode display panel, but not limited thereto, and configured to display information according to the data detected by different sensors. The display panel 13 is attached to the upper 12 (the inner surface or the outer surface) preferably by thermal bonding, but not limited thereto.
In the present embodiment, the display panel 13 may change its display patterns according to different information. For example, the display panel 13 is configured to display different colors according to the difference of step count. In addition to displaying the step count, the panel may display green color when the step count ranges from 1 to 1000; the panel may display yellow color when the step count ranges from 1001 to 5000; the panel may display red color when the step count ranges from 5001 to 10000; the panel may display violet color when the step count is over 10001. It should be noted that the step count and the color displayed based on the walking color in the present embodiment are merely used as an example, and not limited thereto. Take another sensor as an example, the display panel may display the respective representative colors when the heartbeat ranges from 60 to 90 bpm, 91 to 120 bpm, 121 to 150 bpm, and over 151 bpm respectively.
In another embodiment, a network module may also be disposed on the sole or the upper. Data may be uploaded to a cloud storage through the Internet so that users may record, count or analyze the data.
It should be noted that voltage required for the display panel and the sensor in the present embodiment may be supplied using batteries, human power generation or other power supply means, and not limited thereto.
In another embodiment of the present disclosure, please refer to
The upper 22 includes an optical conduction channel such as a plastic optic fiber 26, which may be inserted in the outer surface of the upper 22 by weaving, or it may also be disposed on the outer surface by insertion or other ways of fastening. Wherein, the light entrance end 261 of the plastic optic fiber 26 is preferably disposed corresponding to the light sources 251 of the light-emitting element 25 so as to enhance the incident rate of the light. The light entrance end 261 may be disposed on any one portion of the upper 22. The present embodiment has only one light entrance end 261 as an example, but not limited thereto. It should be noted that the light will be scattered from the bending point since the total internal reflection of the light is destroyed when the light enters the plastic optic fiber 26 to encounter the bending point of the plastic optic fiber 26. The light scattered from the bending point may be provided to the display panel 24 as a light source. In another embodiment, the other end of the plastic optic fiber 26 opposite to the light entrance end may face the display panel 24 to be treated as a backlight of the display panel 24 to generate an image. In the embodiment, the display panel 24 is a liquid crystal display panel. Other factors such as the types of sensors and the ways of displaying information are the same as those disclosed in the aforementioned embodiment; therefore, they are not repeated herein.
For another embodiment of the present disclosure, please refer to
It should be noted that the shoe structure in the present embodiment may also include a light-emitting element (not illustrated), which may be disposed corresponding to the shoelace to enable the light to enter the optical conduction channel so as to provide a light source required for the display panel.
Other elements such as the types of sensor and the way of displaying information are the same as those disclosed in the aforementioned embodiment, therefore they will not be repeated herein.
Compared to traditional shoes, the shoe structure according to the present disclosure may display information on the display panel according to the data detected by the sensor so as to provide a shoe structure configured to display diverse information.
Exemplary embodiments are described in order to further understand features and concepts of the present disclosure, and do not intend to limit the scope of the present disclosure. On the contrary, various equivalent changes, alternations, or modifications are consequently viewed as being embraced by the scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the scope of the present disclosure should be interrupted widely based on the aforementioned descriptions so as to cover all various equivalent changes, alternations, or modifications based on the claim of the present disclosure.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 201710659800.8 | Aug 2017 | CN | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCT/CN2018/098567 | 8/3/2018 | WO | 00 |
