Patent ID: 6847915
Filing Date: 2005-01-25
Classification: A43D,A61B

Abstract:
1. A contacting three dimensional sole measurer comprising: a case having a sidewall and a top surface; at least one sensor group located communicating with said top surface, said sensor group dimensioned to accommodate the area of a footprint of a human foot placed thereon; said sensor group having a plurality of means to sense linear displacement caused by the surface of said foot placed thereon each said means to sense linear displacement having, a touch head having a first end adjacent to said top surface and having a second end opposite said first end, said touch head laterally translatable in within a guide, toward and away from said top surface; a biasing means to bias said touch head toward said top surface; and means to sense lateral translation of said touch head a distance away from said top surface and communicate said distance in an electrical signal to said data processing means when said touch head is translated by said foot placed thereon; each of said plurality of means to sense linear displacement communicating displacement values at individual points of reference, to a to means for data processing; and said means for data processing thereby rendering a three dimensional rendition of said surface of said foot placed on said sensor group using said displacement values from said plurality of means to sense linear displacement.