Patent ID: 6741728
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: A43D,A61B,G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
A method for determining an acceptable fit of a desired style of footware in reference to footlasts defining respective sizes of the desired style of footware, the method comprising the steps of,storing a three dimensional (3D) foot image representation defining an exterior contour of a human foot, storing respective 3D footlast representations defining respective interior contours of the footlasts, and determining which one or more of the footlasts has an acceptable fit when one or more respective ones of the interior contours fits about the exterior contour, wherein, the 3D foot image representation provides foot image dimensions referenced to respective 3D coordinates in a 3D coordinate system, the 3D footlast representations provide footlast dimensions referenced to the respective 3D coordinates, and the determining step determines when one or more footlast dimensions fits about respective foot image dimensions at the respective 3D coordinates.