Patent application EP16175501A (EP), filed 2016-06-21
Publication number: EP3261044A1
Title: SYSTEM FOR CUSTOMIZED MANUFACTURE OF WEARABLE OR MEDICAL PRODUCTS
Abstract: [0001]    The invention relates to a system for customized manufacture of a wearable and/or medical product, said system comprising a scan unit for storing and transferring a digital representation of a body or part thereof of one or more users, a manufacturing unit of one or more providers configured to manufacture said wearable and/or medical product in accordance with said digital representation and a customized product selection platform comprising a user database, a product database and a matching and/or configurator engine. In some embodiments the invention relates to corresponding systems and methods for customized selection and production of personalized items from multiple providers using centralized user profiles based on 3D digital representations of a user's body or parts thereof.
IPC codes: G06Q  30/    06            A I
Claims: number: 1
text: A system for customized manufacture of a wearable and/or medical product (50), comprising:
number: 2
text: A system according to the preceding claim, wherein the scan unit (51) is a computing device upon which a digital representation of a body or part thereof (52) of one or more users (60) is stored and transmitted to said user database (56).
number: 3
text: A system according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the scan unit (51) comprises or is connected to a scanning device (61) configured for generating a 2D or 3D digital representation of the body or part thereof of a user (60).
number: 4
text: A system according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the digital representation of the body or part thereof (52) of a user (60) comprises or consists of one or more computer data files comprising information that represents the outer surface of the body or part thereof of a user (60) obtained from 3D scanning.
number: 5
text: A system according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the user database (56) comprises for each user (60) a user profile (5), said profile (5) comprising information on one or more physical characteristics of the user (60), selected from foot size, foot shape, user height, weight, physical activity and/or medical conditions.
number: 6
text: A system according to the preceding claim, wherein the user profile (5) comprises information on previous product selection and/or interest, purchasing history, past and/or present location, a user identification number, delivery address, preferred colours, brands and/or shoe prices, language.
number: 7
text: A system according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the customized product selection platform (55) comprises one or more computer-executable software modules configured for:
number: 8
text: A system according to any one of the preceding claims comprising at least two or more providers (54), wherein each provider (54) comprises one or more manufacturing units (53).
number: 9
text: A system according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the customized product selection platform (55) comprises one or more computer-executable software modules configured for recording information on user location, user interest, user orders and/or customization selections, identifying trends in said information in the form of correlations between products for customized manufacture (50) and data from the user profile (5), and making suggestions to a user (60) and/or to a provider (54) of customizable products (50) according to said correlations.
number: 10
text: A system according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the wearable and/or medical product (50) is a shoe or part thereof (62), said system comprising:
number: 11
text: A system according to the preceding claim for customized manufacture of a shoe or part thereof, wherein the shoe manufacturing unit (64) comprises an injection, molding and/or pouring device (66) for the manufacture of a shoe, shoe sole and/or shoe in-sole.
number: 12
text: A system according to the preceding claim for customized shoe manufacture, wherein the injection, molding and/or pouring device (66) comprises a mixing head capable of mixing multiple synthetic duroplastic and/or thermoplastic synthetic components (such as base materials and additives, which may be polymerizable and/or foamable) and distributing said components into a cavity in the form of a shoe sole or in-sole, whereby said shoe sole or in-sole comprises multiple areas comprising different components and/or mixtures of components with particular physical properties in accordance with said digital representation of the foot of a user.
number: 13
text: Computer-implemented method for selection of a wearable and/or medical product (50) for customized manufacture, comprising:
number: 14
text: A method according to the preceding claim for customized manufacture of a wearable and/or medical product (50), wherein said product is a shoe or part thereof (62) and the digital representation of a body or part thereof (52) is a digital representation of a foot or part thereof (63).
number: 15
text: A method according to the preceding claim for customized manufacture of a shoe or part thereof (62), wherein said method comprises manufacturing said shoe or part thereof (62) in accordance with said digital representation of the foot or part thereof (63) of the user (60).
number: 16
text: A method for customized manufacture of a shoe or part thereof (62) according to any one of claims 14 or 15, wherein the shoe manufacturing unit (64) comprises an injection, molding and/or pouring device (66) for the manufacture of a shoe, shoe sole and/or shoe in-sole, wherein the injection, pouring and/or molding device comprises a mixing head capable of mixing multiple synthetic duroplastic and/or thermoplastic synthetic components (such as base materials and additives, which may be polymerizable and/or foamable) and distributing said components into a cavity in the form of a shoe sole or insole, whereby said shoe sole or in-sole comprises multiple areas comprising different components and/or mixtures of components with particular physical properties in accordance with said digital representation of the foot (63) of a user (60).
Office action: search_report, dated 2017-12-27
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Final disposition: pending (2017-12-27)