The `Electronic Shoe´ for jogging, sports and convalescence

Author

Gerhäuser, Heinz ; Pirner, Gerhard

Author_Institution

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Erlangen, West Germany

fYear

1989

fDate

8-12 May 1989

Abstract

A stride-length measurement system is described which calculates the distance traveled by a running person. The basic principle is an ultrasonic distance-measurement technique. Data from the electronic circuitry built into the shoes are transmitted wirelessly to a computer box which is the size of a pocket calculator. The system can be applied in the field of competitive or popular sport and also for observation of heart patients in the rehabilitation phase. During running the computer box displays online the distance traveled with an accuracy of about 5%. It can respond by acoustic signals if the runner does not follow a predetermined running speed profile

Keywords

biomechanics; biomedical electronics; biomedical equipment; biomedical measurement; distance measurement; Electronic Shoe; computer box; convalescence; heart patients; jogging; sports; stride-length measurement system; ultrasonic distance-measurement technique; Calibration; Computer errors; Counting circuits; Foot; Footwear; Radio transmitters; Receivers; Time measurement; Ultrasonic variables measurement; Watches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

CompEuro '89., 'VLSI and Computer Peripherals. VLSI and Microelectronic Applications in Intelligent Peripherals and their Interconnection Networks', Proceedings.

Conference_Location

Hamburg

Print_ISBN

0-8186-1940-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CMPEUR.1989.93428

Filename

93428