Patents Assigned to ALLUVIAL JOULES, INC.
  • Intelligent sport shoe system
    Patent number: 8467979
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system for providing information to an athlete concerning the efficiency with which the athlete is using energy in moving relative to the ground or some other surface. In one embodiment, the system includes a plurality of pressure sensors that are associated with a shoe and generate pressure related data. The system further includes a processing system that processes the pressure data produced by the sensors to determine energy efficiency related information and make this information available to the wearer of the shoe so that the wearer can, if needed or desired, takes steps to improve their energy efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Alluvial Joules, Inc.
    Inventor: Zbigniew S. Sobolewski
  • Intelligent Sport Shoe System
    Publication number: 20110087445
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system for providing information to an athlete concerning the efficiency with which the athlete is using energy in moving relative to the ground or some other surface. In one embodiment, the system includes a plurality of pressure sensors that are associated with a shoe and generate pressure related data. The system further includes a processing system that processes the pressure data produced by the sensors to determine energy efficiency related information and make this information available to the wearer of the shoe so that the wearer can, if needed or desired, takes steps to improve their energy efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: ALLUVIAL JOULES, INC.
    Inventor: Zbigniew S. Sobolewski