SHOE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SHOE

Abstract

A shoe and a method for controlling the shoe are provided. The shoe includes a vamp and a sole. The vamp is coupled to the sole, and the vamp and the sole form cooperatively a shoe chamber receiving a foot of a wearer. The shoe further includes a controller and, a communication unit, which are arranged on the vamp or the sole, and a first pressure sensor arranged on the vamp. The controller is electrically connected with the communication unit and the pressure sensor. The first pressure sensor is operated to detect a pressure on a preset area of the vamp, and output corresponding pressure data to the controller. The shoe is communicated with a user terminal device by the communication unit. The user terminal device is operated to display the pressure on the preset area of the vamp according to the pressure data.

Description

RELATED APPLICATIONS

The present application is a National Phase of International Application Number PCT/CN2016/082677, filed May 19, 2016.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to a shoe, more particularly to a shoe capable of detecting a pressure of a vamp and a method for controlling the shoe.

BACKGROUND

Shoes are daily necessities. Whether a pair of the shoes fit a wearer directly affects the wearer's comfort, and even affects health of the wearer. Currently, when people try on shoes, they usually rely on subjective feeling to judge whether the shoes fit the feet, but sometimes the subjective feeling is not reliable, and the purchased shoes are often unfit. Especially for children, because of insufficient expression ability, the purchased shoes for children often do not fit the feet. However, if the children wear the unfit shoes for a long time, it may easily lead to a problem in children's feet development.

In addition, in different occasions, people often have different needs for shoes. For example, jogging shoes need softer soles to provide better cushioning for the feet during jogging, while hiking shoes need harder soles to relieve a discomfort caused by the ruggedness of a mountain road. When people stay at home or in the office, because of the small amount of exercise, it is possible to wear shoes with relatively loose vamps and relatively soft soles to obtain good comfort. However, the performance of the shoes has been determined at the completion of production, thus causing the shoes only applied to a specific occasion.

SUMMARY

In view of the above problems in the prior art, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a shoe; a pressure sensor is arranged on a vamp to detect a pressure on a preset area of the vamp, thus effectively preventing the tight vamp from reducing the wearing comfort and even harming the health of the feet.

In addition, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for controlling the shoe.

A shoe includes a vamp and a sole coupled to the vamp, cooperatively forming a shoe chamber. The shoe further includes a controller and a communication unit, which are arranged on the vamp or the sole, and a first pressure sensor arranged on the vamp; the controller is electrically connected with the communication unit and the first pressure sensor; the first pressure sensor is operated to detect a pressure on a preset area of the vamp, and output corresponding pressure data to the controller; the shoe is communicated with a user terminal device by the communication unit; the user terminal device is operated to display the pressure on the preset area of the vamp according to the pressure data.

A method for controlling a shoe includes:

detecting, by a pressure sensor, a pressure on a preset area of a vamp, and generating corresponding pressure data;
sending, by a communication unit, the pressure data to a user terminal device; and receiving, by the terminal device, the pressure data sent by the communication unit, and displaying the pressure on the preset area of the vamp.

A pressure sensor is arranged on a vamp of a shoe, thus detecting a pressure on a preset area of the vamp, and generating corresponding pressure data, and transmitting the pressure data to a user terminal device by a communication unit. The pressure of the preset area of the vamp may be visually displayed by the user terminal device, thus effectively preventing the tight vamp from reducing the wearing comfort and even harming the health of the feet.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In order to illustrate the technical solutions of the present disclosure more clearly, the accompanying drawings required for describing the embodiments will be briefly described below.

FIG. 1 is a structural schematic view from a first perspective view of a shoe provided by one exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a structural schematic view of a second perspective view of the shoe of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a graph interface of a user terminal device for controlling the shoe of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of a vamp of the shoe of FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a touch operation of the user terminal device for controlling the shoe of FIG. 3.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating direction of the touch operation of the shoe of FIG. 5.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of the shoe of FIG. 1.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional structural view of the vamp of the shoe of FIG. 7, taken along the line of A1-A2.

FIG. 9 is a schematic view showing another state of the cross-sectional structure of the vamp shown in FIG. 8.

FIG. 10 is a schematic structural view showing an air hole of the vamp in an open state of FIG. 1.

FIG. 11 is a schematic structural view of the air hole of the vamp in a closed state of FIG. 1.

FIG. 12 is another schematic structural view of a shoe provided by another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 13 is a schematic structural view of a sole of the shoe of FIG. 12.

FIG. 14 is another schematic structural view of the sole of the shoe of FIG. 13.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart of a method for controlling a shoe provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

In order to make those skilled in the art better understand the solutions of the present disclosure, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure are clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Apparently, the described embodiments are merely some but not all of the embodiments of the present disclosure. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present disclosure without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.

As illustrated in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, in one exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a shoe 10 is provided, including a vamp 11 and a sole 12. The vamp 11 is coupled to the sole 12. The vamp 11 and the sole 12 form cooperatively a shoe chamber 13 receiving a foot of a wearer. The shoe 10 further includes a controller 14 and a communication unit 15, which are arranged on the vamp 11 or the sole 12, and a pressure sensor 16 at least arranged on the vamp 11. In the embodiment, the pressure sensor 16 is defined as a first pressure sensor. The controller 14 is electrically connected with the communication unit 15 and the pressure sensor 16. The communication unit 15 is operated to communicate with a user terminal device 100 (as shown in FIG. 3). The pressure sensor 16 is operated to detect a pressure on a preset area of the vamp 11, and output corresponding pressure data to the controller 14. The controller 14 is operated to process the pressure data, and send the processed pressure data to the user terminal device 100 by the communication unit 15. As shown in FIG. 3, the user terminal device 100 is operated to display the pressure on the preset area of the vamp 11 according to the pressure data. It will be appreciated that, the user terminal device 100 may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a computer, or the like. The communication unit 15 may be Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, a second generation mobile communication technology (2G), a third generation mobile communication technology (3G), a fourth generation mobile communication technology (4G), a fifth generation mobile communication technology (5G), or the like.

In the embodiment, preset areas of the vamp 11 may include a top area 1101, a first side area 1102, a second side area 1103, a toe cap area 1104, and an upper area 1105. The pressure sensor 16 may be arranged on an inner surface of each preset area of the vamp 11. Therefore, when the wearer puts on the shoes 10, the pressure on each preset area of the vamp 11, that is, the pressure applied to the wearer on each preset area of the vamp 11, may be detected by the pressure sensor 16. Furthermore, the pressure sensor 16 converts the detected pressure on the preset areas of the vamp 11 into the corresponding pressure data, outputs the pressure data to the controller 14, and transmits the pressure data to the user terminal device 100 by the communication unit 15, thus displaying the pressure of each preset area of the vamp 11 by the user terminal device 100. It will be appreciated that, the user terminal device 100 may pre-store a graph of the shoe 10. At the same time, the user terminal device 100 may also run a specific application, and invoke and display the pre-stored graph of the shoe 10 by the application. The shoe 10 is communicated with the user terminal device 100 by the communication unit 15. When the user terminal device 100 displays the pre-stored graph of the shoe 10 by the specific application, according to the received pressure data sent by the communication unit 15, the user terminal device 100 displays the pressure on each preset area of the vamp 11 in real time on the graph. In the embodiment, the user terminal device 100 displays different color pressure indicators, labeled the corresponding reference numerals 101, 102, 104, and 105 as shown in FIG. 3 on each preset area of the vamp 11 to distinguish different pressures on an area of the graph corresponding to each preset area of the vamp 11, thus displaying intuitively the pressure on each preset area of the vamp 11.

In detail, a preset normal pressure range of each preset area of the vamp 11 may be stored in the user terminal device 100, or set by the wearer according to her/his own situation by the specific application. When the pressure data of a certain preset area (for example, the top area 1101) received by the user terminal device 100 is greater than an upper limit of the normal pressure range, the area of the graph corresponding to the preset area displays a red pressure indicator. When the pressure data of the preset area within the normal pressure range or is less than a lower limit of the normal pressure range, the area of the graph corresponding to the preset area displays a green pressure indicator, such as the pressure indicator 101 as shown in FIG. 3. It will be appreciated that, the user terminal device 100 may also display a corresponding prompt text on an area of the graph corresponding to the preset area to indicate the pressure on the preset area of the vamp 11, such as “pressure is too high” or “pressure is normal”.

As illustrated in FIG. 4, the vamp 11 includes a pressure sensor layer 111, a deformation material layer 113, and an epidermal layer 115, which are sequentially stacked from inside to outside. The pressure sensor 16 is arranged in the pressure sensor layer 111. The deformation material layer 113 is electrically connected with the controller 14. The controller 14 is further operated to deform the deformation material layer 113 to adjust a shape of the vamp 11 according to the pressures on the different preset areas of the vamp 11. The deformation material layer 113 is made from one or more materials of a memory metal material, a dielectric elastic material, an electroactive polymer material or an electrostrictive material. Different current values may be supplied to the deformation material layer 113 by the controller 14, such that the deformation material layer 113 may be stretched or contracted to change the pressure of the vamp 11 corresponding to the preset area. It will be appreciated that, the controller 14 may include a storage unit operated to store the preset normal pressure range of each preset area of the vamp 11. When the controller 14 receives the pressure data of a certain preset area, the pressure data may be compared with the preset normal pressure range. If the pressure data are within the normal pressure range or less than a lower limit of the normal pressure range, a current state of the vamp 11 would keep unchanged, that is, the controller 14 does not change the current supplied to the deformation material layer 113. If the pressure data are greater than an upper limit of the normal pressure range, the pressure of the preset area is too high, the controller 14 may increase the current supplied to the deformation material layer 113, and the larger current would increase a application of the deformation material layer 113, thereby changing the shape of the vamp 11 corresponding to the preset area until the pressure data of the preset area is within the normal pressure range. It will be appreciated that, the pressure sensor 16 may be a pressure sensor film integrally arranged on an inner surface of the vamp 11, or a pressure sensor array formed by a plurality of separate pressure sensors connected together by a wire. The deformation material layer 113 may be formed by a plurality of electrostrictive wires arranged in a specific direction.

As illustrated in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 again, the deformation material layer 113 includes a first deformation portion 1131, a second deformation portion 1132, a third deformation portion 1133, a fourth deformation portion 1134, and a fifth deformation portion 1135. The first deformation portion 1131 is arranged in the top area 1101 of the vamp 11, and extended along a lateral direction of the vamp 11. The second deformation portion 1132 is arranged in the first side area 1102 of the vamp 11, and extended along a longitudinal extension of the vamp 11. The third deformation portion 1133 is arranged in the second side area 1103 of the vamp 11, and extended along the longitudinal direction of the vamp 11. The fourth deformation portion 1134 is arranged in the toe cap area 1104 of the vamp 11, and extended along the lateral direction of the vamp 11. The fifth deformation portion 1135 is arranged in the upper area 1105 of the vamp 11, and extended along a bending direction of the upper area 1105. The deformation portion 1134 of the toe cap area 1104 is different from the deformation portion 1135 of the upper area 1105 in extending direction, that is, the extending direction of the deformation portion 1134 of the toe cap area 1104 is different from the extending direction of the deformation portion 1135 of the upper area 1105. The deformation portion 1311 of the top area 1101 is consistent with the deformation portion 1134 of the toe cap area 1104 in extending direction, that is, the extending direction of the deformation portion 1131 of the top area 1101 is consistent with the extending direction of the deformation portion 1134 of the toe cap area 1104. The deformation portion 1132 or 1133 of each side area 1102 or 1103 is different from the deformation portion 1134 of the toe cap area 1104 or the deformation portion 1135 of the upper area 1105 in extending direction, that is, the extending direction of the deformation portion 1132 or 1133 of each of the first side area 1102 or the second side area 1103 is different from the extending direction of the deformation portion 1134 of the toe cap area 1104 or the deformation portion 1135 of the upper area 1105.

The first deformation portion 1131, the second deformation portion 1132, the third deformation portion 1133, the fourth deformation portion 1134, and the fifth deformation portion 1135 are separated from each other, and electrically connected with the controller 14 respectively, and are controlled by the controller 14 separately. The first deformation portion 1131 is operated to adjust a shape of the top area 1101 of the vamp 11. The second deformation portion 1132 and the third deformation portion 1133 are operated to adjust a shape of the first side area 1102 of the vamp 11 and a shape of the second side area 1103 of the vamp 11 respectively. The fourth deformation portion 1135 is operated to adjust a shape of the toe cap area 1104 of the vamp 11. The fifth deformation portion 1135 is operated to adjust a shape of the upper area 1105 of the vamp 11.

In the embodiment, the first deformation portion 1131 and the fourth deformation portion 1134 include respectively a plurality of electrostrictive members 113a and 113d distributed at intervals in landscape orientation of the vamp 11. The second deformation portion 1132 and the third deformation portion 1133 include respectively a plurality of electrostrictive members 113b and 113c distributed at intervals in portrait orientation of the vamp 11. The fifth deformation portion 1135 includes a plurality of electrostrictive members 113e distributed at intervals in a bending orientation of the upper area 1105. Each of the electrostrictive members 113a, 113b, 113c, 113d, and 113e is controlled by the controller 14 separately. The landscape orientation of the vamp 11 is left-right orientation along the vamp 11 when the shoes 10 are worn on the wearer's feet. The portrait orientation of the vamp 11 is up-down orientation along a side surface of the vamp 11. The plurality of electrostrictive members of each deformation portion are arranged in parallel.

It will be appreciated that, when the shoe 10 is communicated with the user terminal device 100 by the communication unit 15, the wearer may also manually control a pressure on each preset area of the vamp 11 by the user terminal device 100. As illustrated in FIG. 5, the user terminal device 100 may display a graph of the shoe 10. When the wearer puts on the shoes 10 and a pressure of a certain preset area (for example, the top area 1101 or the upper area 1105 of the vamp 11) is still high after controlling automatically the pressure on each preset area of the vamp 11 by the controller 14, a position of the graph corresponding to the top area 1101 or the upper area 1105 of the vamp 11 is subjected to a stretch touch operation to trigger the controller 14 to stretch the first deformation portion 1131 of the top area 1101 or the fifth deformation portion 1135 of the upper area 1105, thus reducing the pressure on the feet imposed by the top area 1101 or the upper area 1105 of the vamp 11. As illustrated in FIG. 6, the first side area 1102, the toe cap area 1104, and the second side area 1103 (as shown in FIG. 2) of the vamp 11 maybe manually operated by a stretch touch operation on corresponding position of the graph to adjust the pressure. Directions of the stretch touch operation of each preset area of the vamp 11 are as defined by arrows shown in FIG. 6, that is, the directions of the stretch touch operation of each preset area are perpendicular to a surface of the stretched preset area, and extend in a direction away from the preset area. It will be appreciated that, the wearer may also operate a contract touch operation on the position of the graph corresponding to the preset area to trigger the controller 14 to contract the preset area, thus increasing the pressure of the preset area. The direction of the contract touch operation is opposite to the direction of the stretch touch operation.

In the embodiment, the graph of the shoe 10 is displayed by the user terminal device 100. The deformation portion of a preset area of the vamp 11 may be stretched or contracted by the controller 14, when the preset area corresponding to a stretch touch operation or contract touch operation is operated on a position of the graph corresponding to the preset area; thus the wearer may controlling the pressure on each preset area of the vamp 11 according to her/his own situation. For example, when the instep of the wearer suffers injure, and the pressure of the top area 1101 of the vamp 11 is controlled by the controller 14 within the preset normal pressure range, the instep of the wearer may still feel discomfort. At this time, the wearer may manually stretch the first deformation portion 1131 of the top area 1101 by the user terminal device 100, thus further reducing a pressure on the instep imposed by the first deformation portion 1131, and preventing the top area 1101 of the vamp 11 from pressing on the injured instep to aggravate the injury. For another example, when a heel of the wearer is scratched by high-heeled shoes, and the wearer puts on the shoes 10 provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure, the fifth deformation portion 1135 of the upper area 1105 of the vamp 11 may be manually controlled by the user terminal device 100, thus preventing the upper area 1105 from contacting with the heel to relieve pain. It will be appreciated that, in order to prevent the wearer from hurt caused by an excessive pressure of the vamp 11 due to an erroneous operation while manually controlling the user terminal device 100, a corresponding maximum pressure threshold may be set for each preset area of the vamp 11. When the controller 14 determines that the pressure detected by the pressure sensor 16 reaches the maximum pressure threshold, the controller 14 may reject a contract command corresponding to the contract touch operation of the wearer, and may trigger the user terminal device 100 to raise an alarm. For example, when a current pressure exceeds the maximum pressure threshold, the wearer may be prompted by a text or a voice, thus prompting the wearer to stop the corresponding touch operation, and preventing the feet of the wearer from hurt.

As illustrated in FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, FIG. 7 is a plan view of the shoe 10 provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, and FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional structural view of the top area 1101 of the vamp 11 of the shoe 10 shown in FIG. 7, taken along the line of A1-A2. The first deformation portion 1131 is arranged in the top area 1101 of the vamp 11, and includes a plurality of electrostrictive members 113a distributed at intervals in landscape orientation of the sole 11. The electrostrictive members 113a are substantially an arc shape, and arranged at intervals in the top area 1101 of the vamp 11. When the wearer needs to reduce the pressure on the instep imposed by the top area 1101 of the vamp 11, the first deformation portion 1131 of the top area 1101 of the vamp 11 may be controlled manually through a stretch touch operation on a corresponding position of the graph of the shoe 10 displayed on the user terminal device 100, thus reducing the pressure on the instep imposed by the top area 1101 of the vamp 11. In detail, after the user terminal device 100 receives the stretch touch operation on the top area 1101 of the vamp 11 from a user, the stretch touch operation may be converted into a corresponding control command, and may be sent to the communication unit 15 of the shoe 10. The control command decoded by the communication unit 15 may be sent to the controller 14. The controller 14 adjusts the current supplied to the electrostrictive member 113a according to the control command to trigger and thus stretch the electrostrictive member 113a, thus increasing a curvature of the arc shape of the top area 1101 of the vamp 11 under the support of the electrostrictive member 113a, as shown in FIG. 9, and thereby reducing a pressure on the instep imposed by the top area 1101 of the vamp 1114. The controller 14 adjusts the current supplied to the electrostrictive member 113a according to the control command to trigger and thus stretch the electrostrictive member 113a, thus increasing a curvature of the arc shape of the top area 1101 of the vamp under the support of the electrostrictive member 113a, as shown in FIG. 9, and thereby reducing a pressure on the instep imposed by the top area 1101 of the vamp 11.

As illustrated in FIG. 10 and FIG. 11, the vamp 11 further includes at least one air hole array 117. The air hole array 117 includes a plurality of air holes 1171 arranged at intervals. A deformation band 119 is arranged on a position of the deformation material layer 113 corresponding to the air hole array 117. A width of the deformation band 119 is substantially greater than or equal to a diameter of the air hole 1171. Both ends of the deformation band 119 are arranged respectively on two opposite ends of the air hole array 117, and are located at an axis of the plurality of air holes 1171. The deformation band 119 is electrically connected with the controller 14 (as shown in FIG. 1), and is operated to shield or expose the air holes 1171 under the control of the controller 14. In detail, when the deformation band 119 is stretched under the control of the controller 14, the air holes 1171 are exposed, as shown in FIG. 10. When the deformation band 119 is contracted under the control of the controller 14, the air holes 1171 are shielded, as shown in FIG. 10. In the embodiment, the diameter of the air hole 1171 may be substantially between 0.1 and 2 mm.

As illustrated in FIG. 12, the shoe 10 may further include a rainwater sensor 17 arranged on the vamp 11. The rainwater sensor 17 is electrically connected with the controller 14, and is operated to sense the amount of rainwater on the vamp 11 and output the corresponding amount of rainwater data to the controller 14. The controller 14 is further operated to deform the deformation band 119 to shield or expose the air holes 1171 according to the amount of rainwater. For example, when the controller 14 determines that the amount of rainwater is greater than a preset rainwater amount threshold, the deformation band 119 is controlled to shield the air hole 1171 to prevent the rainwater from entering an inside of the shoe 10. When the controller 14 determines that the amount of rainwater is less than or equal to the preset rainwater amount threshold, the deformation belt 119 is controlled to expose the air holes 1171, thus ensuring a good gas permeability of the shoe 10.

As illustrated in FIG. 13 and FIG. 14, the sole 12 includes a first deformation material layer 121 and a second deformation material layer 123. The first deformation material layer 121 and the second deformation material layer 123 are arranged at intervals. Both of the first deformation material layer 121 and the second deformation material layer 123 are connected with the controller 14 (as shown in FIG. 1) electrically. The controller 14 is further operated to deform the first deformation material layer 121 and/or the second deformation material layer 123 to adjust a shape and size of the sole 12.

In detail, the first deformation material layer 121 includes a plurality of first electrostrictive strips 1211 distributed at intervals in landscape orientation of the sole 12. The first electrostrictive strips 1211 are operated to adjust a width of the sole 12. The second deformation material layer 123 includes a plurality of second electrostrictive strips 1231 distributed at intervals in portrait orientation of the sole 12. The second electrostrictive strips 1231 are operated to adjust a length of the sole 12. Each first electrostrictive strip 1211 and each second electrostrictive strip 1231 are separately controlled by the controller 14. In the embodiment, the first electrostrictive strips 1211 and the second electrostrictive strips 1231 are substantially of linear strip shapes, and respectively located in different layers. The landscape orientation of the sole 12 is defined as a width orientation between a left side of the sole 12 and a right side of the sole 12, and the portrait orientation of the sole 12 is defined as a length direction between a toe cap and a heel of the sole 12.

As illustrated in FIG. 12, in an alternative embodiment, the sole 12 may be made from a hardness variable material. For example, the sole 12 may include a sealed capsule (not shown). The sealed capsule is filled with electrorheological fluid. The sole 12 is electrically connected with the controller 14. The pressure sensor 16 may also be arranged on the sole 12. In the embodiment, the pressure sensor 16 is defined as a second pressure sensor. The pressure sensor 16 is operated to detect a pressure on the sole 12, and output corresponding pressure data to the controller 14. The controller 14 is further operated to vary the hardness variable material to adjust the hardness of the sole 12 according to the change of the pressure on the sole 12. When the pressure sensor 16 detects that a pressure difference between different parts of the sole 12 is high, the controller 14 determines that the wearer may walk on a mountain road, and the controller 14 may adjust a current supplied for the electrorheological fluid, thus increasing the hardness of the sole 12, offsetting the stimulation to a wearer's sole from the gravel on the mountain road, and thereby improving the comfort of the wearer while walking on the mountain road.

In addition, the shoe 10 further includes a motion sensor 18 arranged on the vamp 11 or the sole 12. The motion sensor 18 is electrically connected with the controller 14. The motion sensor 18 is operated to monitor a movement state of the wearer, and the controller 14 is further operated deform the deformation material layer 113 to adjust the shape of the vamp 11 and/or vary the hardness variable material to adjust the hardness of the sole 12. For example, the motion sensor 18 may be a speed sensor or an acceleration sensor. When the motion sensor 18 detects that the wearer is currently moving at high speed or speeding up, the controller 14 may contract the vamp 11, thus increasing a wearing stability. The motion sensor 18 may be a position sensor, such as a GPS, and the position sensor may detect a current position of the wearer, thus triggering the controller 14 vary the hardness variable material to adjust the hardness of the sole 12 according to the different positions. For example, when the position sensor detects that the wearer is currently at home, the hardness of the sole 12 is reduced and the vamp 11 is stretched, thus enhancing the wearing comfort.

It will be appreciated that, the motion sensor 18 may also be a distance sensor, an angle sensor, or the like. The distance sensor may detect a distance between the sole 12 and a ground. When the distance remains unchanged for a long time, indicating that the wearer may stay in a static state, the controller 14 reduces the hardness of the sole 12 and stretches the vamp 11, thus enhancing the wearing comfort. The angle sensor may detect an angle of the sole 12 relative to a horizontal plane. When the detected angle of the sole 12 relative to the horizontal plane is continuously greater than a predetermined angle, indicating that the wearer may be in mountain climbing, the controller 14 may contract the vamp 11, and increase the hardness of the sole 12, thus ensuring the wearing stability and a good filterability. It will be appreciated that, the hardness of the sole 12 may also be manually controlled by the user terminal device 100, that is, the communication unit 15 may further be operated to receive a control command of the hardness of the sole 12 sent by the user terminal device 100, and the controller 14 may further be operated to vary the hardness variable material to adjust the hardness of the sole 12 according to the control command of the hardness of the sole 12.

As illustrated in FIG. 15, a method for controlling a shoe 10 is provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method for controlling the shoe includes the following operations.

At block S11, a pressure on a preset area of a vamp is detected by a pressure sensor, and corresponding pressure data are generated.

At block S13, the pressure data are sent to a user terminal device by a communication unit.

At block S15, the user terminal device receives the pressure data sent by the communication unit, and displays the pressure on the preset area of the vamp.

The pressure on the preset area of the vamp is displayed as follows. A graph of the shoe is displayed by a graphical interface. The different pressures on the preset area of the vamp are displayed on the graphical interface by different colors.

The method for controlling the shoe further includes the following operations. A touch operation of the graph is received, and a corresponding control command is generated according to the touch operation. The control command is received by the communication unit. The deformation material layer of the vamp is controlled to deform to adjust a shape of the vamp.

A touch operation of the graph is received, and a corresponding control command is generated according to the touch operation as follows. A stretch touch operation or contract touch operation of the graph corresponding to the preset area of the vamp is received. A control command controlling the preset area of the vamp to stretch is generated according to the stretch touch operation. A control command controlling the preset area of the vamp to contract is generated according to the contract touch operation.

A stretched direction of the stretch touch operation or a contractive direction of the contract touch operation is vertical to an outer surface of the vamp.

The method for controlling the shoe further includes the following operations.

The controller determines whether the pressure of the preset area is greater than a preset pressure threshold. When the pressure of the preset area is greater than the preset pressure threshold the default, the deformation material layer of the vamp is controlled to deform to reduce the pressure of the preset area.

It will be appreciated that, the specific implementation of each step in the method may also refer to the related description in the embodiments of the shoe 10, and details are not described herein again.

A pressure sensor 16 of the shoe 10 is arranged on the vamp 11, thus detecting the pressure on the preset area of the vamp 11, and thereby generating the corresponding pressure data and sending the pressure data to the user terminal device 100 by the communication unit 15. Therefore, the pressure on the preset area of the vamp 11 may be visually displayed by the user terminal device 100, and the tight vamp 11 may be effectively prevented from reducing the wearing comfort and even harming the health of the feet. At the same time, the deformation portion formed by the deformation material layer is separately arranged in each preset area of the vamp 11, and each deformation portion is electrically connected with the controller 14, thus separately controlling each the deformation material of the deformation portion to stretch or contract, and thereby changing the pressure on the feet imposed by each preset area of the vamp 11. The stretched or contracted magnitude of the deformation material layer 13 is determined by the current supplied by the controller 14. Therefore, the current supplied to the deformation material layer 13 of each preset area may be automatically adjusted according to the preset normal pressure range, thus adjusting the pressure on the feet imposed by each preset areas of the vamp 11. In addition, when the shoe 10 is communicated with the user terminal device 100 by the communication unit 15, the pressure on the feet imposed by each preset areas of the vamp 11 may be adjusted by the stretch touch operation or the contract touch operation on the corresponding position of the graph of the shoe 10 displayed on the user terminal device 100, thus adjusting the pressure on the feet imposed by each preset areas of the vamp 11 according to the wearer's own needs.

The above disclosure is only preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, and the scope of the present disclosure is not limited therein, and those skilled in the art can understand all or part of the process of implementing the above embodiments, and according to the claims of the present disclosure, equivalent changes are still within the scope of the disclosure.

Claims

1. A shoe, comprising a vamp and a sole coupled to the vamp, the vamp and the sole cooperatively forming a shoe chamber receiving a foot of a wearer, wherein the shoe further comprises a controller and a communication unit which are arranged on the vamp or the sole, and a first pressure sensor arranged on the vamp; the controller is electrically connected with the communication unit and the first pressure sensor; the first pressure sensor is operated to detect a pressure on a preset area of the vamp, and output corresponding pressure data to the controller; the shoe is communicated with a user terminal device by the communication unit; the user terminal device is operated to display the pressure on the preset area of the vamp according to the pressure data.

2. The shoe of the claim 1, wherein the vamp comprises a pressure sensor layer and a deformation material layer stacked sequentially; the first pressure sensor is arranged in the pressure sensor layer; the deformation material layer is electrically connected with the controller; and the controller is further operated to deform the deformation material layer to adjust a shape of the vamp according to the pressure on the preset area of the vamp.

3. The shoe of the claim 2, wherein the preset area of the vamp comprises a toe cap area; and the deformation material layer comprises a deformation portion arranged in the toe cap area.

4. The shoe of the claim 3, wherein the preset area of the vamp further comprises an upper area; the deformation material layer comprises a deformation portion located in the upper area; and the deformation portion of the toe cap area is different from the deformation portion of the upper area in extending direction.

5. The shoe of the claim 4, wherein the preset area of the vamp further comprises a top area adjacent to and separated from the toe cap area; the deformation material layer comprises a deformation portion arranged in the top area; and the deformation portion of the top area is consistent with the deformation portion of the toe cap area in extending direction.

6. The shoe of the claim 4, wherein the preset area of the vamp further comprises side areas located on two opposite sides of the vamp; the deformation material layer comprises deformation portions arranged in the side areas; and the deformation portion of each side area is different from the deformation portion of the upper area or the toe cap area in extending direction.

7. The shoe of the claim 2, wherein the vamp further comprises an air hole; a deformation band is arranged on a position of the deformation material layer corresponding to the air hole; the deformation band is electrically connected with the controller; and operated to deform under control of the controller to shield or expose the air hole.

8. The shoe of the claim 7, wherein the shoe further comprises a rainwater sensor arranged on the vamp; the rainwater sensor is electrically connected with the controller; the rainwater sensor is operated to sense the amount of rainwater on the vamp; and the controller is further operated to deform the deformation band to shield or expose the air hole according to the amount of rainwater.

9. The shoe of claim 2, wherein the sole comprises a first deformation material layer and a second deformation material layer spaced apart from the first deformation material layer; the first deformation material layer and the second deformation material layer are electrically connected with the controller; and the controller is further operated to deform the first deformation material layer and/or the second deformation material layer to adjust a shape and size of the sole.

10. The shoe of claim 9, wherein the first deformation material layer comprises a plurality of first electrostrictive strips distributed at intervals in landscape orientation of the sole; the first electrostrictive strips are operated to adjust a width of the shoe along the landscape orientation; the second deformation material layer comprises a plurality of second electrostrictive strips distributed at intervals in portrait orientation of the sole; the second electrostrictive strips are operated to adjust a length of the shoe along the portrait orientation; and each first electrostrictive strip and each second electrostrictive strip are separately controlled by the controller.

11. The shoe of claim 2, wherein the deformation material layer is made from one or more materials of a memory metal material, a dielectric elastic material; and an electroactive polymer material or an electrostrictive material.

12. The shoe of claim 9, wherein the sole is made from a hardness variable material; the sole is electrically connected with the controller; the shoe further comprises a second pressure sensor arranged on the sole; the second pressure sensor is operated to detect a pressure on the sole, and output corresponding pressure data the controller; and the controller is further operated to vary the hardness variable material to adjust a hardness of the sole according to a change of the pressure on the sole.

13. The shoe of the claim 12, wherein the shoe further comprises a motion sensor arranged on the vamp or the sole; the motion sensor is electrically connected with the controller; the motion sensor is operated to monitor a movement state of a wearer; deform the deformation material layer to adjust the shape of the vamp and/or vary the hardness variable material to adjust the hardness of the sole according to the movement state.

14. The shoe of the claim 12, wherein the communication unit is further operated to receive a control command sent by the user terminal device; the controller is further operated to deform the deformation material layer to adjust the shape of the vamp and/or vary the hardness variable material to adjust the hardness of the sole according to the control command.

15. A method for controlling a shoe, comprising:

detecting, by a pressure sensor, a pressure on a preset area of a vamp, and generating corresponding pressure data;

sending, by a communication unit, the pressure data to a user terminal device;

receiving, by the terminal device, the pressure data sent by the communication unit, and displaying the pressure on the preset area of the vamp.

16. The method of the claim 15, wherein the displaying the pressure on the preset area of the vamp comprises:

displaying, by a graphical interface, a graph of the shoe;

displaying the different pressures on the preset area of the vamp of the graphical interface by different colors.

17. The method of the claim 16, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a touch operation of the graph, and generating a corresponding control command according to the touch operation;

receiving, by the communication unit, the control command;

controlling the deformation material layer of the vamp to deform to adjust a shape of the vamp.

18. The method of the claim 17, wherein the receiving a touch operation of the graph, and generating a corresponding control command according to the touch operation comprises:

receiving a stretch touch operation or a contract touch operation of the graph corresponding to the preset area of the vamp;

generating a control command controlling the preset area of the vamp to stretch according to the stretch touch operation; or

generating a control command controlling the preset area of the vamp to contract according to the contract touch operation.

19. The method of the claim 18, wherein a stretched direction of the stretch touch operation or a contractive direction of the contract touch operation is vertical to an outer surface of the vamp.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises:

determining whether the pressure of the preset area is greater than a preset pressure threshold;

when the pressure of the preset area is greater than the preset pressure threshold the default, controlling the deformation material layer of the vamp to deform to reduce the pressure on the preset area.