Cross-cut: `sock`

Axis: form_factor

1 corpus entries disclose this tag.

Earliest disclosure: 2014-01

Listed in chronological order. Each entry’s prior_art_notes and disclosure_citation constitute the citeable prior art material.

Sensoria Smart Socks (2014) — pressure-sensing sock + electronic anklet for gait/running analysis (2014-01)

id: sensoria-smart-socks-2014
corpus: private
form factor: sock
creator: Sensoria Inc. (formerly Heapsylon)
disclosure: Sensoria Inc. ‘Sensoria Fitness Smart Socks’, announced January 2014 — running socks with three pressure-sensitive textile sensors woven into the sole (under the heel, ball of foot, and toes) and a magnetically-attached ‘Sensoria Core’ anklet (accelerometer + Bluetooth) that derives cadence, foot strike pattern (heel/mid/forefoot), foot landing zone, pace, distance, and provides real-time audio coaching.
ip status: patented
sensors: sensor-pressure-skin, sensor-piezoelectric, sensor-accelerometer
algorithms: algo-step-count, algo-gait-analysis, algo-activity-classification
prior art notes: Discloses a sock with multiple pressure-sensitive textile sensors woven into the sole, paired with a removable ankle-worn electronics module that derives cadence, foot-strike pattern, pressure distribution, and pace. Anticipates smart-sock/sole-pressure-sensing claims combining ‘a sock with one or more textile pressure sensors at multiple positions of the foot sole’ and ‘a paired electronics module deriving gait metrics’ from 2014. Product-side anchor for the sock form-factor cross-cut (the only sock entry); cf. [[nike-plus-ipod-sport-kit-2006]] (the earlier shoe/insole route).