FOOTWEAR WITH ELECTRONIC DEVICE. i'ne present invention relates to lootwea o: &n _ύ in navmg at acned or incorporatea <=u- electronic αevice wnicr. measures, processes anu indicates to tue user physi- 5 cal a cneiαical sizes anu parameters oi interest lor nii . _Λ. present, nu an lootwear o iεrs to tne user o ly simple protection, neljj in nis movement an daily activities. tne otner nand, tnere are Known electronic easurin ₀ αevices ana sensors lor tunin over p.±ysico- lo cnemical anu state sizes ana parameters, n a wiαe range oi types ana dimensions, fnere are ic ow various a acne- racnts oi mecnanical or electronic αevices to siαoes on ai- ixerent purposes, out tne xirst are rapidly worn and tne otnerε are difficult to De fitted, are sofiβticated and 5 expensive, ΛII exarαple is tne 3noe vvitn electronic cnrono eter consisting oi a signal generating device and an electronic αevice sensitive to a signal naving a siεeps registering part, a, system for coui.i-a.rison, a registering part erf steps len ₀ n , a s stem for its ana a cnronometer t Q (jj'rencn patent _d uc io no. . 527 Jb_i ) .

Tne purpose of υ present invention is to proviαe new types oi lootwear fitted witn electronic αevices, tnat αisplay anu. signal i ioriuation concerning: nu oer of steps ana distance covered, speed ana duration oi tne movement,

25 total αio—tαnce covered ana total time o _* using tne iootwear, ut. mass oi tne user, nis pulse, nis uiood pressure, tne numan ooα; tem _± ,ei"ature, t^e temperature oi tile envi o men , tne difference oetwβen tne environment ana nt oody temperatures, numidi y msiue ana outsiuc tne lootwear,

3o tne aggressiveness oi ti.ε environment exceeding τ±... con¬ structiv; limit o iootwear ι.ι contact wit— acias or oase&, radioactivity over tne limits admit ed lur i-. nu αn oa^,

ύiocurrents, xe enei'ge ic state anu type oi the user's Doαy, ^' ne lootwear, accoruing to the invention, consists in tnat it aas attacneώ. or incorporated an elec- tronic measuring device witn display, witn optical and aco¬ ustic signalling αevices and witn a solaμr battery, whion using one or more sensors also attached or incorporated into the same i'ootwear, or a mercury switah, takes over informa¬ tion aDOut the iootwear use, about tne user and tne environ- men , processes them, αisplays or signals tneiiα. impending on tne number 01 sensors, one or more o± ^' the aoove mentioned parameters are ιαeasureu _β 'ne electronic αevice nas an electrical supply¬ ing source oi cneuiical or soiεr nature, uptionally in the circuit is introduced a transmitter attached to, or incorpo¬ rate in tne iootwear, wnicn taKes over and transmits the ini ^' ox'mation to an external receiver oi any Kind. Tne iootwea according to tne invention, alongside witn its utility of giving desired information to tne user, has tne a vantages tnat tne components of tne aoove mentioned electrical circui αo not wear easily, and also tnat it is easy manufactured especially wnen tne components are attacned to tne footwear; tne costs are not too Dig. imen tne mercury switch is U3βα to count tne nu Der Oi steps anu sizes related to tnat, it is fixeα on an aunesive banα naving electrical wires and applied on the footwear witn anotner adnesive band naving wires, wnich is connected to tne electronic αevice; tne Dana may be manufac¬ tured from a synthetic leatner ana the place on tne lootweaz is cnosen so tnat tne general aspect to be asstnetic, pleasa

.<alκing Deing a αaii activity, tne present in¬ vention ofiers advantages to tne user facilitating tne Know¬ ledge ana n selfconti'ol over nis ooay and offering tne _->o- ssioiiit tα protect nimself to a nigner degree towards tne environme t, ine invention m j be an important stimulant in incresing man's interest in movement (valκing, joging), one oi tne major lectors in neaith maintenance.

rue invention is presented in tne following more αetciied in connection witn tne rawings 1-5 v/nicn represent:

^" ~ figure 1 - a view ironi aoove oi snoe naving tne electronic on one lateral side and tne sensor or 5 tne mercury switch on tne otner lateral side of it;

- figure 2 - a lateral view of a snoe naving tne sensor or mercury switch incorporateα into tne neel;

- figure 3 - cross section of a mercury switcn in horizontal position; o - figure 4 - cross section of a mercury switch in tilted position;

- figure 5 - the attacnement of a mercury switch witn aαnesive oand and electrical wires. ϊne fol wing exa p±e is a preferreα emoo iment of 15 this invention; it is provided Dy way of illustration and it doesn't limit the scope of tne invention, ϋnis preferred emboαiment s for counting tne steps number and to measure the sizes connected to it. In igure 1 is represented a snoe 1 naving on one lateral side an electronic measuring device o wnicn is a microprocessor with integrating circuits icnown per se tnat receives, processes αata ior tne desired size measureα ana transmits tne results, ϊnis device is fitted with a display 2, an optical signalling 3, an c.coustic signa lling 4 ana a solar or cnemical oattery 5« J_±1 these αevices -5 are renow per se„ fne device A is connected through electri¬ cal wires 6 to a sensor or to a mercury switch 7 situateα on tne otner lateral siαe oi tne snoe. In .Figure 2 t -ts element is placed in snoe's neel ana after wal.s-i.ug a step, .aien tne force P increases αue to tne neel pressure en cne snoe 1, o tiis electronic αevice A recorus an -i-mpuise corresponαing to a step transmittecL oy the sensor _c .hien a mercury sv.itcn, re- presenceα in figures 3 ana 4» ι& usea, it estaolisnes tne nuϋi of stops oy opening one circuit (Horizontal ρosiτi-.uj ana closing tne circuit (tilts-, position) v.n.en tne foot maie 5 tne step, ϊnc switcn nas electrical contacts 8, flexible or rigiα insulating tuDe walls _*, mercury io insiαe the tuoe, insuiacing lias 11. .figure ? t & switcn is e e enteu

oy tne rϋ 12., connected ana sticited to an insulating banα

13 Having electrical contacts 14 which are bound to contacts

14 oi a second adnesive band 13. ϊnis second banα can oe rαaα of syntnetic leatner (tnat imitates tne leatner of tne sno ana so it nas aiso a decorative purpose. In tnis case, tne electronic measuring device can be attacned to the shoe using tne same syntnetic leatner. It is a very simple and easy way oi applying and taking off and tnis αevice doesn't wear in time _* in tne circuit, alongsiαe witn tne electronic measuring device A and tne part 7, it is optionally int--Oαu- ceα a transmitter, also attacned to, or incorporated in tne snoe, tnac tanes over and transmits tne information to an external receiver Known per se (not represented in tne αrawings). ϊn electronic measuring αevice A inαicates to tne user of tne snoe thrrugh tne display 2 in every momen tne number of steps or the distance went through, αepending upon the size of a mean stanαard step or oi tne personal ste whicn nas been introαuced in tne memory of tne electronic measuring device Λ. Depending on its programming, the elec¬ tronic measuring device A gives an optical signal througn optical signalling 3 or/and an acoustic signal ^" . tr.ro gh the acoustic signalling 4, tnat corresponαs to a determined number of steps, to a certain distance covereα or to a cer_ tain period of time.

In tne same way, using adequate 3βnsors placed inside tne snoe or on it, as tne case may b&, any of tne sizes of interest ior tne man εntion≤α above are measureα ana inaicatedo