This present invention relates to a customizable intelligent footwear. More specifically, the intelligent footwear identifies the needs and requirements of the users and accordingly can self-adjust its various features such as ankle support, arch support, quarter support, and others to enhance comfort and performance of the footwear. The intelligent footwear is integrated with a plurality of sensors and chipsets that collects information regarding user's needs, and based on the collected information adjusts different parameters of the footwear. Additionally, the footwear can be easily paired with a compatible software application to allow the wearers to access information related to their footwear features, step counts, sports related content, walking habits, and other relevant information.

An article of footwear includes a motorized tensioning system, sensors, and a gesture control system. Based on information received from one or more sensors the gesture control system may detect a prompting gesture and enters an armed mode for receiving further instructions. In the armed mode the system may detect a variety of different control gestures that correspond to different tensioning commands.

Aspects of the present disclosure describe systems, methods, and structures that scavenge mechanical energy to provide electrical energy to a wearable, where the mechanical energy is scavenged by a bending-strain-based transducer that includes a non-resonant energy harvester. By employing a non-resonant energy harvester that operates in bending mode, more electrical energy can be generated that possible with prior-art energy harvesters. In some embodiments the bending-strain-based transducer also includes a sensor and/or a haptic device. Some transducers in accordance with the present disclosure comprise a piezoelectric layer comprising a low-K piezoelectric material, such as aluminum nitride, which enables generation of higher voltage and power/energy output and/or a thinner transducer. As a result, transducers in accordance with the present disclosure can be included in wearables for which large transducer thickness would be problematic, such as shoe insoles, midsoles or outsoles, garments, bras, handbags, backpacks, and the like.

The present invention is a type of shock absorbent shoes with the heel portion of each shoe bottom divided into an upper and lower portion; by having a horizontal gap between the outsole and midsole or along the midsole. Also, several resistive devices are each connected to said lower portion and said upper portion or the upper of said shoe. Whereby, having resistive device attached to the side of both the outsole and midsole and/or upper; allow them to be more lengthy, hence more energy can be store and released along, their entire length, to the point where both the outsole and midsole touches, therefore, the amount of play the resistive devices have is dependent on the amount of space between said outsole and midsole. Each shoe also includes a small detachable power bank charger device for use of partially charging of cell phone, blue tooth speakers, wireless ear buds etc. Each power bank is charged by electrical pulse from a piezoelectric device via a circuit board and is fitted to a modest structure on the shoe such that it does not cause the shoes to look bulky or feel uncomfortable.

A wearable article, a system, and methods include a structural material configured to enable the wearable article to the worn on a body, a piezoelectric generator, positioned with respect to the structural material in a configuration to be flexed to output a voltage, a data translator, coupled to the piezoelectric generator, configured to output electronic data based on the voltage, and an electronic data storage, coupled to the data translator, configured to store the electronic data from the data translator.

An article of apparel, a system, and methods include a structural material configured to enable the article of footwear to the worn on a body. A wireless transmission circuit is included and a piezoelectric generator is positioned with respect to the structural material in a configuration to be flexed to induce a voltage signal output. A voltage sensor is configured to sense the voltage profile and output a sensor signal indicative of the voltage profile. An electronic data storage, coupled to the voltage sensor, is configured to store voltage profile information based on the sensor data. A comparator, coupled to the electronic data storage, is configured to identify a change in the voltage profile information over time. The wireless transmission circuit is configured to transmit data indicative of a physical status of the article of footwear based on the change in the voltage profile information over time.

A cleat adapter system is provided for a cycling shoe. The cleat adapter system comprises a first connecting portion, a second connecting portion, an actuator, a communicator and a controller. The first connecting portion is configured to be connected to a cleat. The second connecting portion is connected to the first connecting portion. The actuator operatively is coupled to one of the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion. The second connecting portion is configured to adjust a relative position between the first connecting portion and the second connection portion. The communicator is configured to receive at least one of bicycle information and user information. The controller operatively couples the actuator and the communicator. The controller is configured to control the actuator to adjust the relative position based on at least one of the bicycle information and the user information.

A cleat adapter system is provided for a cycling shoe. The cleat adapter system comprises a first connecting portion, a second connecting portion, an actuator, a communicator and a controller. The first connecting portion is configured to be connected to a cleat. The second connecting portion is connected to the first connecting portion. The actuator operatively is coupled to one of the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion. The second connecting portion is configured to adjust a relative position between the first connecting portion and the second connection portion. The communicator is configured to receive at least one of bicycle information and user information. The controller operatively couples the actuator and the communicator. The controller is configured to control the actuator to adjust the relative position based on at least one of the bicycle information and the user information.

A system including: (a) an insole with a plurality of sensors and a plurality of adjustment mechanisms deployed thereupon at a plurality of locations, each sensor providing a data output signal; (b) a data processor receiving the data output signals from the sensors, analyzing data from the output signals and outputting a response plan; and (c) an implementation module receiving the response plan, translating the response plan to a plurality of response signals, and transmitting each response signal of the plurality of response signals to a specific one of the plurality of adjustment mechanisms Additional systems and related insoles are also disclosed.

A system including: (a) an insole with a plurality of sensors and a plurality of adjustment mechanisms deployed thereupon at a plurality of locations, each sensor providing a data output signal; (b) a data processor receiving the data output signals from the sensors, analyzing data from the output signals and outputting a response plan; and (c) an implementation module receiving the response plan, translating the response plan to a plurality of response signals, and transmitting each response signal of the plurality of response signals to a specific one of the plurality of adjustment mechanisms Additional systems and related insoles are also disclosed.