GPS ENABLED SHOES

Abstract

The present invention relates to a shoe comprising an upper and a sole, wherein a pouch containing the GPS module for transmitting a current position signal is provided on the upper, which is detachable. The pouch containing the GPS module is provided with an attachment means which enables it to attach with the upper of the sole. According to the present invention, by proposing a shoe in which a pouch containing the GPS module is mounted on upper of the shoe and can be replaced easily and placed on other shoes. Children or the elderly do not have to worry about losing the GPS module and safer and more accurate tracking of the location of the child, the elderly, or a patient with dementia is possible.

Claims

1. A GPS module attachable to the upper of a shoe, the module comprising: an attachable, non-sticky pad provided with an attachment means configured to attached with the shoe upper; a GPS tracker embodied in the pad for tracking of the shoe; a microprocessor chip configured to communicate with GPS tracker and a terminal; a battery connected to the GPS tracker and microprocessor to supply power.

2. The GPS module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pad is made from cloth, canvas, leather, synthetic leather, rexine or a combination thereof.

3. The GPS module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the attachment means comprising at least one hole on each side of the pad for engagement with the shoe laces.

4. The GPS module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the attachment means is a zipper provided on the side of the pad.

5. The GPS module as claimed in claim 4, wherein the attachment means is a Velcro zipper provided on the side of the pad.

6. The GPS Module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the GPS chip is coupled to and/or communicates with one or more processors for navigation and relaying information to the terminal.

7. A shoe comprising: an upper portion configured to provide covering to a top of a user's foot; a sole portion coupled to the top portion; a pouch containing the GPS module attachable to the upper portion of the shoe through the shoe lace holes.

8. The shoe as claimed in claim 6, wherein the pouch containing the GPS module comprises number of holes equal to or less than the number of holes in the shoe.

9. The shoe as claimed in claim 6, wherein the pouch containing the GPS module is attached in between the shoe lace holes and tongue of the shoe.

10. The shoe as claimed in claim 6, wherein the pouch containing the GPS module is attached on upper side of shoe lace holes.

11. A shoe comprising: an upper portion configured to provide covering to a top of a user's foot; a sole portion coupled to the top portion; a pouch containing the GPS module attachable to the upper portion of the shoe tongue using Velcro zipper.

12. The shoe as claimed in claim 10, wherein the pouch containing the GPS module is attached in entire length of the shoe tongue.

13. The shoe as claimed in claim 10, wherein the pouch containing the GPS module is attached on a portion of shoe tongue.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS:

[0033] FIG. 1 shows a GPS module according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0034] FIG. 2 shows shoe equipped with a GPS module extends the entire length of the shoe's tongue according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0035] The terms used in this specification will be briefly described, and the disclosed embodiments will be described in detail.

[0036] Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the pouch containing the GPS module described herein, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Whenever possible, the same reference numerals will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts. Referring to the figures generally, embodiments of the GPS module provided herein include the pouch containing the GPS module coupled to shoes. Further, the GPS module determines the current position of the person. This information is sent to a terminal which may display the current location of the GPS module on a map in the dedicated application.

[0037] Embodiments of the pouch containing the GPS module are described herein specifically with respect to shoes. However, the pouch containing the GPS module may be used with other daily use items such as apparels, handbags, backpacks, and the like where it can be placed with suitable modifications.

[0038] Singular expressions in this specification include plural expressions unless the context clearly specifies that they are singular.

[0039] When it is said that a certain component is included in the entire specification, it means that other components may be further included, rather than excluding other components unless otherwise stated. Also, the term module used in the specification means a hardware component such as software, and module performs certain roles. However, module is not meant to be limited to software or hardware. A module may be configured to reside in an addressable storage medium and may be configured to reproduce on one or more processors. Thus, as an example, module refers to components such as software components, object-oriented software components, class components and task components, processes, functions, properties, procedures, subroutines, segments of program code, drivers, firmware, microcode, circuitry, data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays and variables.

[0040] In addition, in the description with reference to the accompanying drawings, the same reference numerals are given to the same components regardless of reference numerals, and overlapping descriptions thereof will be omitted.

[0041] Referring to FIG. 1, the location tracking system of the present invention having a pouch containing the GPS module 100. The pouch containing the GPS module 100 is attachable through a shoe's lace holes. A plurality of holes 104 are provided in the pouch containing the GPS module 100 which can be aligned with the shoe lace holes. For the attachment of the pouch containing the GPS module 100 to the shoes at least two holes 104 on each are required. The pouch containing the GPS module comprises holes 104 in equal number on each side so that the shoelaces can hold it together to the shoe's tongue and secure it in place.

[0042] According to an embodiment, the number of holes may be similar to number of hoes of shoe lace on which is required to be attached.

[0043] A Velcro-zipper 105 is provided on bottom of GPS module, with which it can be attached to the tongue cover of shoe. The Velcro zipper may be provided in entire are of the GPS module instead of side. Further, the Velcro zipper may be provided in any other fashion such a diagonal strips or any other fashion. The invention is described herein with reference to Velcro zipper, however, other similar arrangement like buttons, resealable zippers may be provided for similar purpose.

[0044] The pouch containing the GPS module comprises a GPS tracker 101 connected to a battery 102 and a microprocessor 103. Kids, elderly folks, and any person with shoes that have laces with the pouch containing the GPS module 100 attached can be easily tracked with a GPS tracker 101.

[0045] FIG. 2 generally illustrate an example embodiment of the pouch containing the GPS module 100 as embodied in a shoe. The shoe 200 includes a top portion 201, a sole portion 202, an interior portion 205, and a tongue portion 204. As will be described in more detail herein, the pouch containing the GPS module 100 can communicate with a terminal. The terminal (not shown) has a dedicated application installed, tracks the current location of the pouch containing the GPS module 100 using the signal transmitted from the pouch containing the GPS module 100 through the dedicated application, and displays the current location on the screen. For example, the terminal may be implemented with various devices such as a mobile phone, a smart phone, a mobile communication terminal, and a tablet PC.

[0046] In the present invention, in a shoe 200, the pouch containing the GPS module 100 is attached through shoe laces using the holes 104, so that the GPS module 100 is detachable.

[0047] According to an aspect of the invention, the pouch containing the GPS module 100 is provided on the entire length of shoe tongue 204.

[0048] According to another aspect, the GPS module 100 is provided only on a portion of the shoe tongue 204.

[0049] The terminal tracks the current location of the GPS module 100 using the current location signal transmitted from the shoe 200 and the GPS module 100, and a dedicated application is installed for this purpose, and through the dedicated application The current location of the GPS module 100 is displayed on the screen.

[0050] The terminal may display the current location of the GPS module 100 on a map in a dedicated application.

[0051] According to an embodiment the terminal may be provided with a function to set a safe zone for a specific area in a dedicated application, and can immediately display an alarm when the GPS module 100 enters or leaves the safe zone.

[0052] The pouch containing the GPS module 100 of the present invention is attached to any shoe through shoe lace holes using holes 104 of the pouch containing the GPS module 100.

[0053] As an alternative embodiment, the pouch containing the GPS module can also be attached to any shoe on the shoe tongue using Velcro zipper or buttons or any similar mechanism.

[0054] The pouch containing the GPS module 100 can be easily detached and placed on new pair of shoes in case of shoe gets old or other pair of shoe is required to be used.

[0055] As the pouch containing the GPS module 100 is placed on the upper of the shoe, it is saved from wear and tear and easily attached detached with the mechanism described above.

[0056] Embodiments of the GPS module are described herein specifically with respect to shoes. However, the GPS module may be used with other daily use items such as apparels, handbags, backpacks, and the like where it can be placed with suitable modifications.

[0057] The present invention has been described above using several preferred examples, but these examples are illustrative and not limiting. Those skilled in the art to which the present invention belongs will understand that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention and the scope of rights set forth in the appended claims.