公开(公告)号：EP1922643A2

公开(公告)日：2008-05-21

申请号：EP06801854.8

申请日：2006-08-18

申请人： Koelling, Fred ,  Subramanyam, Venugopal

发明人： Koelling, Fred ,  Subramanyam, Venugopal

IPC分类号： G06F17/00

CPC分类号： G05B19/401 ,  G05B19/402 ,  G05B2219/31113 ,  G05B2219/45243 ,  G07F11/00

摘要： An orthotic vending machine may comprise a measuring and orthotic fabricating apparatus. The measuring apparatus may comprise a plurality of probes capable of sensing pressure at various pixels on the underside surfaces of the person's feet at various configurations and determining the heights at the various pixels for the various configurations. The fabricating apparatus may lay down a plurality of discs on a base layer having different hardnesses based on the measured pressure and heights by the measuring apparatus to fabricate customized orthotics. As a further alternative, the fabricating apparatus may form the customized orthotic via milling orthotic blanks based on the measured pressure and heights by the measuring apparatus. The orthotic vending machine may be placed in shoe retail shops such that shoe purchasers may purchase a shoe and a customized orthotic during one visit to the shoe store.