SYSTEM AND METHODS OF MAKING CUSTOM FOOTWEAR
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    发明申请
    SYSTEM AND METHODS OF MAKING CUSTOM FOOTWEAR 审中-公开
    制作自定义鞋子的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:WO2008070537A2

    公开(公告)日:2008-06-12

    申请号:PCT/US2007/086014

    申请日:2007-11-30

    发明人: WENG, Wei ZHU, Liqun

    IPC分类号: G06Q10/00

    CPC分类号: A43D1/025 A43D3/021

    摘要: This invention relates to a system and the methods of making custom footwear. A multi-level customization process is employed in the system of the invention. First, shoe last is customized according to the biometric features of the foot. Secondly, the components of the footwear are fine-tuned through a set of interactive measurements for the wearer' needs, while the appearance of the footwear is custom-designed according to the taste of the wearer. Major components of the custom footwear include: a custom upper that best-fits the shape of wearer's foot; a multi-layered custom insole with its surface conforming to the plantar surface of the foot; and a custom sole that sandwiching a heel pad with custom height. The methods for customOmaking of the footwear include: custom last database construction, reverse-engineering for the 3-D foot model, measurement and analysis for foot features, expert system-guided automatic last look-up for the best- fit last, modification and tune-up on the best- fit last, custom- making of shoe upper using the custom last, custom-making of multi-layered insole according to the plantar surface geometry of the foot, making of custom sole, and the integration of custom upper, insole and sole into final custom footwear. In the preferred embodiment, the custom footwear is made through the following process. First, a custom last database is constructed, which stores the geometric features of custom-designed lasts along multiple dimensions. In the last database, one last table corresponds to a footwear style. A reverse- engineering process is used to acquire a 3-D computer model of the foot. The 3- D model of the foot is further measured and analyzed to extract the 3- dimensional features of the foot. In the foot measurement process, not only the foot geometries along last dimensions are measured, but also the 3-D shape and locations of any foot abnormalities are recorded. Automatic last look-up is then carried out according to the extracted foot features, which iterate the last table of the desired style. In this process, fitting indices of all lasts are computed by fitting algorithms derived from a set of rules from an expert system. The fitting indices show the fitting levels between the last features and those of the foot. A best-fit last is chosen from the last database after sorting all the fitting indices of the lasts. The 3-D shape of the best-fit last may further be tuned up and optimized to accommodate any deformities or irregularities of the wearer' s foot. In certain cases, fully customized last would be manufactured if the look-up process is not able to select a best- fit last. Custom upper of the footwear is then made using the finalized custom last. For the insole, a thermal-plastic forming mould is made by Computer Numerical Controlled (CNC) machining process referring to the 3-D shape of the plantar surface of the foot. A multi-layered plate, comprising a layer of shell material, a layer of cushioning material, and a layer of lining material, is then thermal-plastically-formed and trimmed into the custom insole. A custom sole is made by trimming the outlines of the midsole and outsole according to the contour of the bottom of the custom last, and by sandwiching a custom-made heel-pad between the midsole and outsole. Finally, the custom upper, insole, and sole are integrated into the custom footwear, with the colors, materials and other accessories of the footwear customized according to the wearer's preferences.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及制造定制鞋类的系统和方法。 在本发明的系统中采用多级定制过程。 首先,鞋子根据脚的生物特征定制。 其次,通过针对佩戴者的需要的一组交互式测量来对鞋类的部件进行微调,而鞋类的外观根据穿着者的口味定制设计。 定制鞋类的主要部件包括:最适合佩戴者脚部形状的定制鞋面; 一种多层定制的鞋垫,其表面符合脚的脚底表面; 和一个定制的鞋底,夹着具有定制高度的脚跟垫。 定制鞋类的方法包括:定制最后一个数据库构建,3-D脚型的逆向工程,脚特征的测量和分析,专家系统引导的自动上次查找,适合最后,修改和 调整最适合的最后,定制鞋面使用定制的最后,定制多层鞋垫根据脚底表面几何形状的脚,制作定制鞋底,并整合定制鞋面 ,鞋垫和鞋底成为最终定制鞋类。 在优选实施例中,通过以下过程制造定制鞋类。 首先,构建一个自定义的最后一个数据库,它存储沿着多个维度定制设计的最后几何的几何特征。 在最后一个数据库中,最后一个表格对应于鞋类样式。 逆向工程过程用于获取脚的3-D计算机模型。 进一步测量和分析脚的三维模型以提取足部的三维特征。 在脚部测量过程中,不仅测量最后尺寸的脚几何形状,还记录了3-D形状和任何脚异常的位置。 然后根据提取的脚特征执行自动的最后查找,该特征迭代所需样式的最后一个表。 在该过程中,通过从专家系统的一组规则得到的拟合算法来计算所有最后的拟合索引。 拟合指数显示了最后一个特征与脚的特征之间的拟合水平。 在最后一个数据库中选择最适合的最后一个数据库,然后排序最后的所有拟合索引。 最佳配合最后的3-D形状可以进一步调整和优化,以适应佩戴者脚的任何畸形或不规则。 在某些情况下,如果查找过程无法选择最适合的最后一个,则将完全定制最后一个。 然后,使用最后定制的鞋面定制鞋面。 对于鞋垫,热塑性成形模具是通过计算机数控(CNC)加工过程制造的,参考脚底的三维形状。 然后将包括一层壳材料,一层缓冲材料和一层衬里材料的多层板热塑性地形成并修整到定制的鞋垫中。 通过根据最后定制底部的轮廓修剪中底和外底的轮廓,并通过在中底和外底之间夹住定制的脚跟垫来制作定制鞋底。 最后,定制鞋面,鞋垫和鞋底整合到定制鞋类中,鞋类的颜色,材料和其他配件根据佩戴者的喜好定制。