Smart shoes with wireless transmitter

摘要

A locating and tracking system includes shoes, which carry a wireless module. A user walking the area causes clicking or intermittent energizing a transmitter carried in the module. The transmitter communicates with a plurality of fixed wireless access points, to provide the position and tracking for persons in the area.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
a foot cover; a transmitter carried by the foot cover, the transmitter is responsive to at least one of cover deflection, cover bending or cover deformation to carry out a short term transmission; a plurality of access points, at least some of which receive the brief transmissions; and control circuitry coupled to the access points to make a location determination based on access point feedback from at least two different access ports, relative to at least some of the received transmissions.