Footwear with protuberances and construction thereof

Abstract

A footwear including a vamp and an inner sole defining in combination a Volume of Treatment (VOTf) and an outsole coupled to at least one protuberance, that when in use, comprises a Point of Contact (POC) with a surface, and wherein dimensions of the VOTf are defined by a position of said POC in 3D space in relation to the outsole and/or insole and/or any selected point within the VOTf. Also disclosed are a method and a computer program product program code for manufacturing same.

1 . A footwear comprising:
 a vamp and an inner sole defining in combination a Volume of Treatment (VOTf) and an outsole coupled to at least one protuberance, that when the footwear is in use, the at least one protuberance comprises a Point of Contact (POC) with a surface, and   wherein dimensions of said VOTf are defined by a position of said POC in 3D space in relation to one of: said outsole, insole and any selected point within said VOTf.   
     
     
         2 . The footwear according to  claim 1 , wherein said position of said POC in 3D space comprises at least a distance of said POC from a surface of said outsole. 
     
     
         3 . The footwear according to  claim 1 , wherein said at least one protuberance is moveable. 
     
     
         4 . The footwear according to  claim 3 , wherein points registered at maximal range of movement of said POC on a plane generally parallel to said a surface of said outsole delineate a zone of maximal range of movement of said POC. 
     
     
         5 . The footwear according to  claim 4 , wherein said plane of maximal range of movement in combination with a maximal range of a plurality of distances of said POC from a surface of said outsole define a maximal Volume of Treatment of said protuberance (VOTp). 
     
     
         6 . The footwear according to  claim 4 , wherein said zone of maximal range of movement of said POC comprises one or more zones of treatment efficacy within which said POC generates an effective gait/posture proprioceptive and kinesthetic exercise. 
     
     
         7 . The footwear according to  claim 6 , wherein said zones of efficacy vary in the level of treatment efficacy. 
     
     
         8 . The footwear according to  claim 6 , wherein said zones of efficacy in combination with a maximal range of a plurality of distances of said POC from a surface of said outsole define an effective Volume of Treatment of said protuberance (effective VOTp). 
     
     
         9 . The footwear according to  claim 8 , wherein dimensions of said VOTf defined by said effective VOTp provide an effective VOTf. 
     
     
         10 . The footwear according to  claim 1 , wherein said VOTf defines a last for said footwear. 
     
     
         11 . A method for producing a footwear coupled to two protuberances comprising
 selecting an anterior protuberance and a posterior protuberance based on one or more parameters of a required treatment;   determining an effective VOTp for each of the selected protuberances;   selecting a desired corrective footwear design and identifying points that collectively define the footwear desired VOTf;   converting said raw (X, Y) values and generating for each of said selected protuberances new-effective (X, Y) values for and effective footwear VOTf, based on the determined effective VOTp; and   generating (Z) values corresponding to said generated new effective (X, Y) values.   
     
     
         12 . The method according to  claim 11 , further comprising defining said effective VOTf dimensions by the effective (X, Y) values and generated corresponding (Z) value. 
     
     
         13 . The method according to  claim 11 , further comprising forming a last for said footwear in accordance with said effective VOTf. 
     
     
         14 . A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by at least one hardware processor to generate a VOTf for a corrective footwear based on a VOTp of at least one corresponding protuberance, said computer program product program code is executable to:
 receive (X, Y, Z) values of an effective VOTp of a desired corrective footwear protuberance;   receive raw (X, Y) values of points defining a desired VOTf or portions of a desired VOTf of a corrective footwear;   generate new effective (X, Y) values of an effective VOTf or portions of a effective VOTf of the corrective footwear based on the (X, Y, Z) values of the effective VOTp;   generate (Z) values of an effective VOTf or portions of a effective VOTf of the corrective footwear corresponding to the generated new effective (X, Y) values; and   combine the generated (X, Y) values and (Z) value and generate an effective VOTf or portions of an effective VOTf of the corrective footwear.   
     
     
         15 . The computer program product program code according to  claim 14 , wherein said computer program product program code is further executable to receive said raw (X, Y) values of the desired VOTf or portions of the desired VOTf of the desired corrective footwear in a form of a point cloud. 
     
     
         16 . The computer program product program code according to  claim 14 , wherein said computer program product program code is further executable to run a point cloud thinning algorithm and keep significant points only. 
     
     
         17 . The computer program product program code according to  claim 15 , wherein said computer program product program code is further executable to run a nearest neighbor (kNN) algorithm to generate said new effective (X, Y) values of the effective VOTf or portions of the effective VOTf of the corrective footwear based on the (X, Y, Z) values of the effective VOTp. 
     
     
         18 . The computer program product program code according to  claim 17 , wherein said computer program product program code is further executable to cluster the generated new effective (X, Y) values of the effective VOTf. 
     
     
         19 . The computer program product program code according to  claim 14 , wherein said computer program product program code is further executable to combine the generated new effective (X, Y) values and (Z) value and generate a 3D file for production of a last corresponding to the effective VOTf of the corrective footwear based on the (X, Y, Z) values of the effective VOTp.