Autolacing footwear system with preset user profiles

Abstract

A system includes an article of footwear and a remote system. The article of footwear includes an adaptive configured to be adjusted to one of a plurality of configurations based on a command received from a processor circuit. The remote system includes an electronic data storage, configured to store a user profile including the plurality of configurations, and a processor configured to prompt, on a user interface, a user to put on the article of footwear, receive, via a wireless transceiver, a signal from the article of footwear indicating that the article of footwear has been placed on the foot of a wearer, access, one of the plurality of configurations based on a user selection, and transmit the one of the plurality of configurations as selected. The processor circuit causes the adaptive component to be configured according to the one of the plurality of configurations.

1 . (canceled) 
     
     
         2 . A system, comprising:
 an article of footwear, comprising:
 an opening configured to admit a foot of a wearer and an orthotic insert; 
 a wireless transceiver; 
 a processor circuit operatively coupled to the wireless transceiver; and 
 an adaptive component, operatively coupled to the processor circuit, configured to be adjusted to one of a plurality of configurations based on a command received from the processor circuit, wherein at least one of the plurality of configurations is based on a presence of the orthotic insert in the opening and at least one of the plurality of configurations is based on a lack of the orthotic insert in the opening. 
   
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the processor circuit is configured to calibrate the at least one of the plurality of configurations based on the presence of the orthotic insert in the opening. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 3 , wherein the adaptive component is a motorized lacing system, and wherein each of the plurality of configurations describes a degree of tension on a lace induced by the motorized lacing system. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein the motorized lacing system comprises a motor, a spool, and an encoder configured to determine a rotational position of the spool, and wherein the each of the plurality of configurations describes an encoder setting corresponding to a desired degree of tension on the lace. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 4 , further comprising a user interface configured to prompt a user, via the user interface, to manually adjust the degree of tension on the lace based on a user input from the user; and
 wherein the processor circuit is configured to update the one of the plurality of configurations based on the degree of tension as manually adjusted.   
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 6 , wherein the user interface is further configured to prompt the user to indicate the presence or absence of the orthotic insert in the opening. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein the plurality of configurations are part of a user profile stored in an electronic data storage, wherein the user profile further comprises a database to store multiple records, each record comprising one plurality of configurations associated with a particular article of footwear. 
     
     
         9 . A processor-implemented method, comprising:
 prompting, on a user interface, a wearer to put on an article of footwear, the article of footwear including a wireless transceiver and an adaptive component configured to be adjusted to one of a plurality of configurations based on a command received from a processor;   reciting a signal from the article of footwear indicating that the article of footwear has been placed on the foot of a wearer;   accessing, in an electronic data storage, one of a plurality of configurations of a user profile based on a user selection received via the user interface; and   transmitting to the wireless transceiver of the article of footwear the one of the plurality of configurations as selected to a processor circuit of the article of footwear to cause the adaptive component to adjust;   wherein, upon receiving the one of the plurality of configurations, the processor circuit causes the adaptive component to be configured according to the one of the plurality of configurations.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , further comprising:
 calibrating the at least one of the plurality of configurations based on the presence of the orthotic insert in the opening.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the adaptive component is a motorized lacing system, and wherein each of the plurality of configurations describes a degree of tension on a lace induced by the motorized lacing system. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the motorized lacing system comprises a motor, a spool, and an encoder configured to determine a rotational position of the spool, and wherein the each of the plurality of configurations describes an encoder setting corresponding to a desired degree of tension on the lace. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 prompting a user, via a user interface, to manually adjust the degree of tension on the lace based on a user input from the user; and   updating the one of the plurality of configurations based on the degree of tension as manually adjusted.   
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 13 , further comprising:
 prompting the user, on the user interface, to indicate the presence or absence of the orthotic insert in the opening.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the plurality of configurations are part of the user profile stored in an electronic data storage, wherein the user profile further comprises a database to store multiple records, each record comprising one plurality of configurations associated with a particular article of footwear. 
     
     
         16 . A processor-implemented method, comprising:
 prompting, on a user interface, a wearer to put on an article of footwear, the article of footwear including a wireless transceiver and an adaptive component configured to be adjusted to one of a plurality of configurations based on a command received from a processor;   reciting a signal from the article of footwear indicating that the article of footwear has been placed on the foot of a wearer;   accessing, in an electronic data storage, one of a plurality of configurations of a user profile based on a user selection received via the user interface; and   transmitting to the wireless transceiver of the article of footwear the one of the plurality of configurations as selected to a processor circuit of the article of footwear to cause the adaptive component to adjust;   wherein, upon receiving the one of the plurality of configurations, the processor circuit causes the adaptive component to be configured according to the one of the plurality of configurations.   
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , further comprising:
 calibrating the at least one of the plurality of configurations based on the presence of the orthotic insert in the opening.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the plurality of configurations are part of a user profile stored in an electronic data storage, wherein the user profile further comprises a database to store multiple records, each record comprising one plurality of configurations associated with a particular article of footwear. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein the adaptive component is a motorized lacing system, and wherein each of the plurality of configurations describes a degree of tension on a lace induced by the motorized lacing system. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the motorized lacing system comprises a motor, a spool, and an encoder configured to determine a rotational position of the spool, and wherein the each of the plurality of configurations describes an encoder setting corresponding to a desired degree of tension on the lace. 
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 20 , further comprising:
 prompting a user, via a user interface, to manually adjust the degree of tension on the lace based on a user input from the user; and   updating the one of the plurality of configurations based on the degree of tension as manually adjusted.