Passive multiple foot sensor insole real-time feedback device

1. A feedback device for a person comprising:

an insole adjacent to a foot of said person;

three or more force sensors in said insole for measuring the force of said person with each sensor generating a force data signal:

a microprocessor for receiving each force data signal from each sensor and processing

said force data signals and comparing said processed data signal against a baseline;

a haptic device for generating vibrations to said person upon receipt of a signal from said microprocessor; said microprocessor sending such signal if said process data signal meets or exceeds the baseline;

a wireless communications device;

a smart phone, said microprocessor sending such signal if said process data signal meets or exceeds the baseline through said wireless communications device to said smart phone; and

an application running on said smart phone, said application upon receipt of a signal from said microprocessor, generating a visual, audio, and/or vibration feedback display in said smart phone showing an alignment of a center of mass over a base of support of said person;

said person shifts the person's force on said sensors to generate new data signals so that said microprocessor receives the new data signals and processes said new data signals to create a new signal to be sent through said wireless communications device to the application on said smartphone, said application upon receipt of the signal from said microprocessor, generating a new visual, audio, and/or vibration feedback display in said smart phone showing the new alignment of the center of mass over the base of support of said person; repeating until said center of mass is approximately aligned with the base of support of said person to indicate to said person that said person has placed enough weight upon his/her foot to safely take the next step, and wherein said microprocessor processes each force data signal from each sensor by averaging said force data signal to create the process data signal.

2. The feedback device of claim 1 wherein said three or more force sensors are three piezoresistive sensors in said insole.

3. The feedback device of claim 2 wherein said foot has a heel, mid foot and a fore foot, and wherein three piezoresistive sensors are positioned under the heel, the mid foot and the fore foot of said foot.

4. The feedback device of claim 1 wherein said three or more force sensors are five piezoresistive sensors in said insole.

5. The feedback device of claim 4 wherein said five piezoresistive sensors are positioned under the heel, the fifth metatarsal head, the first metatarsal head, the space between the second metatarsal head and the third metatarsal head, and the big toe of said foot.

6. The feedback device of claim 1 further comprising:

a battery for powering said microprocessor, said haptic device and said wireless communications device.

7. The feedback device of claim 1 wherein said wireless communications device is Bluetooth or Bluetooth Low Energy.

8. The feedback device of claim 1 further comprising:

a housing for securing said microprocessor, said haptic device, and said wireless communications device to an ankle of said person, said ankle being on the same leg as said foot of said person, said haptic device generating vibrations to said ankle of said person.

9. The feedback device of claim 1 wherein said haptic device is in said insole, said haptic device generating vibrations to said foot of said person.

10. The feedback device of claim 1 further comprising:

said insole having an upper layer adjacent to said foot, a lower layer adjacent to said shoe on said foot, and an intermediate layer between said upper layer and said lower layer; said intermediate layer having openings for each force sensor of said three or more force sensors.

11. The feedback device of claim 1 further comprising:

said insole having an upper layer adjacent to the foot and a lower layer adjacent to the shoe on said foot; said lower layer or said upper layer or both said upper layer and said lower layer having recesses for each force sensor of said three or more force sensors.

12. A feedback device for a person comprising:

an insole adjacent to a foot of said person:

three or more force sensors in said insole for measuring a force of said person with each sensor generating a force data signal;

a microprocessor for receiving each force data signal from each sensor and processing said force data signals and comparing said processed data signal against a baseline,

a haptic device for generating vibrations to said person upon receipt of a signal from said microprocessor: said microprocessor sending such signal if said process data signal meets or exceeds the baseline,

a wireless communications device;

a smart phone, said microprocessor sending such signal if said process data signal meets or exceeds the baseline through said wireless communications device to said smart phone; and

an application running on said smart phone, said application upon receipt of a signal from said microprocessor, generating a visual, audio, and/or vibration feedback display in said smart phone showing an alignment of a center of mass over a base of support of said person;

said person shifts the person's force on said sensors to generate new data signals so that said microprocessor receives the new data signals and processes said new data signals to create a new signal to be sent through said wireless communications device to the application on said smartphone, said application upon receipt of the signal from said microprocessor, generating a new visual, audio, and/or vibration feedback display in said smart phone showing the new alignment of the center of mass over the base of support of said person: repeating until said center of mass is approximately aligned with the base of support of said person to indicate to said person that said person has placed enough weight upon his/her foot to safely take the next step, and

a force concentrator adjacent to each force sensor of said three or more force sensors, said force concentrator having a larger surface area than said adjacent force sensor for increasing an effective area of each sensor for measuring the force of said person with each sensor generating the force data signal.

13. A feedback device for a person comprising:

an insole adjacent to a foot of said person;

three or more force sensors in said insole for measuring a force of said person with each sensor generating a force data signal;

a microprocessor for receiving each force data signal from each sensor and processing said force data signals and comparing said processed data signal against a baseline, a wireless communications device;

a smart phone, said microprocessor sending such signal if said process data signal meets or exceeds the baseline through said wireless communications device to said smart phone; and

an application running on said smart phone, said application upon receipt of a signal from said microprocessor, generating a visual, audio, and/or vibration feedback display in said smart phone showing an alignment of a center of mass over a base of support of said person;

said person shifts the person's force on said sensors to generate new data signals so that said microprocessor receives the new data signals and processes said new data signals to create a new signal to be sent through said wireless communications device to the application on said smartphone, said application upon receipt of the signal from said microprocessor, generating a new visual, audio, and/or vibration feedback display in said smart phone showing the new alignment of the center of mass over the base of support of said person: repeating until said center of mass is approximately aligned with the base of support of said person to indicate to said person that said person has placed enough weight upon his/her foot to safely take the next step.