Footwear with embedded tracking device and method of...

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A43B 5/00 (2006.01)

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CA 2641469

Footwear with an embedded tracking device includes a sole and an upper. The tracking device is disposed in a cavity formed in the top surface of the sole. A wireless communication antenna and/or a location signal antenna is disposed on the upper. The antenna(s) is/are connected to the tracking device via a flexible circuit substrate. In a particular embodiment, the location signal antenna is a passive, directional GPS antenna supported in an upwardly facing position in the heel portion of the upper. A method for manufacturing footwear with an embedded tracking device is also disclosed. The method includes providing a footwear upper, incorporating an antenna in the footwear upper, providing a footwear sole, fixing the footwear upper to the footwear sole, incorporating a tracking device into the footwear sole, and connecting the tracking device to the antenna.

L'invention concerne une chaussure comportant un dispositif de localisation intégré, composée d'une semelle et d'une tige. Le dispositif de localisation est disposé dans une cavité dans la surface supérieure de la semelle. Une antenne de communication sans-fil et/ou une antenne à signal de position sont disposées sur la tige. La ou les antennes sont connectées au dispositif de localisation au moyen d'un substrat de circuit flexible. Dans un mode de réalisation particulier, l'antenne à signal de position est une antenne à GPS directionnelle, passive, disposée de manière à faire face vers le haut dans le talon de la tige. L'invention concerne également un procédé de fabrication d'une chaussure comportant un dispositif de localisation intégré. Le procédé consiste à mettre en oeuvre une croûte de chaussure, à intégrer une antenne dans la tige, à mettre en oeuvre une semelle, à fixer la tige sur la semelle, à intégrer le dispositif de localisation dans la semelle, et à connecter le dispositif de localisation à l'antenne.

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