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US 12304166
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Patent summary
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Patent Overview — US 12304166 B2
Title: Systems and methods for mass customization
Patent number: US 12304166 B2
Application number: US 16/375,831
Inventors: Bao Tran; Ha Tran
Current/Original Assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2016-04-12
Filing date: 2019-04-04
Publication date: 2025-05-20
Legal status: Active; adjusted expiration 2040-07-22
Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US12304166/en
Purpose and plain-language scope (from the supplied text):
The patent concerns mass customization, particularly of foot-related products such as shoes and inserts. The excerpt describes digitizing 3D foot models for engineering and fabricating footwear; mass-customized design and fabrication of shoes and inserts; corrective footwear; customizing shoe appearance; custom inserts; health management based on foot traffic and other health data; multi-phase 3D manufacturing (e.g., footwear); and fitness/health monitoring using foot products, including managing population health.
A summarized embodiment covers footwear with a sole customized to a wearer's anatomy, formed by: receiving a 3D model of a sole having a volume; generating a structural lattice inside that volume; updating the lattice to provide strength while using reduced material; optimizing the lattice to maximize energy absorption by the sole; and 3D fabricating the sole with the optimized lattice. Sensors coupled to the sole detect foot pressure and movement data. The footwear can communicate with a network to monitor the wearer's health, and the network may include code for saving weight/movement data into a health data repository separate from a clinical data repository; mining both repositories for similar patients (e.g., shared biomarkers); identifying similar health conditions and corrective actions/results; recommending actions to reduce risk; and monitoring the condition via repository updates.
The excerpt also states the system can mass-customize other products (protective headgear, custom seats), detect falls, epileptic seizures, and heart attacks, alert caregivers/emergency teams, and support rehabilitation/gaming/virtual reality uses.
What the excerpt does not establish: the complete claims; the full specification; prosecution history; the accuracy of assignee, dates, or legal status (Google notes these are assumptions/not legal conclusions).
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