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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2002
Gregory P. Snyder, Bloomington, MN (US);
Matthew R. Ellavsky, Rochester, MN (US);
Richard S. Little, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Michael Nordquist, Champlin, MN (US);
Other;
Abstract
A training shoe for soccer includes a pressure-responsive sensor mounted with respect to a soccer shoe at a selected location, for example at the instep or along the laces at the top of the shoe. When a soccer ball is kicked at the selected location, the sensor provides an electrical signal to a microprocessor, causing selection logic in the microprocessor to choose one of several control words. The selected control word is provided to a voice playback circuit to select one of several digital data sets, each set corresponding to a different sound. The playback circuit provides an analog electrical control signal to a speaker, thereby generating a selected sound corresponding to the selected digital data set. System components can be mounted permanently to a shoe, or to a cover or strap arrangement releasably mounted to the shoe.