US 12,239,190 B2
Optical foot sole scanning apparatus and insole production apparatus having same, method for ascertaining a three-dimensional shape of an insole and method for automatically producing an insole
Oliver Pape, Rastede (DE)
Appl. No. 17/766,169
Filed by Oliver Pape, Rastede (DE)
PCT Filed Sep. 30, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/077403
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 1, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/064042, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102019126598.3 (DE), filed on Oct. 2, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0270211 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. A43D 1/02 (2006.01); A43D 8/02 (2006.01)
CPC A43D 1/025 (2013.01) [A43D 8/02 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An orthopedic foot sole scanning system, comprising:
an optical foot sole scanning apparatus comprising:
a) an element that is substantially in the shape of a plate or a wedge in the unloaded state and is made of a resilient material, having a foot placement side facing a foot sole of a human foot to be scanned when in use and having a scanner side, wherein said resilient material is at least partially light-transmissive;
b) an optical scanner that is arranged on said scanner side of said element and is configured to emit electromagnetic radiation through said element at least in part onto said foot placement side of said element when in use and to record data when in use; and
c) an evaluation unit that is connected to said optical scanner and is set up to perform a reconstruction of the three-dimensional shape of the foot sole from said data recorded by said optical scanner; and
at least one silicone pillow that is suitable for changing a position of at least one foot placed on said element by being introduced under at least one arch.