Abrégé

A footwear assembly for use in a virtual reality environment comprising a front platform portion having an upper surface adapted and configured for supporting and releasably retaining the forward part of a user's foot and a rear platform portion having an upper surface adapted and configured for supporting and releasably retaining a rear part of the user's foot, the front and rear platform portions being joined by a transverse hinge so that the platform portions can pivot relative to one another to accommodate flexing of the user's foot, each platform portion having mounted under a lower surface thereof at least one drive motor, each drive motor driving a continuous belt, and two continuous belts on each platform portion being arranged substantially in parallel, one located to each side of the platform portion, the drive motor or motors and continuous belts of the front platform portion being mounted to a front drive module and the drive motor or motors and continuous belts of the rear platform portion mounted to a rear drive module, the drive modules being mounted beneath their respective platform portions so each drive module may rotate in the horizontal plane relative to the platform portion it is mounted beneath.

Classes IPC  ?

• A63F 13/212 - Dispositions d'entrée pour les dispositifs de jeu vidéo caractérisées par leurs capteurs, leurs finalités ou leurs types utilisant des capteurs portés par le joueur, p. ex. pour mesurer le rythme cardiaque ou l’activité des jambes
• A63C 17/06 - Patins à roulettesPlanches à roulettes avec des roulettes disposées autrement qu'en deux paires du type à une seule voie
• A63C 17/10 - Patins à roulettesPlanches à roulettes à chenilles
• A63C 17/12 - Patins à roulettesPlanches à roulettes à mécanisme moteur
• A63C 17/26 - Patins à roulettesPlanches à roulettes avec aménagements auxiliaires particuliers, p. ex. dispositifs lumineux, marqueurs ou de poussée

Abrégé

A footwear assembly for use in a virtual reality environment comprising a front platform portion having an upper surface adapted and configured for supporting and releasably retaining the forward part of a user's foot and a rear platform portion having an upper surface adapted and configured for supporting and releasably retaining a rear part of the user's foot, the front and rear platform portions being joined by a transverse hinge so that the platform portions can pivot relative to one another to accommodate flexing of the user's foot, each platform portion having mounted under a lower surface thereof at least one drive motor, each drive motor driving a continuous belt, and two continuous belts on each platform portion being arranged substantially in parallel, one located to each side of the platform portion, the drive motor or motors and continuous belts of the front platform portion being mounted to a front drive module and the drive motor or motors and continuous belts of the rear platform portion mounted to a rear drive module, the drive modules being mounted beneath their respective platform portions so each drive module may rotate in the horizontal plane relative to the platform portion it is mounted beneath.

Classes IPC  ?

• A63F 13/24 - Parties constitutives, p. ex. manettes de jeu avec poignées amovibles
• A63F 13/211 - Dispositions d'entrée pour les dispositifs de jeu vidéo caractérisées par leurs capteurs, leurs finalités ou leurs types utilisant des capteurs d’inertie, p. ex. des accéléromètres ou des gyroscopes
• A63F 13/212 - Dispositions d'entrée pour les dispositifs de jeu vidéo caractérisées par leurs capteurs, leurs finalités ou leurs types utilisant des capteurs portés par le joueur, p. ex. pour mesurer le rythme cardiaque ou l’activité des jambes
• A43B 3/34 - Chaussures caractérisées par la forme ou l'utilisation avec dispositions électriques ou électroniques
• A63C 17/12 - Patins à roulettesPlanches à roulettes à mécanisme moteur