Foot Plantar Pressure Measurement System Using Optical Sensor

Foot pressure measurement is necessary for classifying disorders of the foot and designing insole for individual person. This present work uses optical sensor (webcam) to capture the foot-pressure image. Image processing on Raspberry Pi with OpenCV library is applied to process image and color coding corresponding to foot pressure. The hardware system uses the transparent acrylic plate and uses the steel as a base of the acrylic plate. The glossy white paper is placed on the top of the transparent acrylic plate covering with polypropylene sheet on the system to block light from outside. Light in the system is released from LED strip entering from a side of the acrylic plate. The scattered light occurred in acrylic plate from the foot pressing were recorded by the webcams. The four webcams placed below facing upward for collecting images (2 cameras for each foot) and sending to Raspberry Pi. Raspberry Pi will perform image process including image enhancement and image stitching and image displaying. The result can be used to classifying foot type and find methods to prevent the occurrence of for disorders.