US Patent Issued to NIKE on July 28 for "Intelligent electronic footwear and control logic for automated infrastructure-based pedestrian tracking" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,694,789, issued on July 28, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Intelligent electronic footwear and control logic for automated infrastructure-based pedestrian tracking" was invented by Christopher Andon (Portland, Ore.) and Jordan M. Rice (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Presented are intelligent electronic footwear and apparel with controller-automated features, methods for making/operating such footwear and apparel, and control systems for executing automated features of such footwear and apparel. A method for automating a collaborative operation between an intelligent electronic shoe (IES) and an intelligent t...