US Patent Issued to NIKE on July 7 for "Method of controlling or augmenting a virtual environment or live video broadcast via sensed motion" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,251, issued on July 7, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Method of controlling or augmenting a virtual environment or live video broadcast via sensed motion" was invented by Christopher Andon (Portland, Ore.), Bobby LeGaye (Portland, Ore.), Hien Tommy Pham (Beaverton, Ore.) and Adam Tenuta (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of controlling or augmenting a virtual environment or a live video broadcast according includes receiving a data stream that is indicative of a monitored spatial motion of an article of footwear or apparel worn by a subject. The data stream is generated at least in part by an accele...