US Patent Issued to NIKE on May 12 for "Apparel with ultrasonic position sensing and haptic feedback for activities" (Oregon Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,606, issued on May 12, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Apparel with ultrasonic position sensing and haptic feedback for activities" was invented by Ernest Kim (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of apparel, a system, and methods include a fabric configured to conform to a body of a wearer. A plurality of ultrasonic positioning sensors are secured with respect to the fabric at a first set of predetermined locations, each of the ultrasonic positioning sensors configured to emit a sound wave configured to be detected by other ones of the plurality of ultrasonic positioning sensors and output an electro...