ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,912, issued on July 22.
"Slope measuring system for golf shoes" was invented by Mark Motejunas (San Diego) and Lauren Bonneval (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for measuring slope uses two measuring devices, each measuring device being configured to be mounted in a recess in a sole of a shoe. Each measuring device has a housing, an inertial sensor formed by an accelerometer and a gyroscope, a serial peripheral interface connected to the inertial sensor, and a microcontroller connected to the serial peripheral interface. A power source is connected to the microcontroller and a transmitter is connected to the SPI and ...