US Patent Issued on March 4 for "Wearable devices, user interface devices, and methods for determining comfort levels associated with shoe wearing" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,431, issued on March 4.

"Wearable devices, user interface devices, and methods for determining comfort levels associated with shoe wearing" was invented by Ethan Y. Chan (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for worn by a user, includes: an elastic sleeve configured to be worn at a foot of the user; and a plurality of sensors coupled to the elastic sleeve, wherein the sensors comprise at least a first sensor configured to sense a first force or first pressure, and a second sensor configured to sense a second force or second pressure; wherein the first sensor is at a first location with respect to the elastic sl...