ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,499,571, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to MyVeloFit Inc. (Ottawa).

"System and method for selecting a sporting equipment" was invented by William Jesse Carim Jarjour (Ottawa) and Jerome Bertrand Nicolas Cornet (Ottawa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for determining a proper fit of a sporting equipment are disclosed. The method includes receiving, at a processor, from a camera video or image data of a user comprising a series of movements of the user; detecting, at the processor, coordinates of a plurality of joints of the user from the video or image data; generating, at the processor, a calibrated body segment lengt...