ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,904, issued on July 22, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Gesture recognition device for footwear motor actuation" was invented by Shane Ghiotto (Portland, Ore.), Erin McAuliffe (Portland, Ore.), Marielle Morris (Portland, Ore.), Adam K. Tilton (Lake Bluff, Ill.) and John B. Waldt Jr. (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gesture recognition device configured to detect a gesture performed by a user to actuate a motor of a closure mechanism of an article of footwear. The gesture recognition device may include a sensor unit with an accelerometer sensor, and an analysis unit in operative communication with the sen...