US Patent Issued to NIKE on Oct. 14 for "Intelligent electronic footwear and logic for navigation assistance by automated tactile, audio, and visual feedback" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,654, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Intelligent electronic footwear and logic for navigation assistance by automated tactile, audio, and visual feedback" was invented by Christopher Andon (Portland, Ore.) and Hien Tommy Pham (Beaverton, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Presented are intelligent electronic footwear and apparel with controller-automated features, methods for making/operating such footwear and apparel, and control systems for executing automated features of such footwear and apparel. A method for operating an intelligent electronic shoe (IES) includes receiving, e.g., via a controlle...