ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,703, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to SIGMASENSE LLC (Austin, Texas).

"Shoe to shoe communication within a foot force detection system" was invented by Michael Shawn Gray (Dripping Springs, Texas), Richard Stuart Seger Jr. (Belton, Texas), Timothy W. Markison (Mesa, Ariz.) and Kevin Joseph Derichs (Buda, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foot force detection system includes first and second shoe force detection units. The first shoe force detection unit includes pressure sensors, a processing module, and a communication unit. The pressure sensors are operably coupled to produce first force data. The processing module is operab...