Patent ID: 11889900
Assignee: NIKE, INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  G  Y | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A method for controlling active footwear, the method comprising:
receiving a sensor signal from a capacitive sensor that is coupled to an article of footwear, wherein the capacitive sensor is configured to sense information over time about a changing position of a foot during a donning event after at least a portion of the foot enters the article and when respective portions of the foot are differently spaced apart from the capacitive sensor;
using a processor circuit, identifying values of the sensor signal from different times, wherein each of the identified values of the sensor signal from different times indicates a presence of at least a portion of the foot during the donning event; and
using the processor circuit, determining whether the foot is present in or absent from the article using the identified values of the sensor signal from different times.