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

Claim 9:
10. A system for use with an article of footwear, the system comprising:
a capacitive sensor disposed inside the article of footwear, wherein the capacitive sensor is configured to provide a sensor signal with information 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; and
a processor circuit configured to:
identify values of the sensor signal at 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
determine whether the foot is present in or absent from the article using the identified values of the sensor signal from the different times.