It appears that sports giants Nike and Adidas have an interest in monitoring performance of athletes wearing their shoes and cloths, especially now that such monitoring can be performed remotely while maintaining comfort to the user.

NIKE: On October 30, 2018, Nike, Inc. was granted U.S. Patent No. 10,111,589 titled “Activity Monitoring Device with Assessment of Exercise Intensity” to a portable device that may be used to identify a critical intensity and an anaerobic work capacity of an individual. The invention includes a sensor to be worn by a user effective for utilizing muscle oxygen sensor data, speed data, and/or power data. Sensors may be placed on apparel or be shoe-mounted. As stated in the 589’ patent:

“Systems and methods may be implemented to receive a plurality of periodic sensor data points indicating an instantaneous speed of a user during an exercise session. The exercise session may have a prescribed duration, such as between a start time and an end time. In one embodiment, an end speed of the user may be calculated. The end speed may be calculated as an average of a sub-set of the plurality of periodic sensor data points received during an end portion of the prescribed duration of the exercise session.”

 

ADIDAS: On August 28, 2018, Adidas International Marketing B.V. was granted U.S. Patent No. 10,062,297 titled “Sports Electronic Training System, and Applications Thereof” to a portable performance monitoring system for monitoring a person’s performance during physical activity including a motion monitor with an accelerometer to be worn during physical activity, e.g., while running to determine a person’s performance such as, for example, speed, pace and running distance. Other monitors such as a heart monitor may also be employed. The invention can employ a mobile phone as a processing device and can provide feedback to a user using earphones.

As computer based technology continues to develop, companies such as Nike, Adidas and their competitors will continue to develop performance enhancing inventions. In Olympic sports where a 1/1000th of a second can mean the difference between a Gold medal and a Silver medal, these companies have an interest in the success of athletes wearing their products.

 

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