发明名称 Systems for activating electronic devices for operation with athletic equipment
摘要 Articles of clothing or pieces of athletic equipment include modules, e.g., for sensing physical and/or physiological characteristics associated with use of the clothing or athletic equipment or for performing other functions. Such systems and methods may use physical or other interaction(s) between the module and the article of clothing or piece of athletic equipment for activating and/or deactivating the module and/or sensing devices included with the module, for confirming whether the module and clothing or piece of athletic equipment are authorized for use with one another, and/or for automatic data algorithm selection methods. Additionally, such systems and methods also may use the activation and/or authentication systems for data input to the module. Some examples of such systems and methods may utilize magnets and magnetic sensing systems and/or light (or other radiation) sources and sensing systems for activation, authentication, data input, and/or algorithm selection.
申请公布号 US9555285(B2) 申请公布日期 2017.01.31
申请号 US201314021694 申请日期 2013.09.09
申请人 NIKE, Inc. 发明人 Case, Jr. Charles W.
分类号 A63F13/00;A63B24/00;G06F17/40;G08C17/02;A43B3/00;A63B53/00;A63B71/06;A41D1/00 主分类号 A63F13/00
代理机构 Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. 代理人 Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
主权项 1. A method of authenticating an electronic module, comprising: sensing, by an authentication system, that an electronic module provided on at least one of: a watch, ring, bracelet, article of clothing, or peripheral device is within a threshold proximity relative to an electronic device associated with a piece of athletic equipment; determining a type of the piece of athletic equipment based, at least in part, on a position of a magnet with respect to a magnetic sensor; and determining whether the piece of athletic equipment and the electronic module are authorized for operation with one another based on the sensed proximity.
地址 Beaverton OR US