US 2023/0068898 A1Published application

Multi-antenna tuned wearable article

AssigneeNIKE, Inc.

InventorHolli Pheil

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Abstract

A wearable article, system, and method includes a structure configured to enclose a body part, a first antenna, in a first positon on or within the structure, tuned to communicate according to a wireless communication modality through air, a second antenna, in a second position on or within the structure, tuned to communicate according to the wireless communication modality through the body part, the first antenna being tuned differently than the second antenna, and a transceiver, operatively coupled to at least one of the first antenna and the second antenna, configured to communicate with an external antenna via the at least one of the first and second antennas according to the wireless communication modality.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A wearable article, comprising:

a structure configured to enclose a body part of a wearer, the body part different than the structure;
a first antenna, laid out in a first position on or within the structure, the first antenna configured to emit and receive wireless signals and laid out to transmit and receive according to a wireless communication modality through air;
a second antenna, laid out in a second position on or within the structure, the second antenna configured to emit and receive wireless signals and laid out to transmit and receive according to the wireless communication modality through the body part, the first antenna being tuned differently than the second antenna;
and
a transceiver, disposed on or within the structure and operatively coupled the first antenna and the second antenna, the transceiver configured to selectively cause one of the first antenna and the second antenna to communicate with an external antenna of an external system by transmitting and receiving data via the at least one of the first and second antennas according to the wireless communication modality, wherein the transceiver is configured to receive information from the external system and transmit information to the external system.

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A method of making a wearable article, comprising:

forming a structure to enclose a body part of a wearer, the body part different than the structure;
laying out a first antenna in a first position on or within the structure, the first antenna configured to emit and receive wireless signals and laid out to transmit and receive according to a wireless communication modality through air;
laying out a second antenna in a second position on or within the structure, the second antenna configured to emit and receive wireless signals and laid out to transmit and receive according to the wireless communication modality through the body part, the first antenna being tuned differently than the second antenna;
and
disposing a transceiver on or within the structure and operatively coupling the transceiver to the first antenna and the second antenna, the transceiver configured to selectively cause one of the first antenna and the second antenna to communicate with an external antenna of an external system by transmitting and receiving data via the at least one of the first and second antennas according to the wireless communication modality, wherein the transceiver is configured to receive information from the external system and transmit information to the external system.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/981,610Filed 7 Nov 2022
Priority: 8 Apr 2015
Published: 2 Mar 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

G06K 19/07762
Arrangements for adhering the record carrier to further objects or living beings, functioning as an identification tag: the adhering arrangement…
G06K 19/027
Characterised by the selection of materials, e.g. to avoid wear during transport through the machine: the material being suitable for use as a…
G06K 19/07767
Comprising at least a second communication arrangement in addition to a first non-contact communication arrangement: the first and second…
H04B 1/385
Portable transceivers: transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets

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Application62/144,773Us provisional application · filed 8 Apr 2015
Application15/564,803Continuation · filed 6 Oct 2017
Application16/369,115Continuation · filed 29 Mar 2019
Application17/237,778Continuation · filed 22 Apr 2021
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