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System and method for apparel identification

  • US 10,357,066 B2
  • Filed: 08/07/2017
  • Issued: 07/23/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of enabling shoe identification, comprising:

  • receiving data used to create a machine-readable label, at a server apparatus, the machine readable label comprising at least information relating to a unique identity of one or more of a pair of shoes, the one or more of the pair of shoes comprising at least one physiological sensor configured for operation in a first mode and a second mode;

    the server apparatus causing a printer to print a fabric tag comprising at least the machine readable label based on the data, the fabric tag is attached onto a portion of the one or more of the pair of shoes during manufacture thereof;

    scanning the machine-readable label of the fabric tag at a testing device during the manufacture of the one or more of the pair of shoes, the testing device configured to test the functioning of the physiological sensor in association with the one or more of the pair of shoes, the act of scanning causing the information relating to the unique identity to be written to a storage device of the at least one physiological sensor at the one or more of the pair of shoes; and

    positioning the one or more of the pair of shoes in an orientation for shipping such that the physiological sensor enters the first mode, the physiological sensor configured to exit the first mode and enter the second mode upon detection of a change from the orientation for shipping.

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