Patent 9451810 was granted and assigned to Nike, Inc. on September, 2016 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Manufacturing of a shoe or a portion of a shoe is enhanced by automated placement of shoe parts. For example, a part-recognition system analyzes an image of a shoe part to identify the part and determine a location of the part. Once the part is identified and located, the part can be manipulated in an automated manner.