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US 10,238,150 B2Granted
Vibrotactile music perception wearable
OwnerKatja Bremerinventor
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Abstract
A wearable includes an article of clothing, an intelligent control and a plurality of sets of vibration motors operatively connected to the intelligent control and positioned on the article of clothing to provide tactile feedback wherein each of the sets of vibration motors is associated with a different frequency range of audio which may be communicated to the wearable via Bluetooth or otherwise.
Claims14
A wearable, comprising:
- an article of clothing;
- an intelligent control;
- a plurality of sets of vibration motors operatively connected to the intelligent control and positioned on the article of clothing to provide tactile feedback;
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- a plurality of sensors for receiving user input electrically connected to the intelligent control;
- wherein each of the sets of vibration motors is associated with a different frequency range of audio;
- wherein a first set of the plurality of sets of vibration motors is placed higher on the article of clothing and a second set of the plurality of sets of vibration motors is placed lowered on the article of clothing;
- wherein each of the sets of the vibration motors is encapsulated within a holder having openings for conductive yarn conductors integrated into textile of the article of clothing.
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A wearable, comprising:
- an article of clothing;
- an intelligent control;
- a wireless transceiver operatively connected to the intelligent control;
- a plurality of sets of vibration motors operatively connected to the intelligent control and positioned on the article of clothing to provide tactical feedback;
- wherein each set of vibration motors further comprises at least three vibration motors;
- wherein each of the sets of vibration motors is associated with a different frequency range of audio;
- wherein a set of vibration motors associated with a highest frequency range is placed higher on the article of clothing and a set of vibrations motors associated with a lowest frequency range is placed lower on the article of clothing;
- wherein each of the vibration motors is encapsulated within a holder having openings for conductive yarn conductors integrated into textile of the article of clothing;
- wherein the article of clothing is formed from a stretchable and breathable material for comfort created through knitting;
- wherein the knitting is selected from a set consisting of seamless warp knitting and flat knitting;
- wherein the wireless transceiver is configured for communication with a computing device executing a software application stored on a computer readable storage medium, the software application having instructions which when executed by a processor of the computing device provide for configuring operation of one or more of the sets of vibration motors.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.