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US 11,455,883 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for providing radio-frequency shielding information
OwnerWilliam P. Alberth, Jr., John Cipollainventors
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Abstract
An article of clothing can include a clothing body adapted to be worn by a user. The article of clothing can include a pocket assembly formed as part of the clothing body. The pocket assembly can include an inner panel disposed as a part of the pocket assembly. The inner panel can include an electrically conductive material. The pocket assembly can also include an outer panel disposed as a part of the pocket assembly that is farther than the inner panel from a user wearing the article of clothing. The article of clothing can include an RFID tag coupled to the clothing body. The RFID tag can store radio-frequency shielding information regarding the electrically conductive material of the article of clothing.
Claims18
An article of clothing comprising:
- a clothing body adapted to be worn by a user;
- a pocket assembly formed as part of the clothing body, the pocket assembly including an inner panel disposed as a part of the pocket assembly, the inner panel including an electrically conductive material, and
- an outer panel disposed as a part of the pocket assembly that is farther than the inner panel from a user wearing the article of clothing;
- a radio-frequency identification tag coupled to the clothing body, the radio-frequency identification tag storing radio-frequency shielding information;
- wherein the pocket assembly is configured to hold a portable electronic device that emits radio-frequency energy,
- wherein the electrically conductive material comprises shield material that shields a user from the radio-frequency energy emitted from the portable electronic device,
- wherein the radio-frequency shielding information includes information corresponding to the electrically conductive material shielding the user from the radio-frequency energy emitted from the portable electronic device placed in the pocket assembly, and
- wherein the radio-frequency identification tag provides the radio-frequency shielding information to the portable electronic device placed in the pocket assembly.
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A method comprising:
- adapting a clothing body to be worn by a user;
- forming a pocket assembly as part of the clothing body, the pocket assembly including
- an inner panel disposed as a part of the pocket assembly, the inner panel including an electrically conductive material, and
- an outer panel disposed as a part of the pocket assembly that is farther than the inner panel from a user wearing the article of clothing;
- configuring the pocket assembly to hold a portable electronic device that emits radio-frequency energy;
- and
- coupling a radio-frequency identification tag to the clothing body, the radio-frequency identification tag storing radio-frequency shielding information regarding the electrically conductive material of the article of clothing,
- wherein the electrically conductive material comprises shield material that shields a user from the radio-frequency energy emitted from the portable electronic device,
- wherein the radio-frequency shielding information includes information corresponding to the electrically conductive material shielding the user from the radio-frequency energy emitted from the portable electronic device placed in the pocket assembly, and
- wherein the radio-frequency identification tag provides the radio-frequency shielding information to the portable electronic device placed in the pocket assembly.
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An article of clothing comprising:
- a clothing body adapted to be worn by a user;
- a pocket assembly formed as part of the clothing body the pocket assembly including
- an inner panel disposed as a part of the pocket assembly, the inner panel including an electrically conductive material, wherein the electrically conductive material comprises radio-frequency shield material that shields a user from the radio-frequency energy emitted from a portable electronic device;
- and
- an outer panel disposed as a part of the pocket assembly that is farther than the inner panel from a user wearing the article of clothing;
- and
- a radio-frequency identification tag coupled to the clothing body, the radio-frequency identification tag storing radio-frequency shielding information regarding the electrically conductive material of the article of clothing, the radio-frequency identification tag comprising an antenna, where the radio-frequency identification tag is powered via radio-frequency signals received via the antenna, where the radio-frequency identification tag communicates the radio-frequency shielding information via the antenna, and where the radio-frequency identification tag is located within the pocket assembly between the inner panel and the outer panel;
- wherein the pocket assembly is configured to hold a portable electronic device that emits radio-frequency energy, wherein the electrically conductive material comprises shield material that shields a user from the radio-frequency energy emitted from the portable electronic device,
- wherein the radio-frequency shielding information includes information corresponding to the electrically conductive material shielding the user from the radio-frequency energy emitted from the portable electronic device placed in the pocket assembly, and
- wherein the radio-frequency identification tag provides the radio-frequency shielding information to the portable electronic device placed in the pocket assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.