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US 12,333,966 B2Granted
Merchandise with flexible display and detachable component
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorsBlake Buzzini, Glenn Black, Arthur Kwun, Todd Tokubo
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Abstract
A garment system is provided, including: a main component configured to be worn by a user, the main component having a flexible display portion and a sensor; a detachable component configured to be detachably coupled to the main component; wherein the sensor detects when the detachable component is attached to, or detached from, the main component, and responsively triggers a change in imagery presented on the flexible display portion in response to said attachment or detachment of the detachable component.
Claims15
A garment comprising:
- a main garment component configured to be worn by a user, wherein the main garment component comprises:
- a flexible display portion;
- a controller controlling imagery presented on the flexible display portion;
- and
- a sensor;
- a detachable garment component comprising:
- an attachment component configured to be physically attached to, and detached from, the main garment component;
- and
- a sensing component wherein the controller is configured to execute instructions to:
- download and store a first design associated with a detached status of the detachable garment component, a second design associated with an attached status of the detachable garment component, and a third design associated with a relative position of the sensor to the sensing component;
- when the sensor detects the detachable garment component is attached to the main garment component, displays the second design;
- when the sensor detects the detachable garment component is detached from the main garment component, displays the first design;
- and
- when the sensor detects the sensing component changes position relative to the sensor while the detachable garment component is attached to the main garment component, display the third design;
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- a wireless transceiver integrated with the main component, the wireless transceiver is configured to enable wireless communications between the main component and a user device to enable the downloading of the first design and the second design such that the controller can define the imagery presented in response to said attachment or detachment of the detachable garment component.
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A garment comprising:
- a clothing component configured to be worn by a user;
- a flexible display integrated with the clothing component;
- a wireless transceiver integrated with the clothing component;
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- a controller, integrated with the clothing component, that is configured to execute instructions to:
- receive wireless payloads from the one or more transmitters, wherein the wireless payloads include a plurality of designs for rendering on clothing components;
- parse through said wireless payloads to identify one or more trusted payloads from a trusted source designated by a user opt-in setting to the exclusion of payloads from other sources that are not designated by the user opt-in setting;
- determine a relative position between a first location of the clothing component and a second location of the transmitter;
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- display, on the flexible display, imagery of the one or more trusted payloads based at least in part on the relative position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.