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US 2014/0180624 A1Published application
Sensing and responsive fabric
OwnerDmitri E. Nikonov, Vivek K. Singh +1inventors
InventorsDmitri E. Nikonov, Vivek K. Singh, Shawna M. Liff
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Abstract
A sensing and responsive fabric is described. In one example the fabric has a sensor formed of a fiber of the fabric, a transducer formed of a fiber of the fabric, and a processor coupled to the sensor to measure a sensor characteristic and to the transducer to apply power to the transducer based on the sensor measurement.
Claims20
A fabric comprising:
- a sensor, the sensor being formed of a thread having a characteristic that changes in response to an environmental condition;
- a transducer formed of a thread having a physical response to an applied power;
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- a processor coupled to the sensor to measure the sensor characteristic and to the transducer to apply the power to the transducer based on the sensor measurement.
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A method comprising:
- measuring a characteristic of a thread of a fabric;
- comparing the measured characteristic to a threshold;
- conditionally activating a transducer that is another thread of the fabric based on the comparison.
A method of making a fabric having a sensor and a transducer comprising:
- weaving a sensor thread into structural threads of a fabric;
- weaving a transducer thread into structural threads of the fabric;
- attaching a processor to the fabric;
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- connecting the sensor and transducer threads to the processor.
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A system comprising:
- a sensor fiber having a characteristic that changes in response to an environmental condition;
- a transducer fiber having a physical response to an applied power;
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- a processor coupled to the sensor fiber to measure the sensor characteristic and to the transducer fiber to apply the power to the transducer fiber based on the measured sensor characteristic.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.