Self-measuring garment
AssigneeLike A Glove Ltd.
InventorsSimon Cooper, Michael Slobodkin
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Abstract
Measurement apparatus includes an elastic fabric, configured as a garment (20, 80) to be worn over a part of a body of a subject. One or more conductive fibers (22, 24, 25, 92, 93) are integrated with the elastic fabric to as to stretch together with the elastic fabric when worn over the part of the body. A controller (26) is coupled to measure an electrical property of the one or more conductive fibers in response to stretching of the elastic fabric, and to output an indication of a dimension of the part of the body based on the measured property.
Claims32
Measurement apparatus, comprising:
- an elastic fabric, configured as a garment to be worn over a part of a body of a human subject;
- one or more conductive fibers, integrated with the elastic fabric to as to stretch together with the elastic fabric when worn over the part of the body;
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- a controller, which is coupled to measure an inductance of the one or more conductive fibers, which changes in response to stretching of the elastic fabric, and to output an indication of a dimension of the part of the body based on the measured inductance.
A method for fitting, comprising:
- providing a garment comprising an elastic fabric configured to be worn over a part of a body of a subject and having one or more conductive fibers integrated with the elastic fabric so as to stretch together with the elastic fabric, and to output electronically an indication of a dimension of the part of the body in response to stretching of the elastic fabric when worn over the part of the body by sensing an inductance of the one or more conductive fibers, which changes in response to the stretching of the elastic fabric;
- receiving the indication of the dimension from the garment;
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- identifying, responsively to the dimension of the part of the body, one or more articles of clothing of a suitable size to be worn by the subject.
A method for monitoring, comprising:
- providing a garment comprising an elastic fabric configured to be worn over a part of a body of a subject and having one or more conductive fibers integrated with the elastic fabric so as to stretch together with the elastic fabric, and to output electronically an indication of a dimension of the part of the body in response to stretching of the elastic fabric when worn over the part of the body by sensing an inductance of the one or more conductive fibers, which changes in response to the stretching of the elastic fabric;
- receiving, at multiple points in time over a monitoring period, the indication of the dimension from the garment;
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- tracking, responsively to the received indication, changes in the dimension of the part of the body over time.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.