# US 2018/0024622 A1 · Motion capturing garments and system and method for motion capture using jeans and other garments > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0024622 A1 - Document ID: US20180024622A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/654,789 - Filed: 2017-07-20 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2016-07-21 - Assignees: Sanko Tekstil Isletmeleri San. Vetic. A.S. - Applicants: Sanko Tekstil Isletmeleri San. Ve Tic. A.S. - Inventors: Ozgur COBANOGLU; Jitka ERYILMAZ; Serkan MERT; Fehim CAGLAR - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180024622A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/011: {Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality (blind teaching G09B21/00)} - A41D 1/005: {with embedded cable or connector} - A41D 1/06: Trousers - A61B 5/1118: {Determining activity level} - A61B 5/112: {Gait analysis} - A61B 5/1121: {Determining geometric values, e.g. centre of rotation or angular range of movement} - A61B 5/6804: {Garments; Clothes} - H04W 4/025: {using location based information parameters} - A61B 2562/0219: Inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes, tilt switches - A61B 2562/028: Microscale sensors, e.g. electromechanical sensors [MEMS] - A61B 2562/043: in a linear array - G06F 3/0346: with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a three-dimensional [3D] space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors - G06T 7/20: Analysis of motion (motion estimation for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals H04N19/43, H04N19/51) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - A41D: OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL ## Abstract A real-time motion capture system and garment includes a wearable activity monitor that may be a pair of denim jeans. The wearable activity monitor includes multiple sensors such as accelerometers, gyrometers, magnetometers disposed within the seams of the garment. A microprocessor and wireless transmitter) communicate the motion data to an external device. The microprocessor and wireless transmitter may be included within one of the seams. An elastically stretchable ribbon or a flexible ribbon such as a kapton ribbon or a ribbon formed of textile, electrically couples the sensors and microprocessor and is also disposed inside the seams and the components within the seam are coated with a waterproof coating. The external device can store the data or display and analyze the data real-time, and may communicate the data to a further electronic device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A garment comprising fabric and including a plurality of inertial measurement units (IMU's) contained within seams of said garment. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The garment according to claim 1, further comprising at least one microcontroller disposed on said garment or within at least one of said seams of said garment and electrically coupled to said plurality of IMU's. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The garment according to claim 1, further comprising a wireless transmitter disposed in or on said garment and adapted to wirelessly transmit data from said IMU's to at least one external data receiving and processing device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The garment according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of IMU's are electrically coupled to one another along a ribbon of a flexible material further disposed within said seams, said ribbon including a plurality of electrical connections forming a communication bus. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The garment according to claim 4, wherein said ribbon is elastically stretchable by at least 10%, said electrical connections being arranged along said ribbon in a crooked path. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The garment according to claim 5, wherein said flexible material comprises plastic, textile or conductive yarn and further comprising a waterproof coating at least on said IMU's, within said seams. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The garment according to claim 6, wherein said garment is a pair of pants formed of denim. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The garment according to claim 7, wherein said seams include, for each pant leg of said pair of pants, an outer lateral seam extending in a longitudinal direction along a wearer's leg and/or an inner medial seam extending in said longitudinal direction along said wearer's leg, each of said outer lateral seams and/or each of said inner medial seams including at least one of said plurality of IMU's disposed along a wearer's femur, and at least one of said plurality of IMU's disposed along a lower portion of said wearer's leg. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The garment according to claim 8, wherein said seams include a waist seam extending along a waist of said pair of pants, said waist seam including at least one of said plurality of IMU's disposed therein. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The garment according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of IMU's includes a plurality of accelerometers, gyrometers and magnetometers. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The garment according to claim 1, further comprising at least one of an LED and one or more vibration members disposed within at least one of said seams. ### Claim 12 A motion capture system comprising: a garment formed of fabric and including a plurality of inertial measurement units (IMU's) contained within seams of said garment, a wireless transmitter disposed in or on said garment and adapted to wirelessly transmit data from said IMU's to at least one external data receiving and processing device, and said external device including a processor adapted to receive and analyze said transmitted data and a display that displays said data, said external device adapted to control at least one further electronic device based upon said data. ### Claim 13 A method for monitoring and analyzing real time motion, said method comprising: acquiring motion data from a plurality of inertial measurement units (IMU's) disposed within seams of a garment disposed on a non-stationary entity; wirelessly transmitting said motion data to a device that includes at least one of a processor and a display; and at least one of displaying and analyzing said data. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method according to claim 13, further comprising one of said plurality of IMU's detecting a gravity vector, wherein said acquiring motion data is carried out using said gravity vector as reference. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method according to claim 13, wherein said at least one of displaying and analyzing includes analyzing said motion data regarding angle, yaw, pitch, location and acceleration of a human wearer's femurs and said human wearer's tibias or fibulas, and visually displaying movement associated with said motion data on said display. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method according to claim 15, further comprising a microcontroller receiving data wirelessly transmitted from said device and providing tactile feedback based on said data wirelessly transmitted from said device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method according to claim 16, wherein said at least one of displaying and analyzing includes collecting said motion data during a collecting period and displaying said collected data when desired, said displaying said collected data including displaying graphically a statistic distribution of the angles for each human wearer's femurs and for each human wearer's tibias or fibulas. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The method according to claim 16, wherein said providing tactile feedback comprises providing tactile feedback to different parts of the human wearer's body in response to said analyzing. ### Claim 19 A motion capture circuit comprising a ribbon of a flexible material, a plurality of electrical connections forming a communication bus, a plurality of inertial measurement units (IMU's) electrically coupled to one another by said electrical connections along said ribbon, a microcontroller electrically connected with said plurality of IMU's, and a wireless transmitter adapted to wirelessly transmit data from said IMU's to at least one external data receiving and processing device, wherein said ribbon is elastically stretchable by at least 10%, said plurality of electrical connections being arranged along said ribbon in a crooked path. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The motion capture circuit according to claim 19, wherein said wireless transmitter further comprises a wireless receiver capable of receiving data from said at least one external data receiving and processing device. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The motion capture circuit according to claim 19, further comprising a waterproof coating on said IMU's and said ribbon, said waterproof coating being produced by a low pressure molding process. ### Claim 22 (depends on 19) The motion capture circuit according to claim 19, further comprising at least one of an LED and a vibration member electrically connected to said plurality of IMU's and said wireless receiver by said ribbon.