Wearable adaptive electroactive polymer fabric
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsTomer Rider, Shahar Taite
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Abstract
A smart fabric may include a smart material such as an Electroactive Polymer (EAP). An adaptive garment formed from the smart fabric may change textile density based on user needs, sensor states, context, and other inputs. In various embodiments, the EAP enables the adaptive garment to change textile density based on a sport or activity, based on calendar or scheduled events, or based on user preferences. In various embodiments, these smart fabrics may be implemented in sporting garments, uniforms, multiple-day clothing (e.g., for travel or military usage), furniture fabric, curtains, or other implementations.
Claims25
An adaptive fabric apparatus comprising:
- an adaptive garment including wearable electroactive fibers that contract in response to an applied voltage;
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- an adaptive fiber interface to contract the wearable electroactive fibers in response to an event-based trigger by modifying a voltage level applied to at least a portion of the wearable electroactive fibers.
An adaptive fabric method comprising:
- receiving an event-based trigger at an adaptive garment worn by a user, the adaptive garment including wearable electroactive fibers capable of contracting in response to an applied voltage;
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- applying a voltage level to at least a portion of the wearable electroactive fibers to contract the wearable electroactive fibers in response to the event-based trigger.
At least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising a plurality of instructions that, responsive to being executed with processor circuitry of a computer-controlled device, cause the computer-controlled device to:
- receive an event-based trigger at an adaptive garment worn by a user, the adaptive garment including wearable electroactive fibers capable of contracting in response to an applied voltage;
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- apply a voltage level to at least a portion of the wearable electroactive fibers to contract the wearable electroactive fibers in response to the event-based trigger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.