Electronic garment with haptic feedback
AssigneedotBliss LLC
InventorsCharles Tyson Van de Zande, Jesse John Whitcomb Klein
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Abstract
System includes a haptic garment comprising an integrated circuit (IC) controller coupled to the haptic garment. A sensing circuit configured to cause to transmit a motion signal sensed by a portion of the haptic garment surface to the IC controller is provided. The motion signal is based on one or more of a touch pattern, a gesture pattern, and a movement pattern associated with a user of the haptic garment. The IC controller is configured to transmit a first data associated with the motion signal to an external device. Conductive traces embedded in the haptic garment that electrically couple with the sensing circuit.
Claims17
A system comprising:
- a garment comprising a sensing fabric;
- an integrated circuit (IC) controller coupled to the garment;
- a sensing circuit configured to transmit a signal responsive to a user's interaction with a first surface portion of the garment to the IC controller, the IC controller configured to transmit a first data associated with the signal to an external device, wherein the first data is associated with instructions for controlling the external device and the instructions are responsive to the user interacting with the first surface portion of the garment;
- an actuator circuit configured to transmit an actuator output to a second surface portion of the garment based on an actuator signal received from the IC controller, wherein the first surface is separate from the second surface and wherein the IC controller is configured to receive commands from the external device responsive to the first data and transmit the actuator signal is responsive to the commands received;
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- conductive traces embedded within the garment that electrically couple with the sensing circuit and the actuator circuit each said conductive trace having at least a portion being at least one of printed onto the sensing fabric and printed into the sensing fabric.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.