Back to results
US 8,784,342 B2Granted
Shape sensing clothes to inform the wearer of a condition
AssigneeThe Invention Science Fund I, LLC
InventorsRoderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Jordin T. Kare, Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Victoria Y. H. Wood
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A garment may be configured with one or more sensors and circuitry to communicate information related to a physiological condition to the user.
Claims25
An apparatus comprising:
- a first garment configured to be worn by a user and including:
- a first fabric;
- a first set of one or more sensors, the one or more sensors in the first set of one or more sensors being arranged to detect a first shape-related parameter of the first fabric and responsive to the detected first shape-related parameter to produce a first signal, wherein at least one of the one or more sensors in the first set of one or more sensors is arranged to detect a change in electrical impedance in response to the detected first shape-related parameter;
- and
- one or more control elements responsive to a second signal and arranged to provide a force on the fabric corresponding to the second signal;
- and
- circuitry responsive to the first signal to determine a first shape of the first fabric and configured to compare the first shape of the first fabric to a reference shape of the first fabric, and to produce the second signal corresponding to a difference between the first shape of the first fabric and the reference shape of the first fabric, the second signal being indicative of a physiological condition of the user.
4 more elements
An apparatus comprising:
- a first garment configured to be worn by a user and including:
- a first fabric;
- a first set of one or more sensors, the one or more sensors in the first set of one or more sensors being arranged to detect a first shape-related parameter of the first fabric and responsive to the detected first shape-related parameter to produce a first signal;
- and
- one or more control elements responsive to a second signal and arranged to provide a force on the fabric corresponding to the second signal;
- circuitry responsive to the first signal and a third signal to determine a first shape of the first fabric and configured to compare the first shape of the first fabric to a reference shape of the first fabric, and to produce the second signal corresponding to a difference between the first shape of the first fabric and the reference shape of the first fabric, the second signal being indicative of a physiological condition of the user;
- and
- wherein the first shape-related parameter of the first fabric corresponds to a first time interval, and wherein the first set of one or more sensors is further arranged to detect a second shape-related parameter of the first fabric corresponding to a second time interval, different from the first time interval, and wherein the first set of one or more sensors is further responsive to the detected second shape-related parameter to produce the third signal.
5 more elements
An apparatus comprising:
- a first garment configured to be worn by a user and including:
- a first fabric;
- a first set of one or more sensors, the one or more sensors in the first set of one or more sensors being arranged to detect a first shape-related parameter of the first fabric and responsive to the detected first shape-related parameter to produce a first signal, wherein at least one of the one or more sensors in the first set of one or more sensors is arranged to detect a change in mechanical impedance in response to the detected first shape-related parameter;
- and
- one or more control elements responsive to a second signal and arranged to provide a force on the fabric corresponding to the second signal;
- and
- circuitry responsive to the first signal to determine a first shape of the first fabric and configured to compare the first shape of the first fabric to a reference shape of the first fabric, and to produce the second signal corresponding to a difference between the first shape of the first fabric and the reference shape of the first fabric, the second signal being indicative of a physiological condition of the user.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.