US 9,462,838 B1 · Adjustable apparel fit template

Abstract

The present disclosure provide techniques for creating a template piece of clothing that can accurately determine a best “fit” of apparel on the consumer. The template may be made of a highly stretchable material with embedded sensors at various locations, wherein the sensors detect an amount of pressure exerted thereon. The template may also include embedded tensile members, such that when the template is worn by the consumer, the tensile members can constrict, expand, or otherwise adapt to the body measurements of the consumer. The template can thereby effectively measure the size and shape of the consumer wearing the template. The information regarding the size and shape of the consumer obtained by the template be outputted to a computer or other readout, and used by the consumer in determining whether corresponding apparel will fit properly.

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Dependent claims

A system, comprising:

a template adapted to be worn by a user, the template comprising a plurality of sensors configured to detect an amount of excess pressure exerted in a given area of the template and to indicate a distance from the given area of the template to the skin of the user so as to obtain body measurement information of the user;
and
a computing device in communication with the plurality of sensors, the computing device configured to determine a set of dimensions of at least one portion of the user based on the body measurement information and configured to map a number of coordinates to the given area based on the amount of excess pressure exerted in the given area and the distance between the given area of the template and the skin of a user, wherein the set of dimensions correspond to a length, width, depth and size of the at least one portion of the user, the depth being the distance from the given area of the template to the skin of the user.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Adjustable apparel fit template

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Adjustable apparel fit template

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Abstract

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