Smart clothing with converging/diverging bend or stretch sensors for measuring body motion or configuration
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1. Smart clothing with stretch sensors for measuring changes in body configuration comprising:
- a wearable layer which is configured to be worn by a person, wherein the wearable layer comprises a first electromagnetically-nonconductive material; and
an electromagnetically-conductive pathway, wherein a distal portion of the electromagnetically-conductive pathway is more elastic or stretchable than a proximal portion of the electromagnetically-conductive pathway, or vice versa, wherein the electromagnetically-conductive pathway is created by printing electromagnetically-conductive ink onto the wearable layer, wherein the ink comprises a mixture of a second electromagnetically-nonconductive material and an electromagnetically-conductive material, wherein stretching the electromagnetically-conductive pathway causes changes in the transmission of electromagnetic energy through the electromagnetically-conductive pathway, and wherein the changes in the transmission of electromagnetic energy through the electromagnetically-conductive pathway are analyzed to measure changes in the configuration of the person'"'"'s body.
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Abstract
This invention is smart clothing with stretch and/or bend sensors for measuring changes in a person'"'"'s body configuration. This smart clothing has an elastic nonconductive layer onto which helical converging/diverging conductive pathways are printed using ink which is a mixture of elastic nonconductive material and conductive material. Changes in the transmission of electromagnetic energy through the pathway are analyzed to measure changes in the configuration of the person'"'"'s body.
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1. Smart clothing with stretch sensors for measuring changes in body configuration comprising:
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a wearable layer which is configured to be worn by a person, wherein the wearable layer comprises a first electromagnetically-nonconductive material; and an electromagnetically-conductive pathway, wherein a distal portion of the electromagnetically-conductive pathway is more elastic or stretchable than a proximal portion of the electromagnetically-conductive pathway, or vice versa, wherein the electromagnetically-conductive pathway is created by printing electromagnetically-conductive ink onto the wearable layer, wherein the ink comprises a mixture of a second electromagnetically-nonconductive material and an electromagnetically-conductive material, wherein stretching the electromagnetically-conductive pathway causes changes in the transmission of electromagnetic energy through the electromagnetically-conductive pathway, and wherein the changes in the transmission of electromagnetic energy through the electromagnetically-conductive pathway are analyzed to measure changes in the configuration of the person'"'"'s body. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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