Contact and capacitive touch sensing controllers with electronic textiles and kits therefor
First Claim
1. A tufted controller comprising at least one continuous, conductive fiber linked to a flexible non-conductive support material by linking means, and an electrical connection element having two opposing ends and being connected at one end to said conductive fiber and at the opposing end to a capacitive sensing circuit.
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Abstract
A tufted controller using electronic textiles offers a unique way of controlling on/off and similar functions of electric and electronic devices. The uniquely soft and tactile tufted controllers offer relatively larger areas of more versatile contact over the prior art (i.e., flat, hard capacitive contact sensors). The tufted controllers may be constructed with yarn, string, thread, cordage or the like—even novelty yarns, like boucle- or eyelash type. Kits for building such controllers—especially for lamps and patches are popular craft projects.
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22 Claims
- 1. A tufted controller comprising at least one continuous, conductive fiber linked to a flexible non-conductive support material by linking means, and an electrical connection element having two opposing ends and being connected at one end to said conductive fiber and at the opposing end to a capacitive sensing circuit.
- 6. A tufted controller comprising at least one continuous, conductive fiber linked by linking means to a conductive flexible support material, and an electrical connection element having two opposing ends and being connected at one end to said support material and at the opposing end to a capacitive sensing circuit.
- 13. A kit for constructing a tufted controller comprising at least one continuous conductive fiber, an electrical connection having two opposing ends, a sensing circuit to be attached to said electrical connection, and instructions for assembling said tufted controller.
- 18. A novelty yarn tufted controller comprising at least one conductive fiber lofted from a core element, an electrical connection having two opposing ends, one end being connected to said conductive fiber, and a sensing circuit connected to the opposing end of said electrical connection.
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21. A craft kit for a tufted lamp controller comprising a conductive element, a support material linked thereto, an electrical connection element having opposing ends, with one end being connected to said conductive element, a sensing circuit connected to said opposing end of said electrical connection element, and a lamp linked to said sensing circuit.
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22. A craft kit for a tufted patch controller comprising a conductive element, a support material linked thereto, an electrical connection element having opposing ends, one end being connected to said conductive element, a sensing circuit connected to said opposing end of said electrical connection element, and a patch linked to said sensing circuit.
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