Shape changing material
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a garment including;
a fabric;
one or more sensors, the one or more sensors being arranged to detect a first shape-related parameter of the 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 different from the first signal, the one or more control elements being 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 fabric and configured to produce the second signal according to a first determined change in the fabric shape.
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Abstract
An apparatus may be configured with one or more sensors arranged to detect a first shape-related parameter, one or more control elements arranged to provide a force, and circuitry operably connected to the one or more sensors and the one or more control elements to determine the force provided to the one or more control elements.
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a garment including; a fabric; one or more sensors, the one or more sensors being arranged to detect a first shape-related parameter of the 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 different from the first signal, the one or more control elements being 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 fabric and configured to produce the second signal according to a first determined change in the fabric shape. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 24, 26, 46, 47, 48, 50)
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60. An apparatus comprising:
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a fabric having a shape and including; one or more sensors, the one or more sensors being arranged to detect a first shape-related parameter of the 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 different from the first signal, the one or more control elements being arranged to provide a force on the fabric corresponding to the second signal; and circuitry responsive to the first signal to determine an adjusted change in the fabric shape and configured to produce the second signal according to the determined adjusted change in the fabric shape. - View Dependent Claims (61)
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sensing a first shape-related parameter, the first shape-related parameter corresponding to a first region of fabric; responsive to the sensed first shape-related parameter, producing a first fabric shape changing signal; and applying force to a second region of fabric according to the first fabric shape changing signal. - View Dependent Claims (100, 102, 104, 105)
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