SENSING AND RESPONSIVE FABRIC
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1. A fabric comprising:
- a sensor, the sensor being formed of a thread having a characteristic that changes in response to an environmental condition;
a transducer formed of a thread having a physical response to an applied power; and
a processor coupled to the sensor to measure the sensor characteristic and to the transducer to apply the power to the transducer based on the sensor measurement.
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Abstract
A sensing and responsive fabric is described. In one example the fabric has a sensor formed of a fiber of the fabric, a transducer formed of a fiber of the fabric, and a processor coupled to the sensor to measure a sensor characteristic and to the transducer to apply power to the transducer based on the sensor measurement.
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20 Claims
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1. A fabric comprising:
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a sensor, the sensor being formed of a thread having a characteristic that changes in response to an environmental condition; a transducer formed of a thread having a physical response to an applied power; and a processor coupled to the sensor to measure the sensor characteristic and to the transducer to apply the power to the transducer based on the sensor measurement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method comprising:
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measuring a characteristic of a thread of a fabric; comparing the measured characteristic to a threshold; conditionally activating a transducer that is another thread of the fabric based on the comparison. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A method of making a fabric having a sensor and a transducer comprising:
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weaving a sensor thread into structural threads of a fabric; weaving a transducer thread into structural threads of the fabric; attaching a processor to the fabric; and connecting the sensor and transducer threads to the processor. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A system comprising:
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a sensor fiber having a characteristic that changes in response to an environmental condition; a transducer fiber having a physical response to an applied power; and a processor coupled to the sensor fiber to measure the sensor characteristic and to the transducer fiber to apply the power to the transducer fiber based on the measured sensor characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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