Article of Clothing

• US 20150189133A1
• Filed: 07/01/2014
• Published: 07/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/02/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Matt Sandy
• Original Assignee: Matt Sandy
• Inventors: Sandy, Matt
• Granted Patent: US 9,445,031 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2005/006 comprising a suspension strap or lanyard
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/02 Fastening articles to the garment
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/661 Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/44 Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards H04N5/14 takes precedence

Abstract

An article of clothing has at least one element of clothing wearable by a user, and a recording camera constructed to operate wirelessly associated with the element of clothing and carrying out recording processes while being associated with the element of clothing.

Claims

1. An article of clothing, comprising

at least one element of clothing wearable by a user;

and

a recording camera constructed as a wirelessly operated recording camera associated with said element of clothing and constructed for carrying out a recording process while being associated with said element of clothing, wherein said element of clothing has at least one receptacle in which said recording camera is receivable with the possibility of carrying out the recording process while being located in said receptacle.

2. An article of clothing as defined in claim 1, wherein said camera is constructed to carry out recordings selected from the group consisting of an audio recording, a video recording, digital image recording, automated digital image recording, a video recording to record over a certain time or over a number of periods, and combinations thereof, wherein said recording camera is constructed as a wirelessly operated recording camera that can be controlled wirelessly by a remotely operating controlling device to enable said recording camera to carry out the recording process, and said recording camera can transfer wirelessly to said remotely operating controlling device the images, video recordings and/or audio messages recorded by said camera so that the said remotely operating controlling device can store, exchange and/or reproduce said images, videos recordings and/or audio messages recorded by said recording camera.

3. An article of clothing as defined in claim 2, wherein said recording camera has a plurality of sensing elements arrangeable on various sides of said element of clothing and constructed to carry out recording on said sides to provide a panoramic and/or three-dimensional recording.

4. An article of clothing as defined in claim 2, wherein said camera is constructed to simultaneously capture still image recording during video recording.

5. An article of clothing as defined in claim 1, wherein said camera has a built in touch sensor allowing to physically tap the camera in order to record a digital image or a digital video recording, wherein said digital image and/or video recording can be stored in the internal memory of the said camera upon tapping, and wherein said camera can store to its internal memory the video recordings of previous events that have occurred upon the user tapping the said camera, referred to as retro saved video recordings, wherein the duration of the said retro saved video recordings can be changed by the user with a remotely wireless operating device such as a smartphone, tablet and the like.

6. An article of clothing as defined in claim 2, wherein said camera has a built in touch sensor allowing to physically tap the camera in order to record a digital image or a digital video recording, wherein said digital image and/or video recording can be stored in the internal memory of the said camera upon tapping.

7. A clothing accessory as defined in claim 6, wherein said camera can store to its internal memory the video recordings of previous events that have occurred upon the user tapping the said camera, referred to as retro saved video recordings, wherein the duration of the said retro saved video recordings can be changed by the user with a remotely wireless operating device such as a smartphone, tablet and the like.

8. An article of clothing, comprising

at least one element of clothing wearable by a user;

and

a recording camera constructed as a wirelessly operated recording camera arranged on the surface of said element of clothing, further comprising a plurality of cover pieces constructed to cover the front face of said recording camera so that the design of the front face of the cover pieces may correspond to the design of the surface of said element of clothing.

9. An article of clothing as defined in claim 8, wherein said camera is constructed to carry out recordings selected from the group consisting of an audio recording, a video recording, digital image recording, automated digital image recording, a video recording to record over a certain time or over a number of periods, and combinations thereof, wherein said recording camera is constructed as a wirelessly operated recording camera that can be controlled wirelessly by a remotely operating controlling device to enable said recording camera to carry out the recording process, and said recording camera can transfer wirelessly to said remotely operating controlling device the images, video recordings and/or audio messages recorded by said camera so that the said remotely operating controlling device can store, exchange and/or reproduce said images, videos recordings and/or audio messages recorded by said recording camera.

10. An article of clothing as defined in claim 9, wherein said camera is constructed to simultaneously capture and save to its internal memory still image recording during video recording.

11. An article of clothing as defined in claim 8, wherein said camera has a built in touch sensor allowing to physically tap the said camera in order to record a digital image or to record a digital video recording, wherein said digital image and/or video recording can be stored in the internal memory of the said camera upon tapping.

12. An article of clothing as defined in claim 11, wherein said camera can store to its internal memory the video recordings of previous events that have occurred upon the user tapping the said camera, referred to as retro saved video recordings.

13. An article of clothing as defined in claim 12, wherein the duration of the said retro saved video recordings can be changed by the user with a remotely wireless operating device such as a smartphone, tablet and the like.

14. An article of clothing as defined in claim 9, wherein said camera has a built in touch sensor allowing to physically tap the said camera to in order to record a digital image or to record a digital video recording, wherein said digital image and/or video recording can be stored in the internal memory of the said camera upon tapping.

15. An article of clothing as defined in claim 14, wherein said camera is capable of storing to its internal memory the video recordings of previous events that have occurred upon the user tapping the said camera, referred to as retro saved video recordings.

16. An article of clothing as defined in claim 15, wherein the duration of the said retro saved video recordings can be changed by the user with a remotely wireless operating device such as a smartphone, tablet and the like.

17. An article of clothing as defined in claim 10, wherein said camera has a built in touch sensor allowing to physically tap the camera in order to record a digital image or to record a digital video recording, wherein said digital image and/or video recording can be stored in the internal memory of the said camera upon tapping, and wherein said camera is capable of storing to its internal memory the video recordings of previous events that have occurred upon the user tapping the said camera, referred to as retro saved video recordings, wherein the duration of the said retro saved video recordings can be changed by the user with a remotely wireless operating device such as a smartphone, tablet and the like.

18. An article of clothing as defined in claim 9, wherein the said camera can be worn on an article of clothing with a magnet clip that attaches from the inside of the article of clothing to the said camera on the outside of the article of clothing by way of magnetizing, by attaching said camera to the article of clothing with a clip to the outside of the article of clothing, or wearing said camera around the neck by attaching said camera to a lanyard or necklace of any material.

19. An article of clothing as defined in claim 16, wherein the said camera can be worn on an article of clothing with a magnet clip that attaches from the inside of the article of clothing to the said camera on the outside of the article of clothing by way of magnetizing, by attaching said camera to the article of clothing with a clip to the outside of the article of clothing, or wearing said camera around the neck by attaching said camera to a lanyard or necklace of any material.

20. An article of clothing as defined in claim 9, wherein the activating element control button of the camera can be customized to perform different recording functions by instructing it with a software application on a remote device, such as a smartphone, tablet, and the like, wirelessly connected to the camera.