Reconfigurable garment definition and production method

• US 7,930,056 B2
• Filed: 05/02/2008
• Issued: 04/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Dennis Fernandez
• Original Assignee: Dennis Fernandez
• Inventors: Fernandez, Dennis
• Primary Examiner(s): WORRELL JR, LARRY D
• Application Number:
  US12/114,678
• Publication Number:
  US 20080221403A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,082 Days
• Field of Search: 700130-138
• US Class Current: 700/132
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 1/002 adapted to accommodate electronic equipment patients' garments for medical monitoring A41D13/1281; luminous ornaments A41D27/085
• CPC Class Codes: A41H 3/007 Methods of drafting or marking-out patterns using computers computer-aided design G06F30/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00017 Electrical control of surgical instruments
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00084 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00212 using remote controls
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse, heart rate, blood pressure or blood flow; Combined pulse/heart-rate/blood pressure determination; Evaluating a cardiovascular condition not otherwise provided for, e.g. using combinations of techniques provided for in this group with electrocardiography or electroauscultation; Heart catheters for measuring blood pressure
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/024 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse rate or heart rate A61B5/0205, A61B5/021 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0816 Measuring devices for examining respiratory frequency measuring frequency of electric signals G01R23/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6804 Garments; Clothes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/00 Computer-aided design [CAD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/82 Elements for improving aerodynamics
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 2/905 Electric

Abstract

Computer-aided design and manufacture software and hardware automate garment and fashion definition and production. Configurable garment includes ornamental element, pattern display, and personal identifier and wireless sensor electronics.

Claims

1. Reconfigurable garment comprising:

a garment having an RFID tag or user sensor for personally identifying the garment user;

an ornament having a media player/recorder or navigational global positioning location system, wireless communicator or mobile phone for enabling wireless multi-party voice or video communication, control or access using a pattern display; and

a networking or user interface for configurably accessing or controlling the ornament or sensor electronically according to a user- defined garment definition or design file, or expert design template or style;

thereby enabling automated configuration of the garment effectively having ambient intelligence adaptable to user definition;

wherein the pattern display enables 3-D graphics as well as touch and force-feedback communication via flexible optical fiber screen having touch-sensitive input, and virtual force-feedback and 3-D output;

such that the garment configures the pattern display automatically according to ambient intelligence adaptive to ornament or sensor context as well as user interaction autonomously via user touch input and 3-D force-feedback output while user wears such intelligently-configurable garment to communicate more effortlessly.

2. Reconfigurable garment of claim 1 wherein:

the sensor is a medical sensor for sensing user physiology and controlling a dispenser to release medication for the user.

3. Reconfigurable garment of claim 1 wherein:

the interface or ornament is coupled via optical or conductive fiber woven in or integrated with the garment.