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Shape changing material

  • US 7,992,217 B2
  • Filed: 04/30/2009
  • Issued: 08/09/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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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 an initial shape of the fabric, to determine a first change in the fabric shape according to a difference between the initial shape of the fabric and a first target shape, and to produce the second signal according to the first determined change in the fabric shape.

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