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 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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Abstract
An apparatus is 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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1. An apparatus comprising:
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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 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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An apparatus comprising:
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a fabric having a first topology at a first time 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 a second topology of the fabric, to determine a second signal selected to produce the second topology at a second time different from the first time, and to produce the second signal. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. In an apparatus comprising a garment coupled to electronic circuitry, a method comprising:
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sensing a first shape-related parameter, the first shape-related parameter corresponding to a first region of fabric; producing data corresponding to an initial shape of the first region of fabric according to the sensed first shape-related parameter; responsive to the produced data corresponding to the initial shape, selecting a target shape of the first region of fabric and producing a first fabric shape changing signal, the first fabric shape changing signal being selected to produce the target shape of the second region of fabric; and applying force to a second region of fabric according to the first fabric shape changing signal to produce the target shape. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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