Reconfigurable garment definition and production method

• US 8,930,012 B2
• Filed: 04/24/2012
• Issued: 01/06/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Dennis Fernandez
• Original Assignee: Dennis Fernandez
• Inventors: Fernandez, Dennis S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Worrell, Danny
• Application Number:
  US13/454,390
• Publication Number:
  US 20120204310A1
• Time in Patent Office: 987 Days
• Field of Search: 700130-138
• US Class Current: 700/130
• 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. Electronically reconfigurable garment comprising:

a backpack comprising a flexible optical fiber screen woven into the backpack, a media player, and an identifier device;

a user interface appliance comprising a user device, a processor/memory, and a networking interface; and

a power source;

wherein the networking interface couples the user interface appliance with the backpack using software to configure operation of the media player enabling real-time user-control via the user device and the flexible optical fiber screen, the software further configuring electronically a variable color element, a variable reflectivity element, a variable electroluminescent element, or a variable optical chameleon element of the flexible optical fiber screen according to a user-defined garment definition or user input via the user device, thereby allowing the backpack to change color, images, projections, and patterns based on configuration commands for a unique fashion look-and-feel and for displays of texts, data, and audio and video media content.

2. The garment of claim 1, wherein the user device further comprises:

a touchpad to allow real-time user-control of the garment; and

a user control device to read data from computer-readable storage devices.

3. The garment of claim 1 wherein the identifier device comprises a radio-frequency identification device (RFID) coupled to a global positioning system (GPS) device for wirelessly locating the garment.

4. The garment of claim 1 wherein the media player further comprises:

a memory or storage device; and

a wireless communicator to download media from a network via the networking interface and to store in the memory or storage device;

wherein usage of the media downloaded is financially chargeable to user according to information in the identifier device.

5. The garment of claim 1 wherein the power source comprises an optical heat source produced by transforming light into electrical power.

6. Electronically reconfigurable garment comprising:

a backpack comprising a flexible optical fiber screen woven into the backpack, a media player, and an identifier device;

a user interface appliance comprising a user device, a processor/memory, and a networking interface; and

a power source;

wherein the networking interface couples the user interface appliance with the backpack using software to configure operation of the media player enabling real-time user control via the user device and the flexible optical fiber screen, the software further configuring electronically a variable color element, a variable reflectivity element, a variable electroluminescent element, or a variable optical chameleon element of the flexible optical fiber screen according to a user-defined garment definition or user input via the user device, thereby allowing the backpack to change color, images, projections, and patterns based on configuration commands for a unique fashion look-and-feel and for displays of texts, data, and audio and video media content;

wherein the user device further comprises a touchpad to allow real-time user-control of the garment, and a user control device to read data from computer-readable storage devices, the identifier device comprising a radio-frequency identification device (RFID) coupled to a global positioning system (GPS) device for wirelessly locating the garment, the media player further comprising a memory or storage device and a wireless communicator to download media from a network via the networking interface and to store in the memory or storage device, usage of the media downloaded being financially chargeable to user according to information in the identifier device, the power source comprising an optical heat source produced by transforming light into electrical power.