Wearer role-based visually modifiable garment

• US 9,836,927 B2
• Filed: 03/02/2015
• Issued: 12/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Ashoori, Maryam, Kozloski, James R., Pickover, Clifford A., Vukovic, Maja
• Primary Examiner(s): La, Anh V
• Application Number:
  US14/635,665
• Publication Number:
  US 20160260297A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,009 Days
• Field of Search: 3406916, 2 69, 362606, 362103, 482 1, 600300, 600388
• 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: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/16 Sound input; Sound output speech processing G10L
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/36 using visible light sources
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/02 Flexible displays
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/06 Remotely controlled electronic signs other than labels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring

Abstract

A system includes a wearer role identification device, a garment with a dynamically modifiable display, and a hardware controller for the dynamically modifiable display. The wearer role identification device identifies a dynamically changeable role of the wearer of the garment. The hardware controller adjusts the dynamically modifiable display based on real-time inputs received from the wearer role identification device.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a wearer role identification device that identifies a role of a wearer of a garment, wherein the role of the wearer is dynamically changeable, wherein the role of the wearer defines abilities of the wearer, and wherein the garment comprises a dynamically modifiable display;

a hardware controller for adjusting the dynamically modifiable display based on real-time inputs received from the wearer role identification device, wherein the real-time inputs describe the role of the wearer changing from a first role to a second role, and wherein the hardware controller adjusts an appearance of the dynamically modifiable display to depict the second role in response to the role of the wearer changing from the first role to the second role; and

a database storage device that contains a real-time role of the wearer of the garment, wherein the wearer role identification device retrieves the real-time role of the wearer of the garment as a real-time input to the hardware controller for adjusting the dynamically modifiable display, wherein the wearer of the garment holds multiple roles, and wherein the dynamically modifiable display presents visual images that simultaneously represent the multiple roles.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

an environmental dominant hue sensor that detects a dominant hue of an environment in which the wearer is located, wherein the hardware controller further adjusts the dynamically modifiable display based on the dominant hue of the environment in which the wearer is located.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the dynamically modifiable display is interwoven into the garment.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a biometric sensor, wherein the biometric sensor generates an indication of a real-time biometric state of the wearer of the garment, and wherein the hardware controller further adjusts the dynamically modifiable display based on the real-time biometric state of the wearer of the garment.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a positioning hardware system, wherein the positioning hardware system determines a real-time location of the wearer of the garment; and

a communication link to a news provider server associated with a news provider, wherein the news provider provides a real-time contextual state of the real-time location of the wearer of the garment, and wherein the hardware controller further adjusts the dynamically modifiable display based on the real-time location of the wearer of the garment.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a positioning hardware system, wherein the positioning hardware system determines a real-time location of the wearer of the garment; and

a communication link to a news provider, wherein the news provider provides a real-time contextual state of the real-time location of the wearer of the garment, and wherein the hardware controller further adjusts the dynamically modifiable display based on the real-time contextual state of the real-time location of the wearer of the garment and a role of the wearer of the garment while within the real-time location, wherein the role of the wearer of the garment while within the real-time location depends on the real-time contextual state of the real-time location.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a prosody analyzer, wherein the prosody analyzer analyzes vocal patterns of the wearer to determine a current state of the wearer, and wherein the hardware controller further adjust the dynamically modifiable display based on the current state of the wearer of the garment.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a database storage device that contains a real-time role of the wearer of the garment;

a resource needs determination device, wherein the resource needs determination device identifies a current resource need of the wearer of the garment based on an input to the resource needs determination device from the wearer of the garment and on the real-time role of the wearer of the garment.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

an inter-garment communication device, wherein the inter-garment communication device communicates with other garments within a predefined area to create an Internet of Things that is able to identify roles and locations of garment wearers equipped with inter-garment communication devices.

10. A method for adjusting a visual appearance of a garment, the method comprising:

identifying, by a wearer role identification device, a role of a wearer of a garment, wherein the role of the wearer is dynamically changeable, wherein the role of the wearer defines abilities of the wearer, and wherein the garment comprises a dynamically modifiable display;

adjusting, by a hardware controller, the dynamically modifiable display based on real-time inputs received from the wearer role identification device, wherein the real-time inputs describe the role of the wearer changing from a first role to a second role, and wherein the hardware controller adjusts an appearance of the dynamically modifiable display to depict the second role in response to the role of the wearer changing from the first role to the second role;

detecting, by an environmental dominant hue sensor, a dominant hue of an environment in which the wearer is located; and

further adjusting, by the hardware controller, the dynamically modifiable display based on the dominant hue of the environment in which the wearer is located.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

generating, by a biometric sensor, an indication of a real-time biometric state of the wearer of the garment; and

further adjusting, by the hardware controller, the dynamically modifiable display based on the real-time biometric state of the wearer of the garment.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

generating, by a biometric sensor, an indication of a real-time biometric state of the wearer of the garment; and

further adjusting, by a hardware controller, the dynamically modifiable display based on real-time inputs received from the biometric sensor and the wearer role identification device.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving, from a positioning hardware system, a real-time location of the wearer of the garment;

receiving, from a news provider, a real-time contextual state of the real-time location of the wearer of the garment; and

further adjusting, by the hardware controller, the dynamically modifiable display based on the real-time contextual state of the real-time location of the wearer of the garment.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving, from a positioning hardware system, a real-time location of the wearer of the garment; and

receiving, from a news provider, a real-time contextual state of the real-time location of the wearer of the garment, wherein the hardware controller further adjusts the dynamically modifiable display based on the real-time location of the wearer of the garment and a role of the wearer of the garment while within the real-time location, wherein the role of the wearer of the garment while within the real-time location depends on a current state of the real-time location.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

retrieving, by the hardware controller and from a database storage device, multiple real-time roles of the wearer of the garment; and

dynamically adjusting, by the hardware controller, the dynamically modifiable display to present visual images that simultaneously represent the multiple roles.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

analyzing, by a prosody analyzer, vocal patterns of the wearer to determine a current state of the wearer; and

further adjusting, by the hardware controller, the dynamically modifiable display based on the current state of the wearer of the garment.

17. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

retrieving, by the hardware controller and from a database storage device, a real-time role of the wearer of the garment;

identifying, by a resource needs determination device, a current resource need of the wearer of the garment based on an input to the resource needs determination device from the wearer of the garment and on the real-time role of the wearer of the garment; and

further adjusting, by the hardware controller, the dynamically modifiable display based on the current resource need of the wearer and the real-time role of the wearer of the garment.

18. A computer program product for adjusting a dynamically modifiable display on a garment, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, wherein the non-transitory computer readable storage medium is a tangible medium, and wherein the program code is readable and executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:

identifying a role of a wearer of a garment, wherein the role of the wearer is dynamically changeable, wherein the role of the wearer defines abilities of the wearer, and wherein the garment comprises a dynamically modifiable display; and

determining, based on inputs from an environmental dominant hue sensor, a dominant hue of an environment in which the wearer is located; and

adjusting, by a hardware controller, the dynamically modifiable display based on a change to the role of the wearer and real-time inputs received from the environmental dominant hue sensor, wherein the change to the role of the wearer changes from a first role to a second role, and wherein adjusting the dynamically modifiable display changes the dynamically modifiable display to depict the second role of the wearer in response to the role changing from the first role to the second role.