DIGITAL GARMENT USING DIGITAL BAND AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20100325770A1
• Filed: 08/14/2008
• Published: 12/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GAIA Healthcare, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Lorea Institute of Industrial Technology
• Inventors: Lee, Dae Hoon, An, Jae Sang, Chung, Gi Soo
• Granted Patent: US 8,146,171 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 2/69
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 1/00 Garments for children A41D11/00
• CPC Class Codes: D02G 3/12 Threads containing metallic filaments or strips
• CPC Class Codes: D02G 3/36 Cored or coated yarns or threads D02G3/34, D02G3/40 take precedence; elastic yarns or threads D02G3/32
• CPC Class Codes: D02G 3/441 Yarns or threads with antistatic, conductive or radiation-shielding properties electroconductive, anti-static or radiation-shielding filaments D01F1/09, D01F1/106; anti-static fabrics D03D15/533; conducting, insulating or anti-static layers for floor coverings D06N7/0042
• CPC Class Codes: D03D 1/0088 Fabrics having an electronic function
• CPC Class Codes: D03D 15/25 Metal
• CPC Class Codes: D03D 15/258 Noble metal
• CPC Class Codes: D03D 15/47 multicomponent, e.g. blended yarns or threads multicomponent fibres or filaments D03D15/292
• CPC Class Codes: D03D 3/005 Tapes or ribbons not otherwise provided for D03D1/0005, D03D1/0011, D03D1/06, D03D1/08, D03D1/0094 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: D10B 2101/20 Metallic fibres
• CPC Class Codes: D10B 2401/16 antistatic; conductive
• CPC Class Codes: D10B 2501/06 Details of garments
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/038 Textiles used as reinforcing materials for organic insulating substrates H05K1/0366
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/0281 Conductive fibers
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/029 Woven fibrous reinforcement or textile textile substrates H05K1/038
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/09809 Coaxial layout reduction of cross-talk, noise or interference by printed shielding conductors for shielding around a single via or around a group of vias H05K1/0222
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10098 Components for radio transmission, e.g. radio frequency identification [RFID] tag, printed or non-printed antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10128 Display
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10151 Sensor
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 2/901 Antibacterial, antitoxin, or clean room
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 2/902 : Antistatic
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49826 : Assembling or joining

Abstract

Disclosed is a digital garment that can provide a high-speed communication path by using a digital band that is quickly and easily attachable to a conventional garment (clothes), and a fabricating method thereof. The digital garment includes: a garment formed of textile; a digital band provided along the outside or inside of the garment so as to provide a communication path; a sensor, attached to the garment, being electrically coupled to the digital band, converting a physical signal into an electrical signal; an operation device, attached to the garment, being electrically coupled to the digital band, receiving the electrical signal from the sensor and processing the signal; and a communication module, attached to the garment, being electrically coupled to the digital band so as to perform wireless communication.

Claims

1. A digital garment using a digital band, comprising:

a garment formed of textile;

a digital band provided along the outside or inside of the garment so as to provide a communication path;

a sensor, attached to the garment, being electrically coupled to the digital band, converting a physical signal into an electrical signal;

an operation device, attached to the garment, being electrically coupled to the digital band, receiving the electrical signal from the sensor and processing the signal; and

a communication module, attached to the garment, being electrically coupled to the digital band so as to perform wireless communication.

2. The digital garment of claim 1, wherein the digital band is formed integrally with the garment, or attached to the garment.

3. The digital garment of claim 1, wherein the digital band comprises:

a plurality of warps formed in parallel to each other in a first direction; and

a plurality of woofs formed in parallel to each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction,

wherein the warps comprise at least one digital yarn to provide the communication path.

4. The digital garment of claim 3, wherein the number of the at least one digital yarn is less than three hundreds.

5. The digital garment of claim 3, wherein the at least one digital yarn comprises:

at least one metal portion that is located at the center about a diameter of the digital yarn and provides a communication path; and

a coating portion surrounding the outside of the metal portion so as to shield the metal portion from electromagnetic wave.

6. The digital garment of claim 5, wherein the at least one digital yarn comprises an outer metal portion arranged along an outer circumference edge of the coating portion and an outer coating portion surrounding the outer metal portion.

7. The digital garment of claim 3, wherein the warps comprise a plurality of normal warps that are formed in parallel to each other in the first direction and formed of single or more strands, and the at least one digital yarn is formed between the normal warps.

8. The digital garment of claim 7, wherein the at least one digital yarn is arranged in parallel to the normal warps inside the edge of the digital band.

9. The digital garment of claim 7, wherein the normal warps are arranged to the edge of the digital band.

10. The digital garment of claim 1, wherein the digital band comprises:

symmetrical tape pairs; and

a plurality of digital yarns formed between the tapes,

wherein the tapes are adhered to each other so as to press the digital yarns in a radial direction.

11. The digital garment of claim 10, wherein the digital yarns are arranged with equal spaces between each other.

12. A method of fabricating a digital garment using a digital band, comprising:

(a) preparing a garment formed of textile;

(b) preparing a digital band that includes warps and woofs perpendicular to the warps, wherein the warps include at least one digital yarn;

(c) attaching the digital band to the garment; and

(d) attaching a device to the garment and then electrically coupling the device to the digital band.

13. The method of fabricating the digital garment of claim 12, wherein in the step (b), the warps including the at least one digital yarn are arranged in parallel to each other in the first direction and the woofs are let off in the second direction so as to cross between the warps.

14. The method of fabricating the digital garment of claim 12, wherein in the step (b), the warps are arranged in parallel to each other in the first direction, wherein the warps includes a plurality of normal warps formed of single or more strands and the at least one digital yarn is formed between the normal warps.

15. The method of fabricating the digital garment of claim 14, wherein in the step (b), the normal warps are arranged at the edge of the digital band.

16. The method of fabricating the digital garment of claim 12, wherein in the step (b), the at least one digital yarn comprises a metal portion located at the center about a diameter of the digital yarn and a coating portion surrounding the metal portion.

17. The method of fabricating the digital garment of claim 16, wherein the digital yarn comprises an outer metal portion arranged along an outer circumference edge of the coating portion and an outer coating portion surrounding the outer metal portion.

18. The method of fabricating the digital garment of claim 14, wherein in the step (c), the digital band is attached to the garment by sewing the normal warps arranged at the edge of the digital band.

21. The method of fabricating the digital garment of claim 12, wherein in the step (d), the device including a sensor, an operation device and a communication module is attached to the garment and then electrically coupled to the digital band.

19. A method of fabricating a digital garment using a digital band, comprising:

(a) preparing a garment formed of textile;

(b) preparing a digital band that includes at least one digital yarn arranged in parallel to each other and symmetrical tape pairs surrounding the at least one digital yarn;

(c) attaching the digital band to the garment; and

(d) attaching a device to the garment and then electrically coupling the device to the digital band.

20. The method of fabricating the digital garment of claim 19, wherein in the step (c), the digital band is attached to the garment by heating the tape of the digital band or sewing the edge of the tape.