Shape changing material
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Abstract
An apparatus may be 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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62. A method comprising:
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receiving a first signal corresponding to a first region of fabric; determining an initial shape of the first region of fabric based on the received first signal; producing a first set of fabric shape changing data corresponding to a difference between the initial shape of the first region of fabric and a target shape of the first region of fabric; producing a second signal based on the first set of fabric shape changing data; and transmitting the second signal corresponding to a second region of fabric to produce the target shape. - View Dependent Claims (63, 64, 65, 68, 72, 73, 76, 83, 84, 88)
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184. In an apparatus comprising a fabric coupled to electronic circuitry, a method comprising:
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producing a first set of initial condition data corresponding to a predicted first shape of a first region of the fabric; processing the produced first set of initial condition data to produce a first set of fabric shape changing data for a second region of the fabric; and applying force to the second region of the fabric according to the first set of fabric shape changing data. - View Dependent Claims (187, 189)
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213. An apparatus comprising:
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circuitry configured to receive a first signal corresponding to a first region of fabric; circuitry configured to determine an initial shape of the first region of fabric based on the received first signal; circuitry configured to produce a first set of fabric shape changing data corresponding to a difference between the initial shape of the first region of fabric and a target shape of the first region of fabric; circuitry configured to produce a second signal based on the first set of fabric shape changing data; and circuitry configured to transmit the second signal corresponding to a second region of fabric to produce the target shape. - View Dependent Claims (214, 217, 220, 221, 223, 227, 228, 232, 235, 236, 237, 239)
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