COMFORT-BASED GARMENT MANAGEMENT

• US 20160350819A1
• Filed: 01/31/2014
• Published: 12/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ent Services Development Corporation LP (DXC Technology Company)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Inventors: Mitchell, Guy
• Granted Patent: US 10,445,792 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/016 After-sales
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0282 Rating or review of business operators or products
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0621 Item configuration or customization

Abstract

Comfort-based garment management can include establishing a sensor output threshold for a garment based on comfort data, receiving sensor output data from a number of sensors integrated with the garment, comparing the sensor output data with the sensor output threshold, and sending a notification to a party associated with the garment in response to the sensor output data crossing the sensor output threshold

Claims

1. A system for comfort-based garment management, comprising:

a baseline engine to establish a sensor output threshold for a garment based on comfort data;

a comfort engine to receive sensor output data from a number of sensors integrated with the garment;

a comparison engine to compare the sensor output data with the sensor output threshold; and

a notification engine to send a notification to a party associated with the garment in response to the sensor output data crossing the sensor output threshold.

2. The system of claim 1, including the baseline engine to establish the sensor output threshold for the garment based on comfort data, wherein the sensor output threshold is based on baseline sensor output values identified as corresponding to a comfortable garment fit by the consumer of the garment.

3. The system of claim 2, including the baseline engine to establish the sensor output threshold for the garment based on comfort data, wherein the baseline sensor output values are collected while the consumer is wearing the garment.

4. The system of claim 1, including the baseline engine to establish the sensor output threshold for the garment based on comfort data, wherein the sensor output threshold is based on a manufacturer'"'"'s specification for the garment.

5. The system of claim 1, including the notification engine to send the notification to the party associated with the garment in response to the sensor output data crossing the sensor output threshold, wherein the notification includes a notification that the garment is reaching the end of a pre-defined lifecycle.

6. A method for comfort-based garment management, comprising:

establishing a sensor output threshold for a garment based on comfort data;

analyzing retail data for a garment;

receiving sensor output data from a number of sensors integrated with a garment;

comparing the sensor output data with the sensor output threshold; and

sending a notification to a party associated with the garment in response to analysis of the retail data and the sensor output data crossing the sensor output threshold.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the method includes analyzing the retail data for the garment, wherein the retail data includes an age of inventory for the garment at a retailer.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the method includes analyzing the retail data for the garment, wherein the retail data includes historical sensor output data from a number of garments associated with a number of consumers that purchased the number of garments at a common retailer.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

updating the historical sensor output data to include the received sensor output data from the number of sensors integrated with the garment if the garment was purchased at the common retailer, and

including the updated historical sensor output data in the notification.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the method includes sending the notification to the party associated with the garment in response to analysis of the retail data and the sensor output data crossing the sensor output threshold, wherein the party associated with the garment is a consumer of the garment.

11. The method of claim 6, wherein the method includes sending the notification to the party associated with the garment in response to analysis of the retail data and the sensor output data crossing the sensor output threshold, wherein the party associated with the garment in a retailer of the garment and the notification includes the identification of a consumer of the garment.

12. The method of claim 6, wherein the method includes receiving sensor output data from a number of sensors integrated with a garment, wherein the number of sensors integrated with the garment include at least one of a heat sensor, a pressure sensor, an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a temperature sensor, a footfall sensor, a flex sensor, a thickness sensor, a chemical sensor, a tensile load sensor, a compressive load sensor, a light sensor, and a perspiration sensor.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions executable by a processing resource to cause a computer to:

establish a sensor output threshold for a garment based on comfort data;

establish retail metric thresholds for the garment;

receive sensor output data from a number of sensors on a garment;

receive retail metrics for the garment;

compare the sensor output data with the sensor output threshold;

compare the retail metrics for garment with the retail metric thresholds;

identify a suspected defective garment based on the sensor output threshold comparison and the retail metric threshold comparison; and

transmit a number of notifications to a number of parties associated with the garment in response to the identification.

14. The medium of claim 13, wherein to transmit the number of notifications to the number of parties associated with the garment in response to the identification includes:

to transmit a notification identifying the suspected defective garment to a retailer and suggestions on addressing the suspected defective garment.

15. the medium of claim 13, wherein to transmit the number of notifications to the number of parties associated with the garment in response to the identification includes:

to transmit a notification a manufacturer to replace the suspected defective garment with a non-defective garment at a retailer where the suspected defective garment is located.