Reconfigurable garment definition and production method

• US 6,882,897 B1
• Filed: 01/05/2004
• Issued: 04/19/2005
• 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): Calvert, John J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kauffman, Brian
• Application Number:
  US10/752,060
• Time in Patent Office: 470 Days
• Field of Search: 700/130, 700/131, 700/132, 700/133, 345/581
• US Class Current: 700/132
• 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. Computer-assisted method for configurable-garment design comprising steps of:

accessing a completed user template to determine a user garment profile; and

generating a garment-design file for configuring an electrically interfaced and reconfigurable garment according to a select portion of the user garment profile,

wherein the electrically interfaced and reconfigurable garment is wearable and configured according to an expert design template, whereby the wearable garment is actually manufactured thus to be electrically interface-able and re-configurable.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the expert design template is provided in a template library comprising a plurality of selectable design templates.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the completed user template is accessible remotely through a digital network using a user-secured biometric authorization or a garment-design usage license.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the expert design template is accessible remotely through a digital network using a garment-design usage license, an identified user of the reconfigurable garment being financially charged for each actual usage of the reconfigurable garment configured according to the expert design template.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the reconfigurable garment comprises an electrically reconfigurable logic circuit that is programmable according to the garment-design file.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the reconfigurable garment comprises a plurality of sensors for sensing user condition, thereby enabling the reconfigurable garment to be reconfigured according to a change in sensed user condition.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the reconfigurable garment comprises a media or communication interface for providing or receiving an audio or visual signal programmably according to the garment-design file.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the garment design file is generated using a software simulation application for modeling the reconfigurable garment virtually according to the select portion of the user garment profile.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of:

generating a modified garment-design file for reconfiguring remotely the reconfigurable garment according to a modified user template or a modified expert design template.

10. Configurable-garment comprising:

a wearable garment; and

an electrically interfaced and configurable device coupled to the garment,

wherein the electrically interfaced and configurable device is configured according to a garment-design file and an expert design template, whereby the wearable garment is actually manufactured thus to be electrically interface-able and re-configurable.

11. The garment of claim 10 wherein:

a user of the garment is financially charged for each actual usage of the device configured according to the expert design template.