Smart Clothing for Ambulatory Human Motion Capture

摘要

This invention is smart clothing (such as a shirt or pair of pants) for ambulatory motion capture comprising: an article of clothing; an electromagnetic energy emitter; an electromagnetic energy receiver; a helical stretching and/or bending electromagnetic energy pathway that spans a body joint, wherein motion of the body joint stretches and/or bends the pathway, and wherein stretching and/or bending of the pathway changes the flow of electromagnetic energy from the emitter to the receiver; and a data processor, wherein the data processor analyzes changes in the flow in order to measure motion of the body joint.

主权项

1. Smart clothing for ambulatory human motion capture comprising:
an article of clothing which is worn by a person; an electromagnetic energy emitter; an electromagnetic energy receiver; a helical stretching and/or bending electromagnetic energy pathway, wherein electromagnetic energy flows from the electromagnetic energy emitter to the electromagnetic energy receiver through the pathway, wherein the pathway is configured to span a body joint of the person when the article of clothing is worn by the person, wherein motion of the body joint stretches and/or bends the pathway, and wherein stretching and/or bending of the pathway changes one or more parameters of the flow of electromagnetic energy from the emitter to the receiver; and a data processor, wherein the data processor analyzes changes in the one or more parameters in order to measure motion of the body joint.