ELECTRONIC FABRIC FOR SHAPE MEASUREMENT

摘要

Disclosed embodiments provide a way to measure the size of an object using an electronic fabric. Embodiments are particularly well suited for measuring human body parts such as legs, arms, feet, and the like. The measurements are acquired simply by wearing a garment comprised of the electronic fabric. Electrical properties such as resistance and capacitance are measured. These electrical properties are converted to distance measurements. The measurements are acquired by a local processor and then transmitted to a server, where the sizing information is converted to a higher level size, such as a dress size. Additionally, the sizing information can be converted to a clothing pattern to efficiently enable customized clothing based on size.

主权项

1. An apparatus for measurement comprising:
an electronic component incorporated with a fabric, where the electronic component includes a plurality of flexible electrically-conductive threads that comprise the fabric; insulating threads incorporated with the flexible electrically-conductive threads wherein the insulating threads also comprise the fabric and insulate a signal from a first electrically-conductive thread, of the plurality of flexible electrically-conductive threads, from other threads in the plurality of flexible electrically-conductive threads; and a processing module, coupled to the flexible electrically-conductive threads that obtains sizing dimension information using the plurality of flexible electrically-conductive threads.