US 12,223,400 B2
Impact mitigation and pressure mapping using smart fabrics
Tathagato Bose, Kolkata (IN); Sourav Bhattacharjee, Durgapur (IN); Ranjeeth Pasupathi, Coimbatore (IN); and Diwesh Pandey, Jeevan Bhima Nagar (IN)
Assigned to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Feb. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/249,076.
Prior Publication US 2022/0269985 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. G06N 20/00 (2019.01); A41D 1/00 (2018.01); G06N 3/08 (2023.01); G06N 5/04 (2023.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01)
CPC G06N 20/00 (2019.01) [A41D 1/002 (2013.01); G06N 5/04 (2013.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G06N 3/08 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A method for impact response, the method comprising:
triggering a stimulus if a threshold is reached or exceeded based on a positional relationship between a user of a body suit and a single-track vehicle, wherein the stimulus activates one or more pressure sensors integrated into a smart fabric of the body suit designed to measure an impact to the body suit;
generating a pressure map of the body suit utilizing the one or more pressure sensors, wherein the pressure map is comprised of a plurality of pixels corresponding to a plurality of intersection points of the smart fabric of the body suit, wherein each of the plurality of pixels is assigned a value illustrating one or more pressure regions corresponding to the impact on the body suit; and
generating an injury map using the pressure map and a machine learning model, wherein the machine learning model utilizes one or more input parameters specific to the user of the body suit to determine a neighborhood pressure expansion, wherein the neighborhood pressure expansion is utilized to expand the one or more pressure regions of the pressure map to one or more surrounding pixels based on the one or more input parameters specific to the user.