US 11,986,027 B2
Electronic garment with haptic feedback
Charles Tyson Van de Zande, Raleigh, NC (US); and Jesse John Whitcomb Klein, Madison, NJ (US)
Assigned to dotBliss LLC, Cary, NC (US)
Filed by dotBliss LLC, Cary, NC (US)
Filed on Jun. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/328,163.
Application 18/328,163 is a continuation of application No. 17/823,089, filed on Aug. 30, 2022, granted, now 11,700,891.
Application 17/823,089 is a continuation of application No. 16/860,378, filed on Apr. 28, 2020, granted, now 11,478,022, issued on Oct. 25, 2022.
Application 16/860,378 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2018/059138, filed on Nov. 5, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/582,762, filed on Nov. 7, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0301372 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. A41D 1/00 (2018.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04M 1/72412 (2021.01)
CPC A41D 1/002 (2013.01) [G06F 1/163 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); H04M 1/72412 (2021.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a garment comprising a sensing fabric;
an integrated circuit (IC) controller coupled to the garment;
a sensing circuit configured to transmit a signal responsive to a user's interaction with a first surface portion of the garment to the IC controller, the IC controller configured to transmit a first data associated with the signal to an external device, wherein the first data is associated with instructions for controlling the external device and the instructions are responsive to the user interacting with the first surface portion of the garment;
an actuator circuit configured to transmit an actuator output to a second surface portion of the garment based on an actuator signal received from the IC controller, wherein the first surface is separate from the second surface and wherein the IC controller is configured to receive commands from the external device responsive to the first data and transmit the actuator signal is responsive to the commands received; and
conductive traces embedded within the garment that electrically couple with the sensing circuit and the actuator circuit each said conductive trace having at least a portion being at least one of printed onto the sensing fabric and printed into the sensing fabric.