US 12,324,463 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 Apr. 16, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/636,370.
Application 18/636,370 is a continuation of application No. 18/328,163, filed on Jun. 2, 2023, granted, now 11,986,027.
Application 18/328,163 is a continuation of application No. 17/823,089, filed on Aug. 30, 2022, granted, now 11,700,891, issued on Jul. 18, 2023.
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 2024/0251884 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
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)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
an integrated circuit (IC) controller coupled to a sensing fabric;
a sensing circuit comprising a transmission unit and a first sensor,
wherein the transmission unit is configured to transmit a sensor signal responsive to a user's interaction with the first sensor to the IC controller,
wherein the IC controller is configured to transmit a first data associated with the sensor signal to an external device,
wherein the external device is configured to process the first data,
wherein the first sensor is disposed along a first portion of the sensing fabric and electrically coupled to the transmission portion disposed along a second portion of the sensing fabric;
an actuator circuit configured to transmit an actuator output to a third portion of the sensing fabric based on an actuator signal received from the IC controller,
wherein the IC controller is configured to receive commands from the external device responsive to the first data, and
wherein the actuator signal is responsive to the commands received;
conductive traces disposed along segments of the sensing fabric configured to electrically couple the IC controller with the sensing circuit and the actuator circuit and the transmission unit with the sensing unit; and
at least one through-hole disposed into the sensing fabric configured to allow the conductive traces to be disposed, at least one of, along one or more opposed surfaces of the sensing fabric and along a segment between the opposed surfaces.