US 12,408,872 B2
Systems and methods of providing networks based on textiles
Tony Chahine, Toronto (CA); Milad Alizadeh-Meghrazi, Toronto (CA); and Godfried Gysbrecht Edelman, Toronto (CA)
Appl. No. 17/781,021
Filed by MYANT INC., Toronto (CA)
PCT Filed Dec. 1, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CA2020/051643
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 30, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/108900, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/942,962, filed on Dec. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0038068 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A47B 83/00 (2006.01); G01D 21/00 (2006.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 5/6887 (2013.01) [A47B 83/001 (2013.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A workspace system comprising:
an electrical interconnection bus;
a plurality of disparate textiles respectively coupled to the electrical interconnection bus, the respective disparate textiles having incorporated thereon a textile structure providing at least one of a sensor or an actuator, and wherein the disparate textiles are respectively associated with a workspace surface, and wherein said workspace surface includes a floor textile, said floor textile comprising a plurality of pressure sensing structures; and
a computing device including a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and a communication circuit coupled to the processor, wherein the computing device is coupled to the electrical interconnection bus to receive sensor data from at least one of the plurality of disparate textiles,
wherein said computing device is configured to determine user occupancy or user traffic patterns within a workspace based on sensing data received from said floor textile, and
wherein said workspace surface includes a space division textile, wherein said space division textile includes sound absorbing materials including acoustic foam and/or acoustic cones, said sound absorbing materials including shape shifting materials configured to change shape in response to an actuator signal to increase sound absorbing capacity, and
wherein said computing device is configured to determine that said workspace is occupied based on sensing data received from said plurality of disparate textiles and, in response to determining that said workspace is occupied transmit the actuator signal to configure said sound absorbing materials to be reconfigured to include one or more of the acoustic cones protruding from said space division textile for dampening acoustic noise.