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Two-layer interactive textiles

An interactive, fabric technology, applied in the direction of fabric, multi-strand fabric, textile, etc., can solve the problems of expensive, non-flexible cost, complex touch sensor and so on

Active Publication Date: 2017-09-26
GOOGLE LLC
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[0003] Currently, producing touch sensors can be complex and expensive, especially if the aim is to make the touch sensors light, flexible, or adaptable to a variety of different kinds of uses
For example, conventional touchpads are generally inflexible and relatively expensive to produce and integrate into objects

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[0125] In this example, computing device 106 is implemented as smartphone 1302 communicatively coupled to interactive fabric 102 . For example, interactive fabric 102 may be woven into a jacket worn by a user and coupled to smartphone 1302 via a wireless connection such as Bluetooth.

[0126] At 1304, the smartphone 1302 is in a "music playing" context because the music player application is playing music on the smartphone 1302. In the music playing environment, at 1306 the gesture manager 218 has assigned the first subset of functions to the first subset of gestures. For example, a user can play the previous song by swiping left on the interactive fabric 102, play or pause the current song by tapping the interactive fabric 102, or play the next song by swiping right on the interactive fabric 102. a song.

[0127]At 1308, when the smartphone 1302 receives an incoming call, the context of the smartphone 1302 changes to an "incoming call" context. In the incoming call context...

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Abstract

This document describes two-layer interactive textiles. In one or more implementations, the interactive textile includes a top textile layer and a bottom textile layer. Conductive threads are woven into the top textile layer and the bottom textile layer. When the top textile layer is combined with the bottom textile layer, the conductive threads from each layer form a capacitive touch sensor that is configured to detect touch-input. The bottom textile layer is not visible and couples the capacitive through sensor to electronic components, such as a controller, a wireless interface, an output device (e.g., an LED, a display, or speaker), and so forth.

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[0001] Cross References to Related Applications [0002] This international application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. 119(e) to U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 62 / 138,831, filed March 26, 2015, entitled "Two-Layer Interactive Textiles," the entirety of which The disclosure is incorporated herein by reference. Background technique [0003] Currently, producing touch sensors can be complex and expensive, especially if the aim is to make the touch sensors light, flexible, or adaptable to various different kinds of uses. For example, conventional touchpads are generally inflexible and relatively expensive to produce and integrate into objects. Contents of the invention [0004] This paper describes a two-layer interactive fabric. The interactive fabric includes a mesh of conductive threads woven into the interactive fabric to form capacitive touch sensors configured to detect touch input. The interactive fabric can process touch input to generate touch data that can be u...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F3/044
CPCG06F3/044G06F2203/04102G06F2203/04103G06F2203/04111D02G3/36D02G3/441D03D1/0088D03D11/00D03D25/005D10B2401/16D10B2401/18G06F3/04162G06F3/0445H01H2203/0085H01H2239/006H03K17/962
Inventor 伊万·波派列夫
Owner GOOGLE LLC