Smart clothing designed to measure the wearer's body temperature

Abstract

The present invention relates to smart clothing, and more specifically, to smart clothing capable of generating warmth, cold, infrared, or electrical stimulation for specific body parts after measuring the wearer's body temperature. The invention relates to smart clothing designed to measure the wearer's body temperature, wherein a temperature measuring unit is configured to measure the wearer's body temperature, and according to the temperature measured by the temperature measuring unit, warmth or cold is generated for each body part to regulate the wearer's body temperature to an optimal temperature, and infrared therapy or electrical stimulation is provided in the event of a fever in a body part caused by inflammation, etc.

Description

Technology Field

[0001] The present invention relates to smart clothing, and more specifically, to smart clothing capable of measuring the wearer's body temperature and generating warmth, cold, infrared, or electrical stimulation for specific body parts. Background Technology

[0003] First, if we look at the prior art,

[0004] Recently, with the heightened awareness of the importance of technological convergence and its economic and social ripple effects, research and development activities related to various forms of technology convergence are rapidly expanding, particularly in major developed countries. Convergence technology refers to the technology that creates new products or services or improves the performance of existing products through the fusion of heterogeneous technologies.

[0006] Smart wear technology is a representative clothing technology that aligns with the trend of the times regarding convergence technology.

[0008] Here, smart wear refers to digital-based clothing that can detect, operate, and respond to stimuli from the surrounding environment by applying various signal-transmitting fiber technologies within the clothing and embedding various digital devices.

[0010] For example, smart wear may include sportswear that automatically analyzes the body condition by having sensors in the clothing measure biosignals such as electrocardiograms and body temperature in real time while exercising.

[0012] Meanwhile, as industry and agriculture develop, the need to address risks associated with the generation of various invisible harmful gases and the spraying of toxic chemicals increases, and smart wear can be utilized as a system to warn workers of risks regarding toxic substances based on their vital signs.

[0014] However, until recently, clothing and other devices capable of detecting and utilizing the body's biosignals have been developed, but there were problems such as difficulty in reliably measuring electrocardiograms due to moving artifacts caused by the user's movement, and difficulty in detecting breathing waves due to the structure.

[0016] Accordingly, there is a need for a method to provide smart wear that can increase the accuracy of biosignal detection by minimizing motion noise.

[0018] In addition, various types of thermal clothing utilizing heat reflection or the heat generation of heating elements are emerging to enhance thermal insulation during the winter.

[0020] Thermal clothing utilizing heat reflection enhances insulation by coating the inner surface with a material having excellent heat reflection properties, such as aluminum, to reflect heat emitted from the wearer's body back toward the wearer.

[0022] In the case of thermal clothing using a heating element, the heating element is installed in the inner lining so that the inside of the clothing can be heated by the heat from the heating element.

[0024] Accordingly, the ‘smart wear for measuring biosignals’ of Patent No. 10-1725239, the ‘self-generating smart clothing’ of Patent No. 10-1839682, the ‘customizable smart clothing’ of Patent No. 10-2546591, and the ‘smart clothing capable of monitoring physical activity’ of Publication No. 10-2025-0002983 have been disclosed, but the aforementioned problems are still not being improved. The problem to be solved

[0026] Accordingly, the present invention has been devised to solve the problems of the aforementioned prior art, and has been completed as a technical objective with a focus on providing a smart garment designed to measure the wearer's body temperature, wherein a temperature measuring unit is configured to measure the wearer's body temperature, and depending on the temperature measured by the temperature measuring unit, warmth or cold is generated for each part of the body to regulate the wearer's body temperature to an optimal temperature, and infrared therapy or electrical stimulation is performed in the event of a fever in a part of the body caused by inflammation, etc. means of solving the problem

[0028] Accordingly, the present invention features a smart garment designed to measure the body temperature of a wearer, characterized by the technical features comprising: a temperature measuring unit configured between the surface of the human body skin and the innermost layer of the garment to measure the body temperature; a heat control unit configured in multiple units according to the wearer's body parts to generate warmth or cold; a control unit that controls the heat control unit according to the temperature and controls the generation of warmth or cold by the heat control unit; a power supply unit connected to the heat control unit and the control unit to supply power according to their respective operations; a smart terminal connected to the control unit through the network unit to receive the temperature of each body part of the wearer measured by the temperature measuring unit and to allow the wearer to check it; and a network unit connected to the control unit and connected to the smart terminal via wired or wireless or wired / wireless. Effects of the invention

[0030] According to the smart clothing designed to measure the body temperature of a wearer according to the present invention, the wearer can measure the temperature of each part of the human body by wearing the smart clothing, generate warmth or cold according to the measured temperature to bring each part of the human body to an appropriate temperature, and in the event of heat generation in a painful area, can also generate an acupressure effect through infrared therapy, electrical stimulation therapy, or a compression part, and is an invention with great effects. Brief explanation of the drawing

[0032] FIG. 1 is a drawing showing the smart clothing of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram representing FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of FIG. 2. FIG. 4 is a drawing showing smart clothing to which FIG. 3 is applied. Specific details for implementing the invention

[0033] Hereinafter, the preferred configuration and operation of the present invention for achieving the above objective in relation to the attached drawings will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4 as follows.

[0035] First of all, the smart clothing (10) designed to measure the wearer's body temperature according to the present invention is,

[0036] It is composed of a temperature measuring unit (100) configured between the human body skin surface and the innermost layer of clothing to measure the temperature of the human body, a heat control unit (200) configured in multiple units according to the wearer's body part to generate warmth or cold, a control unit (300) that controls the heat control unit (200) according to the temperature and controls the generation of warmth or cold of the heat control unit (200), a power supply unit (400) connected to the heat control unit (200) and the control unit (300) to supply power according to each operation, a smart terminal (500) connected to the control unit (300) to receive the temperature of each body part of the wearer measured by the temperature measuring unit (100) and to allow the wearer to check, and a network unit (600) connected to the control unit (300) and connected to the smart terminal (500) via wired or wireless or wired / wireless.

[0038] To explain the present invention described above in more detail,

[0040] The smart clothing (10) of the present invention is composed of a temperature measuring unit (100), a heat control unit (200), a control unit (300), a power supply unit (400), a smart terminal (500), and a network unit (600).

[0042] The temperature measuring unit (100) is configured between the surface of the human body skin and the innermost layer of clothing to measure the temperature of the human body.

[0043] The above temperature measuring unit (100) is configured in multiple units spaced apart from each other on the clothing (10).

[0044] The above temperature measuring unit (100) is configured with a first auxiliary control unit that turns on / off according to the control of the control unit (300).

[0045] Due to the above-mentioned first auxiliary control unit, the user can turn on only the desired part of the human body to measure the temperature.

[0047] The heat control unit (200) is composed of multiple units depending on the body part of the wearer and generates warmth or cold.

[0048] The above-mentioned heat control unit (200) operates under the control of the control unit (300) and can generate warmth or cold depending on the body part of the wearer.

[0049] The above-mentioned heat control unit (200) is configured with a second auxiliary control unit that turns on / off according to the control of the control unit (300).

[0050] Due to the above-mentioned second auxiliary control unit, the user can turn on only the desired part of the human body to generate warmth or cold.

[0052] I will omit a detailed explanation regarding the generation of warmth and cold, as this is a standard technique.

[0054] The above-mentioned heat control unit (200) is configured with an infrared unit (210) that emits infrared rays according to the control of the control unit (300) for each part of the human body.

[0055] With the configuration of the above infrared unit (210), infrared treatment is possible for parts of the wearer's body that have developed heat due to inflammation, etc.

[0057] The above-mentioned heat control unit (200) is configured with a stimulation unit (220) that generates electrical stimulation for each part of the human body according to the control of the control unit (300).

[0058] With the configuration of the above-mentioned stimulation unit (220), electrical stimulation therapy can be performed on the parts of the wearer's body that require electrical stimulation.

[0060] The control unit (300) controls the heat control unit (200) according to the temperature and controls the generation of warm or cold air of the heat control unit (200).

[0061] The above control unit (300) controls the generation of appropriate warmth or cold according to the temperature results of each part of the human body measured by the temperature measuring unit (100).

[0062] In addition, the first auxiliary control unit of the temperature measuring unit (100) and the second auxiliary control unit of the heat control unit (200) can be controlled to prevent indiscriminate operation of the human body parts.

[0064] The power supply unit (400) is connected to the heat control unit (200) and the control unit (300) to supply power according to their respective operations.

[0066] The smart terminal (500) is connected to the control unit (300) and receives the temperature of each part of the wearer's body measured by the temperature measuring unit (100), and the wearer can check it.

[0068] The smart terminal (500) receives the temperature of each part of the human body through the control unit (300) and can check the operation of the heat control unit (200) through the display of the smart terminal (500).

[0069] In addition, the control unit (300) can be configured to control the operation of the heat control unit (200) overall.

[0070] In addition, the smart terminal (500) may include the user's smartphone, laptop computer, PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), etc.

[0071] The smart terminal (500) is not specifically limited as long as it is equipped with a processor for communication and control inside and can transmit and receive various information through a wired or wireless communication network with the control unit (300) and process and store input and output information.

[0073] In addition, when the infrared unit (210) and the stimulation unit (220) are operated, excluding the measurement of temperature through the temperature measuring unit (100), the operation of the infrared unit (210) and the stimulation unit (220) is automatically received by the medical program.

[0074] This is to enable the medical program to be linked to the smart terminal (500) so that the operation of the aforementioned infrared unit (210) and stimulation unit (220) can be automatically received and insurance processing for the wearer's treatment can be carried out smoothly.

[0076] The network unit (600) is connected to the control unit (300) and is connected to the smart terminal (500) via a wired or wireless or wired / wireless connection.

[0077] As for the above network unit (600), it is commonly used, so a detailed explanation will be omitted.

[0079] The smart clothing (10) is divided into multiple sections according to the wearer's body parts, and a compression section (700) that wraps around the wearer's body parts according to the divided sections is configured.

[0080] The above compression part (700) is intended to allow pressure to be applied to a part of the human body in response to the wearer's body temperature result.

[0081] When the above compression is applied, the tension of the clothing (10) on which the compression part (700) is located is adjusted so that compression can be achieved.

[0083] According to the present invention as described above, a wearer can measure the temperature of each part of the human body by wearing smart clothing, and generate warmth or cold for each part of the human body according to the measured temperature so that the appropriate temperature for each part can be achieved, and in the case of heat generation in a painful area, infrared therapy, electrical stimulation therapy, or acupressure effect can also be generated through a compression part. Explanation of the symbols

[0085] 10: Smart Clothing 100 : Temperature measuring unit 200: Heat control unit 210: Infrared unit 220: Stimulation unit 300 : Control unit 400 : Power supply 500 : Smart terminal 600 : Network section 700 : Compression part

Claims

Claim 1 A smart garment for measuring the condition of a wearer's body parts and performing temperature control and treatment for each body part, comprising: a plurality of temperature measuring units (100) spaced apart from each other and positioned between the surface of the human body skin and the innermost layer of the garment to measure the temperature of each of the wearer's multiple body parts; a plurality of heat control units (200) partitioned to correspond to the wearer's multiple body parts and selectively generating warmth or cold for each body part; an infrared unit (210) provided in each of the heat control units (200) and irradiating infrared rays for each body part; a stimulation unit (220) provided in each of the heat control units (200) and providing electrical stimulation for each body part; a compression unit (700) partitioned to correspond to the wearer's multiple body parts and selectively compressing a specific body part by adjusting the tension of the garment; a first auxiliary control unit that independently controls the operation of each of the temperature measuring units (100); and a second auxiliary control unit that independently controls the operation of each of the heat control units (200), infrared unit (210), and stimulation unit (220). A control unit (300) that determines whether the temperature is above or below a preset reference temperature based on temperature information for each body part measured by the temperature measuring unit (100), selectively operates a heat control unit (200), an infrared unit (210), a stimulation unit (220), and a compression unit (700) corresponding to the body part, and controls the first auxiliary control unit and the second auxiliary control unit so that temperature measurement, generation of warmth or cold, infrared irradiation, electrical stimulation, and compression are performed only on a specific body part selected by the user; a power supply unit (400) that supplies power to the heat control unit (200), the infrared unit (210), the stimulation unit (220), the compression unit (700), and the control unit (300); and a smart terminal (500) that is connected to the control unit (300), displays temperature information for each body part and the operating status of each component, and is configured to enable setting control through the control unit (300).A smart garment characterized by comprising: a network unit (600) connected to the control unit (300) and connected to a smart terminal (500) via a wired or wireless communication network, and configured to transmit treatment data including the operating time, operating part, and operating history of the infrared unit (210) or stimulation unit (220) to an external server.; Claim 2 delete Claim 3 delete

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