Portable Apparel Patterns for Robotic Detection and Style

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Solution Overview

Problem

There is a need for portable articles, such as apparel and accessories, that can be identified by detection systems like imaging and audio sensors, while also being aesthetically acceptable and fashionable, as existing visible or contrasting colors may not be desirable for users like cyclists and pedestrians, and current solutions fail to enhance visibility effectively for robotic systems.

Innovation Solution

The development of portable articles featuring a variety of patterns including public, detectable, embedded, camouflage, invisible, orienting, collective, external, illuminated, and three-dimensional patterns that increase visibility to detection systems, allowing for earlier and better detection by robotic systems, thereby reducing the risk of collisions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Difficulty of detecting and measuring

If bright or contrasting colors are used to make the user visible to detection systems, then visibility to detection systems is improved, but aesthetic acceptability deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvevisibility to detection systemVSAvoidaesthetic acceptability

Core Design Contradiction:

Difficulty of detecting and measuringVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies different pattern types to different regions of the portable article. Detectable patterns (high contrast, geometric shapes) are placed in areas where detection system identification is most critical, while more aesthetically pleasing patterns are used in other regions. This allows the article to satisfy both detection system requirements and user aesthetic preferences through spatial differentiation of pattern functions.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent incorporates patterns with varying color properties including reflective, fluorescent, and thermochromic materials that change appearance under different conditions. These patterns can appear as bright or contrasting colors to detection systems while maintaining aesthetic appeal to human users, effectively resolving the contradiction between detection system visibility and aesthetic acceptability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #32Color changes

2Adaptability or versatility

If camouflage patterns are used to blend in with the environment, then aesthetic acceptability is improved, but visibility to detection systems deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaesthetic acceptabilityVSAvoidvisibility to detection system

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the portable article into multiple zones with different pattern characteristics. Camouflage patterns providing aesthetic blending are applied to certain regions, while dedicated detectable pattern zones with high-contrast geometric shapes are incorporated in areas optimized for detection system recognition. This segmentation allows simultaneous achievement of aesthetic blending and detection system visibility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses composite pattern designs that combine camouflage elements with detectable pattern elements. These composite patterns integrate the aesthetic benefits of camouflage with the detection system visibility of high-contrast geometric shapes, creating a unified pattern system that satisfies both requirements through material and design composition.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #40Composite materials

3Difficulty of detecting and measuring

If multiple types of patterns are incorporated into the portable article, then visibility to detection systems is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvevisibility to detection systemVSAvoidpattern complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Difficulty of detecting and measuringVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent designs patterns that serve multiple functions simultaneously. The same geometric patterns are optimized to be detectable by various types of detection systems (imaging systems, audio sensor systems, radar, LIDAR) while also providing aesthetic value to human users. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate pattern systems for different detection modalities, thereby reducing overall complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent varies pattern parameters such as size, spacing, orientation, and material properties to optimize detection system visibility across different detection technologies. By systematically adjusting these parameters rather than adding numerous different pattern types, the patent achieves broad detection system compatibility while maintaining manageable pattern system complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS20250000184A1Portable article including a number of patterns

Publication Date: 2025.01.02 REVOLUTION CYCLE WORKS

AI summary

A portable article includes a portable body and a number of patterns disposed on the portable body. The patterns are selected from the group consisting of public patterns, detectable patterns, visible pattern, embedded patterns, camouflage patterns, invisible patterns, orienting patterns, collective patterns, external patterns, internal patterns, illuminated patterns, applied patterns and three dimensional patterns.