Dynamic Proprioception Garment Real-Time Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current portable and wearable devices for tracking biometric parameters lack the ability to provide responsive feedback that modifies the wearer's behavior or performance characteristics, such as stride length or posture, in a dynamic and effective manner.
Innovation Solution
A dynamic proprioception garment equipped with sensors and effectors that adjust resistance and provide feedback based on measured parameters like stride rate, heart rate, or blood oxygen saturation, using a system that includes sensors, processing electronics, and effectors to modify the wearer's movement and posture in real-time.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If sensors and effectors are integrated into the garment to provide real-time feedback, then the ability to modify wearer behavior and performance is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines sensors, processing electronics, and effectors into an integrated garment system. The sensors are embedded in the garment fabric to detect biomechanical parameters, the processing electronics analyze the sensor data, and the effectors (such as vibratory motors or haptic feedback elements) are integrated into the garment structure to deliver feedback directly to the wearer's body, creating a unified wearable system that monitors and responds to movement in real-time
Solution Approach 2:
The garment is designed to perform multiple functions: it monitors various biomechanical parameters (stride length, stride rate, posture), processes this data to identify performance characteristics, and provides feedback through multiple effectors. The system can adapt to different exercise types and wearers, making it a versatile platform that can be configured for various athletic training applications without requiring separate specialized devices
2Measurement precision
If multiple effectors are distributed on the garment to provide localized feedback, then the precision of proprioceptive feedback is improved, but the manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The garment is divided into multiple segments or zones, each equipped with specific sensors and effectors positioned at anatomically relevant locations. For example, effectors are placed on different body parts (thighs, calves, torso) to provide localized feedback corresponding to specific movement patterns or muscle groups. This segmentation allows precise targeting of feedback to relevant body regions while maintaining modular construction that simplifies assembly
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the garment are equipped with different types and densities of sensors and effectors based on the specific feedback requirements for each body region. Areas requiring higher precision feedback (such as joints or muscle insertion points) receive more densely packed or more sophisticated effector elements, while other areas have simpler or fewer elements, optimizing performance while managing manufacturing complexity
Data Source
AI summary
A wearable device such as a garment is disclosed, having at least one resistance element at a motion segment such as a hip or knee. The garment includes at least one sensor, for sensing a parameter. Electronics are provided for processing the sensed parameter, and for providing feedback. Feedback may be in the form of proprioceptive tactile or audible feedback, or in the form of an adjustment of a performance parameter of the wearable device. In one implementation, resistance to movement of the wearer is adjusted up or down in response to changes in power output by the wearer.