ICT technology-based cooling clothing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cooling clothing lacks efficient energy use, convenience in wearing, and effective coolness transmission, leading to reduced work safety and outdoor exercise effectiveness.
Innovation Solution
An ICT technology-based cooling clothing system with a cooling pad unit, cooling unit, and controller that circulates cooling fluid, adjusts temperature based on sensed data, and can be operated individually or collectively for group use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If cooling clothing devices are combined with various items of clothing to adjust temperature, then temperature adjustment capability is improved, but convenience in wearing and activity is deteriorated due to lack of fundamental satisfaction of user needs
Solution Approach 1:
The cooling clothing is divided into separate functional modules: a cooling pad unit with cooling channels, a cooling unit that supplies cool air, and a controller. These modular components can be independently configured and combined with different clothing items, providing temperature adjustment capability while maintaining wearing convenience through flexible integration.
2Temperature
If cooling devices are integrated into clothing, then cooling function is improved, but convenience for washing is deteriorated
Solution Approach 1:
The controller and cooling unit are designed as separable components that can be removed from the cooling pad unit. The connector line allows for easy disconnection, enabling the electronic components to be taken out for separate washing or replacement, thus maintaining washing convenience while preserving the cooling function.
3Temperature
If cooling fluid circulation is implemented, then coolness transmission is improved, but energy efficiency is deteriorated
Solution Approach 1:
The cooling unit operates by periodically supplying cool air through the cooling channels rather than continuous operation. The controller manages periodic activation based on temperature sensing, allowing cooling fluid circulation to transmit coolness effectively while reducing overall energy consumption through intermittent operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The temperature information collector continuously monitors temperature and provides feedback to the controller. The controller adjusts the cooling unit operation based on this feedback, activating cooling only when temperature thresholds are exceeded. This closed-loop control ensures effective coolness transmission while optimizing energy efficiency by avoiding unnecessary cooling operation.
4Reliability
If detailed cooling function is provided, then work safety and outdoor exercise effect are improved, but device complexity is increased
Solution Approach 1:
The cooling channels are strategically positioned within the cooling pad unit to target specific body regions that require cooling during work or outdoor activities. This localized cooling approach provides detailed cooling function where it is most needed for work safety and exercise effectiveness, while avoiding the complexity of providing cooling throughout the entire garment.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances user comfort and work safety by providing efficient coolness circulation, temperature adjustment, and collective cooling control.
Implementation Method 1
a cooling unit (400) supplying cool air by being connected to the cooling inflow hole (330) of the cooling pad unit (300) and absorbing heat, which is generated by the cooling pad unit (300), through the cooling outflow hole (350), thereby performing heat dissipation and cooling
Implementation Method 2
the cooling unit (400) is a Peltier element (420) of which a cooling level depends on the intensity of an applied current
Data Source
AI summary
An ICT technology-based piece of cooling clothing includes: an outer cover forming an external shape of the piece of cooling clothing and having a receiving pocket; a lining provided to be disposed toward the skin of a wearer that is the inside of the outer cover; a cooling pad unit disposed between the outer cover and the lining or inside the lining, made of a rectangular flexible material having short sides and long sides to transmit coolness to a wearer, and having a cooling inflow hole, cooling channels, and a cooling outflow hole; a cooling unit supplying cool air by being connected to the cooling inflow hole of the cooling pad unit and absorbing heat, which is generated by the cooling pad unit, through the cooling outflow hole, thereby performing heat dissipation and cooling; a controller provided to collect temperature information from at least any one of the cooling pad unit or the cooling unit through a temperature information collector and to transmit a cooling control signal to the cooling unit; and a user terminal connected with the controller through a network and provided to receive and display the temperature information on a display and to transmit a control signal of a user to the controller.