Adjustable textiles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Humans experience discomfort due to fluctuating body temperatures throughout the day and varying environmental temperatures, requiring frequent adjustments in clothing and textiles, which is inconvenient and costly.
Innovation Solution
Development of adjustable textiles that can dynamically adjust their insulation properties based on sensor data from a home security system, allowing for real-time adjustments in insulation to maintain body temperature comfort by adding or removing insulation material, such as air, within clothing or blankets.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If humans frequently adjust layers and types of apparels to maintain comfort, then body temperature comfort is maintained, but inconvenience and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the insulation properties of the textile adjustable and changeable over time. The textile includes mechanisms to dynamically modify its insulation level in response to environmental temperature changes, allowing a single garment to adapt its properties rather than requiring multiple static garments for different conditions
Solution Approach 2:
The textile incorporates sensors and control mechanisms that automatically detect environmental temperature changes and adjust insulation levels without requiring manual intervention from the user. The system self-regulates to maintain body temperature comfort, eliminating the need for frequent manual adjustments of clothing layers
2Temperature
If humans purchase and store multiple apparels for different temperatures, then body temperature comfort is maintained, but cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes a single textile perform multiple functions by enabling it to provide different insulation levels for various environmental temperatures. The adjustable insulation mechanism allows one garment to replace multiple temperature-specific garments, making the textile universal across different thermal conditions
Solution Approach 2:
By making the insulation properties dynamically adjustable, the textile can transform its characteristics to suit different temperature requirements, allowing one versatile garment to replace multiple specialized garments designed for specific temperature ranges
3Temperature
If insulation material is added or removed from textile, then insulation properties are adjusted, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs pneumatic mechanisms to adjust insulation properties by adding or removing air (or other gases) within the textile structure. This approach uses gas compression and expansion to dynamically modify insulation levels, leveraging pneumatic principles to achieve adjustable thermal properties
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
The system effectively maintains body temperature comfort by automatically adjusting insulation levels in response to environmental changes, reducing the need for frequent clothing changes and minimizing costs associated with purchasing and storing multiple textiles.
Implementation Method 1
If the blanket needs to be more insulative, air can be blown into the blanket, allowing the blanket to have more space between the down feathers, and leading to less heat transfer between the body and the room. If the blanket needs to be less insulative, air can be sucked out of the blanket, compacting the down feathers
Implementation Method 2
allowing the blanket to have more space between the down feathers, and leading to less heat transfer between the body and the room
Data Source
AI summary
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for adjusting an adjustable textile based on sensor data. The methods, systems, and apparatus include actions of receiving sensor data from one or more sensors installed at a property, generating an analysis result by analyzing the sensor data, and determining, based on the analysis result, an action that adjusts an inflation level of an adjustable textile at the property.