摘要：
The present invention provides a process for illuminating a garment (10) worn by an individual, which process comprises the following steps: (i) providing a garment (10) having an illumination system (20) comprising (a) an optical fibre member (210) holding fibre ends (212) of multiple optical fibres (211 ) attached to the garment (10); (b) a wearable control unit (220) comprising at least one light source (221 ) releasably attached to the optical fibre member (210), the control unit (220) further comprising a data processor (222), and a wearable power source (223); (c) a distance sensor module; and (d) a motion sensor module; (ii) storing sensor data received from the distance sensor module and the motion sensor module, said sensor data representing context information of the garment (10); (iii) processing the sensor data so as to generate processed sensor data; (iv) mapping the processed sensor data to an individual state by using sensor data mapping rules; (v) mapping the individual state to a light output state by using individual state mapping rules; (vi) controlling the at least one light source depending on the light output state.
技术问题语段：
The technical problem addressed in this patent is the need for a more efficient and flexible process for designing garments with illuminated features. The invention provides a fashion electronics platform that separates the design tasks on the garment, hardware, and software levels, resulting in enhanced efficiency of the fashion design process. The platform also allows for the mapping of nonverbal context cues to the illumination pattern of the garment, resulting in a unique fashion statement.
技术功效语段：
The present invention provides a process for illuminating a garment using a computer hardware and software platform. This process allows for the separation of design tasks on the garment, hardware, and software levels, resulting in enhanced efficiency of the fashion design process. The invention also includes an illumination system that uses sensors and motion sensors to determine the context of the individual wearing the garment, allowing for the creation of nonverbal fashion statements. The invention also includes a garment with an illumination system that is responsive to sensor data in real-time. The technical effects of the invention include a wider range of possibilities for fashion designers and individual wearers, improved efficiency of the fashion design process, and the ability to create nonverbal fashion statements.
权利要求：
Claims
1. A process for illuminating a garment (10) worn by an individual, which process
comprises the following steps:
(i) providing a garment (10) having an illumination system (20) comprising
(a) an optical fibre member (210) holding fibre ends (212) of multiple optical fibres (211 ) attached to the garment (10);
(b) a wearable control unit (220) comprising at least one light source (221 ) releasably attached to the optical fibre member (210), the control unit (220) further comprising a data processor (222), and a wearable power source (223);
(c) a distance sensor module; and
(d) a motion sensor module;
(ii) storing sensor data received from the distance sensor module and
the motion sensor module, said sensor data representing context information of the garment (10);
(iii) processing the sensor data so as to generate processed sensor data;
(iv) mapping the processed sensor data to an individual state by using sensor data mapping rules;
(v) mapping the individual state to a light output state by using individual state mapping rules;
(vi) controlling the at least one light source depending on the light output state.
2. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the wearable control unit (220) further comprises a first wireless communication module (224) and wherein sensor data mapping rules and/or individual state mapping rules are stored in a mobile digital device (300) having a second wireless communication module (324) connected to the wearable control unit (220) by a wireless communication channel, and preferably, wherein the sensor data mapping rules and/or the individual state mapping rules stored in the mobile device are downloaded from a database (410) connected to the internet (500).
3. The process according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the illumination system comprises an individual state determiner configured to provide the processed sensor data to an inference model to determine the individual state.
4. The process according to claim 3, wherein the inference model is based on a supervised learning algorithm, and preferably, wherein the supervised learning algorithm comprises a decision tree algorithm or a naive Bayes classification algorithm.
5. The process according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the sensor data mapping rules are determined by a machine learning algorithm.
6. The process according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the individual state is used as the light output state.
7. The process according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the wearable control unit and/or the mobile device further comprises one or more sensors (225, 325) selected from an accelerometer sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a distance sensor, a magnetometer sensor, an orientation sensor, a global positioning system, a conductivity sensor, an illuminance sensor, and a microphone for providing sensor data representing context information of the garment.
8. The process according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the light source is an LED matrix or a OLED screen, which emit light of a wavelength in the range of from 350 to 850 nm.
9. The process according to any one of claims 2 to 8, wherein the wireless
communication module (324) of the mobile digital device connects to the wireless communication module of the wearable control unit by using a Bluetooth protocol.
10. A garment (10) provided with an illumination system (20) for use in a process
according to any one of the preceding claims, which comprises an illumination system (20) comprising
(a) an optical fibre member (210) holding fibre ends (212) of multiple optical fibres (211 ) attached to the garment (10);
(b) a wearable control unit (220) comprising at least one light source (221 )
releasably attached to the optical fibre member (210), the control unit further comprising a data processor (222), and a wearable power source (223);
(c) a distance sensor module; and
(d) a motion sensor module.
characterized in that the light source (221) comprises an LED matrix having a number of LEDs (226), and the optical fibre member (210) comprises a plurality of fibres (211 ), whereby each fibre (211 ) is illuminated by a specific LED (226) of the light source (221) when the at least one light source (221) is releasably attached to the optical fibre member (210).
11. The garment (10) according to the preceding claim, wherein an LED (226) of the LED matrix illuminates a bundle of fibres (211).
12. A garment (10) according to claim 10 or 11 , comprising an optical fibre member (210) holding fibre ends (212) of at least two optical fibre bundles attached to the garment (210), wherein optical fibre member (210) is a plastic shell holding and arranging the optical fibre bundles as a n x m matrix, wherein each fibre bundle is independently composed of at least 3 optical fibres (211 ), and wherein n is an integer of 1 to 10 and m is an integer of from 2 to 10, so that the fibers are exposed to the inside of the shell for allowing light to enter the fibres (211).
13. An illumination system (20) for a garment (10), which comprises
(a) an optical fibre member (210) holding fibre ends (212) of one or more optical fibre bundles to be attached to the garment (10);
(b) a wearable control unit (220) comprising at least one light source (221 )
releasably attached to the optical fibre member (210), the control unit (220) further comprising a data processor (222), and a wearable power source (223), wherein the wearable control unit (220) further comprises
(b-1 ) a data collector configured to collect and store sensor data;
(b-2) a data processor configured to extract processed sensor data from the sensor data; and
(b-3) an individual state determiner configured to provide the processed sensor data to an inference model to determine the individual state based on the processed sensor data by using individual state rules
(c) a distance sensor module; and
(d) a motion sensor module.
14. The illumination system according to claim 13, which further comprises a wireless communication module.