Dynamic display for image-enabled clothing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023178002-A1
Application number	US-202117544020-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 7, 2021
Priority date	Dec 7, 2021
Publication date	Jun 8, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

Systems and methods provide dynamic adjustment of content displayed on image-enabled clothing articles to address obstructed visibility of the content. In embodiments a method includes determining, by a computing device, movement of at least a portion of an image-enabled clothing article based on real-time sensor data from sensors of the image-enabled clothing article; determining, by the computing device, that a view of at least a portion of image content displayed on the image-enabled clothing article is obstructed based on the determined movement, parameters of the image-enabled clothing article and image display information of the image-enabled clothing article; and generating, by the computing device, image instructions that cause the display of the image content on the image-enabled clothing article to move from a first area of the image-enabled clothing article to a second area of the image-enabled clothing article.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method, comprising:
determining, by a computing device, movement of at least a portion of an image-enabled clothing article based on real-time sensor data from sensors of the image-enabled clothing article; determining, by the computing device, that a view of at least a portion of image content displayed on the image-enabled clothing article is obstructed based on the determined movement, parameters of the image-enabled clothing article, and image display information of the image-enabled clothing article; and generating, by the computing device, image instructions that cause the display of the image content on the image-enabled clothing article to move from a first area of the image-enabled clothing article comprising a first set of portions to a second area of the image-enabled clothing article comprising a second set of portions.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the computing device is part of the image-enabled clothing article, the method further comprising executing, by the image-enabled clothing article, the image instructions, whereby the image content on the image-enabled clothing article moves from the first area of the image-enabled clothing article comprising the first set of portions to the second area of the image-enabled clothing article comprising the second set of portions.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending, by the computing device, the image instructions to the image-enabled clothing article via a network connection.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the first area of the image-enabled clothing article comprises a first set of portions and the second area of the image-enabled clothing article comprising a second set of portions; each of the first set of portions and the second set of portions comprises multiple light emitting diodes (LEDs); and the image content is created by one or more of the LEDs of the image-enabled clothing article.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the sensors of the image-enabled clothing article are motion sensors selected from the group consisting of: gyroscope sensors, fifth generation (5G) enabled sensors, and combinations thereof.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining that the view of at least a portion of image content displayed on the image-enabled clothing article is obstructed comprises determining that material of the image-enabled clothing article has moved such that it overlaps and obstructs the view of at least a portion of the image content displayed on the image-enabled clothing article.

7 . The method of claim 6 , further comprising generating, by the computing device, a three-dimensional contour map of the image-enabled display article based on the real-time sensor data, wherein the determining that the view of at least a portion of image content displayed on the image-enabled clothing article is obstructed is based on the three-dimensional contour map.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, by the computing device, the real-time sensor data from the image-enabled clothing article via a network connection.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the image display information of the image-enabled clothing article includes locations of the sensors on the image-enabled clothing article.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the computing device includes software provided as a service in a cloud environment.

11 . A computer program product comprising one or more computer readable storage media having program instructions collectively stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions executable by a computing device to:
determine movement of at least a portion of an image-enabled clothing article based on real-time sensor data from sensors of the image-enabled clothing article; determine that a view of at least a portion of image content displayed on the image-enabled clothing article is obstructed based on the determined movement, a location of the image content displayed and locations of the sensors on the image-enabled clothing article; and in response to the determining that the view of the at least a portion of the image content displayed on the image-enabled clothing article is obstructed, generate image instructions that cause the display of the image content on the image-enabled clothing article to move from a first area of the image-enabled clothing to a second area of the image-enabled clothing article.

12 . The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the computing device is part of the image-enabled clothing article, and the program instructions are further executable to cause the computing device to initiate the image instructions, whereby the image content on the image-enabled clothing article moves from the first area of the image-enabled clothing article to the second area of the image-enabled clothing article.

13 . The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the program instructions are further executable to cause the computing device to send the image instructions to the image-enabled clothing article via a network connection.

14 . The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the determining that the view of at least a portion of image content displayed on the image-enabled clothing article is obstructed comprises determining that material of the image-enabled clothing article has moved such that it overlaps and obstructs the view of at least a portion of the image content displayed on the image-enabled clothing article.

15 . The computer program product of claim 14 , wherein the program instructions are further executable to cause the computing device to generate a three-dimensional contour map of the image-enabled display article based on the real-time sensor data, wherein the determining that the view of at least a portion of image content displayed on the image-enabled clothing article is obstructed is based on the three-dimensional contour map.

16 . A system comprising:
a processor, a computer readable memory, one or more computer readable storage media, and program instructions collectively stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions executable by a computing device to: determine movement of at least a portion of an image-enabled clothing article based on real-time sensor data from sensors of the image-enabled clothing article; determine that visibility of at least a portion of image content displayed on a first area of the image-enabled clothing article is obstructed from a first point of view based on the determined movement; and in response to the determining that the visibility of the at least a portion of the image content displayed on the image-enabled clothing article is obstructed, generate image instructions that cause the image-enabled clothing article to perform a counter movement protocol to display the image content in a second area of the image-enabled clothing article, resulting in displayed image content that is fully visible from the first point of view.

17 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the computing device is part of the image-enabled clothing article, and the program instructions are further executable to cause the computing device to execute the image instructions, whereby the counter movement protocol is performed.

18 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the program instructions are further executable to cause the computing device to send the image instructions to the image-enabled clothing article via a network connection.

19 .

Assignees

• Kyndryl Inc

Inventors

• Childress Rhonda L
• Daley Stan Kevin
• Fox Jeremy R
• Bender Michael

Classifications

• G09G2370/022

  Centralised management of display operation, e.g. in a server instead of locally · CPC title

• A41D27/08 Primary

  Trimmings; Ornaments · CPC title

• G09G3/32 Primary

  semiconductive, e.g. using light-emitting diodes [LED] · CPC title

• G09G2340/0464

  Positioning · CPC title

• G09G3/035

  for flexible display surfaces · CPC title