EP2700741B1 - Dispositif de commande destiné à être utilisé dans un article tissé - Google Patents

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EP2700741B1
EP2700741B1 EP12181317.4A EP12181317A EP2700741B1 EP 2700741 B1 EP2700741 B1 EP 2700741B1 EP 12181317 A EP12181317 A EP 12181317A EP 2700741 B1 EP2700741 B1 EP 2700741B1
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Hong-Hsu Huang
I-Chen Su
Shun-Tung Yang
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D1/00—Garments
    • A41D1/002—Garments adapted to accommodate electronic equipment
    • A41D1/005—Garments adapted to accommodate electronic equipment with embedded cable or connector
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D03—WEAVING
    • D03D—WOVEN FABRICS; METHODS OF WEAVING; LOOMS
    • D03D1/00—Woven fabrics designed to make specified articles
    • D03D1/0088—Fabrics having an electronic function
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H13/00—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch
    • H01H13/70—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch having a plurality of operating members associated with different sets of contacts, e.g. keyboard
    • H01H13/702—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch having a plurality of operating members associated with different sets of contacts, e.g. keyboard with contacts carried by or formed from layers in a multilayer structure, e.g. membrane switches
    • H01H13/704—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch having a plurality of operating members associated with different sets of contacts, e.g. keyboard with contacts carried by or formed from layers in a multilayer structure, e.g. membrane switches characterised by the layers, e.g. by their material or structure
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H13/00—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch
    • H01H13/70—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch having a plurality of operating members associated with different sets of contacts, e.g. keyboard
    • H01H13/88—Processes specially adapted for manufacture of rectilinearly movable switches having a plurality of operating members associated with different sets of contacts, e.g. keyboards
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2203/00—Form of contacts
    • H01H2203/008—Wires
    • H01H2203/0085—Layered switches integrated into garment, clothes or textile

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  • the present invention relates to a control device, and in particular to a control device that is arranged in a woven article, such as clothes, trousers, and skirts to control the operation of an electronic device.
  • some manufactures provide a control device on woven articles, such as clothes, trousers, and skirts, and the control device is electrically connected to an electronic device.
  • the control device When a user wishes to operate the electronic device, the user uses a finger to actuate the control device in order to gain control of the operation of the electronic device (such as playing back music or stopping playing), without any inconvenience of first taking out the electronic device.
  • a conductive pressure sensitive textile comprising a single layer including warp and weft filaments.
  • the warp filaments include one first elongated electric conductor and the weft filaments include at least one second electrical conductor, wherein the first conductor being crossed by said second conductor.
  • the conductors are normally biased apart at a crossover point of the conductors with an air gap between them resulting from insulating fibres or filaments which bias the first and second conductors apart from the crossover point.
  • Application of pressure in a direction substantially normal to a plane of the fabric causes the conductors to make contact.
  • such a conventional control device is bulky and rigid. Attaching such a device to the flexible woven article worn on the people would cause certain discomfort. This has long been an issue to be addressed.
  • the present invention aims to provide a solution to the problem discussed above.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a control device for use in a woven article, in which a conductive fabric and a woven flat cable unit are uniquely designed to be flexible and are set to overlap each other for selective conduction so as to make a control device that is suitable for use in various woven articles because of being thin and compact in size and flexibility so that a user, when wearing a woven article t which the control device is mounted, does not feel uncomfortable due to the small size and flexibility.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a control device for use in a woven article, in which with the unique arrangement of a conductive fabric and a woven flat cable unit and the connecting relationship therebetween, a number of conduction sites can be simultaneously formed to serve as switches so that controls of multiple operations can be realized.
  • the present invention provides a control device for use in woven article, which comprises: a conductive fabric, a woven flat cable unit, and a processor unit.
  • the conductive fabric comprises a plurality of conductive warps, a plurality of conductive wefts, and a plurality of insulation warps.
  • the insulation warps are arranged between the conductive
  • the woven flat cable unit comprises at least one first woven flat cable, which comprises a plurality of conductor lines.
  • the first woven flat cable is set to overlap the conductive fabric.
  • Two of the conductor lines are respectively and electrically connected to the conductive warp and the conductive weft of one of the conduction sites of the conductive fabric.
  • the processor unit is electrically connected to the conductor lines of the first woven flat cable.
  • a control device suitable for a woven article which is thin and small in size and is flexible as a woven article, so that when wearing a woven article to which the control device is mounted, a user may not feel uncomfortable due to the small size and flexibility.
  • the present invention provides a control device for use in a woven article, which can be arranged in a woven article, such as clothes, trousers, and skirts, to be actuated and controlled by being pressed down by a finger.
  • Figures 3 and 4 respectively show first and second embodiments according to the present invention and Figures 5 and 6 shows a third embodiment of the present invention.
  • the control device comprises a flexible conductive fabric 1, a flexible woven flat cable unit 2, and a processor unit 3.
  • the conductive fabric 1 comprises a plurality of conductive warps 11, a plurality of conductive wefts 12, and a plurality of insulation yarns (including a plurality of insulation warps 13 and a plurality of insulation wefts; for purpose of making the drawings easily readable, the insulation yarns being omitted in Figure 1 and the insulation wefts being omitted in Figure 2 ).
  • the insulation yarns are arranged between the conductive warps 11 and the conductive wefts 12, as shown in Figure 2 .
  • Each of the conductive wefts 12 successively passes between any two adjacent insulation warps 13 alternatively through upper and lower sides thereof.
  • Each of the conductive warps 11 is set above and between two adjacent insulation warps 13 below which the conductive weft 12 extends so as to constitute a conduction site 15.
  • a conduction site 15 when a finger presses down the conductive warp 11, the conductive warp 11 pushes the insulation warps 13 located there below sideways to the let and right sides respectively (not illustrated) to allow the conductive warp 11 to electrically engage the conductive weft 12 thereby establishing electrical connection therebetween.
  • the conduction site 15 becomes conducted in this way.
  • the conductive warp 11 and the two insulation wefts 13 will be return to the original positions thereof by elasticity thereof.
  • the right-hand side portion of Figure 3 is a simplified drawing of the left-hand side drawing.
  • the right-hand side drawing of Figure 3 shows only one conductive warp 11 and one conductive weft 12 of the conductive fabric 1 that intersect each other.
  • the woven flat cable unit 2 comprises at least one first woven flat cable 21 (one first woven flat cable being shown in Figure 3 ).
  • the first woven flat cable 21 comprises a plurality of conductor lines 201 that is not mutually interfering with each other.
  • the first woven flat cable 21 is arranged to overlap the conductive fabric 1 and any two of the conductor lines 201 are respectively and electrically connected to the conductive warp 11 and the conductive weft 12 of each conduction site 15 to thereby form two electrical connections 14 as shown in the right-hand side portion of Figure 3 .
  • using a finger to press the conduction site 15 shown in the right-hand side drawing of Figure 3 allows the conductive warp 11 and the conductive weft 12 of the conduction site 15 to electrically engage each other (see Figure 2 ).
  • the first woven flat cable 21 comprises two conductor lines 201, and the conductive warp 11 and the conductive weft 12 of each conduction site 15 are respectively and electrically connected to the two conductor lines 201.
  • Electrical connection between the conductor lines 201 and the conductive warp 11 or the conductive weft 12 can be done in various ways, such as sewing made with thin conductor lines or piercing with piercing terminals, both being effective in forming the electrical connections 14.
  • the processor unit 3 can be a micro control unit (MCU) or an electronic device having similar functionality.
  • the processor unit 3 is electrically connected to the conductor lines 201 of the first woven flat cable 21.
  • the conduction site 15 functions as a switch, whereby when a finger presses down the conduction site 15, conduction is established between the two conductor lines 201 so that a control signal (such as a play-back signal or a stop signal) can be issued from the processor unit 3.
  • a control signal such as a play-back signal or a stop signal
  • the controls signal may control the operation of the electronic product (such as playing back or stopping playing).
  • control device can be arranged on a woven article, such as clothes, trousers, and skirts (not shown).
  • a finger In attempting to control the operation of the electronic product, a finger can simply make a movement of pressing down.
  • the first woven flat cable 21 comprises four conductor lines 201, of which any two conductor lines 201 are respectively and electrically connected to the conductive warp 11 and the conductive weft 12 of any one of the conduction sites 15.
  • the electrical connections of the conductive warps 11 and the conductive wefts 12 can be done with six combinations (see Figure 4 ): (1-2) the conductive weft 12 connected to the first conductor line counting from left to right and the conductive warp 11 connected to the second conductor line so as to correspond to the first conduction site 15 counting from bottom to top; (1-3) the conductive weft 12 connected to the first conductor line and the conductive warp 11 connected to the third conductor line so as to correspond to the second conduction site 15; (1-4) the conductive weft 12 connected to the first conductor line and the conductive warp 11 connected the fourth conductor line so as to correspond to the third conduction site 15; (2-3) the conductive wefts 12 connected to the second conductor line and the conductive warps 11 connected to the third conductor line so as to correspond to the fourth conduction site 15; (2-4) the conductive weft 12 connected to the second conductor line and the
  • control device comprises six conduction sites 15, so as to provide six controllable press-down switches. It is apparent that the first woven flat cable 21 can be provided with more conductor lines 201 so as to obtain more switches.
  • the first woven flat cable 21 is set to overlap the conductive fabric 1 in an inclined manner (see Figure 3 ) so that the conductor lines 201 of the first woven flat cable 21 are not parallel to the conductive warps 11 and the conductive wefts 12 of the conductive fabric 1 and (2) the processor unit 3 and the first woven flat cable 21 may be respectively and electrically coupled with an electrical connector 31 and a counterpart connector 23.
  • the counterpart connector 23 is mateable with the electrical connector 31, so that the electrical connector 31 and the counterpart connector 23 are electrically connectable to each other in a releasable manner.
  • the woven flat cable unit 2 further comprises at least one second woven flat cable 22 (one second woven flat cable being shown in Figures 5 and 6 ) that comprises a plurality of conductor lines 201.
  • the conductor lines 201 of the first and second woven flat cables 21, 22 are electrically connected to the processor unit 3.
  • the first and second woven flat cables 21, 22 are set to overlap the conductive fabric 1 in a non-inclined manner so that the conductor lines 201 of the first woven flat cable 21 are parallel to the conductive warps 11 of the conductive fabric 1 and the conductor lines 201 of the second woven flat cable 22 are parallel to the conductive wefts 12 of the conductive fabric 1.
  • Each of the conductor lines 201 of the first woven flat cable 21 is electrically connected to the conductive wefts 12 at multiple ones of the conduction sites 15 and each of the conductor lines 201 of the second woven flat cable 22 is electrically connected to the conductive warps 11 at multiple ones of the conduction sites 15.
  • the conductive fabric 1 forms a cutoff 16 as shown in Figure 5 and the processor unit 3 is set in the cutoff 16 (see Figure 6 ).
  • the processor unit 3 can be further electrically coupled with at least two electrical connectors 31.
  • the first and second woven flat cables 21, 22 may be respectively coupled to counterpart connectors 23 that are mateable with said two electrical connector 31, whereby the counterpart connectors 23 of the first and second woven flat cables 21, 22 are respectively and electrically connected to the two electrical connectors 31 of the processor unit 3 in a releasable manner.
  • the control device when applied a woven article, shows the following advantages.
  • the conductive fabric 1 and the woven flat cable unit 2 are uniquely designed to be flexible and are set to overlap each other for selective conduction so as to make a control device that is suitable for use in various woven articles because of being thin and compact in size and flexibility so that a user, when wearing a woven article t which the control device is mounted, does not feel uncomfortable due to the small size and flexibility.
  • a number of conduction sites 15 can be simultaneously formed to serve as switches so that controls of multiple operations can be realized.

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  1. Dispositif de commande destiné à être utilisé dans un article tissé, comprenant :
    un tissu conducteur (1), qui comprend une pluralité de chaînes conductrices (11), une pluralité de trames conductrices (12), et une pluralité de chaînes isolantes (13), les chaînes isolantes (13) étant agencées entre les chaînes conductrices (11) et les trames conductrices (12), les chaînes conductrices (11) étant placées de manière sélective et libérable dans une mise en prise électrique avec les trames conductrices (12) de façon à former une pluralité de sites conducteurs (15) ; et
    une unité câble plat tissé (2), qui comprend un premier câble plat tissé (21) au moins, le premier câble plat tissé (21) comprenant une pluralité de fils conducteurs (201), le premier câble plat tissé (21) étant placé de façon à chevaucher le tissu conducteur (1), deux des fils conducteurs (201) étant connectés de manière respective et électrique à la chaîne conductrice (11) et à la trame conductrice (12) de l'un des sites conducteurs (15) du tissu conducteur (1) ; et
    une unité processeur (3), qui est connectée de manière électrique aux fils conducteurs du premier câble plat tissé (21).
  2. Dispositif de commande destiné à être utilisé dans un article tissé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le premier câble plat tissé (21) chevauche le tissu conducteur (1) d'une façon inclinée de telle sorte que les fils conducteurs (201) du premier câble plat tissé (21) ne soient pas parallèles aux chaînes conductrices (11) et aux trames conductrices (12) du tissu conducteur (1).
  3. Dispositif de commande destiné à être utilisé dans un article tissé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le premier câble plat tissé (21) comprend deux fils conducteurs (201), qui sont connectés de manière respective et électrique à la chaîne conductrice (11) et à la trame conductrice (12) de l'un des sites conducteurs (15) du tissu conducteur (1).
  4. Dispositif de commande destiné à être utilisé dans un article tissé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le premier câble plat tissé (21) comprend quatre fils conducteurs (201), deux des quatre fils conducteurs (201) étant connectés de manière respective et électrique à la chaîne conductrice (11) et à la trame conductrice (12) de l'un des sites conducteurs (15) du tissu conducteur (1).
  5. Dispositif de commande destiné à être utilisé dans un article tissé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel l'unité processeur (3) et le premier câble plat tissé (21) sont couplés de manière respective et électrique à un connecteur électrique (31) et à un connecteur complémentaire (23), le connecteur complémentaire (23) pouvant être accouplé au connecteur électrique (31), grâce à quoi le connecteur électrique (31) et le connecteur complémentaire (23) peuvent être connectés l'un à l'autre de manière électrique d'une façon libérable.
  6. Dispositif de commande destiné à être utilisé dans un article tissé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel l'unité câble plat tissé (2) comprend en outre un second câble plat tissé (22) au moins, qui comprend une pluralité de fils conducteurs (201), les fils conducteurs (201) des premier (21) et second (22) câbles plats tissés étant connectés de manière électrique à l'unité processeur (3), les premier (21) et second (22) câbles plats tissés étant placés de façon à chevaucher le tissu conducteur (1), l'un des fils conducteurs (201) du premier câble plat tissé (21) étant connecté de manière électrique aux trames conductrices (12) des multiple sites conducteurs (15) du tissu conducteur (1), l'un des fils conducteurs (201) du second câble plat tissé (22) étant connecté de manière électrique aux chaînes conductrices (11) des multiples sites conducteurs (15) du tissu conducteur (1).
  7. Dispositif de commande destiné à être utilisé dans un article tissé selon la revendication 6, dans lequel les premier (21) et second (22) câbles plats tissés chevauchent le tissu conducteur (1) d'une façon non inclinée.
  8. Dispositif de commande destiné à être utilisé dans un article tissé selon la revendication 7, dans lequel les fils conducteurs (201) du premier câble plat tissé (21) sont parallèles aux chaînes conductrices (11) ou aux trames conductrices (12) du tissu conducteur (1), tandis que les fils conducteurs (201) du second câble plat tissé (22) sont parallèles aux trames conductrices (12) ou aux chaînes conductrices (11) du tissu conducteur.
  9. Dispositif de commande destiné à être utilisé dans un article tissé selon la revendication 6, dans lequel l'unité processeur (3) est couplée de manière électrique à deux connecteurs électriques (31) au moins, les premier (21) et second (22) câbles plats tissés étant couplés en outre à des connecteurs complémentaires (23) qui peuvent s'accoupler aux deux connecteurs électriques (31), les connecteurs complémentaires (23) des premier (21) et second (22) câbles plats tissés pouvant être connectés de manière respective et électrique aux deux connecteurs électriques (31) de l'unité processeur (3) d'une façon libérable.
  10. Dispositif de commande destiné à être utilisé dans un article tissé selon la revendication 6, dans lequel le tissu conducteur (1) présente une échancrure (16) dans laquelle est reçue l'unité processeur (3).
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DK12181317T DK2700741T3 (en) 2012-08-22 2012-08-22 Control device for use in woven articles
ES12181317.4T ES2533850T3 (es) 2012-08-22 2012-08-22 Dispositivo de control para su uso en un artículo de tejido
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