KR20200102136A - Breathable and waterproof fabrics with varying brightness and color depending on the wearer's condition - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a fabric with excellent permeability and a waterproofing property for changing brightness and color depending on a state of a wearer capable of providing excellent permeability and a waterproofing property and changing brightness and color depending on a wearing state of a user. The present invention comprises: a fabric which includes an optical fiber; a color sensor which is combined on the fabric and senses a surrounding color of the fabric; a red/green/blue LED which outputs light of a predetermined color to one end of the optical fiber constituting the fabric; an age-gender determining unit which distinguishes age and gender from voice information of a user received through a microphone; and a controlling module which changes a color of the outputted light of the red/green/blue LED to correspond to a surrounding color or a complementary color applied from the color sensor based on the age and the gender of the user determined from the age-gender determining unit. Provided is the fabric with the excellent permeability and the waterproofing property to change the brightness and the color depending on the state of the wearer.

Description

Breathable and waterproof fabrics with varying brightness and color depending on the wearer's condition

The present invention relates to a fabric having excellent breathability and waterproof properties that change brightness and color according to the state of the wearer.

In general, in the case of fabrics used for leisure goods such as outdoor clothing fabrics, shoe uppers, tents, etc., while providing both waterproof and breathable properties, preferably, a good touch is required.

Conventional outdoor clothing fabrics have a fluorine or polyurethane resin coating layer in which micropores are formed on the surface of the fabric as a base material to provide waterproof and breathability at the same time, providing waterproofing by the coating layer and allowing ventilation through micropores. It is a well-known fact.

However, since these fabrics for clothing are manufactured as outdoor and frequently washed when used, the coating layer coated on the surface is peeled off during the washing process, resulting in loss of waterproof function. Also, when wearing as outdoor, it is vaporized in the case of less sweat. However, when a lot of sweat flows, there is a problem in that a liquid with salt blocks micropores to block ventilation.

In order to solve this problem, it is constructed by combining the inner skin of the synthetic fiber and the outer skin of the fabric with the improved conventional technology, but ventilation is achieved through the air nozzle by placing an air nozzle of relatively large size on the inner skin at regular intervals to contact the outer skin. A fabric with excellent breathability and waterproofness has been developed to have excellent waterproofness by flexing and blocking the air nozzle due to pressure of the outer shell when the outer shell comes into contact with water.

It would be better if the brightness or color of these fabrics changed according to the wearer's use condition.

Domestic registered patent No. 10-0712738 Domestic registered patent No. 10-1617580

The present invention has been devised to satisfy the above needs, and has excellent breathability and waterproofness, and in addition, it has breathability and waterproof properties that change brightness and color according to the wearer's condition so that the brightness or color changes according to the user's wearing condition. It is to provide excellent fabrics.

The present invention is a fabric comprising an optical fiber; A color sensor coupled to the fabric to detect the surrounding color of the fabric; A red/green/blue LED for outputting light of a predetermined color to one end of the optical fiber constituting the fabric; An age-gender determination unit that distinguishes age and gender from the user's voice information input through the microphone; And a control module that controls to change the color of the output light of the red/green/blue LED so as to correspond to the surrounding color or complementary color applied from the color sensor based on the age and sex of the user determined by the age-gender determination unit. Include.

In addition, the control module of the present invention controls to change to a complementary color for men and a peripheral color for women.

In addition, the control module of the present invention provides a color of 1 when males are 10 units, divides between the surrounding colors and complementary colors by 10 in the color wheel and numbers 1 to 10 from the surrounding colors, and 20 units are 2 The color is controlled to display the color of 3 for 30s, 4 for 40s, 5 for 50s, 6 for 60s, and 7 for 70s.

In addition, the control module of the present invention provides a color of 10 when females and 10s divide between the surrounding colors and complementary colors in the color wheel by 10 and number 1-10 from the surrounding colors, and 20s are 9 The color is controlled to display the color of 8, the color of 8 in the 30s, the color of 7 in the 40s, the color of 6 in the 50s, the color of 6 in the 60s, and the color of 5 in the 70s.

In addition, the color sensor of the present invention includes a sensing unit that generates a frequency for each red/green/blue color corresponding to the surrounding color, and a signal conversion that converts and outputs a red/green/blue frequency applied from the sensing unit into a voltage signal. And a white LED for illumination coupled to the rear end of the sensing unit.

In addition, the far end and the control module of the present invention are mutually coupled through a coupling member, and one end of the fiber of the far end is fixedly coupled to one end of the coupling member, and the other end is at a position spaced apart from one end of the optical fiber by a predetermined distance. It is characterized in that the red/green/blue LED of the control module is fixedly coupled.

In addition, the present invention further comprises an emotion determination unit that determines the emotion of the user from the user's voice information input through the microphone and provides the determined emotion to the control module, wherein the control module is a user received from the emotion determination unit. Adjust the color based on your emotions.

In addition, the control module of the present invention adjusts to indicate a complementary color when the user's emotional state is depressed and a peripheral color when the user is happy.

In addition, the emotion determination unit of the present invention detects the user's voice as voice activity detection based on signal energy, and determines the user's emotion by extracting a feature parameter.

In addition, the emotion determination unit of the present invention includes a detection module for detecting a user's voice as voice activity detection based on signal energy; An extraction module for extracting a feature parameter from the user's voice detected by the detection module; And a recognition module that determines the user's emotion by using the feature parameter extracted by the extraction module.

In addition, the present invention is a fabric sensor that is embedded in the fabric to detect whether the user's contact; And a contact state determination unit configured to receive a result of sensing contact from the fabric sensor to determine a user's contact state.

In addition, the control module of the present invention displays the surrounding color when the body is not in contact, and when the body repeats contact and separation, controls the color wheel to display an intermediate color between the surrounding color and the complementary color. When they are in contact, control is made to show complementary colors.

In addition, the fabric sensor of the present invention includes a plurality of wefts including at least one conductive yarn; And a plurality of slopes including at least one or more of the conductive yarns, wherein the conductive yarns include: a central yarn capable of conducting current; And an elastic polymer coating layer extruded to surround the outer surface of the core yarn.

In addition, the fabric sensor of the present invention may define a unit sensing cell including at least one of each unit weft yarn and warp, and the unit sensing cell has a rectangular shape.

In addition, the fabric of the present invention is made of a combination of an inner skin and an outer skin, the inner skin is made of a synthetic fiber made of polyvinyl chloride or polyamide fibers, and the outer skin is made of a fabric, and the inner skin is inclined at regular intervals from the outer surface. It is characterized in that a number of protruding air nozzles of a predetermined length come into contact with the outer shell, and a ventilation chamber is formed between the inner shell and the outer shell as much as the length of the air nozzle.

The present invention is excellent in breathability and waterproof, there is an effect of increasing the fit.

In addition, according to the present invention, the brightness and color are changed according to the wearer's condition so that the brightness or color is changed according to the user's wearing condition.

1 is a view showing a fabric having excellent breathability and waterproof properties in which brightness and color are changed according to a state of a wearer according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a longitudinal sectional view according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a portion "A" of FIG. 2.
4 is a cross-sectional view of the air nozzle in an extended state when the outer skin is wetted with water and pressed.
5 is an exploded perspective view of the outer skin and the endothelium.
6 is a cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the present invention.
7A and 7B are configuration diagrams of the optical fiber of FIG. 1.
FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a functionally separated internal configuration of the control module shown in FIG. 1.
FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a functionally separated internal configuration of the color sensor shown in FIG. 8;
10 is a diagram illustrating another configuration form of the LED driving unit 250 shown in FIG.
FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a combination of the color sensor 220 and the color sensor 220 and the optical fiber garment 100 shown in FIG. 8.
12 to 14 are views for explaining another configuration form of the coupling member 300 shown in FIG.
15 is a detailed configuration diagram of an emotion determination unit according to the present invention.
Fig. 16 is a view showing a lead yarn of the fabric sensor of Fig. 15.
17 is a plan view of a fabric capable of measuring pressure in an embodiment using the conductive yarn of FIG. 16.
18 is a view for explaining the principle of pressure measurement using a conductive yarn according to an embodiment of the present invention.
19 is a plan view of a fabric capable of measuring pressure of another embodiment using the conductive yarn of FIG. 16.
20 is a view for explaining a plurality of slits formed between the weft and warp of the fabric sensor according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Since the present invention can be applied in various ways and may have various embodiments, specific embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail.

However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to a specific embodiment, it is to be understood to include all changes, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention.

In describing each drawing, similar reference numerals are used for similar elements. Terms such as first and second may be used to describe various elements, but the elements are not limited by the terms. These terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another component.

For example, the term “and/or” includes a combination of a plurality of related listed items or any of a plurality of related listed items.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs.

Terms such as those defined in a commonly used dictionary should be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning of the related technology, and should not be interpreted as an ideal or excessively formal meaning unless explicitly defined in this application. Shouldn't.

Specific terms used in the following description are provided to aid understanding of the present invention, and the use of these specific terms may be changed in other forms without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a fabric having excellent breathability and waterproofness, which changes in brightness and color according to the state of the wearer according to the present invention, will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a view showing a fabric having excellent breathability and waterproofness that changes in brightness and color according to a state of a wearer according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 Is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the "A" part of FIG. 2, FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the air nozzle flexing when the outer skin is wet and pressurized, Figure 5 is an exploded perspective view of the outer skin and the inner skin, and Figure 6 is another embodiment of the present invention It is a cross-sectional view, FIGS. 7A and 7B are configuration diagrams of the optical fiber of FIG. 1, FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing functionally separated internal configuration of the control module shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 9 is It is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the color sensor functionally separated, Figure 10 is a diagram illustrating another configuration form of the LED driving unit 250 shown in Figure 8, Figure 11 is the color sensor shown in Figure 8 220 and the color sensor 220 and the fabric 100 is a view illustrating the coupling form, Figures 12 to 14 are views for explaining another configuration form of the coupling member 300 shown in Figure 1 .

Referring to the drawings, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a fabric having excellent breathability and waterproofness that changes in brightness and color according to the state of the wearer is an optical fiber 110, a color sensor 220 for sensing surrounding colors, and one end of the optical fiber. The red/green/blue LED 210 that outputs light of a predetermined color, the red/green/blue color corresponding to the surrounding color applied from the color sensor 220 depending on the gender-age, emotional state, or seating status of the user. Configuration of a control module 200 that controls to change the brightness or color of the output light of the LED, gender-age determination unit 400, emotion determination unit 500, fabric sensor 600, and contact state determination unit 700 It is roughly divided into elements.

In this case, the fabric is formed by weaving an optical fiber 110 and a general thread 120 as shown in FIG. 1, and may be various types of clothing such as jackets, pants, shirts, vests, blouses, and underwear.

And, considering that the optical fiber 110 constituting the fabric 100 has a transparent characteristic, an inner skin having an opaque characteristic may be provided on the inside of the fabric 100, and the optical fiber 110 in the fabric 100 Can be configured to form only part of the garment.

That is, such a fabric 100 is made of a combination of the outer shell 20 and the inner shell 10 composed of an optical fiber 110 and a general thread 120 as shown in FIGS. 2 to 5.

The inner skin 10 is made of a synthetic fiber made of polyvinyl chloride or polyamide fiber, and the outer skin 20 is made of a fabric 3 made of an optical fiber 110 and a general thread 120, and the inner skin 10 has an outer surface. The air nozzle (1) (1') of a certain length protruding inclined at regular intervals is in contact with the outer shell (20), so that the length of the inner shell (10) and the outer shell (20) is It is characterized in that the ventilation chamber (2) is formed between.

As another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 6, a fabric 3 having a tactile feel and softness is bonded to the inner surface of the inner skin 10 to improve the fit with the skin. The fabric sensor 600 may be embedded in such fabric.

The fabric 100 of the present invention as described above is manufactured and used as an outdoor that imparts waterproofness and breathability, and the inner skin 10 composed of a synthetic fiber is an air nozzle of a certain length protruding countlessly at regular intervals on the outer surface side. )(1') is interwoven so as to be in contact with the outer shell (20), and the ventilation chamber (2) is formed between the inner skin (10) and the outer shell (20) as much as the length of the air nozzle (1) (1'). Air flows into the air nozzles (1) (1') of the endothelium (10) through the fine pores of the outer skin (20) and comes into contact with the skin, so that smooth ventilation is achieved, and sweat emanating from the skin is removed from the endothelium (10). It is discharged to the air nozzle (1) (1') through the micropores of and is discharged to the outside through micropores of the outer skin 20, so that when worn as an outdoor, sweat discharge and ventilation are made smoothly.

In addition, since the ventilation chamber 2 is formed between the inner skin 10 and the outer shell 20 as long as the length of the air nozzles 1 and 1', the air nozzles 1 and 1' Moisture of the sweat discharged into the ventilation chamber (2) promotes vaporization, and the external air flowing through the outer shell (20) also stays in the ventilation chamber (2) partially, thereby promoting the ventilation effect.

On the other hand, in the fabric 100 of the present invention, when the outer skin 20 is wet by rain or external moisture, the moisture-bearing outer skin 20 becomes heavier and pressurizes the inner skin 10 to adhere to the inner skin 10, so the outer skin 20 When the endothelium (10) is pressed, the air nozzle (1) (1') of the endothelium (10) in contact with it is pressed and stretched as shown in FIG. 4, so that the air nozzle (1) (1') is blocked and the endothelium (10) ), so you can get a large waterproof effect.

In other words, since the inner skin 10 is a synthetic fiber and does not have pores, it blocks the penetration of air and moisture, and when the air nozzles 1 and 1'are blocked, the water and air introduced from the outer skin 20 penetrate. Is completely blocked so that you can get a perfect waterproof effect.

The fabric 100 may be configured such that a storage space such as a pocket (not shown) for accommodating the control module 200 is provided inside or outside the fabric 100.

In addition, the optical fibers 110 constituting the fabric 100 may be configured to form a weft or warp of the fabric 100 in the form of two or more optical fibers bundles.

In addition, in the far end 100, the optical fiber 110 is directed to the outside of the far end 100 on its side with respect to the optical path (in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 7A), as shown in Fig. 7A. By forming predetermined grooves 113 at regular intervals in the cladding layer 112 surrounding the core layer 111, which is an optical path, the light existing in the core layer 111 is easily transferred to the optical fiber 110 through the grooves 113. It is configured to radiate outward. In addition, as shown in FIG. 7B, the bundle-type optical fiber 110 may be configured to be surrounded by a protective cover 114 such as a material having transparency, for example, vinyl.

Meanwhile, the end of the optical fiber 110 of the far end 100 and the red/green/blue LEDs 210:211, 212, 213 of the control module 200 are provided through a separate coupling member 300 as shown in FIG. 1. They are combined in a form spaced a certain distance from each other. That is, the end of the optical fiber 110 of the far end 100 is fixedly coupled to one side of the coupling member 300, and the red/green/blue LEDs 210:211, 212, 213 of the control module 200 are fixed to the other side. Are combined. At this time, the separation distance between the optical fiber end and the LED 210 is set so that the optical fiber end is disposed at a position where the output light of each of the red/green/blue LEDs 210:211, 212, 213 is synthesized. In addition, the red/green/blue LEDs 210:211, 212, 213 are arranged at an inclination of about 30° with respect to the central axis so that the output light is synthesized at a point spaced apart by a predetermined distance.

In addition, the red/green/blue LEDs 210: 211, 212, 213 may be configured with separate LEDs of each color or RGB LEDs 210 having red/green/blue colors.

In addition, the control module 200 in FIG. 1 includes a red/green/blue LED 210, a color sensor 220 for sensing surrounding colors, a controller 230, and the red/green/blue LED 210 as shown in FIG. A predetermined control signal for driving the LED 210 based on the LED connector 240 coupled with the blue LED 210 and the control signal applied from the controller 230 is transmitted through the LED connector 240 to the red/ An LED driving unit 250 provided as a green/blue LED 210, a sensor connector 260 coupled to the color sensor 220, and a clock providing unit 270 for providing a predetermined operation clock to the controller 230 , A power supply unit 280 providing a predetermined driving power to each device constituting the control module 200, and an external device, such as a program providing device, is combined with a predetermined operation program for the overall operation of the controller 230 from the external device. It is configured with an external device connector 290 for receiving.

Here, the color sensor 220 receives a predetermined driving power from the sensor connector 260 to sense a surrounding color, and provides a voltage signal corresponding to the detected ambient color to the sensor connector 260. The color sensor 220 is made using, for example, TAOS' TCS230. That is, the color sensor 220 has an interface 221 composed of, for example, 8 pins to electrically couple with the sensor connector 260 as shown in FIG. 9, and each red/green/blue wavelength for the surrounding color. A sensing unit 222 that measures the sensitivity of a region and outputs a frequency for each red/green/blue color corresponding to the sensitivity, and a voltage for each red/green/blue color applied from the sensing unit 222 Converted to a signal and output, for example, a signal conversion unit 223 made using NS's LM2917N, an operation switch 224 for selecting whether or not the sensing unit 222 is operated, and the surrounding light is insufficient In order to facilitate the detection of the surrounding color at the place, it is configured to include a white LED 225 for illumination coupled to the rear end of the sensing unit 222. At this time, the interface 221 is composed of a total of 8 pins of 4 pins for control data, 2 pins for power lines, 1 pin for data output, and 1 pin for operation control.

Also, the controller 230 loads a predetermined operation program provided from an external device through the external device connector 290 and stores it in a predetermined data memory (not shown). In this case, the operation program includes LED driving information corresponding to the surrounding color information provided from the color sensor 220, and the LED driving information becomes driving information for generating a color similar to or complementary to the surrounding color. In addition, the driving information is a color control signal according to a pulse width modulation (PWM) method, and becomes driving time information for red/green/blue for each color. In addition, the controller 230 may be configured using "ATmega 128 16 AI" of ATMEL.

In addition, the LED connector 240 and the sensor connector 260 supply a predetermined level of supply power applied from the power supply unit 280 to the LED connector 240 and the LED 210 and the sensor connector 260 electrically connected. It is provided with an electrically connected color sensor 220.

In addition, the LED driving unit 250 includes a driving control unit 251 for outputting a driving current of a predetermined level for a predetermined time based on a color control signal applied from the controller 230, the driving control unit 251 and the It is configured with a protection resistor (R) coupled between the LED connector 240 to perform mutual impedance matching. In this case, the driving control unit 251 may be configured using, for example, “TD62083AF” of TOSHBA in which 8 transistors are Darlington-coupled. In addition, as shown in FIG. 8, the driving control unit 251 has an input terminal coupled to the eight data lines of the controller 230, and each output terminal is coupled to the LED connector 240 through a protection resistor R. . Here, in the LED connector 240, the output terminal is coupled to the LED 210, and the three output terminals for red/green/blue of the driving control unit 251 are coupled to the input terminal through each protection resistor (R).

In the present invention, it may be configured to be coupled to four LEDs 210 through four LED connectors 240 by having two driving control units 251. In addition, in the present invention, as shown in FIG. 10, a second protection resistor (R2) is additionally coupled to the output terminal of the driving control unit 251 so that the second LED connector 241 connected to the general LED is further coupled. It is possible to implement. That is, it can be implemented so that it is possible to selectively combine general LEDs or RGB LEDs as needed.

In addition, in Fig. 8, the power supply unit 280 includes a battery 281, a battery connector 282 for coupling with the battery 281, for example, a regulator 283 for providing a rated voltage of "5V", and the battery. A power switch 284 is provided between the connector 282 and the regulator 283 to regulate power supply to the regulator 283. In addition, although not shown, the power supply unit 280 may be configured by additionally providing a predetermined light emitting device for emitting display of the power supply state of the regulator 283.

Meanwhile, the color sensor 220 needs to be coupled to the fabric 100 so as to detect the surrounding color of the fabric 100.

That is, as shown in FIG. 11, the color sensor 220 may be configured in a form in which the interface 221 is coupled through a predetermined cable C having a predetermined length. Further, the color sensor 220 may have a general button shape as shown in FIG. 11A or a snap button shape as shown in FIG. 11B. Here, when the color sensor 220 has a snap button shape, the convex-shaped first body 220a has a “-” characteristic and the convex second body 220b is configured to have a “+” characteristic. When the button is fastened, it is configured to be electrically connected. In addition, as shown in FIG. 11C, a first type of bulk tape 220c is fixedly coupled to a predetermined position of the fabric 100, and a second shape corresponding to the first shape is provided on the rear surface of the color sensor 220. By combining the bulk tape (220d) of the color sensor 220 by the bulk tape (220c, 220d) it is also possible to configure the detachable from the fabric (100). In addition, the color sensor 220 may be attached to the fabric 100 in the form of a warp, although not shown.

In addition, in the present invention, as shown in FIG. 12, the coupling member 300 for coupling the fabric 100 and the control module 200 may be configured in a detachable form. That is, the coupling member 300 includes a socket 310 for collecting and fixing one end of the optical fiber 100 of the fabric 100 to introduce light of a predetermined color to the end of the optical fiber 110, and the socket 310 A jack for providing light of a specific color generated by the LED 210 to the end of the optical fiber 110 of the socket 310 by having a red, green, blue LED 210 therein while being configured to be detachable It consists of 320.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 13, the socket 310 is composed of a cylindrical case 312 in which one side is opened and the other side is formed with a groove 311 through which the optical fiber 110 is introduced. In addition, a predetermined fixture 313 for fixing the optical fiber 110 introduced into the groove 311 is coupled to the inside and outside of the case 312 in which the groove 311 is formed.

In addition, the jack 320 is configured to be fitted to the inside of the case 312 through an opening of the socket 310 as shown in FIGS. 13 and 14. The jack 320 is a silicon frame in which first to third LED insertion grooves 322 are formed for fitting and coupling the red/green/blue LED 210 to one opening of the cylindrical case 321 with both sides open ( 323) is combined. In the first to third LED insertion grooves 322 formed in the silicon frame 323, the output light of the red, green, and blue LEDs 210 in the state in which the socket 310 and the jack 320 are connected to the socket 310 ) Is configured to be inclined at an angle of about 30° with respect to the central axis so as to meet at the cross-section of the optical fiber 110. That is, the light of a specific color generated by the synthesis of the output light of the red, green, and blue LEDs 210 is introduced into the end face of the optical fiber 110.

Meanwhile, the age-gender determination unit 400 distinguishes age and gender from the user's voice information input through a microphone (not shown), and provides the same to the control module 200.

Then, the control module 200 controls to change the brightness or color of the output light of the red/green/blue LED to correspond to the surrounding color applied from the color sensor 220 according to age and gender.

For example, the control module 200 may be controlled to change to a complementary color for men and a peripheral color for women.

In addition, the control module 200 provides a color of 1 in the case of males and 10s, dividing between the surrounding colors and complementary colors by 10 in the color wheel and numbering 1 to 10 from the surrounding colors, and 2 for 20s. The color is controlled to display the color of 3 for 30s, 4 for 40s, 5 for 50s, 6 for 60s, and 7 for 70s.

In contrast, the control module 200 provides a color of 10 when females are in their teens and divides between the surrounding colors and complementary colors by 10 on the color wheel and numbers 1 to 10 from the surrounding colors, and 20s have 9 colors. The color is controlled to display the color of 8, the color of 8 in the 30s, the color of 7 in the 40s, the color of 6 in the 50s, the color of 6 in the 60s, and the color of 5 in the 70s.

The age-gender determination unit 400 extracts one or more feature values or feature vectors (hereinafter, collectively referred to as'feature values') for the voice information.

This age-gender determination unit 400 is a linear predictive coefficient (Linear Predictive).

Coefficient) method, Cepstrum method, Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficient (MFCC) method, filter bank energy method, etc., or a combination of them to extract feature values. I can.

The age-gender determination unit 400 extracts a plurality of feature values from the same voice information by applying a plurality of the feature value determination methods described above, or uses a single feature value determination method but uses a plurality of samples to obtain a plurality of feature values. Can be determined, and if the feature values are obtained for M voice samples by the N feature discrimination method, the feature values can be expressed in the form of a matrix of (N * M).

The age-gender determination unit 400 extracts a feature value by reflecting a difference between a male and a female, that is, a gender feature with respect to the input voice information, and converts the voice information into a male group (M) based on the extracted feature value. Or divide into women and children group (FC).

In addition, the age-gender determination unit 400 may extract a feature value by reflecting the age-specific features of men with respect to the voice information divided into the male group M.

In addition, the age-gender determination unit 400 may extract feature values by reflecting age-specific features of women and children with respect to voice information divided into female and child groups (FC), and as a result, re-enter the input voice information. It is divided into female group (F) and children group (C). At this time, the children's group (C) is a group targeting people before the metamorphic period, where male and female characteristics are difficult to distinguish.

In addition, the age-gender determination unit 400 may extract a feature value by reflecting the age-specific features of women with respect to the voice information divided into the female group F.

In addition, the age-gender determination unit 400 extracts a feature value by reflecting the gender feature of the child with respect to the voice information divided into the child group C.

Subsequently, the age-gender determination unit 400 determines a representative feature value by reflecting a weight on the extracted feature value, and based on the determined representative feature value, the reference feature value for each gender and age or a voice and image reference sample Gender and age are determined by referring to the stored standard DB.

Next, the emotion determination unit 500 detects the user's voice as voice activity detection based on signal energy with respect to the user's voice input through the microphone, extracts the characteristic parameter, and determines the user's emotion. The determined emotional state is transmitted to the control module 200.

The control module 200 controls to change the brightness or color of the output light of the red/green/blue LED to correspond to the surrounding color applied from the color sensor 220 according to the user's emotional state.

As an example, the control module 200 adjusts the complementary color when the user's emotional state is depressed and the surrounding color when the user is happy.

The fabric sensor 600 is embedded and disposed in a partition area of the fabric 100 and is connected to the contact state determination unit 700.

The contact state determination unit 700 receives a pressure signal sensed by the fabric sensor 600 to determine whether the user's body has been in contact, and if it does, determines whether the user's body has been in contact with it for a predetermined time or longer, and transmits the determination result to the control module 200 to provide.

Then, the control module 200 maintains a set brightness or a set color that is not in contact with the body higher, and when the body repeats contact and separation, maintains the set brightness or a set color, and the body has a fabric sensor ( 600) for a certain time or longer, and keep it lower than the set brightness or set color.

As an example, the control module 200 displays the surrounding color when the body is not in contact, and when the body repeats contact and separation, controls the color wheel to display an intermediate color between the surrounding color and the complementary color, and the body contacts a certain time. If it is, it is controlled to show complementary colors.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 15, the emotion determination unit 500 includes a detection module 31 for detecting a user's voice as voice activity detection based on signal energy, and an extraction module 32 for extracting a feature parameter. ), a recognition module 33 for determining the user's emotion, and a memory 34.

At this time, the detection module 31 performs voice activity detection based on signal energy and may detect a user's voice.

In addition, the extraction module 32 extracts a feature parameter from a sound source including a user's voice, and the feature parameter is based on a Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficient (MFCC) and Log-energy.

MFCC applies FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) to the user's voice that has passed through the Hamming Window, applies a Mel-scale filter bank to the result of applying the FFT to obtain a power spectrum, and takes a log of the power spectrum. , It can be obtained by applying DCT (Discrete Cosine Transform) to the result of taking the log.

The feature parameter is obtained by extracting a real sequence of 39th order every frame of speech.

Here, the length of the frame may be set to 30 ms. The 39th real sequence consists of three 13th real sequences. The first 13th real sequence is obtained by using MFCC (12th order) and Log-energe (1st order) extracted from the current frame, and the second 13th real sequence is obtained by using the difference of each element between the current frame and the 1st previous frame. The third real sequence is obtained by using the difference between the current frame and the second previous frame by element.

The recognition module 33 determines the user's emotion by comparing the characteristic parameter of the user's voice with the acoustic model for each emotion stored in the memory 34.

The memory 34 may store acoustic model data such as a Hidden Markov Model trained from voice data for each emotion for a plurality of emotions. Such acoustic model data is used by the recognition module 33 to determine the user's emotion.

The multiple emotions classified here can be neutrality, joy, anger, sadness, etc. However, the content of the present invention is not limited thereto, and may be classified into a plurality of emotions (for example, surprise, dislike, fear, etc.) according to other criteria.

Meanwhile, the fabric sensor 600 is a configuration capable of measuring the pressure applied to the fabric sensor 600 as a numerical value, and the conductive yarn 110-10 as shown in FIG. 16 is used as warp and weft yarn as shown in FIG. It is manufactured and formed.

Referring to Figure 16, the conductive yarn (110-10) of an embodiment includes a core yarn (110-11) and an elastic polymer coating layer (110-12) extruded to surround the outer surface of the core yarn (110-11) do.

The conductive thread 110-10 can conduct current through the central thread 110-11. The core yarn 110-11 may be formed by metal plating with a conductive metal such as silver on the outer surface of the multifilament made of synthetic fibers, but is not limited thereto. This core yarn (110-11) can be manufactured by a conventional method. That is, after spinning a synthetic fiber made of nylon, polyester, etc. as multifilament through a spinning pack, it can be produced by plating it. As for the method of metal plating treatment on the outer surface of the multifilament, the usual plating method used in manufacturing the conductive yarn can be applied as it is. The cross-sectional shape of the core yarn 110-11 may be circular or elliptical, and its diameter may be adjusted according to the use of the fabric, and may be, for example, 20 to 1,000 micrometers.

The elastic polymer coating layer 110-12 is formed by extrusion molding together with the core yarn 110-11 so as to surround the outer surface of the core yarn 110-11. The elastic polymer coating layer 110-12 is extruded while completely enclosing the core yarn 110-11 to stably fix and support the core yarn 110-11 therein. In order to enable such a process, the polymer constituting the elastic polymer coating layer 110-12 must have thermoplastic properties and at the same time have elasticity, and must have a relatively high resistance. The relatively high resistance here is from a fewΩ to a few thousandΩ. The reason why the elastic polymer coating layer 110-12 has a relatively high resistance rather than a complete insulator is, as described below, the pressure at the intersection point of the two conductive yarns 110-10 in contact with each other. This is to measure. In the present invention, the degree of pressure is measured by measuring the change in capacitance or resistance between the two conductive threads 110-10, which occurs when pressure is applied to the intersection of the two conductive threads 110-10, and the elastic polymer coating layer 110- If 12) is a complete insulator, the change in capacitance or resistance cannot be measured.

Preferably, the material of the elastic polymer coating layer 110-12 of this property is an elastomer in which carbon particles are dispersed. The coating thickness of the elastic polymer coating layer 110-12 may be adjusted according to the use of the fabric, and may be, for example, 10 to 500 micrometers.

This conductive yarn (110-10) is used as warp and weft yarn to produce a fabric. 7 is a plan view of a fabric capable of measuring pressure according to an embodiment using the conductive yarn of FIG. 16.

Referring to FIG. 17, the fabric is woven with a weft 111 including a conductive yarn 111b and a general polymer yarn 111a, and a warp 112 including a conductive yarn 112b and a general polymer yarn 112a. That is, in the fabric capable of measuring pressure of one embodiment, the conductive yarn 111b is used only for some of the weft yarns 111 and the other weft yarns 111 may be used as general polymer yarns, and the conductive yarn 112b is used only for some warp yarns 112 Is used and the remaining warp 112 may be a general polymer yarn 112a. However, it is not limited thereto and the conductive yarn may be used for all the weft yarns 111 and 112. The conductive yarn may be appropriately disposed on the weft yarn 111 and the warp yarn 112 so that the crossing point of the conductive yarn 112b used as the warp 112 and the conductive yarn 111b used as the weft 111 at the part to be measured pressure is. It is important to note that at least one conductive yarn 111b must be present in the weft yarn 111, and at least one conductive yarn 112b must be present in the warp 112 as well. This is because the intersection of the conductive yarns 111b and 112b occurs. General polymer yarns 111a and 112a used in the weft yarn 111 and warp yarn 112 may be used in general polymer yarns such as cotton yarn, hemp yarn, polyester yarn, and nylon yarn. In FIG. 17, although the fabric is illustrated as being woven in a plain weave, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the fabric may be woven in a twill weave, a runner weave, or a change structure thereof.

FIG. 18 is a diagram for explaining the principle of pressure measurement using a conductive yarn according to an embodiment of the present invention, and shows a cross section taken along line A-A' of FIG. 17.

Referring to FIG. 18, at the intersection of the weft conductive yarn 111b and the warp conductive yarn 112b in the fabric, the elastic polymer coating layers 110-12 of the two conductive yarns 111b and 112b contact each other. In addition, when pressure is applied to the crossing point while current is applied to the two conductive yarns 111b and 112b, the thickness of the elastic polymer coating layer 110-12 decreases in proportion to the pressure, and thus, the two conductive yarns 111b, serving as electrodes. The distance d between 112b) is also reduced in proportion to this. When the distance d between the two conductive yarns 111b and 112b decreases, the capacitance C between the two conductive yarns 111b and 112b increases in proportion thereto. In general, the capacitance (C) is a ratio of the total amount of charge to the potential difference between conductors, which is proportional to the dielectric constant (ε) and the cross-sectional area (S) of the electrode, and inversely proportional to the distance (d) between the electrodes. The elastic polymer coating layer 110-12 of the conductive yarns 111b and 112b of the present invention serves as a dielectric, and the core yarn 110-11 serves as an electrode, so that pressure is applied to the intersection point and the elastic polymer coating layer 110- As the thickness of 12) decreases, the distance d between the two conductive yarns 111b and 112b decreases, and thus the capacitance between the two core yarns increases.

In the embodiment of FIG. 18, the principle of measuring pressure using capacitance has been described, but is not limited thereto, and pressure may be measured using a resistance value.

The resistance value (R) is proportional to the specific resistance (ρ) and length (l) of the material and inversely proportional to the cross-sectional area (A). When a current flows through the center yarns 110-11 of the conductive yarns 111b and 112b of the present invention, the elastic polymer coating layer 110-12 plays a role of resistance, and pressure is applied to the crossing point, so that the elastic polymer coating layer 110-12 When the thickness of) decreases, the distance d between the two conductive threads 111b and 112b decreases, resulting in a decrease in the length of the resistive material (ℓ). Therefore, the resistance value R also decreases. The degree of pressure can be measured through the measurement of the resistance value R according to the pressure change.

The arrangement structure of the weft yarn 111 and the warp 112 shown in FIG. 17 has a side that does not conform to the recent trend of pursuing thin woven clothing by making woven clothing thick even when woven directly applied to woven clothing. . In addition, the weaving method is so monotonous that it is difficult to form the desired pattern.

In order to solve this problem, as shown in FIG. 19, a fabric sensor may be configured with a single layer.

19 is a plan view of a fabric capable of measuring pressure of another embodiment using the conductive yarn of FIG. 16.

Referring to FIG. 19, a contact portion of a plurality of weft yarns 220 and a plurality of warp yarns 230 is attached through an adhesive to constitute the fabric sensor 210.

The weft thread 220 and the warp thread 230 are the same as the wire thread of FIG. 16 and are different in that the weaving method attaches the contact area through an adhesive.

In this embodiment, the plurality of weft yarns 220 and the warp yarn 230 are connected to each other in the X-axis or Y-axis direction in a two-dimensional plane defined as an XY coordinate plane, and the plurality of weft yarns 220 and warp yarns 230 are A plurality of slits 225 having a very narrow width are formed.

Explaining this from a different perspective, a unit sensing cell including at least one of each unit weft yarn 220 and warp 230 may be defined. The unit sensing cell may have a rectangular shape as shown in FIG. 20, and includes one or more unit weft yarns 220 and warp 230 therein.

20 is a view for explaining a plurality of slits formed between the weft and warp of the fabric sensor according to another embodiment of the present invention.

First, referring to FIG. 20, a plurality of slits 225 are based on a point where a rectangular diagonal line defining the unit sensing cell 240 intersects, that is, an intersection point where the weft yarn 220 and the warp 230 intersect. It extends toward the vertex of a square shape and can have a sinusoidal shape. In order to increase the touch detection rate according to the low-diameter conductive rod, it is most preferable that the sinusoidal shape of the plurality of slits 225 is a half-wavelength sinusoidal curve, but is not limited thereto, and the sinusoidal shape is formed to repeat several cycles. Can be. In addition, the plurality of slits 225 may be formed to be point symmetric with respect to an intersection point at which the weft yarn 220 and the warp yarn 230 intersect in the unit sensing cell 240. That is, the virtual slit formed by rotating the slit formed in the direction from the center of the unit sensing cell to the vertex by 90 degrees is formed to coincide with the slit formed in the direction reaching the vertex adjacent to the vertex.

In this way, while maintaining the sameness of the weft and warp patterns between the X-axis and Y-axis directions, the area of the plurality of slits formed in the unit sensing cell 240 is increased, and interpolation is maintained while maintaining a large amount of change in capacitance of the sensing signal. You can increase it. In addition, the resolution representing the difference between the maximum value and the minimum value of the capacitance change amount is improved, which is advantageous for noise.

Meanwhile, the fabric sensors 110-1 and 210 described above are partially formed or attached to the fabric 100, or after being inserted, the user moves while wearing the fabric 100, the user's posture is changed, or the external When sitting or lying on an object, a force is applied in a vertical direction to the fabric sensors 110-1 and 210 by the user's body or an external object.

Then, the fabric sensor (110-1, 210) is the force applied to the fabric sensor (110-1, 210) and the change in which the fabric sensor (110-1, 210) is stretched (for example, the fabric sensor (110-1, 210) ), the change in resistance or change in the setting capacity can be detected.

This resistance change further includes a separate sensor capable of detecting a change in the current flowing through the fabric sensors 110-1 and 210 by the fabric sensors 110-1 and 210 by itself, or detecting a change in resistance or current. It can be detected by doing.

The fabric sensors 110-1 and 210 may provide the sensed resistance change value to the contact state determination unit T.

The battery B performs a function of supplying power to the fabric sensor FS.

Next, the operation of the device having the above configuration will be described.

First, the user couples the external device to the external device contactor 290 and loads a predetermined operation program for automatic color change according to the present invention into the controller 230. In this case, the operation program loading operation of the controller 230 may be performed by a user or by a manufacturer when manufacturing the control module. In addition, the operation program is configured to include driving control signals for red/green/blue, for example, driving time information for red/green/blue, so that the output color becomes a similar color or complementary color for the sensing color. do.

Thereafter, the user mounts the control module 200 at a predetermined position on the far end 100. At this time, the color sensor 220 of the control module 200 is disposed at a position capable of detecting the surrounding color of the fabric 100.

In the above-described state, when the user turns on the power switch 284 of the power supply unit 280, power of a predetermined level from the battery 281 is converted to a "5V" power supply voltage through the regulator 283, and each element It is provided with the operating power of

That is, the control module 200 is in an operating state. At this time, the sensor connector 260 provides operating power to the color sensor 220, and the LED connector 240 provides operating power to the LED 210.

Thereafter, when the user sets the operation switch 223 of the color sensor 220 to the ON state, the signal conversion unit 264 converts a frequency corresponding to the surrounding color of the sensing unit 262 of the color sensor 220 And the signal conversion unit 264 provides a voltage of a color corresponding to a corresponding frequency to the controller 230 through the interface 261. In this case, the color sensor 220 provides voltage signals for each of red, green, and blue to the controller 230.

The controller 230 checks voltage levels for red, green, and blue provided from the color sensor 220 and determines an output color corresponding thereto. In addition, the controller 230 extracts the driving time of each red, green, and blue color so that the output color determined according to the operation program, for example, a color similar to the sensing color or a complementary color to the sensing color, and controls the driving by the driving control unit 251 Signal.

The driving control unit 251 provides a driving control signal provided from the controller 230 to the LED 210 through the protection resistor R and the LED connector 240. That is, the brightness of the red/green/blue LED changes according to the ON driving time for red/green/blue, and accordingly, the color of the composite light of the red/green/blue LED changes.

Synthetic light generated by the LED 210 is provided to the end of the optical fiber 110 of the fabric 100 through the coupling member 300, so that the color of the fabric 100 is automatically changed.

That is, according to the present invention, by providing a synthetic light generated by red, green, and blue LEDs to one end of the optical fiber so that a color corresponding to the color is output by sensing the peripheral color of the fabric generated by weaving the optical fiber, the fabric Can be changed in various ways.

The present invention is excellent in breathability and waterproof, there is an effect of increasing the fit.

In addition, according to the present invention, the brightness and color are changed according to the wearer's condition so that the brightness or color is changed according to the user's wearing condition.

So far, the present invention has been looked at around the examples. Those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains will be able to understand that the present invention may be implemented in a modified form without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the disclosed embodiments should be considered from an illustrative point of view rather than a limiting point of view. The scope of the present invention is shown in the claims rather than the foregoing description, and all differences within the scope equivalent thereto should be construed as being included in the present invention.

100: fabric, 110: optical fiber,
120: general room, 200: control module,
210: LED, 220: color sensor,
230: controller, 240: LED connector,
250: LED driver, 260: sensor connector,
270: clock generator, 280: power supply,
290: external device connector, 400: age-gender determination unit,
500: judgment judgment unit, 600: fabric sensor,
700: contact state determination unit.

Claims (15)

A fabric comprising an optical fiber;
A color sensor coupled to the fabric to detect the surrounding color of the fabric;
A red/green/blue LED for outputting light of a predetermined color to one end of the optical fiber constituting the fabric;
An age-gender determination unit that distinguishes age and gender from the user's voice information input through the microphone; And
Includes a control module that controls to change the color of the output light of the red/green/blue LED to correspond to the surrounding color or complementary color applied from the color sensor based on the user's age and gender determined by the age-gender determination unit. Breathable and waterproof fabric that changes brightness and color depending on the wearer's condition. The method of claim 1,
The control module is a fabric having excellent breathability and water resistance in which brightness and color change according to the state of the wearer, which is controlled to change to a complementary color for men and a peripheral color for women. The method of claim 2
In the case of males, in the case of 10 units, the color wheel divides between the surrounding color and the complementary color into 10, and when numbering 1 to 10 from the surrounding color, the color of 1 is provided. Controls to display 3 colors, 40s 4 colors, 50s 5 colors, 60s 6 colors, 70s 7 colors, with excellent breathability and waterproofness that change in brightness and color according to the wearer's condition. fabric. The method of claim 2
The control module provides 10 colors for females and 10s, divides between the surrounding colors and complementary colors in 10 on the color wheel and numbers 1-10 from the surrounding colors, and provides 9 colors for 20s, 30 Controls to display 8 colors, 40s 7 colors, 50s 6 colors, 60s 6 colors, and 70s 5 colors. Breathability and waterproofness change according to the wearer's condition. This excellent fabric. The method of claim 1
The color sensor includes a sensing unit that generates a frequency for each red/green/blue color corresponding to the surrounding color, a signal conversion unit that converts and outputs a red/green/blue frequency applied from the sensing unit into a voltage signal, and the sensing A fabric with excellent breathability and water resistance, which changes brightness and color according to the condition of the wearer, characterized in that it is composed of a white LED for lighting that is coupled to the rear end of the part. The method of claim 1
The fabric and the control module are mutually coupled through a coupling member,
One end of the optical fiber of the far end is fixedly coupled to one end of the coupling member, and a red/green/blue LED of the control module is fixedly coupled to a position spaced apart from one end of the optical fiber at the other end. Breathable and waterproof fabric that changes brightness and color depending on the condition of the wearer. The method of claim 1,
Further comprising an emotion determination unit for determining the emotion of the user from the voice information of the user input through the microphone and providing the determined emotion to the control module,
The control module is a fabric having excellent breathability and waterproofness in which brightness and color are changed according to a state of a wearer that adjusts color based on a user's emotion transmitted from the emotion determination unit. The method of claim 7,
The control module is a fabric having excellent breathability and waterproofness, in which brightness and color change according to the state of the wearer, which adjusts to display a complementary color when the user's emotional state is depressed and an ambient color when the user is happy. The method of claim 7,
The emotion determination unit detects the user's voice as voice activity detection based on signal energy, extracts characteristic parameters, and determines the user's emotions. . The method of claim 7,
The emotion determination unit includes: a detection module for detecting a user's voice as voice activity detection based on signal energy;
An extraction module for extracting a feature parameter from the user's voice detected by the detection module; And
A fabric having excellent breathability and waterproofness in which brightness and color are changed according to a state of a wearer, including a recognition module that determines a user's emotion by using the feature parameter extracted by the extraction module. The method of claim 1,
A fabric sensor built into the fabric to detect whether a user touches it; And
A fabric having excellent breathability and waterproofness in which brightness and color are changed according to a state of a wearer, further comprising a contact state determination unit configured to receive a result of sensing contact from the fabric sensor to determine a user's contact state. The method of claim 11,
When the body is not in contact, the control module displays the surrounding color. When the body repeats contact and separation, the control module controls to display an intermediate color between the surrounding color and the complementary color in the color wheel, and when the body is in contact with a certain time A fabric with excellent breathability and water resistance that changes brightness and color according to the condition of the wearer, which is controlled to display complementary colors. The method of claim 11
The fabric sensor
A plurality of wefts including at least one conductive yarn; And
Including a plurality of slopes including at least one or more of the conductive yarn,
The challenger,
A central yarn capable of conducting current; And
A fabric having excellent breathability and waterproofness in which brightness and color change according to a wearer's condition, including an elastic polymer coating layer extruded to surround the outer surface of the core yarn. The method of claim 13
The fabric sensor
A unit sensing cell including at least one of each unit weft yarn and warp can be defined, and the unit sensing cell is a fabric having excellent breathability and waterproofness in which brightness and color change according to the condition of the wearer having a square shape. The method of claim 1
The fabric is made of a combination of an inner skin and an outer skin,
The inner skin is made of synthetic fibers made of polyvinyl chloride or polyamide fibers, and the outer skin is made of fabric, and the inner skin has an air nozzle of a certain length that protrudes from the outer surface at regular intervals and is in contact with the outer skin. Fabric with excellent breathability and water resistance, which changes brightness and color according to the condition of the wearer, characterized by a ventilation chamber formed between the inner and outer skins.

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