Smart fabrics began to enter our lives. Apple naturally plans for smart fabrics, and they believe that using smart fabrics only on smart clothing is a waste of scientific and technological achievements. The US Patent and Trademark Office today announced the patented invention of Apple's three smart fabric applications. Perhaps in the future, Apple will use smart fabrics in MacBook, AppleWatch, iMac, iPhone body and accessories.
The smart fabrics mentioned in one of Apple's three patents cover smart wearable fabrics in the form of clothing, wallets, pockets and more. Its touch sensitive button is embedded inside the woven fabric. The touch-sensitive textile device can be fixed in the textile and embedded in shirts, jackets, gloves and other textile apparel in the form of strips or ropes. In an embodiment, the electronic product can identify touch gestures on the touch sensitive textile device and can receive touch commands and user input on the textile.
The patented second fabric invention relates to a three-dimensional fabric of an embedded input and output device. The electronic device can be incorporated into the fabric to form an input and output device such as a switch. In other words, some of the raised portions of the fabric can implement a portion of the function keys of the tablet, telephone, and computer. For ease of use, this 3D fabric may be embedded in accessories such as pendants, earphones, glasses, hats, etc., and 3D fabrics can also be made into rough, smooth surfaces, even glass, ceramic, crystallized. Non-woven materials such as materials.
In Apple's third smart fabric invention, Apple will embed electronic components directly into the fabric, which can provide metal wires and other conductive fibers, which can also serve as antennas for electronic components.
The fabrics involved in Apple's patents pay great attention to the use of warp and weft yarns. Considering that they are all patented inventions, the actual application is currently unknown.
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