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Wearables
Stories containing inventions related to Wearables, tracing similar ideas across companies and years through patent drawings.
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Things · Furniture
Giving Chair Frames New Jobs: Ten Patent Drawings
Wear it on your legs. Carry it as a backpack. Turn it into a desk, ironing board, stepladder, bed, cart, stroller or exercise machine. Ten US patent drawings show chairs taking on jobs far beyond sitting.
Things · Umbrellas
Umbrellas That Read the Weather: Ten Patents for Reinventing Rain Gear
Let a drone carry it overhead. Wear it on the body. Cover a dog. Deploy it from a wheelchair. Measure rain, show a forecast, light up, spray cooling mist, and even harvest wind. Ten US patent drawings show the umbrella becoming much more than a roof held in one hand.
Companies · Snap
How Far Can Snap Turn Reality Into an Interface?
A wristwatch becomes an AR launcher. Fingers replace controllers. Two hands align a shared AR space. A wall gets an x-ray-like overlay, and the display eventually moves into a contact lens. Ten Snap patents that push the interface beyond the phone screen.
Companies · Canon
In Canon's Patent Drawings, the Camera Keeps Moving Away From the Photographer.
A wearable camera, automatic tracking, a roaming network camera, camera-equipped robot hands, smart glasses, an MR headset, shared mixed reality, and live-video authenticity: nine Canon patents in which the camera stops being something a person simply holds.
Things · Sleep
The Sleeper Stays Still. Everything Around Them Starts Moving: 9 Sleep Patents
A pillow that moves your head when you snore, a light-emitting sleep mask, a two-chamber sleep pod, a rocking bed, a robotic bed maker, a bed that separates into a wheelchair, localized snore cancellation, ceiling projection tied to sleep state, and a sleeping bag connected to its own heat exchanger.
Companies · Toyota
Ride It, Wear It, Follow It: 8 Toyota Patents for Mobility That Moves Closer to People
An adjustable-wheelbase personal mobility device, a wearable robot, a wheelchair that follows a companion, a moving display experience, morphing seat bolsters, a hitch-mounted robot, an autonomous trolley drive unit, and a locker that drives to the recipient: eight Toyota patents that shrink mobility down toward the human scale.
Companies · Nike
Shoes That Tighten, Clothes That Teach: 8 Nike Patents for Wearable Machines
Stimulus-responsive garment textiles, gesture-controlled footwear, image-displaying surfaces, haptic apparel, magnetic fasteners, cooling garments, multi-pressure air soles, and heated footwear: eight Nike patents that push clothes and shoes toward becoming machines.
Things · Pets
Read the Bark, Take the Walk: 10 Patents Automating Pet Care
From bark-based emotion analysis and smart collars to remote video calls, a dog-scratching robot arm, self-play ball launchers, an autonomous dog-walking vehicle, automatic washing, and a rotating litter box: ten patents that move pieces of pet care from people to machines.
Things · Clothing
When Clothing Becomes the Interface: Patents for the Future of What We Wear
Self-lacing shoes, touch-sensitive fabric, wearable airbags, heating and cooling garments, ECG shirts, haptic VR vests, inflatable jackets, OLED clothing, cable-adjusted support wear and shoes with tunable stiffness. Ten patents that turn clothing into an active interface around the body.
Companies · Dyson
What Else Can Air Do? A Tour of Dyson Patents
Air-purifying headphones, a stair-friendly vacuum, an asymmetric robot hand, a bladeless fan, air-knife hand dryers, airflow-based hair curling, green dust illumination and cleaner-maintaining docks: ten Dyson patent drawings.
Companies · Meta
When the Body Becomes the Interface: 10 Meta Patents
A VR headset that reconstructs your face for people outside, virtual objects you can feel, an EMG wristband, ultrasound face tracking, predicted avatar legs, physical keyboard tracking and electrodes in the ear. Ten Meta patents that turn the body and the physical world into the computer interface.
Companies · LG
Rollable Screens, Transparent Doors and Following Robots: LG Patents
A television that rolls out of sight, a refrigerator door that turns transparent, a robot that finds a wall or floor for projection, a phone that grows sideways, and a vehicle display that changes shape. Ten LG Electronics US patent publications where the boundaries of screens and appliances start to move.
Companies · Samsung
Where Does the Screen Go? 10 Samsung Patents
A display inside a contact lens, a keypad projected onto the hand, a walking-assist wearable robot, a screen that turns into a mirror, rollable displays, and a virtual keyboard pinned to the palm. Ten Samsung Electronics US patent publications reveal devices whose shape and location keep moving.
Companies · Microsoft
Microsoft Patents Put Interfaces on the Body and Around the Room
A ring that reads finger bends, forearm EMG as an input device, a fluid-stiffening haptic glove, a holographic keyboard, tiny robots that let you touch virtual objects, and a folding display. Ten Microsoft US patent publications in which the boundary of input and output keeps moving.
Companies · Sony
Wigs, Bananas and New Controllers: 10 Sony Patents
A computer hidden in a wig, a banana turned into a game controller, a camera contact lens, hot-and-cold controls, giant spheres under both feet and a robot rebuilt as a giraffe. Ten US Sony patent publications in which the interface takes many different forms.
Things · Wearables
Adding to the Human Body: 10 Patents for Extra Limbs, Senses and Support
A chair you wear on your legs, extra arms on your back, a sixth finger, ultrasound-evoked body sensations, self-lacing shoes, haptic gloves, smart contact lenses, skin-mounted chemical sensors and a wearable airbag. Ten public patents that try to redraw the boundary of the human body.
Companies · Google
When Computers Leave the Screen: 10 Google Patents
Sticky car hoods, VR shoes, robot personalities, flying telepresence screens and balloon networks: ten Google patents that sketch some unexpected futures.
Companies · Apple
The Shape-Shifting Devices in 10 Apple Patents
A phone that becomes a laptop brain, a keyboard key that turns into a mouse, self-protecting displays and more: ten Apple patents with unusual designs for future devices.