Patent Application
20240049821
The present invention relates to Internal of Things (IoT)-based smart thermal wear, and more particularly, to IoT-based smart thermal wear including a thermal member to maintain warmth to increase work efficiency of a wearer and reduce the risk of disaster and including an outer member, an inner member, a heat insulation filler, a heating element, a power supply unit, and a controller to efficiently adjust a temperature while linked with a smart device.
In general, in the cold winter, thick winter clothes are worn to keep body temperature warm, and these winter clothes are made of yarn fibers such as pure wool in various manners.
Accordingly, since winter clothes should be manufactured as clothes having a considerable weight, wearers in situations in which high activity is required or persons having jobs having such characteristics may not easily wear the clothes. In recent years, in order to solve this problem, thermal vests or thermal wear have been disclosed.
In general, thermal vests actively generate heat, and similarly, resistance heating elements made of metal composite yarns are inserted into required parts such as jackets, vests, pants, shoes, socks, or gloves with heating fingers.
However, the thermal wear according to the related art is uncomfortable to wear, cannot be practically washed, and is not environmentally friendly.
Here, when wearers wear the thermal wear, an internal temperature cannot be adjusted at the right time, and thus the wearers frequently suffer from burns or complain of discomfort due to high temperatures.
The present invention is directed to providing an Internet of Things (IoT)-based smart thermal wear including a thermal member to maintain warmth to increase work efficiency of a wearer and reduce the risk of disaster and including an outer member, an inner member, a heat insulation filler, a heating element, a power supply unit, and a controller to efficiently adjust a temperature while linked with a smart device.
The present invention is directed to also providing IoT-based smart thermal wear in which an outer member (100) is provided in which arm insertion holes (110) are arranged on left and right sides and a neck insertion hole (120) is formed at a center of an upper portion thereof and which is made of a fabric material so that the outer member (100) is opened or closed by an opening or closing unit (130) from top to bottom at a central position, an inner member (200) is provided in which the inner member (200) has the size and structure corresponding to the outer member (100) and is coupled to the outer member (100) inside the outer member (100) and which is made of a fabric material so that the inner member (200) is in contact with the underwear or the skin of the wearer, a heat insulating filler (300) is provided which fills an accommodation space (310) that is a space formed in the back and front of the wearer between the outer member (100) and the inner member (200), a heating element accommodation pocket (400) is provided which is disposed in the inner member (200) toward the wearer or provided in the accommodation space (310), a heating element (500) is provided which is accommodated in the heating element accommodation pocket (400) and may be input into or output from the heating element accommodation pocket (400), a power supply unit (600) is provided which supplies power to the heating element (500), a power accommodation pocket (700) is provided which is disposed in the outer member (100) or the inner member (200) so that the power supply unit (600) may be input thereinto or output therefrom, a wire guide member (800) is provided which connects the power of the power supply unit (600) to the heating element (500), and a controller (900) is provided which turns on or off the power supply unit (600) or transmits a strength control signal, and thus the IoT-based smart thermal wear is convenient to wash, lightweight, and efficient.
The present invention is directed to also providing IoT-based smart thermal wear in which an adjustment switch (910) linked with the controller (900) includes a casing (911) forming an external shape that a user may grip with one hand and a button switch (912) disposed on a front portion of the casing (911), a surface of the button switch (912) is provided with a protrusion mark (912a) so that the user may grasp a position of the heating element (500) using a tactile sense and thus manipulation thereof is efficient, and the controller (900) adjusts the power supply unit (600) while linked with the smart device through the first and second communication modules (920) and (930), and thus use thereof is efficient.
Meanwhile, the aspects to be achieved in the present invention are not limited to the aspects described above, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains will clearly understand other aspects not described above from the following description.
An Internet of Things (IoT)-based smart thermal wear may include an outer member (100) in which arm insertion holes (110) are arranged on left and right sides thereof and a neck insertion hole (120) is formed at a center of an upper portion thereof and which is made of a fabric material so that the outer member (100) is opened or closed by an opening or closing unit (130) from top to bottom at a central position.
The IoT-based smart thermal wear may include an inner member (200) in which the inner member (200) has the size and structure corresponding to the outer member (100) and is coupled to the outer member (100) inside the outer member (100) and which is made of a fabric material so that the inner member (200) is in contact with underwear or a skin of a wearer.
The IoT-based smart thermal wear may include a heat insulating filler (300) that fills an accommodation space (310) that is a space formed in back and front of the wearer between the outer member (100) and the inner member (200).
The IoT-based smart thermal wear may include a heating element accommodation pocket (400) disposed in the inner member (200) toward the wearer or provided in the accommodation space (310).
The IoT-based smart thermal wear may include a heating element (500) accommodated in the heating element accommodation pocket (400) and provided so that the heating element (500) is input into or output from the heating element accommodation pocket (400).
The IoT-based smart thermal wear may include a power supply unit (600) that supplies power to the heating element (500).
The IoT-based smart thermal wear may include a power accommodation pocket (700) disposed in the outer member (100) or the inner member (200) so that the power supply unit (600) is accommodated therein to be input thereinto or output therefrom.
The IoT-based smart thermal wear may include a wire guide member (800) that connects the power of the power supply unit (600) to the heating element (500).
The IoT-based smart thermal wear may include a controller (900) that turns on or off the power supply unit (600) or transmit a strength control signal.
The controller (900) may further include an adjustment switch (910) to turn on or off the power supply unit (60), the adjustment switch (910) may include a casing (911) forming an external shape that a user grips with one hand and a button switch (912) disposed on a front portion of the casing (911), and a surface of the button switch (912) may be provided with a protrusion mark (912a) so that the user grasps a position of the heating element (500) using a tactile sense.
The controller (900) may further include a first communication module (920), the IoT-based smart thermal wear may further comprise a user terminal (H) in which a second communication module (930) and an application (940) are installed to interface with the first communication module (920), and information input through the application (940) by the user may be transmitted to the controller (900) through the first and second communication modules (920, 930) so that the controller (900) adjusts the power supply unit (600).
The heating element (500) may be provided with a planar heating element (510) formed by weaving a carbon yarn (511) in a zigzag shape between weft yarn and warp yarn by weaving the weft yarn and the warp yarn in a single or double manner and a heating cover material (520) that surrounds the planar heating element (510), an adapter hole (521) may be provided in the heating cover material (520) so that a direct current (DC) current is supplied to the carbon yarn (511), a power line connected from the power supply unit (600) may be provided to pass through the adapter hole (521) and supply a current of the power supply unit (600) to the carbon yarn (511), and the heating cover material (520) and the planar heating element (510) may be quilted and fixed to each other.
The planar heating element (510) may be further provided with an adapter (521) to detachably connect the carbon yarn (511) and the power line to each other toward the adapter hole (521).
The controller (900) may further includes a temperature detection unit (950) attached to the inner member (200) to detect a temperature of the wearer, is provided to transmit, to the user terminal (H), information on the temperature collected by the temperature detection unit (950), and is provided to transmit an ON/OFF signal to the power supply unit (600) by comparing the information on the temperature collected by the temperature detection unit (950) with a threshold temperature input to the controller (900), and whether the carbon yarn (511) and the wire are disconnected may be displayed on a screen of the application (940) of the user terminal by comparing the information on the temperature collected by the temperature detection unit (950) with a driving time of the power supply unit (600).
The application (940) may display, on the screen, a temperature generated by the heating element (500), a residual amount of the power supply unit (600), and a replacement time of the power supply unit (600), and the controller (900) may transmit the OFF signal to the power supply unit (600) using information of an external temperature or external weather system connected to the application (940).
The planar heating element (510) may be provided with a first heating element (531) accommodated in the heating element accommodation pocket (400) on the back of the wearer to generate heat on the back and a plurality of second heating elements (532) accommodated in the heating element accommodation pocket (400) to generate heat on a side and an abdomen of the wearer, the first heating element (531) and the second heating elements (532) may be separated from the adapter (521) to prevent damage caused by washing and the power supply unit (600) may be separated from the power accommodation pocket (700), an inlet of the heating element accommodation pocket (400) is provided with a heating element locking unit (410) as a Velcro or snap button, an inlet of the power accommodation pocket (700) is provided with a power locking unit (710) as a Velcro or snap button, and the wire guide member (800) is further provided with a Velcro or snap button to fix the wire to the outer member 100 or the inner member 200.
Accordingly, the present invention provides an IoT-based smart thermal wear.
First, the IoT-based smart thermal wear includes a thermal member to maintain warmth to increase work efficiency of a wearer and reduce the risk of disaster and thus efficiently adjust a temperature while linked with a smart device.
Second, an outer member (100) is provided in which arm insertion holes (110) are arranged on left and right sides and a neck insertion hole (120) is formed at a center of an upper portion thereof and which is made of a fabric material so that the outer member (100) is opened or closed by an opening or closing unit (130) from top to bottom at a central position, an inner member (200) is provided in which the inner member (200) has the size and structure corresponding to the outer member (100) and is coupled to the outer member (100) inside the outer member (100) and which is made of a fabric material so that the inner member (200) is in contact with the underwear or the skin of the wearer, a heat insulating filler (300) is provided which fills an accommodation space (310) that is a space formed in the back and front of the wearer between the outer member (100) and the inner member (200), a heating element accommodation pocket (400) is provided which is disposed in the inner member (200) toward the wearer or provided in the accommodation space (310), a heating element (500) is provided which is accommodated in the heating element accommodation pocket (400) and may be input into or output from the heating element accommodation pocket (400), a power supply unit (600) is provided which supplies power to the heating element (500), a power accommodation pocket (700) is provided which is disposed in the outer member (100) or the inner member (200) so that the power supply unit (600) may be input thereinto or output therefrom, a wire guide member (800) is provided which connects the power of the power supply unit (600) to the heating element (500), and a controller (900) is provided which turns on or off the power supply unit (600) or transmits a strength control signal, and thus the IoT-based smart thermal wear is convenient to wash, lightweight, and efficient.
Third, an adjustment switch (910) linked with the controller (900) includes a casing (911) forming an external shape that a user may grip with one hand and a button switch (912) disposed on a front portion of the casing (911), a surface of the button switch (912) is provided with a protrusion mark (912a) so that the user may grasp a position of the heating element (500) using a tactile sense and thus manipulation thereof is efficient, and the controller (900) adjusts the power supply unit (600) while linked with the smart device through the first and second communication modules (920) and (930), and thus use thereof is efficient.
Meanwhile. the effects obtained in the present invention are not limited to the effects described above, and other effects not described will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains from the following description.
The following drawings attached to the present specification illustrate an embodiment of the present invention and serve to further understand the technical spirit of the present invention together with the detailed description of the present invention, and thus the present invention should not be construed as being limited only to the matters described in such drawings.
Specific structural or functional descriptions of embodiments according to the concept of the present invention disclosed in the present specification are merely exemplified for describing the embodiments according to the concept of the present invention, and the embodiments according to the concept of the present invention may be implemented in various forms and are not limited to the embodiments described in the present specification.
Since the embodiments according to the concept of the present invention may be variously changed and may have various forms, the embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the present specification. However, the embodiments according to the concept of the present invention are not intended to be limited to specific disclosed forms, and include all changes, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention.
In the IoT-based smart thermal wear according to the embodiment of the present invention, first, as illustrated in
Here, the heat insulating filler 300 may be provided with a woolen material that has a high air content and is a light material.
Further, a heating element accommodation pocket 400 is disposed in the inner member 200 toward the wearer or is provided in the accommodation space 310, and thus a heating element 500 is configured such that the heating element 500 may be accommodated in the heating element accommodation pocket 400 and may be input into or output from the heating element accommodation pocket 400.
Here, a power accommodation pocket 700 disposed in the outer member 100 or the inner member 200 is configured such that a power supply unit 600 that supplies power to the heating element 500 may be input thereinto or output therefrom.
Further, one side of a wire guide member 800 is fixed to the outer member 100 or the inner member 200 so that the power of the power supply unit 600 may be connected to the heating element 500 through a wire 810, and the wire 810 may be fixed using a snap button or Velcro.
Here, a controller 900 is adapted to turn on or off the power supply unit 600 or transmit a strength control signal.
In this case, as illustrated in
In this case, a surface of the button switch 912 is provided with a protrusion mark 912a or a recessed mark 912b so that the user may grasp a position of the heating element 500 using a tactile sense.
Further, the controller 900 further includes a first communication module 920 and the IoT-based smart thermal wear further includes a user terminal H in which a second communication module 930 and an application 940 are installed to interface with the first communication module 920, wherein information input by the user through the application 940 is transmitted to the controller 900 through the first and second communication modules 920 and 930 so that the controller 900 adjusts the power supply unit 600.
Meanwhile, in the heating element 500, weft yarn and warp yarn are woven single or double, a carbon yarn 511 is woven in a zigzag shape between the weft yarn and the warp yarn, and thus a planar heating element 510 is formed, and a heating cover material 520 is provided to surround the planar heating element 510.
Here, the heating cover material 520 is provided with an adapter hole 521 to supply a direct current (DC) current to the carbon yarn 511, a power line connected from the power supply unit 600 passes through the adapter hole 521 and supplies the current of the power supply unit 600 to the carbon yarn 511, and the heating cover material 520 and the planar heating element 510 are quilted and fixed to each other to form a light and thin planar heating element to reduce a sense of bulkiness and a sense of weight when the wear is worn.
In this case, the planar heating element 510 may be further provided with an adapter 521 to detachably connect the carbon yarn 511 and the power line to each other in a direction of the adapter hole 521, so that the wire 810 may be easily separated.
Meanwhile, as illustrated in
In this case, whether the carbon yarn 511 and the wire are disconnected is displayed on a screen of the application 940 of the user terminal by comparing the information on the temperature collected by the temperature detection unit 950 with a driving time of the power supply unit 600.
Further, in this case, the application 940 is provided to display, on the screen, a temperature generated by the heating element 500, a residual amount of the power supply unit 600, and a replacement time of the power supply unit 600, and the controller 900 is provided to transmit the OFF signal to the power supply unit 600 by using information of an external temperature or external weather system connected to the application 940.
Meanwhile, the planar heating element 510 is provided with a first heating element 531 accommodated in the heating element accommodation pocket 400 on the back of the wearer to generate heat on the back and a plurality of second heating elements 532 accommodated in the heating element accommodation pocket 400 to generate heat on a side and an abdomen of the wearer, wherein the first heating element 531 and the second heating elements 532 may be separated from the adapter 521 to prevent damage caused by washing, the power supply unit 600 may be separated from the power accommodation pocket 700, and thus the IoT-based smart thermal wear is convenient to wash.
Further, an inlet of the heating element accommodation pocket 400 is provided with a heating element locking unit 410 as a Velcro or snap button, an inlet of the power accommodation pocket 700 is also provided with a power locking unit 710 as a Velcro or snap button, and the wire guide member 800 is further provided with a Velcro or snap button to fix the wire to the outer member 100 or the inner member 200.
Using the IoT-based smart thermal wear according to the embodiment of the present invention, the wear includes the thermal member to maintain warmth to increase work efficiency of the wearer and reduce the risk of disaster. Further, the outer member 100 is provided in which arm insertion holes 110 are arranged on left and right sides and the neck insertion hole 120 is formed at the center of an upper portion thereof and which is made of a fabric material so that the outer member 100 is opened or closed by an opening or closing unit 130 from top to bottom at the central position while linked with a smart device to efficiently adjust a temperature, the inner member 200 is provided in which the inner member 200 has the size and structure corresponding to the outer member 100 and is coupled to the outer member 100 inside the outer member 100 and which is made of a fabric material so that the inner member 200 is in contact with the underwear or the skin of the wearer, the heat insulating filler 300 is provided which fills the accommodation space 310 that is a space formed in the back and front of the wearer between the outer member 100 and the inner member 200, the heating element accommodation pocket 400 is provided which is disposed in the inner member 200 toward the wearer or provided in the accommodation space 310, the heating element 500 is provided which is accommodated in the heating element accommodation pocket 400 and may be input into or output from the heating element accommodation pocket 400, the power supply unit 600 is provided which supplies power to the heating element 500, the power accommodation pocket 700 is provided which is disposed in the outer member 100 or the inner member 200 so that the power supply unit 600 may be input thereinto or output therefrom, the wire guide member 800 is provided which connects the power of the power supply unit 600 to the heating element 500, and the controller 900 is provided which turns on or off the power supply unit 600 or transmits a strength control signal, and thus the IoT-based smart thermal wear is convenient to wash, lightweight, and efficient. The adjustment switch 910 linked with the controller 900 includes the casing 911 forming an external shape that the user may grip with one hand and the button switch 912 disposed on a front portion of the casing 911, a surface of the button switch 912 is provided with the protrusion mark 912a so that the user may grasp a position of the heating element 500 using a tactile sense, and thus manipulation thereof is efficient. The controller 900 adjusts the power supply unit 600 while linked with the smart device through the first and second communication modules 920 and 930, and thus use thereof is efficient.
Hereinabove, the present invention has been described through the embodiment. However, the above embodiment merely illustratively describes the technical spirit of the present invention, and those skilled in the art should understand that various changes are possible without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. Thus, the protection scope of the present invention should be construed not by the specific embodiment but by the appended claims, and all technical spirits within the corresponding scope should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-2020-0175860 | Dec 2020 | KR | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCT/KR2020/018635 | 12/18/2020 | WO |
