Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
ELECTRONIC TEXTILES

Abstract:

Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to electronic textiles and more specifically to self-sustaining, interactive electronic textiles, to systems incorporating such electronic textiles, and to uses thereof. In an embodiment, a system to assist with an intended motion of a user is provided. The system includes one or more processors, and an electronic textile. The electronic textile includes a textile substrate, an actuator coupled to the textile substrate, a sensor coupled to the textile substrate, and a battery coupled to the textile substrate, the battery electrically coupled to a conductive yarn, the conductive yarn further electrically coupled to the actuator and the sensor. Embodiments also include a system to assist with blood circulation of a user and a method of assisting blood circulation of a user.