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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2016
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Mustafa Emre Karagozler, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ivan Poupyrev, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Carsten C. Schwesig, San Francisco, CA (US);
Hakim K. Raja, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nan-Wei Gong, Cambridge, MA (US);
Shiho Fukuhara, Tokyo, JP;
Karen Elizabeth Robinson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
This document describes an interactive object with multiple electronics modules. An interactive object (e.g., a garment) includes a grid or array of conductive thread woven into the interactive object, and an internal electronics module coupled to the grid of conductive thread. The internal electronics module includes a first subset of electronic components, such as sensing circuitry configured to detect touch-input to the grid of conductive thread. An external electronics module that includes a second subset of electronic components (e.g., a microprocessor, power source, or network interface) is removably coupled to the interactive object via a communication interface. The communication interface enables communication between the internal electronics module and the external electronics module when the external electronics module is coupled to the interactive object.