Patents by Inventor Narayanan V. Alampallam

Narayanan V. Alampallam has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Smart fabric that detects events and generates notifications
    Patent number: 9978247
    Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to smart fabric that includes a sensor array, which includes sensor nodes arranged at respective sites in the fabric. The sensor nodes are configured to output signals indicative of detected conditions at the respective sites in the fabric. The fabric can further include a transmitter and a control unit. The control unit can be configured to receive the signals indicative of the detected conditions at the respective sites in the fabric from the sensor nodes, and transmit, using the transmitter, data specifying the detected conditions at the respective sites in the fabric. The data can be transmitted to a computing system for analyzing a state of the fabric to detect an occurrence of an event. The event can be a tear of the fabric, a torsion in the fabric greater than a threshold torsion, a strain in the fabric greater than a threshold strain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Narayanan V. Alampallam, Srinivas Bhaskar
  • SMART FABRIC THAT DETECTS EVENTS AND GENERATES NOTIFICATIONS
    Publication number: 20170092098
    Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to smart fabric that includes a sensor array, which includes sensor nodes arranged at respective sites in the fabric. The sensor nodes are configured to output signals indicative of detected conditions at the respective sites in the fabric. The fabric can further include a transmitter and a control unit. The control unit can be configured to receive the signals indicative of the detected conditions at the respective sites in the fabric from the sensor nodes, and transmit, using the transmitter, data specifying the detected conditions at the respective sites in the fabric. The data can be transmitted to a computing system for analyzing a state of the fabric to detect an occurrence of an event. The event can be a tear of the fabric, a torsion in the fabric greater than a threshold torsion, a strain in the fabric greater than a threshold strain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Narayanan V. Alampallam, Srinivas Bhaskar