Patent ID: 8704758

Claim:
A system for generating electronic data and/or control signals comprising: (a) a curvilinear conductive element attached to a garment adapted to be worn by a user, (b) an electrical excitation source electrically connected to the curvilinear element to apply a base data/signal to the curvilinear element; (c) a sensing electrode, said sensing electrode being capable of electrically contacting the curvilinear conductive element at various locations along the length of the curvilinear element, the ‘curvilinear element having electrical characteristics such that when contacted by the sensing electrode a circuit will be formed that has electrical characteristics unique to the portion of the curvilinear element associated with the contact point” between the “sensing electrode and the curvilinear element located adjacent to the contact point so that a data/signal generated from the base data/signal via the portion is unique to that portion; and (d) circuitry connected to the sensing electrode and to the curvilinear element which receives a data/signal via the portion of the curvilinear element and which uses the unique data/signal associated with that portion to interpret the location of the sensing electrode with respect to the curvilinear element and transmitting data/signals responsive to the presence and location of the electrical contact between the sensing electrode and the curvilinear element.