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http://dx.doi.org/10.14695/KJSOS.2015.18.4.25

Performance Evaluation of Fabric Sensors for Movement-monitoring Smart Clothing: Based on the Experiment on a Dummy  

Cho, Hyun-Seung (Institute of Symbiotic Life-TECH, Yonsei University)
Park, Sun-Hyeong (Institute of Symbiotic Life-TECH, Yonsei University)
Kang, Da-Hye (Department of Clothing & Textiles, College of Human Ecology, Yonsei University)
Lee, Kang-Hwi (School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical & Life Science, Konkuk University)
Kang, Seung-Jin (School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical & Life Science, Konkuk University)
Han, Bo-Ram (Department of Physical Education, College of Science Education, Yonsei University)
Oh, Jung-Hoon (Department of Physical Education, College of Science Education, Yonsei University)
Lee, Hae-Dong (Department of Physical Education, College of Science Education, Yonsei University)
Lee, Joo-Hyeon (Department of Clothing & Textiles, College of Human Ecology, Yonsei University)
Lee, Jeong-Whan (School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical & Life Science, Konkuk University)
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Science of Emotion and Sensibility / v.18, no.4, 2015 , pp. 25-34 More about this Journal
Abstract
TThis study explored the requirement of fabric sensor that can measure the motion of the joint effectively by measuring and analyzing the variation in electric resistance of a sensor in accordance with bending and stretching motion of the arm by the implementation of a motion sensor utilizing conductive fabric. For this purpose, on both sides of two kinds of knitted fabric, namely 'L' fabric and 'W' fabric Single Wall Carbon Nano-Tube(SWCNT) was coated, fabric sensor was developed by finishing them in a variety of ways, and the sensor was attached to the arm band. The fabric sensor consisted of total 48 cases, namely background fabric for coating, the method of sensor attachment, the number of layer of sensors, the length of sensor, and the width of sensor. The performance of fabric motion sensors in terms of a dummy arm, that is, a Con-Trex MJ with 48 arm bands around it was evaluated. For each arm band, a total of 48, fastened around the dummy arm, it was adjusted to repeat the bending and stretching at the frequency : 0.5Hz, ROM : $20^{\circ}{\sim}120^{\circ}$, the voltage was recorded for each case after conducting three sets of repeat measurement for a total of 48 cases. As a result of the experiment, and as a consequences of the evaluation and analysis of the voltage based on the uniformity of the base line of the peak-to-peak voltage(Vp-p), the uniformity of Vp-p within the same set, and the uniformity of the Vp-p among three sets, the fabric sensors that have been configured in SWCNT coated 'L' fabric / welding / two layers / $50{\times}5mm$, $50{\times}10mm$, $100{\times}10mm$, and SWCNT coated 'W' fabric / welding / two layers / $50{\times}10mm$ exhibited the most uniform and stable signal value within 5% of the total variation rate. Through all these results of the experiment, it was confirmed that SWCNT coated fabric was suitable for a sensor that can measure the human limb operation when it was implemented as a fabric sensor in a variety of forms, and the optimal sensor types were identified.
Keywords
Movement Monitoring; SWCNT(Single Wall Carbon Nano-Tube); Fabric Sensor; Smart Clothing;
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