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http://dx.doi.org/10.14695/KJSOS.2021.24.2.25

Development of the Protocol of the High-Visibility Smart Safety Vest Applying Optical Fiber and Energy Harvesting  

Park, Soon-Ja (인하대학교 다문화융합연구소)
Jung, Jun-Young (3D피아)
Moon, Min-Jung (인하대학교 다문화융합연구소)
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Science of Emotion and Sensibility / v.24, no.2, 2021 , pp. 25-38 More about this Journal
Abstract
The aim of this study is to protect workers and pedestrians from accidents at night or bad weather by attaching optical fiber to existing safety clothing that is made only with fluorescent fabrics and retroreflective materials. A safety vest was designed and manufactured by applying optical fiber, and energy-harvesting technology was developed. The safety vest was designed to emit light using the automatic flashing of optical fibers attached to the film, and an energy harvester was manufactured and attached to drive the light emission of the optical fiber more continuously. As a result, first, the vest wearer' body was recognized from a distance through the optical fiber and retroreflection, which helped prevent accidents. Thus, this concept helps in saving lives by preventing accidents during night-time work on the roadside or activities of rescue crew and sports activities, or by quickly finding the point of an accident with a signal that changes the optical fiber light emission. Second, to use the wasted energy, a piezoelectric-element power generation system was developed and the piezoelectric-harvesting device was mounted. Potentially, energy was efficiently produced by activating the effective charging amount of the battery part and charging it auxiliary. In the existing safety vest, detecting the person wearing the vest is almost impossible in the absence of ambient light. However, in this study, the wearer could be found within 100 m by the light emission from the safety vest even with no ambient light. Therefore, in this study, we will help in preventing and reducing accidents by developing smart safety clothing using optical fiber and energy harvester attached to save lives.
Keywords
Accident Prevention; Energy Harvesting; High Visibility; Piezoelectric Device; Smart Safety Vest;
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