Study of Wearable Device Using Pressure-Sensitive Electro-Conductive Knitting

This study describes a device using pressure-sensitive electro-conductive knitting called PCK. PCK is electric conductive material made from fiber including PE 70% and SUS 30%. And it's resistance changes in the fibers according to the modification. So it can be used as a sensor of bending, str...

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Published inTransactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Series C Vol. 73; no. 726; pp. 535 - 540
Main Authors FUJIOKA, Jun, YAMAMURA, Ryota, NISHI, Katsushi, KURODA, Naruto, SEKI, Hiroaki
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers 2007
Subjects
Human Interface
Neural Network
Sensor
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Summary:This study describes a device using pressure-sensitive electro-conductive knitting called PCK. PCK is electric conductive material made from fiber including PE 70% and SUS 30%. And it's resistance changes in the fibers according to the modification. So it can be used as a sensor of bending, stretching and pressure. This knitting when used as sensor, is inexpensive, highly flexible and air permeable. More importantly, a wearable device made of this material have the function as a sensor only by itself. So it is considered that this material can be applied as a sensor in various applications. In this paper, a Data-glove made of PCK and measurements of the device are presented. And a recognizing system using neural network that can recognize the form of human hand from the output of the Data-glove is also presented. This system attained the high rate of recognition of 5 patterns of hand operation.
ISSN:0387-5024
1884-8354
DOI:10.1299/kikaic.73.535