Design and Modeling of a Textile Pressure Sensor for Sitting Posture Classification

• Published in: IEEE sensors journal Vol. 10; no. 8; pp. 1391 - 1398
• Main Authors: Meyer, Jan, Arnrich, Bert, Schumm, Johannes, Troster, Gerhard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.08.2010; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Biological system modeling; Capacitors; Classification; Design optimization; Electrodes; Humans; Hysteresis; Hysteresis modeling; Measurement errors; posture classification; Pressure measurement; Pressure sensors; Sensors; Spacers; textile pressure sensor; Textiles; Weight reduction

A textile pressure sensor has been designed for measuring pressure distribution on the human body. Electrodes built with conductive textiles are arranged on both sides of a compressible spacer, forming a variable capacitor. The use of textiles makes unobtrusive, comfortable, lightweight, and washabl...