Optimization of inertial micropower Generators for human walking motion

• Published in: IEEE sensors journal Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 28 - 38
• Main Authors: von Buren, T., Mitcheson, P.D., Green, T.C., Yeatman, E.M., Holmes, A.S., Troster, G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.02.2006; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Amplitudes; Biomedical monitoring; Blood pressure; Context awareness; Displacement; Driving conditions; Generators; Guidelines; Human; Humans; Legged locomotion; Micropower generator; micropower supply; Motion analysis; Motion measurement; Optimization; Patient monitoring; Power generation; Sensor systems; vibration-to-electric energy conversion; Walking

Micropower generators, which have applications in distributed sensing, have previously been classified into architectures and analyzed for sinusoidal driving motions. However, under many practical operating conditions, the driving motion will not be sinusoidal. In this paper, we present a comparison...