Title :
An IPv6-enabled wireless shoe-mounted platform for health-monitoring
Author :
Mariotti, Chiara ; Lakafosis, V. ; Tentzeris, Manos M. ; Roselli, Luca
Author_Institution :
ECE Dept., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
An innovative wearable, partially self-powered, health monitoring and indoor localization shoe-mounted sensor module is presented. The system´s novel shoe sole serves the double role of (i) medical-grade temperature probe for human body monitoring and (ii) renewable energy scavenger, which transforms the human motion to electrical energy. Mounted on the shoe is also an NFC reader for proximity-based localization purposes. An Adidas™-logo-shaped dual-band communication antenna is fabricated that exhibits great performance despite the close proximity to the high lossy human body. The proposed platform can be extended to other sensors applications, for example by embedding into the sole normal and/or shear force sensors in order to monitor the sport performances of the athletes as well as to improve the rehabilitation techniques.
Keywords :
IP networks; biomedical telemetry; body sensor networks; broadband antennas; footwear; force sensors; patient monitoring; patient rehabilitation; probes; sport; temperature sensors; Adidas-logo-shaped dual-band communication antenna; IPv6-enabled wireless shoe-mounted sensor; athletes; health monitoring; human body monitoring; medical-grade temperature probe; rehabilitation techniques; renewable energy scavenger; shear force sensors; shoe sole; sport performances; Antennas; Biomedical monitoring; Dual band; Footwear; Monitoring; Sensors; Wireless sensor networks; NFC; RFID; WSN; dual-band antenna; health monitoring; unobtrusive electronics; wearable electronics;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks (WiSNet), 2013 IEEE Topical Conference on
Conference_Location :
Austin, TX
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-3104-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2931-6
DOI :
10.1109/WiSNet.2013.6488629
