Title :
“Smart Shoe”: An autonomous inkjet-printed RFID system scavenging walking energy
Author :
Orecchini, Giulia ; Tentzeris, Manos M. ; Yang, Li ; Roselli, Luca
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Abstract :
In this research the embodiment of wearable battery-free, active, paper printed RFID tags with energy scavenging capabilities is presented. Extraction of electrical energy from human body movement is obtained by a piezoelectric energy scavenger powering up an active RFID tag.
Keywords :
motion estimation; radiofrequency identification; electrical energy extraction; human body movement; inkjet-printed RFID system; smart shoe; wearable battery-free; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Footwear; Humans; Loss measurement; Radiofrequency identification; formatting; insert; style; styling;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (APSURSI), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Spokane, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9562-7
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2011.5996558
