Title :
Wearable sensor badge and sensor jacket for context awareness
Author :
Farringdon, Jonny ; Moore, Andrew J. ; Tilbury, Nancy ; Church, James ; Biemond, Pieter D.
Author_Institution :
Philips Res. Labs., Redhill, UK
Abstract :
The addition of sensors to wearable computers allows them to adapt their functions to more suit the activities and situation of their wearers. A wearable sensor badge is described constructed from (hard) electronic components, which can sense perambulatory activities for context-awareness. A wearable sensor jacket is described that uses advanced knitting techniques to form (soft) fabric stretch sensors positioned to measure upper limb and body movement. Worn on-the-hip, or worn as clothing, these unobtrusive sensors supply abstract information about your current activity to your other wearable computers.
Keywords :
acceleration measurement; intelligent sensors; interactive devices; mobile computing; motion measurement; portable computers; sensors; advanced knitting techniques; clothing; context awareness; electronic components; on-the-hip wearing; perambulatory activity sensing; soft fabric stretch sensors; unobtrusive sensors; upper body movement measurement; upper limb movement measurement; wearable computers; wearable sensor badge; wearable sensor jacket; Biomedical monitoring; Biosensors; Context awareness; Electronic components; Gas detectors; Infrared sensors; Intelligent sensors; Temperature sensors; Wearable computers; Wearable sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Wearable Computers, 1999. Digest of Papers. The Third International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0428-0
DOI :
10.1109/ISWC.1999.806681
