A piezoelectric energy-harvesting shoe system for podiatric sensing

Author

Meier, Rich ; Kelly, Nicholas ; Almog, Omri ; Chiang, Patrick

fYear

2014

fDate

26-30 Aug. 2014

Firstpage

622

Lastpage

625

Abstract

This paper provides an energy-harvesting, shoe-mounted system for medical sensing using piezoelectric transducers for generating power. The electronics are integrated inside a conventional consumer shoe, measuring the pressure of the wearer´s foot exerted on the sole at six locations. The electronics are completely powered by the harvested energy from walking or running, generating 10-20 μJ of energy per step that is then consumed by capturing and storing the force sensor data. The overall shoe system demonstrates that wearable sensor electronics can be adequately powered through piezoelectric energy-harvesting.

Keywords

biomedical electronics; energy harvesting; footwear; force sensors; piezoelectric transducers; power supplies to apparatus; energy 10 muJ to 20 muJ; force sensor data; medical sensing; piezoelectric energy harvesting shoe system; piezoelectric transducers; podiatric sensing; power generation; running; shoe mounted system; walking; wearable sensor electronics; Capacitors; Energy harvesting; Foot; Footwear; Force; Legged locomotion; Microcontrollers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EMBC.2014.6943668

Filename

6943668