Detection apparatus, seat belt, and monitoring system
AssigneePosh Wellness Laboratory, Inc.
InventorSatoru Nebuya
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Abstract
This detection device is a device for detecting the movement of a human body. The detection device has: a substrate having flexibility; an electric element provided on the substrate and having an electrical characteristic that changes with the movement of the human body; and a semiconductor element that is provided on the substrate, detects a change in the electrical characteristic of the electric element, and outputs a detection value corresponding to the detected result. The substrate is a flexible substrate or a fabric member including conductive fibers, for example.
Claims17
A detection device for detecting movement of a human body, comprising:
- a base material that has flexibility;
- a plurality of electric elements that are provided on the base material and whose electrical characteristics change according to the movement of the human body;
- and
- a plurality of semiconductor elements that are provided on the base material, the semiconductor elements being connected to the plurality of electric elements, each detects a change in the electrical characteristics of the corresponding electric element, and transmits digital data showing a detection value corresponding to detected result via the same serial signal line.
A seat belt mounted on a vehicle, comprising:
- a strip-shaped front-side belt;
- a reverse-side belt that is coupled with the front-side belt;
- and
- a detection device that is provided between the front-side belt and the reverse-side belt, wherein
- the detection device includes
- a base material that has flexibility,
- a plurality of electric elements that are provided on the base material, and whose electrical characteristics change according to movement of a human body;
- and
- a plurality of semiconductor elements that are provided on the base material, the semiconductor elements being connected to the plurality of electric elements, each detects a change in the electrical characteristics of the corresponding electric element, and transmits digital data showing a detection value corresponding to detected result via the same signal line.
A monitoring system comprising:
- a detection device that detects a state of a person wearing a seat belt mounted on a vehicle;
- and
- a monitoring device that controls the vehicle on the basis of the state of the person detected by the detection device, wherein
- the detection device includes
- a base material that has flexibility,
- a plurality of electric elements that are provided on the base material, and whose electrical characteristics change according to the movement of the human body,
- a plurality of semiconductor elements that are provided on the base material, the semiconductor elements being connected to the plurality of electric elements, each detects a change in the electrical characteristics of the corresponding electric element, and transmits digital data showing a detection value corresponding to detected result via the same serial line, and
- a transmission part that transmits signals including the detection value outputted by the semiconductor element to the monitoring device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.