Smart clothing for sensing heart physiological activities and lung respiratory conditions
AssigneeNational Cheng Kung University
InventorsSHUENN-YUH LEE, Yi-Wen Hung, PO-HAN SU
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Abstract
A smart clothes for sensing heart physiological activities and lung respiratory conditions is provided, the smart clothes utilizes conductive connecting elements for being externally connected to a control module, such that the control module can be expanded or upgraded according to functional requirements. Further in the smart clothes, sensing elements and signal transmission wires are made of conductive fabric. As the conductive fabric sensing elements and signal transmission wires are well attached to a clothing body of the smart clothing, the sensing elements can be better adhered to human skin, and thereby sensing accuracy is improved.
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A Smart clothing for sensing heart physiological activities, including:
- a clothing body having a contact surface and an outer surface opposite to the contact surface, wherein the contact surface is for contacting human skin;
- an electrocardiogram lead collector including at least one lead collecting structure mounted on the contact surface of the clothing body, wherein the lead collecting structure includes a pair of electrodes, and lead wires respectively connected to the electrodes, with the electrodes and lead wires being made of conductive fabric, wherein each of the lead wires is formed with a first conductive connecting element at an end thereof extended in a predetermined direction, and the first conductive connecting element has a connecting end penetrating the end of each of the lead wires and the clothing body to be placed on the outer surface of the clothing body;
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- a control module including a substrate formed with a plurality of functional units and mounted on the outer surface of the clothing body, wherein the substrate is formed with a second conductive connecting element on a side thereof for being connected to the connecting end of the first conductive connecting element, so as to allow the plurality of functional units of the substrate to process heart physiological activity signals sensed by the electrocardiogram lead collector.
A smart clothing for sensing lung respiratory conditions, including:
- a clothing body having a contact surface and an outer surface opposite to the contact surface, wherein the contact surface is for contacting human skin;
- a respiration converter formed of a multi-layer structure, for outputting capacitance change signals corresponding to human body cavity undulation during breathing, wherein the multi-layer structure includes:
- an upper conductive fabric layer, a lower conductive fabric layer, an insulation film provided between the upper conductive fabric layer and the lower conductive fabric layer, at least one upper wire connected to the upper conductive fabric layer, and at least one lower wire connected to the lower conductive fabric layer, and the multi-layer structure is mounted on the contact surface or the outer surface of the clothing body, wherein the upper wire and the lower wire are made of conductive fabric, and each of the upper and lower wires is formed with a first conductive connecting element at an end thereof extended in the predetermined direction;
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- a control module including a substrate formed with a plurality of functional units, wherein the substrate is formed with a second conductive connecting element on a side thereof for being connected to the connecting end of the first conductive connecting element, and the substrate is mounted on the contact surface or the outer surface of the clothing body, so as to allow the plurality of functional units of the substrate to process the capacitance change signals outputted by the respiration converter and sense human body respiratory conditions.
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