TY - GEN
T1 - Embroidered Resistive Pressure Sensors
T2 - 2020 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2020
AU - Aigner, Roland
AU - Pointner, Andreas
AU - Preindl, Thomas
AU - Parzer, Patrick
AU - Haller, Michael
PY - 2020/4/21
Y1 - 2020/4/21
N2 - We present a novel method for augmenting arbitrary fabrics with textile-based pressure sensors using an off-the-shelf embroidery machine. We apply resistive textiles and conductive yarns on top of a base fabric, to yield a flexible and versatile continuous sensing device, which is based on the widespread principle of force sensitive resistors. The patches can easily be attached to measurement and/or computing devices, e.g. for controlling accessories. In this paper, we investigate the impacts of related design and fabrication parameters, introduce five different pattern designs, and discuss their pros and cons. We present crucial insights and recommendations for design and manufacturing of embroidered pressure sensors. Our sensors show a very low activation threshold, as well as good dynamic range, signal-to-noise ratio, and part-to-part repeatability.
AB - We present a novel method for augmenting arbitrary fabrics with textile-based pressure sensors using an off-the-shelf embroidery machine. We apply resistive textiles and conductive yarns on top of a base fabric, to yield a flexible and versatile continuous sensing device, which is based on the widespread principle of force sensitive resistors. The patches can easily be attached to measurement and/or computing devices, e.g. for controlling accessories. In this paper, we investigate the impacts of related design and fabrication parameters, introduce five different pattern designs, and discuss their pros and cons. We present crucial insights and recommendations for design and manufacturing of embroidered pressure sensors. Our sensors show a very low activation threshold, as well as good dynamic range, signal-to-noise ratio, and part-to-part repeatability.
KW - embroidered force sensitive resistance
KW - embroidery
KW - smart textiles
KW - space-filling patterns
KW - textile sensor
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85090504777&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/3313831.3376305
DO - 10.1145/3313831.3376305
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85090504777
T3 - Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
BT - CHI 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
Y2 - 25 April 2020 through 30 April 2020
ER -