Sensor for measuring tilt angle based on electronic textile and method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9316481-B2
Application number	US-201313742012-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 15, 2013
Priority date	Jul 26, 2012
Publication date	Apr 19, 2016
Grant date	Apr 19, 2016

Abstract

Disclosed are a sensor for measuring a tilt angle based on electronic textile according to the present invention and a method thereof. A sensor for measuring a tilt angle based on electronic textile according to the present invention includes a plurality of textile electrodes disposed at predetermined uniform intervals on a textile surface; a textile conductive wire of which one end is connected to a center between the plurality of textile electrodes; and a metal bead connected to another end of the textile conductive wire to thereby be connected to the textile surface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sensor for measuring a tilt angle based on electronic textile, comprising:
a plurality of textile electrodes disposed at predetermined uniform intervals on a textile surface;
a textile conductive wire of which one end is connected to a center between the plurality of textile electrodes;
a metal bead connected to another end of the textile conductive wire to thereby be connected to the textile surface and suspended at a distance from the textile surface; and
a measurement means to calculate a tilt angle of the metal bead relative to a plane including at least one of the plurality of textile electrodes
wherein the measurement means calculates the tilt angle of the metal bead using capacitance between each of the two different textile electrodes and the metal bead, and
wherein the measurement means measures capacitance of each of the two conductive wires that constitute the textile conductive wire and thereby determines a difference in the measured capacitance between the two conductive wires as capacitance between the textile electrode and the metal bead.

2. The sensor of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of textile electrodes is disposed to be mutually point symmetric based on a point on the textile surface at which the metal bead is connected.

3. The sensor of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of textile electrodes is disposed to be at least four so that the number of the plurality of textile electrodes is a multiple of “two”.

4. The sensor of claim 1 , wherein the textile conductive wire is formed as a twisted pair cable, one conductive wire constituting the twisted pair cable is connected to the metal bead, and the other conductive wire is connected to a point on the textile surface at which the metal bead is connected.

5. The sensor of claim 4 , wherein the twisted pair cable is wound so that the other conductive wire is not overlapped with the one conductive wire based on the one conductive wire.

6. The sensor of claim 1 , wherein each of the two different textile electrodes is disposed to be mutually symmetrical among the plurality of textile electrodes.

7. The sensor of claim 6 , wherein the measurement means measures the capacitance between each of the two different textile electrodes, disposed to be mutually symmetrical among the plurality of textile electrodes, and the metal bead, and calculates a tilt angle of the metal bead with respect to the two different textile electrodes using the measured capacitance.

8. The sensor of claim 7 , wherein when tilt angles of the metal bead with respect to all of the plurality of textile electrodes are calculated, the measurement means calculates a relative tilt angle of the metal bead with respect to the textile surface using the calculated tilt angles of the metal bead.

9. A method of measuring a tilt angle based on electronic textile using a sensor comprising a plurality textile electrodes disposed on a textile surface and a metal bead connected to a center between the plurality of textile electrodes through a textile conductive wire, the method comprising:
measuring capacitance between each of the two different textile electrodes, disposed to be mutually symmetric among the plurality of textile electrodes, and the metal bead;
calculating a tilt angle of the metal bead with respect to the two different textile electrodes and using the measured capacitance; and
calculating a relative tilt angle of the metal bead with respect to the textile surface using the tilt angles of the metal bead calculated with respect to all of the pluralty of textile electrodes.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of textile electrodes is disposed to be mutually point symmetric based on a point on the textile surface at which the metal bead is connected.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of textile electrodes is disposed to be at least four so that the number of the plurality of textile electrodes is a multiple of “two”.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the textile conductive wire is formed as a twisted pair cable, one conductive wire constituting the twisted pair cable is connected to the metal bead, and the other conductive wire is connected to a point on the textile surface at which the metal bead is connected.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the twisted pair cable is wound so that the other conductive wire is not overlapped with the one conductive wire based on the one conductive wire.

Assignees

• Korea Electronics Telecomm
• Georgia Tech Res Inst

Inventors

• Lee Hyung Sun
• Shin Hyung Cheol
• Starner Thad E
• Gilliland Scott M
• Zeagler Clint

Classifications

• H10P95/00

  Generic processes or apparatus for manufacture or treatments not covered by the other groups of this subclass · CPC title

• B22F1/00

  Metallic powder; Treatment of metallic powder, e.g. to facilitate working or to improve properties · CPC title

• H01L21/00

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L2221/00

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G01B7/30 Primary

  for measuring angles or tapers; for testing the alignment of axes · CPC title