Wearable sensor glove based on conducting fabric using electrodermal activity and pulse-wave sensors for e-health application.
Improvement of the quality and efficiency of health in medicine, both at home and the hospital, calls for improved sensors that might be included in a common carrier such as a wearable sensor device to measure various biosignals and provide healthcare services that use e-health technology. Designed to be user-friendly, smart clothes and gloves respond well to the end users for health monitoring. This study describes a wearable sensor glove that is equipped with an electrodermal activity (EDA) sensor, pulse-wave sensor, conducting fabric, and an embedded system. The EDA sensor utilizes the relationship between drowsiness and the EDA signal. The EDA sensors were made using a conducting fabric instead of silver chloride electrodes, as a more practical and practically wearable device. The pulse-wave sensor measurement system, which is widely applied in oriental medicinal practices, is also a strong element in e-health monitoring systems. The EDA and pulse-wave signal acquisition module was constructed by connecting the sensor to the glove via a conductive fabric. The signal acquisition module is then connected to a personal computer that displays the results of the EDA and pulse-wave signal processing analysis and gives accurate feedback to the user. This system is designed for a number of applications for the e-health services, including drowsiness detection and oriental medicine.
Lee
Youngbum
Y
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. mhlee@yonsei.ac.kr
Lee
Byungwoo
B
Lee
Myoungho
M
D003020:Clothing; D055724:Electrophysiological Phenomena / Q000502:physiology*; D006804:Ergonomics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D006801:Humans; D017736:Ion-Selective Electrodes; D008839:Microelectrodes; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D009787:Occupational Medicine; D012879:Skin Physiological Phenomena; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000295:instrumentation*