DocumentCode :
1429682
Title :
tuPOY: Epitomizing a New Epoch in Communications With Polymer Textiles
Author :
Karamchandani, S.H. ; Mustafa, H.D. ; Merchant, S.N. ; Desai, U.B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Indian Inst. of Technol. - Bombay, Mumbai, India
Volume :
100
Issue :
11
fYear :
2012
Firstpage :
3079
Lastpage :
3098
Abstract :
The paper presents a new paradigm from the perspective of pervasive on-body computing through an innovative polymerized textile, which exhibits sensing and radiation properties. A radical, first of its kind, sensor fabricated from unsaturated polymer resin textile, establishes a dynamic link connecting human thermodynamics to electrical ambiance. A dynamic fabrication process of esterification and η-polymerization is developed, which is articulately arrested using an innovatively formulated retardant, yielding a permanent thermally unstable partially oriented yarn (tuPOY). A prudently established nontrivial interchange phenomenon is founded, presenting an inimitable calibration mechanism of the sensors and charting a novel relationship of exuberated energy to lattice kinetics of tuPOY. This meticulously researched conducting medium of tuPOY, fabricated from aromatic polyamides, also presents an avant-garde architecture for proliferation of electrical and thermal signals concomitantly between the sensors and its transmission circuit. A power generating unit (PGU) delineates the power mining from thermal energy dissipated from the body, presenting a new dimension in operational power dynamics. A textile composite antenna is premeditated exclusively from radiating tuPOY-based patch and substrate, an archetype reporting in published literature. The judiciously designed antenna, with tuPOY coupled as its patch, and substrate operate as shields against the radiations directed towards the body leading to a self-sustained sculpt. The back-end hardware of the test setup conceptualizes an automated physician machine (APM) presenting a standalone architecture. The artificial intelligence core of APM is modeled on weighted multiclass support vector machines (wmSVMs). The capturing of signal variations, devoid of any metallic components, presents a singular facet of research and amalgamates various interdisciplinary fields, while providing a robust architecture with min- mum tradeoffs.
Keywords :
antennas; body sensor networks; conducting polymers; energy harvesting; health care; intelligent materials; medical computing; patient monitoring; polymer fibres; polymerisation; textiles; ubiquitous computing; yarn; APM; PGU; aromatic polyamides; automated physician machine; back end hardware; dynamic fabrication process; dynamic link; electrical ambiance; electrical signal proliferation; esterification; eta-polymerization; human body thermal energy; human thermodynamics; lattice kinetics; operational power dynamics; pervasive on body computing; polymer textile based communications; polymerized textile; power generating unit; power mining; radiating tuPOY based patch; radiating tuPOY based substrate; radiation properties; sensing properties; textile composite antenna; textile fabricated sensor; thermal signal proliferation; thermally unstable partially oriented yarn; transmission circuit; tuPOY conducting medium; unsaturated polymer resin textile; Antenna measurements; Computer architecture; Kinematics; Retardants; Sensors; Textiles; Ubiquitous computing; Antenna; artificial intelligence; interchange phenomenon; kinematics; pervasive communications; polymer; sensors; textile; thermodynamics; transesterification;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0018-9219
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/JPROC.2011.2178009
Filename :
6138269
Link To Document :
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