The design and implementation of electrically heated clothing

Author

Kukkonen, Kari ; Vuorela, Timo ; Rantanen, Jaana ; Ryyndnen, O. ; Siffi, A. ; Vanhala, Jukka

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electron., Tampere univ. of Technol., Finland

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

180

Lastpage

181

Abstract

Modern fibre and textile materials and miniaturised electronic components enable implementation of smart clothes that enhance or augment the functionality of the ordinary clothing. Smart clothes together with palm top computers comprise applications that have an easy to use user interface. The paper describes the design and implementation of the electrically heated clothing prototype. The purpose of the prototype is to study the possibilities to augment the usage temperature range of the clothing by providing an additional electrical heating option. A palm top computer based user interface is also presented and compared to other alternatives. Some disadvantages and improvements are also discussed

Keywords

intelligent sensors; notebook computers; temperature control; temperature sensors; user interfaces; electrically heated clothing; fibre; miniaturised electronic components; palm top computers; smart clothes; textile materials; usage temperature range; user interface; Application software; Clothing; Computer applications; Computer interfaces; Electronic components; Prototypes; Resistance heating; Temperature distribution; Textile fibers; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wearable Computers, 2001. Proceedings. Fifth International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Zurich

ISSN

1530-0811

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1318-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISWC.2001.962136

Filename

962136