Improving human thermal comfort with smart clothing

Author

Rantanen, Jaana ; Vuorela, Timo ; Kukkonen, Kari ; RyynÄnen, Outi ; Siili, Arto ; Vanhala, Jukka

Author_Institution

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

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

795

Abstract

Modem fiber techniques have enabled the implementation of truly usable smart clothes, which can aid a user to manage in specific situations by improving the functionality of the clothing.,An additional electrical heating option in the clothing widens the operating temperature range of the garment and improves the protection against cold. This paper describes the implementation of the electrical heating prototypes 1 and 2. The implementation includes also a sensor shirt for physiological signal measurements. Usability tests are made with the electrical heating prototype 1 and the results from these tests are also discussed

Keywords

biothermics; electric heating; intelligent sensors; temperature control; temperature sensors; cold protection; electrical heating option; fiber techniques; human thermal comfort; operating temperature range; physiological signal measurements; sensor shirt; smart clothing; usability tests; Clothing; Humans; Modems; Protection; Prototypes; Resistance heating; Temperature distribution; Temperature sensors; Testing; Usability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 2001 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Tucson, AZ

ISSN

1062-922X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7087-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.2001.973012

Filename

973012