Use of skin sympathetic nerve activity for the automatic control of an air-conditioning system

Author

Mabuchi, Kunihiko ; Genno, Hirokazu ; Kunimoto, Masanari ; Kanbara, Osamu ; Suzuki, Takafumi ; Chinzei, Tsuneo

Author_Institution

Res. Center for Adv. Sci. & Technol., Tokyo Univ., Japan

Volume

2

fYear

1996

fDate

31 Oct-3 Nov 1996

Firstpage

510

Abstract

As the first stage of a long-term project aimed at developing an automatic control system for external devices which utilizes signals from the nervous system, the current study utilized changes in the skin sympathetic nervous activity (SSNA) measured microneurographically in order to accomplish the switching control of an external device between the cooling and heating modes. The number of SSNA (vasomotor) bursts decreased in proportion to the increase in the thermal sensation of the subject, demonstrating the possibility of operating an air-conditioner by using feedback from the number of SSNA bursts

Keywords

air conditioning; biocontrol; biothermics; building management systems; feedback; man-machine systems; neurophysiology; skin; air-conditioning system; automatic control; cooling and heating modes; external device; feedback; man-machine interface; skin sympathetic nerve activity; subject thermal sensation; switching control; vasomotor bursts; Automatic control; Blood vessels; Control systems; Cooling; Fluid flow measurement; Humidity; Nervous system; Skin; Temperature control; Temperature measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1996. Bridging Disciplines for Biomedicine. Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3811-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1996.651840

Filename

651840