Title :
Towards wearable capacitive sensing of physiological parameters
Author :
Cheng, Jingyuan ; Lukowicz, Paul
Author_Institution :
Embedded Syst. Lab., Univ. of Passau, Passau
fDate :
Jan. 30 2008-Feb. 1 2008
Abstract :
We describe an initial investigation of the suitability of body worn capacitive sensors for the measurement of physiological parameters. We describe the basic principle, our measurement setup, and initial signal examples obtained using a conductive textile electrode. The examples show that breathing, breathing depth, and even drinking a cup of water produce distinguishable signals.
Keywords :
capacitive sensors; health care; physiology; breathing depth; conductive textile electrode; physiology; wearable capacitive sensors; Biomedical monitoring; Capacitance; Capacitive sensors; Capacitors; Conductivity measurement; Dielectric measurements; Electrical resistance measurement; Electrodes; Textiles; Voltage; physiological sensing; textile sensors; wearable sensing;
Conference_Titel :
Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, 2008. PervasiveHealth 2008. Second International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tampere
Print_ISBN :
978-963-9799-15-8
DOI :
10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2008.4571087
