A Method of Measuring Garment Movement for Wearable Sensing

Author

Dunne, Lucy E. ; Gioberto, Guido ; Koo, Helen

Author_Institution

Dept. of Design, Housing & Apparel, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

12-15 June 2011

Firstpage

11

Lastpage

14

Abstract

This paper presents a novel method for measuring the movement of a garment relative to the body surface. Quantifying this movement affords a measurement of the displacement of a hypothetical body sensor embedded in a garment, which can be expressed as "error" or "movement noise" in some body-sensing applications. We present the method, based on motion-capture of garments worn by an animatronic running mannequin, and the results of two preliminary evaluations measuring the movement of a skin-tight bodysuit and a pair of denim pants.

Keywords

body sensor networks; clothing; displacement measurement; animatronic running mannequin; displacement measurement; garment movement measurement; hypothetical body sensor application; motion-capturing; movement noise error; wearable sensor; Biomedical monitoring; Clothing; Measurement uncertainty; Motion measurement; Noise; Sensors; Skin; Wearable technology; body sensing; smart clothing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wearable Computers (ISWC), 2011 15th Annual International Symposium on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

1550-4816

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0774-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISWC.2011.19

Filename

5959584