Title :
Managing Smart Garments
Author :
Toney, Aaron P. ; Thomas, Bruce H. ; Marais, Wynand
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., South Australia Univ., Sydney, NSW
Abstract :
Ease of maintenance and management of smart garments (garments with integrated electronics) is crucial to their user acceptability and commercial viability. This paper presents a system that addresses user needs of easy garment charging, storage, and synchronization. The HBar smart hanger system is a novel system consisting of a set of augmented garments and coat hangers to fulfil the requirements of a smart garment management system.
Keywords :
clothing; maintenance engineering; ubiquitous computing; wearable computers; HBar smart hanger system; augmented garments; coat hangers; commercial viability; garment charging; maintenance; smart garments management; user acceptability; Batteries; Clothing; Displays; Laboratories; Personal digital assistants; Plugs; Power system management; RFID tags; Wearable computers; Wire;
Conference_Titel :
Wearable Computers, 2006 10th IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Montreux
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0597-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1550-4816
DOI :
10.1109/ISWC.2006.286349
