IP Library Granted Patent US 9,316,481
Granted Patent B2
US 9,316,481 · App. 13/742,012 · Granted Apr 19, 2016

Sensor for measuring tilt angle based on electronic textile and method thereof

Inventors: Hyung Sun Lee (Daejeon, KR); Hyung Cheol Shin (Daejeon, KR); Thad E. Starner (Atlanta, GA); Scott M. Gilliland (Atlanta, GA); Clint Zeagler (Atlanta, GA)
Assignees: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE; GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION
G01B7/30B22F1/00H01L21/00H01L2221/00
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Patent No.
US 9,316,481
App. No.
13/742,012
Granted
Apr 19, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a sensor for measuring a tilt angle based on electronic textile according to the present invention and a method thereof. A sensor for measuring a tilt angle based on electronic textile according to the present invention includes a plurality of textile electrodes disposed at predetermined uniform intervals on a textile surface; a textile conductive wire of which one end is connected to a center between the plurality of textile electrodes; and a metal bead connected to another end of the textile conductive wire to thereby be connected to the textile surface.

Claims (22)

1. A sensor for measuring a tilt angle based on electronic textile, comprising:

a plurality of textile electrodes disposed at predetermined uniform intervals on a textile surface;

a textile conductive wire of which one end is connected to a center between the plurality of textile electrodes;

a metal bead connected to another end of the textile conductive wire to thereby be connected to the textile surface and suspended at a distance from the textile surface; and

a measurement means to calculate a tilt angle of the metal bead relative to a plane including at least one of the plurality of textile electrodes

wherein the measurement means calculates the tilt angle of the metal bead using capacitance between each of the two different textile electrodes and the metal bead, and

wherein the measurement means measures capacitance of each of the two conductive wires that constitute the textile conductive wire and thereby determines a difference in the measured capacitance between the two conductive wires as capacitance between the textile electrode and the metal bead.

2. The sensor of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of textile electrodes is disposed to be mutually point symmetric based on a point on the textile surface at which the metal bead is connected.

3. The sensor of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of textile electrodes is disposed to be at least four so that the number of the plurality of textile electrodes is a multiple of “two”.

4. The sensor of claim 1 , wherein the textile conductive wire is formed as a twisted pair cable, one conductive wire constituting the twisted pair cable is connected to the metal bead, and the other conductive wire is connected to a point on the textile surface at which the metal bead is connected.

5. The sensor of claim 4 , wherein the twisted pair cable is wound so that the other conductive wire is not overlapped with the one conductive wire based on the one conductive wire.

6. The sensor of claim 1 , wherein each of the two different textile electrodes is disposed to be mutually symmetrical among the plurality of textile electrodes.

7. The sensor of claim 6 , wherein the measurement means measures the capacitance between each of the two different textile electrodes, disposed to be mutually symmetrical among the plurality of textile electrodes, and the metal bead, and calculates a tilt angle of the metal bead with respect to the two different textile electrodes using the measured capacitance.

8. The sensor of claim 7 , wherein when tilt angles of the metal bead with respect to all of the plurality of textile electrodes are calculated, the measurement means calculates a relative tilt angle of the metal bead with respect to the textile surface using the calculated tilt angles of the metal bead.

9. A method of measuring a tilt angle based on electronic textile using a sensor comprising a plurality textile electrodes disposed on a textile surface and a metal bead connected to a center between the plurality of textile electrodes through a textile conductive wire, the method comprising:

measuring capacitance between each of the two different textile electrodes, disposed to be mutually symmetric among the plurality of textile electrodes, and the metal bead;

calculating a tilt angle of the metal bead with respect to the two different textile electrodes and using the measured capacitance; and

calculating a relative tilt angle of the metal bead with respect to the textile surface using the tilt angles of the metal bead calculated with respect to all of the pluralty of textile electrodes.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of textile electrodes is disposed to be mutually point symmetric based on a point on the textile surface at which the metal bead is connected.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of textile electrodes is disposed to be at least four so that the number of the plurality of textile electrodes is a multiple of “two”.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the textile conductive wire is formed as a twisted pair cable, one conductive wire constituting the twisted pair cable is connected to the metal bead, and the other conductive wire is connected to a point on the textile surface at which the metal bead is connected.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the twisted pair cable is wound so that the other conductive wire is not overlapped with the one conductive wire based on the one conductive wire.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 20, 2016
From: GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION
To: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 039195/0707 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2013
From: LEE, HYUNG SUN; SHIN, HYUNG CHEOL; STARNER, THAD E.; GILLILAND, SCOTT M.; ZEAGLER, CLINT
To: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE; GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029633/0042 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2012-0081653 · Jul 26, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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