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A fabric sensor-based upper limb functional movement monitoring system and method

A textile sensor and motion monitoring technology, applied in the fields of sensors, diagnostic recording/measurement, medical science, etc., can solve problems such as flexibility, concealment, comfort, inability to truly reflect the process of limb movement, and falling off, which do not meet the real-time monitoring mode , to achieve the effect of wearing comfort and concealment, low production cost, and enhanced stability

Active Publication Date: 2017-12-22
ANHUI HENGYI TEXTILE TECH CO LTD
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Due to the one-dimensionality of the sensing elements, the detection methods described in these studies can only reflect the bending motion of the limbs—this single motion
In addition, in the test methods described in these studies, the signal lead-out lines between the conductive fabric and the signal acquisition equipment are often fixed by sticking, reed, etc., and there are problems that they are easy to loosen or even fall off during repeated bending movements of the limbs.
[0005] To sum up, judging from the current methods of body motion detection, patent statements and methods proposed in research reports, there are two deficiencies: either the material rigidity of the sensing element and signal transmission line is far higher than that of conventional clothing materials, and it does not meet the requirements for The flexibility, concealment and comfort of the wearable medical real-time monitoring mode; or the monitored movement mode is single, which cannot truly reflect the process of limb movement, such as bending and rotation
In view of the deficiencies of the existing limb function movement monitoring technology in long-term wearable medical monitoring applications, this invention will use conductive textile materials as sensing elements to monitor human body movement, and solve the problem of fixing sensing elements, easy falling off of signal transmission lines, and easy Looseness and other issues

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Embodiment 1

[0049] Responses of fabric resistance to quasi-static bending of limbs at different angles.

[0050] When the arm is naturally drooping, the bending angle is 0°, and the bending angle of the upper limbs is incremented or decremented by 20°, first increasing from 0° to 120°, testing for 5 cycles, and calculating the resistance corresponding to each angle under 5 cycles average value. The angle-resistance equation is obtained by linear fitting, such as Figure 5 Shown, where the sum of squared differences (R 2 ) is equal to 0.95, which shows that the linearity of the fabric resistance response at different angles is good.

Embodiment 2

[0052] The upper limbs do cyclic bending movements at different speeds, and the Bluetooth data acquisition card continuously collects the voltage changes at both ends of the conductive fabric. The movement of upper limbs is reflected by the change of voltage. Such as Image 6 As shown, the arm bends at three different speeds, from Image 6 (a)~ Image 6 (c) The bending speed increases sequentially. from Image 6 It can be seen that as the arm bends the voltage across the fabric decreases and the arm straightens the voltage increases. At the same time, when the speed increases, the number of waveforms in the same time increases. This shows that such a test system can not only reflect the trend of upper limb bending movement, but also reflect the speed of movement through the number of waveforms per unit time.

Embodiment 3

[0054] The upper limbs do intermittent bending exercises. The upper limbs first do a few circular bending exercises, then the arms are in a natural drooping state for a period of time, and then continue to do circular bending exercises. from Figure 7 It can be seen from the figure that the voltage signal generates a waveform when the arm is bent; Figure 7 P in the middle means that when the arm is still, the voltage signal is almost in a straight line without any change. This shows that the test method can reflect the movement state of the limbs.

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Abstract

The invention provides a fabric sensor-based upper limb functional movement monitoring system, comprising: a signal generating device, including a conductive fabric with a signal transmission line, the conductive fabric is connected to a button battery; the conductive fabric is closely attached to the elbow joint of the upper limb of the human body, and the upper limb moves Stretching the conductive fabric to change the voltage signal at both ends of the conductive fabric; the signal acquisition and transmission device collects the voltage signal and sends it to the signal receiving and display device; the signal receiving and display device receives the voltage signal, And perform functional movement characterization on it, and at the same time display the functional movement state in real time, save and image the data in real time. The invention also provides a method for monitoring upper limb functional movement based on the fabric sensor. The invention has the advantages of low cost, good stability, high sensitivity and strong adaptability, and at the same time, sensitive elements can be well integrated into daily clothing, which can provide a basis for biomechanical analysis of human upper limb movement.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to an upper limb movement monitoring system and method based on polypyrrole conductive woven fabric as a sensing element, and belongs to the technical field of wearable intelligent textiles. Background technique [0002] Limb movement status testing has important applications in rehabilitation medicine, sports and other fields. For example, in some sports training, motion signals are used to identify deficiencies of athletes in training, so as to guide the later training purposefully; in the field of rehabilitation medicine, motion signals are used to detect the recovery process of patients. Currently, motion capture systems consisting of accelerometers, flexible electric goniometers, and cameras have been used to monitor human motion. Successfully developed products include a series of VICON motion analysis systems launched by the Oxford company in the 1980s, which have been widely used in many developed countries. This system ...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): A61B5/11
Inventor 胡吉永张晓峰周淑雯史俊辉杨旭东丁辛
Owner ANHUI HENGYI TEXTILE TECH CO LTD
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