[19p-B6-1~18] 12.3 Functional Materials and Novel Devices

1:45 PM - 2:00 PM JST(4:45 AM - 5:00 AM UTC)English Presentation

[19p-B6-4] Smart socks with all textile-based pressure sensors

〇Jingyi Jiang¹, Wakako Yukita¹, Kento Yamagishi¹, Tomoyuki Yokota¹, Takao Someya¹ (1.The Univ. of Tokyo)

Keywords:

textile sensor,smart socks

Gait is an important biosignal that enables the early diagnosis of gait-related symptoms, thus it is essential to monitor it. Among various platforms for long-term monitoring, socks are highly promising, as they provide portable measurements both indoors and outdoors. However, current methods for producing gait-monitoring socks have several drawbacks, such as the needing additional process (e.g., sewing), difficulties in data process, and the underutilization of the advantage of textiles. In this study, we developed a structure-based all-textile pressure sensors that can be incorporated into gait-monitoring socks via only one fabrication step, while preserving the advantage of textiles. The sensor also shows good repeatability (1000 times presses), and mechanical durability (1000 times stretches).