Smart Textiles for Continuous Perspiration Sensing

Overview of conductive thread-based perspiration sensor embedded into clothing.

We present a novel wearable sensor system that measures an individual’s sweat level. The system consists of multiple cotton-covered conductive threads that are then braided into one sensor. The braided 3D structure allows robust perspiration level estimation despite the sensor distortion or the motion of the person. This design allows the sensor to be embedded into the seams of clothing, without requiring users to wear circuit boards, smart watches, or other additional wearables.

Publications

Conductive Thread-Based Textile Sensor for Continuous Perspiration Level Monitoring

Ji Jia, Chengtian Xu, Shijia Pan, Stephen Xia, Peter Wei, Hae Noh, Pei Zhang, Xiaofan Jiang

Sensors · 05 Nov 2018 · doi:10.3390/s18113775

Moisture Based Perspiration Level Estimation

Ji Jia, Chengtian Xu, Shijia Pan, Stephen Xia, Peter Wei, Hae Young Noh, Pei Zhang, Xiaofan Jiang

Proceedings of the 2018 ACM International Joint Conference and 2018 International Symposium on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Wearable Computers · 08 Oct 2018 · doi:10.1145/3267305.3274177