Garment for measuring physiological signal

• US 20070038057A1
• Filed: 07/06/2006
• Published: 02/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, The Industry & Academic Cooperation In Chungnam National University
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, The Industry & Academic Cooperation In Chungnam National University
• Inventors: Park, Hye, Kim, Seung, Hong, Kyung, Nam, Seung
• Granted Patent: US 7,783,334 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/388
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/282 Holders for multiple electrodes for introduction into the body A61B5/287
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6805 Vests

Abstract

Provided is a smart garment for measuring a physiological signal which can improve comfort and convenience of wear and correctly measure a physiological signal. The smart garment for measuring physiological signals includes an electrode which is made of an electro-conductive fabric and detects a physiological signal, a physiological signal transmission line through which the detected physiological signal is transmitted, a physiological signal measuring unit which is connected to the transmission line, receives the physiological signal, and measures information regarding body conditions related to the physiological signal, and a pocket where the physiological signal measuring unit in inserted.

Claims

1. A smart garment for measuring physiological signals, comprising:

an electrode which is made of an electro-conductive fabric and detects a physiological signal;

a physiological signal transmission line through which the detected physiological signal is transmitted;

a physiological signal measuring unit which is connected to the transmission line, receives the physiological signal, and measures information regarding body conditions related to the physiological signal; and

a pocket where the physiological signal measuring unit is inserted.

2. The smart garment of claim 1, wherein an adhesive silicon is coated around the electrode to reduce a contact resistance between the electrode and skin of a user, so as to reduce noise generated when the electrode detects the physiological signal.

3. The smart garment of claim 1, wherein a curved tuck is formed in the garment, and the physiological signal transmission line is inserted inside the tuck, so that the transmission line is insulated, and the transmission line without elongation can easily cope with elongation and bending of a garment material.

4. The smart garment of claim 3, wherein when the garment is made of a non-elastic material, a surface of the garment is insulated by using a heat-fusion tape or adhesive used for seam sealing.

5. The smart garment of claim 1, wherein a Velcro band is included inside the pocket, and the physiological signal measuring unit is fixed to the pocket by the Velcro belt.

6. The smart garment of claim 1, wherein the physiological signal measuring unit is fixed by using an elastic fabric as a material of the pocket.

7. The smart garment of claim 1, wherein the physiological signal measuring unit comprises:

a physiological signal measurement data extracting unit which extracts data after the received physiological signal is amplified; and

a body condition value calculating unit which calculates a body condition value from the extracted data, and transmits the body condition value to the external terminal by wire or wirelessly.