Textile structure for detecting body surface electrical signals of human and signal detector using the same

• US 8,165,654 B2
• Filed: 01/29/2008
• Issued: 04/24/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Taiwan Textile Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Taiwan Textile Research Institute
• Inventors: Tang, Chien-Fa, Shen, Chien-Lung, Tsai, Kun-Chuan
• Primary Examiner(s): Dvorak, Linda
• Assistant Examiner(s): ANTISKAY, BRIAN MICHAEL
• Application Number:
  US12/022,121
• Publication Number:
  US 20080183063A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,547 Days
• Field of Search: 600/384, 600/386, 600388-393, 600/484, 600/536, 600/513
• US Class Current: 600/388
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/164 the sensor is mounted in or on a conformable substrate or carrier
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/25 Bioelectric electrodes therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6804 Garments; Clothes

Abstract

A textile structure for detecting body surface electrical signals of human is provided. The textile structure includes a non-conductive textile, a conductive textile, and a plurality of test terminals. The non-conductive textile covers the human body. The conductive textile has a first region, a second region, and a third region. The first region is interdigitated into but not electrically coupled to the third region. The first to third test terminals are respectively coupled to the first to third regions of the conductive textile. The first and second test terminals are used for detecting ECG signals. The first and third test terminals are used for detecting respiratory signals.

Claims

1. A textile structure for detecting body surface electrical signals of human, comprising:

a non-conductive textile, for covering a human body;

a first conductive textile, coupled to the non-conductive textile, and at least comprising a first region, a second region, and a third region;

a first test terminal, coupled to the first region of the first conductive textile;

a second test terminal, coupled to the second region of the first conductive textile;

a third test terminal, coupled to the third region of the first conductive textile; and

a second conductive textile, coupled to the non-conductive textile, and connected to the first region and the second region the first conductive textile;

wherein a conductivity of the first conductive textile is much higher than that of the second conductive textile, the first and the second test terminals are used for detecting an ECG signal, and the first and the third test terminals are used for detecting a respiratory signal.

2. The textile structure according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the first, the second, and the third test terminals comprises a metal male-female buckle.

3. The textile structure according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the first, the second, and the third test terminals comprises a hollow terminal.

4. The textile structure according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the first, the second, and the third test terminals comprises a conductive glue.

5. A signal detector, comprising:

a textile structure, comprising;

a non-conductive textile, for covering a human body;

a first conductive textile, coupled to the non-conductive textile, and at least comprising a first region, a second region, and a third region;

a first test terminal, coupled to the first region of the first conductive textile;

a second test terminal, coupled to the second region of the first conductive textile;

a third test terminal, coupled to the third region of the first conductive textile; and

a second conductive textile, coupled to the non-conductive textile, connected to the first region and the second region of the first conductive textile;

wherein a conductivity of the first conductive textile is much higher than that of the second conductive textile, the first, the second, and the third test terminals are used for detecting a body surface electrical signal of human;

a signal acquiring and processing unit, coupled to the first, the second, and the third test terminals, for acquiring and processing the body surface electrical signal; and

a filter circuit, coupled to the signal acquiring and processing unit, for separating an ECG signal and a respiratory signal from the body surface electrical signal processed by the signal acquiring and processing unit.

6. The signal detector according to claim 5, wherein at least one of the first, the second, and the third test terminals comprises a metal male-female buckle.

7. The signal detector according to claim 5, wherein at least one of the first, the second, and the third test terminals comprises a hollow terminal.

8. The signal detector according to claim 5, wherein at least one of the first, the second, and the third test terminals comprises a conductive glue.