TY - GEN
T1 - Carpet with presence detector
AU - Escudero, Francesc
AU - Alsina, Maria
AU - Ferràndiz, Vicenç
AU - Luengo, Sonia
AU - Badia, David
AU - Montero, Jose A.
AU - Margalef, Jordi
AU - Cambra, Vicente
AU - Gisbert, José
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - A carpet with presence detector consists of a big capacitor manufactured with usual materials inside the textile fabrication process, instead of metal sheet and dielectric plastics, ceramics, etc. It is a challenge to build a robust capacitor for an environment subject to frequent deformations. Moreover, we must add the difficulty of detecting small changes in the capacity of considerably big surfaces, to which 50/60 Hz noise is easily joined up. Besides, detector electronics must communicate with a central system by the means of a wireless link, since this electronics must be built in inside the textile and it has to maintain hermetically protected. For this reason, a charging battery system based on inductive connection has been added. This system is protected by a European patent with reference EP20060725828.
AB - A carpet with presence detector consists of a big capacitor manufactured with usual materials inside the textile fabrication process, instead of metal sheet and dielectric plastics, ceramics, etc. It is a challenge to build a robust capacitor for an environment subject to frequent deformations. Moreover, we must add the difficulty of detecting small changes in the capacity of considerably big surfaces, to which 50/60 Hz noise is easily joined up. Besides, detector electronics must communicate with a central system by the means of a wireless link, since this electronics must be built in inside the textile and it has to maintain hermetically protected. For this reason, a charging battery system based on inductive connection has been added. This system is protected by a European patent with reference EP20060725828.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77954408715&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ICIT.2010.5472529
DO - 10.1109/ICIT.2010.5472529
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77954408715
SN - 9781424456970
T3 - Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology
SP - 1303
EP - 1307
BT - Proceedings - ICIT 2010
T2 - IEEE-ICIT 2010 International Conference on Industrial Technology, ICIT 2010
Y2 - 14 March 2010 through 17 March 2010
ER -