Using Piezoelectric Materials for Wearable Electronic Textiles

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  • ISWC '02 Proceedings of the 6th IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers
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  • 2002

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Abstract

An open issue for electronic textiles (e-textiles)used for wearable computing is the choice ofmaterials. This paper describes the desirablecharacteristics of piezoelectric materials forwearable e-textiles, including shape sensing,sound detection, and sound emission. The paperthen describes an initial prototype of a glove foruser input that employs piezoelectrics to sense themovement of the hands to illustrate the designissues involved in using piezoelectrics.