Paper Info
Title
A Self-Powered Insole for Human Motion Recognition.
Abstract
Biomechanical energy harvesting is a feasible solution for powering wearable sensors by directly driving electronics or acting as wearable self-powered sensors. A wearable insole that not only can harvest energy from foot pressure during walking but also can serve as a self-powered human motion recognition sensor is reported. The insole is designed as a sandwich structure consisting of two wavy silica gel film separated by a flexible piezoelectric foil stave, which has higher performance compared with conventional piezoelectric harvesters with cantilever structure. The energy harvesting insole is capable of driving some common electronics by scavenging energy from human walking. Moreover, it can be used to recognize human motion as the waveforms it generates change when people are in different locomotion modes. It is demonstrated that different types of human motion such as walking and running are clearly classified by the insole without any external power source. This work not only expands the applications of piezoelectric energy harvesters for wearable power supplies and self-powered sensors, but also provides possible approaches for wearable self-powered human motion monitoring that is of great importance in many fields such as rehabilitation and sports science.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.3390/s16091502
SENSORS
Keywords
Field
DocType
wearable sensors,motion recognition,self-powered insole,energy harvester
Electric Power Supplies,Wearable computer,Cantilever,Waveform,Energy harvesting,Electronic engineering,Human motion,Electronics,Engineering,Electrical engineering,Piezoelectricity
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
16
9.0
1424-8220
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.36
4
Authors
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yingzhou Han110.36
Yalu Cao210.36
Jingjing Zhao3111.00
Yajiang Yin410.36
Liangchen Ye510.36
Xiaofeng Wang634.45
Zheng You740832.65