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Journal Article Characterization of Elastic Polymer-Based Smart Insole and a Simple Foot Plantar Pressure Visualization Method Using 16 Electrodes
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Authors
Wangjoo Lee, Seung-Hyeon Hong, Hyun-Woo Oh
Issue Date
2019-01
Citation
Sensors, v.19, no.1, pp.1-10
ISSN
1424-8220
Publisher
MDPI AG
Language
English
Type
Journal Article
DOI
https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s19010044
Abstract
In this paper, we propose a smart insole for inexpensive plantar pressure sensing and a simple visualizing scheme. The insole is composed of two elastomeric layers and two electrode layers where the common top electrode is submerged in the insole. The upper elastomeric layer is non-conductive poly-dimethyl-siloxane (PDMS) and supports plantar pressure buffering and the lower layer is carbon nano-tube (CNT)-dispersed PDMS for pressure sensing through piezo-resistivity. Under the lower sensing layer are 16 bottom electrodes for pressure distribution sensing without cell-to-cell interference. Since no soldering or sewing is needed the smart insole manufacturing processes is simple and cost-effective. The pressure sensitivity and time response of the material was measured and based on the 16 sensing data of the smart insole, we virtually extended the frame size for continuous and smoothed pressure distribution image with the help of a simple pseudo interpolation scheme.
KSP Keywords
Bottom electrode, Carbon nano-tube(CNT), Elastic polymer, Foot Plantar Pressure, Frame size, Interpolation scheme, Manufacturing processes, Non-conductive, Pressure distribution, Pressure sensitivity, Sensing data
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