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- Title
Application of Piezoelectric PLLA Braided Cord as Wearable Sensor to Realize Monitoring System for Indoor Dogs with Less Physical or Mental Stress.
- Authors
Tajitsu, Yoshiro; Takarada, Jun; Hikichi, Tokiya; Sugii, Ryoji; Takatani, Kohei; Yanagimoto, Hiroki; Nakanishi, Riku; Shiomi, Seita; Kitamoto, Daiki; Nakiri, Takuo; Takeuchi, Osamu; Deguchi, Miki; Muto, Takanori; Kuroki, Kazuaki; Amano, Wataru; Misumi, Ayaka; Takahashi, Mitsuru; Sugiyama, Kazuki; Tanabe, Akira; Kamohara, Shiro
- Abstract
We attempted to realize a prototype system that monitors the living condition of indoor dogs without physical or mental burden by using a piezoelectric poly-l-lactic acid (PLLA) braided cord as a wearable sensor. First, to achieve flexibility and durability of the piezoelectric PLLA braided cord used as a sensor for indoor dogs, the process of manufacturing the piezoelectric PLLA fiber for the piezoelectric braided cord was studied in detail and improved to achieve the required performance. Piezoelectric PLLA braided cords were fabricated from the developed PLLA fibers, and the finite element method was used to realize an e-textile that can effectively function as a monitoring sensor. As a result, we realized an e-textile that feels similar to a high-grade textile and senses the complex movements of indoor dogs without the use of a complex computer system. Finally, a prototype system was constructed and applied to an actual indoor dog to demonstrate the usefulness of the e-textile as a sensor for indoor dog monitoring.
- Subjects
PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; WEARABLE technology; PHYSIOLOGICAL stress; ONLINE monitoring systems; FINITE element method; MANUFACTURING processes; DOGS
- Publication
Micromachines, 2023, Vol 14, Issue 1, p143
- ISSN
2072-666X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/mi14010143