A Wearable Textile 2D Touchpad Sensor Based on Screen-Printing Technology

[EN] Among many of the designs used in the detection of 2D gestures for portable technology, the touchpad is one of the most complex and with more functions to implement. Its development has undergone a great push due to its use in displays, but it is not widely used with other technologies. Its app...

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Autores: FERRI PASCUAL, JOSUÉ|||0000-0002-8084-6182, Lidon-Roger, Jose V.|||0000-0003-3839-7878, Garcia-Breijo, Eduardo|||0000-0002-9745-8485, Moreno Canton, Jorge, Martinez, G.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/148683
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/148683
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Wearable sensing
Touchpad
Textile
Screen-printing technology
TECNOLOGIA ELECTRONICA
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Sumario:[EN] Among many of the designs used in the detection of 2D gestures for portable technology, the touchpad is one of the most complex and with more functions to implement. Its development has undergone a great push due to its use in displays, but it is not widely used with other technologies. Its application on textiles could allow a wide range of applications in the field of medicine, sports, etc. Obtaining a flexible, robust touchpad with good response and low cost is one of the objectives of this work. A textile touchpad based on a diamond pattern design using screen printing technology has been developed. This technology is widely used in the textile industry and therefore does not require heavy investments. The developed prototypes were analyzed using a particular controller for projected capacitive technologies (pro-cap), which is the most used in gesture detection. Two different designs were used to obtain the best configuration, obtaining a good result in both cases.