Remote knitted Electrodes for use with electrical potential sensors for automotive driver alertness

该项目的目标是通过创建汽车驾驶员心率传感器系统来增强车辆安全系统，该系统可以产生足够质量和一致性的数据，用于监测驾驶员的警觉性和健康状况。对这些数据的实时分析将使监测系统能够及早采取行动，防止驾驶员在驾驶时打瞌睡，并且在商用车运行的情况下，通过无线网络将数据传输到控制中心，以自动监测驾驶员的健康状况。基于从苏塞克斯大学获得的一项技术，Plessey半导体公司开发了一种完全专利的电位集成电路（EPIC）传感器，该传感器可以测量电生理信号，而无需直接接触皮肤，皮肤准备或导电凝胶。诺丁汉特伦特大学已经开发了许多材料技术，可以在一块针织织物中创建导电和不导电的补丁和连接。这些材料可以构成EPIC传感器远程电极的一部分，从而为增强数据采集和车辆设计提供独特的外形因素。

The objective of this project is to enhance vehicle safety systems through the creation of an automotive driver heart-rate sensor system that produces data of sufficient quality and consistency that it can be used to monitor driver alertness and well-being. Real time analysis of such data will enable the monitoring system to take early action to prevent a driver from falling asleep at the wheel and in the case of commercial vehicle operations, transmit the data over a wireless network to a control centre for automated monitoring of driver well-being.Based on a technology acquired from the University of Sussex, Plessey Semiconductors has developed a fully patented Electrical Potential Integrated Circuit (EPIC) Sensor which can measure electrophysiology signals without direct skin contact, skin preparation or conductive gels. Nottingham Trent University has developed a number of material technologies which allow the creation of conductive and non-conductive patches and connections within a piece of knitted fabric. These materials can form part of a remote electrode for the EPIC sensor, and thus provide a unique form factor for enhanced data acquisition and vehicle design. .