Design and fabrication of touch-sensitive polymeric optical fibre (POF) fabric

Tan, Jeanne; Bai, Ziqian; Ge, Lan; Shao, Li; Chen, Amy

doi:10.1080/00405000.2019.1606379

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“…Woven sensors constitute the primary focus of 14 sources [4,26,34,54,77,79,84,87,90,98,107,124,125,129], and woven actuators and outputs are the main contribution described in 17 [7-9, 21, 30-32, 49, 60, 71, 78, 80, 91, 99, 109, 116, 120]. Three works focus on both inputs and outputs [20,42,108]. We found 13 sources describing other woven components (electrodes or other discrete components) and antennas and coils [2,11,27,33,39,43,62,66,68,103,128,130,131].…”

Section: Electrically Functional Weavesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The second most common form of sensing is based on measuring capacitance. Seven sources present it, with the typical implementation being to weave an electrode to create an interaction location for the textile, either to one side by using silver-nylon yarns [96,108] or on each side separately with an insulated bespoke copper-silver alloy [125]. Also, capacitive grids and lines have been used to create larger interactive areas suited to whole-body measurement [26], smaller grids [95], sliders [105], or just a sensing area in the form of a plate capacitor [129].…”

Section: Electrically Functional Weavesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Woven eTextiles in HCI — a Literature Review

Pouta

Mikkonen

2022

Designing Interactive Systems Conference

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Advances to functional materials and fexible electronics have yielded new means of integrating electrical properties into textile materials, which invite researchers in various felds to apply woven-textile construction methods in eTextile development. However, common ground for woven eTextiles' prototyping is still taking shape. This calls for greater understanding of how the knowledge now scattered across diverse research felds can beneft the textiles' development for HCI. To investigate how eTextile research has employed weaving and extract insight for HCI purposes, the authors reviewed and categorised applications of woven structures and electrical functions, then identifed specifcally HCI-relevant qualities and means of creating them via weaving. The paper outlines those woven structures useful for HCI and advocates consistent weaving-related terminology, to improve knowledge transfer across disciplines. In addition, the results point to research opportunities involving haptic qualities, the ability to weave multiple layers, functionality integration, and tools and methods. CCS CONCEPTS• General and reference → Surveys and overviews; • Hardware → Flexible and printable circuits.

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Section: Electrically Functional Weavesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Electrically Functional Weavesmentioning

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Woven eTextiles in HCI — a Literature Review

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Mikkonen

2022

Designing Interactive Systems Conference

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“…Conductive material can be used to add touch sensing capabilities. Tan et al (2019) used conductive thread together with POF in a woven fabric to create a touch sensitive illuminating fabric in a single process. As a result, the fabric retains the look and feel of a conventional woven fabric, since all the functional fibres are integrated into a single layered fabric, rather than having an additional layer of conductive material for the touch sensitivity.…”

Section: Design Opportunities For Illuminated Pof Fabricmentioning

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The design and development of an illuminated polymeric optical fibre (POF) knitted garment

Chen

Tan

Henry

et al. 2019

The Journal of The Textile Institute

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“…The jacket had a 487 cm×24 cm POF panel on the back (Figure 10). All POFs can be bundled together and connected to a customised LED coupler, in which a tri-colour LED was integrated (Tan et al, 2019). As illustrated in Figure 6 in Section 2, the electronic components could be sewn into the waistband.…”

Section: Garment Constructionmentioning

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Enhancing the wearablity and accessibility of illuminated POF garment

Bai

Tan

Chen

et al. 2019

IJCST

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop an illuminated polymeric optical fibre (POF) garment – the LUMI jacket – with accessibility and wearability improvements. This paper demonstrates how wearable technology can be seamlessly integrated into daily life. Design/methodology/approach An interdisciplinary approach involving design and technological techniques was adopted. Both garment design approaches and textile technologies were used to optimise the performance of a POF jacket. A group of tactile sensors was developed to create an easy-to-access interactive function. A POF fabric sample and garment were washed and examined to prove that a POF garment could be made part of a domestic laundry routine. Findings As a result, an illuminated POF garment – the LUMI jacket with textile-based switches – was created. Compared with current POF garments, the LUMI jacket’s wearability and accessibility were highly improved. Originality/value This project explored an unobstructive POF-illuminated garment to address the functional and wearable barriers to adoption. The interaction between wearer and garment is accessible. Electronics and textile touch sensors were seamlessly integrated into garment. Washability of POF garment was proved. This research explores how e-textiles can fit into everyday life.

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Design and fabrication of touch-sensitive polymeric optical fibre (POF) fabric

Cited by 13 publications

References 11 publications

Woven eTextiles in HCI — a Literature Review

Woven eTextiles in HCI — a Literature Review

The design and development of an illuminated polymeric optical fibre (POF) knitted garment

Enhancing the wearablity and accessibility of illuminated POF garment

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