| Type of Document |
Master's Thesis |
| Author |
Lewis, Robert Alan
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| Author's Email Address |
ralewis@vt.edu |
| URN |
etd-05102011-095322 |
| Title |
Analysis of a self-contained motion capture garment for e-textiles |
| Degree |
Master of Science |
| Department |
Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Advisory Committee |
| Advisor Name |
Title |
| Martin, Thomas L. |
Committee Chair |
| Jones, Mark T. |
Committee Co-Chair |
| Athanas, Peter M. |
Committee Member |
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| Keywords |
- Optical Motion Capture
- Inertial Measurement Units
- E-textiles
- Wearable Computing
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| Date of Defense |
2011-05-04 |
| Availability |
unrestricted |
Abstract
Wearable computers and e-textiles are becoming increasingly widespread in today’s society. Motion capture is one of the many potential applications for on-body electronic systems. Previous work has been performed at Virginia Tech’s E-textiles Laboratory to design a framework for a self-contained loose fit motion capture system. This system gathers information from sensors distributed throughout the body on a “smart” garment. This thesis presents the hardware and software components of the framework, along with improvements made to it. This thesis also presents an analysis of both the on-body and off-body network communication to determine how many sensors can be supported on the garment at a given time. Finally, this thesis presents a method for determining the accuracy of the smart garment and shows how it compares against a commercially available motion capture system.
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