A glove having a palm section, a dorsal section and an electrical device including at least one first component, one second component and a signal line. The first component is provided on the dorsal section and the second component is provided on a section of the glove that is different to the dorsal section. The signal line connects the components to each other electrically and includes a flexible printed circuit board with at least one conductor. The third component is provided on the palm section, on the dorsal section or on a lateral section of the glove, and the second component is provided at the location of the glove that rests on the index finger or the metacarpophalangeal joint of the index finger of a user's hand in the worn condition of the glove. The conductor is designed redundantly. A system including a glove and a functional unit.

Implementations are directed to a pressure-sensing device including a pressure-sensitive sheet, one or more pressure-sensitive input regions disposed along the pressure-sensitive sheet including a first conductive thread including a first length in contact with the pressure-sensitive sheet, and a second conductive thread including a second length in contact with the pressure-sensitive sheet. At least a first portion of the first length of the first conductive thread passes through the pressure-sensitive sheet through a first hole in the pressure-sensitive sheet at a first location and a second portion of the second length of the second conductive thread passes through the pressure-sensitive sheet through a second hole in the pressure-sensitive sheet at a second location.

This disclosure relates generally to a sensor based wearable fabric design for identifying distortion in movements and quantifying range of motion. Accurate quantification of multi-axial range of motion involved in complex movements of human body parts is challenging. The disclosure discloses a system and method providing a wearable fabric comprising a plurality of honey-comb structure with a plurality of adjacently placed hexagon structures. An optical sensor unit is placed on each side of each hexagon structure comprised in the plurality of honey-comb structures. A deformation of the plurality of sides of hexagon structure is determined to generate signatures of movement patterns of one or more body parts of a subject. Further, a comparison of generated signatures with stored signatures of the movement patterns is performed to determine an error indicative of a distortion in the movement patterns. The system and method accurately quantify range of motion with increased measurement accuracy.

Disclosed herein are information capture systems and related methods. An information capture system includes a sensor secured to an object configured to be involved with a possible event. The sensor is configured to detect one or more stimuli that are associated with the possible event, and transmit a sensor signal indicating data corresponding to the one or more stimuli. The information capture system also includes a recording device configured to record information responsive to a triggering event determined from the sensor signal. A method includes analyzing sensor data from the sensor, determining, from the sensor data, that a triggering event occurred, and recording post-trigger information following the determination of the triggering event.

Method when a user performs a work task, wherein the user wears and uses a wearable, actively controlled piece of force-assisting equipment (110) used to assist the user in the performing of the said work task, which force-assisting equipment (110) comprises a force-exerting means (112,113) for assisting the user in applying a particular force and/or for performing movements of a particular type, and a sensor means (115) for sensing a force applied by the user, wherein an assisting force exerted by said force-exerting means (112,113) is feedback-controlled based on an instantaneous measurement value from the sensor means (115). The invention is characterised in that the method comprises the steps of during the performance of said work task, measuring said measurement value using the sensor means (115) for use in said feedback control; and using the measurement value to automatically calculate an actual ergonomic risk or load value for the performed work task using the said force-assisting equipment (110). The invention also relates to a system and a computer software product.

A device for verifying the connection of components by a gripper, wherein connecting two or more components produces a connection sound. The device comprises a plurality of audio sensors, a fastener for securing the plurality of audio sensors at different positions on the gripper, and a controller. The controller comprises an input for receiving the audio signals from the plurality of audio sensors, a neural network for isolating the connection sound from the audio signals received from the plurality of audio sensors using independent component analysis based on training audio data obtained from audio signals received during a plurality of training connections made in a controlled environment; and an output for indicating a desired connection status based on the isolated connection sound.

A pressure sensing glove for measuring a force includes a sensor having a pair of contact layers and a pair of diffusion layers disposed between the pair of contact layers. The pair of contact layers distributes a force received along outer surfaces of the sensor across the pair of diffusion layers. The sensor further includes a sensing layer disposed between the pair of diffusion layers. The pair of diffusion layers normalizes the force received from the pair of contact layers across the sensing layer. The sensing layer receives the force at a plurality of locations across a surface area of the sensing layer to determine a resultant pressure applied to the sensor.

A voltage sensing glove assembly includes a glove that is wearable on a user's hand. The glove is comprised of an electrically insulating material to facilitate the user to grasp exposed electrical wires without risk of electrical shock. A plurality of voltage sensors is each coupled to the glove and each of the voltage sensors is in electrical communication with the exposed electrical wires when the user grasps the exposed electrical wires. Respective ones of the voltage sensors are turned on when the voltage sensors senses electrical voltage in any of the exposed electrical wires. An alert unit is coupled to the glove and the alert unit is in electrical communication with each of the voltage sensors. The alert unit emits an alert when any of the voltage sensors is turned on to alert the user that electrical voltage has been sensed in the exposed electrical wires.

A garment and/or garment system with health-monitoring (e.g., cardiovascular monitoring) capability, substantially as shown in and/or described in connection with at least one of the figures, as set forth more completely in the claims.

A deformation sensing apparatus comprises a transmitter coupled to a propagation channel, and a receiver coupled to the same first end of the propagation channel. The propagation channel of the deformation is a transmission line, where a signal is transmitted by the transmitter and reflected signals are measured by the receiver responsive to the transmitted signals. A bend in the propagation channel results in a change in impedance of the transmission line at a location of the bend, resulting in a reflection of the signal from the location of the bend. The time delay of the reflected signals corresponds to the distance along the length of the channel where a bending of the propagation channel occurs. The amplitude of the reflected signal corresponds to a bend angle.