Remote knitted Electrodes for use with electrical potential sensors for automotive driver alertness
Lead Participant:
PLESSEY SEMICONDUCTORS LIMITED
Abstract
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. .
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. .
Lead Participant | Project Cost | Grant Offer |
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PLESSEY SEMICONDUCTORS LIMITED | £111,091 | £ 83,318 |
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Participant |
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NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY | £28,629 | £ 28,629 |
People |
ORCID iD |
Keith Strickland (Project Manager) |