KR100857275B1 - Smart garment having a function of measuring biological signal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a smart garment having a bio-signal measurement function that is in close contact with the body to easily measure the user's bio-signals.

Smart clothing having a bio-signal measuring function according to the present invention is configured to include a garment made of a material that is in close contact with the body, and a bio-signal measuring module for detecting a bio-signal generated from the user's body while being coupled to the inside of the garment, The biosignal measuring module includes a sensor made of a conductive fiber, a PCB block having an electronic circuit block for driving the sensor on the PCB board and storing the biosignal provided from the sensor, and combining the PCB board with the sensor. Consists of a connecting member made of a conductive fiber having a predetermined length for, characterized in that the inner side of the garment is provided with a receiving means for accommodating the PCB substrate.

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Description

Smart garment having a function of measuring biological signal

1 is a view for explaining the configuration of smart clothing having a biological signal measuring function according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a view showing in more detail the configuration of the receiving means 110 shown in FIG.

3 is a diagram schematically showing the configuration of the biosignal measuring module 200 shown in FIG.

4 is a diagram illustrating a biosignal measurement test result of the biosignal measuring module 200 illustrated in FIG. 3.

FIG. 5 is a view illustrating the components of the biosignal measuring module 200 shown in FIG. 3 separately.

6 is a view for explaining the coupling process of the biological signal measuring module 200 and the receiving means 110 shown in FIG.

7 and 8 are block diagrams showing functionally separated internal configurations of the electronic circuit block 212 shown in FIG.

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100: clothing, 110: storage means,

111: main body portion, 112: cover portion,

113,114: receiving groove, 115,116: snap button,

200: bio signal measuring module, 210: PCB block,

211: through groove, 212: electronic circuit block,

220: sensor, 230: connecting member,

231,232: conductive fiber, 231a, 232a, 232b: through groove.

The present invention relates to a smart garment having a bio-signal measurement function that is in close contact with the body to easily measure the user's bio-signals.

With the development of medicine, the elderly population has increased greatly, and the current society is also entering an aging society.

In particular, senile diseases including stroke, hypertension, diabetes, and heart disease, which are mainly caused by the elderly, the silver generation, can cause complications during the onset of the disease, which is very difficult to treat. First of all.

 However, there is an inconvenience in that the user must visit the hospital in order to receive a medical examination.

In order to solve the above problems, a remote medical treatment method using a video conversation method through the Internet has been proposed. However, it is somewhat difficult for a medical staff to acquire data necessary for diagnosing a user through only video conversation. In particular, there are a variety of heart diseases, such as myocardial infarction, coronary artery disease, arrhythmia, and if left untreated, it is known that the main cause of sudden death and sudden death. In order to diagnose such heart disease, electrocardiogram measurement is essential. Thus, the user has a problem that must be provided with a specific expensive equipment to perform a communication function while being provided with a stethoscope or electrocardiogram for ECG measurement. In addition, in the case of the above-described heart disease because it is not known when the condition will worsen it is necessary to measure from time to time. However, it is inconvenient for the user to spend time for the health check from time to time in case of normal life.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a smart garment having a biosignal measurement function that enables the user to easily measure the biometric information of the user anytime and anywhere by a simple method of wearing clothing. It has a technical purpose.

Smart clothing having a bio-signal measuring function according to the present invention for achieving the above object is a garment of a material that is in close contact with the body of the user, and a biological signal that is disposed inside the clothing to measure the bio-signal generated from the user's body The biosignal measuring module includes a sensor composed of a conductive fiber and an electronic circuit module for driving the sensor on a PCB substrate and measuring a biosignal provided from the sensor. And, consisting of a conductive fiber having a predetermined length, one end is coupled to the PCB substrate and the other end is configured to include a connection member coupled to the sensor, the connection member is coupled to the PCB substrate and the other end through the groove The first conductive fiber is formed, and one end is coupled to the sensor and the other end is fitted into the through groove of the first conductive fiber. Claim 2 is composed of conductive fibers, it characterized in that the inside of the garment is constituted by having a storage means for storing the block PCB.

In addition, the accommodating means comprises a main body portion in which an accommodating groove for accommodating the PCB block is formed, and a cover portion for covering the main body portion, and the main body portion and the cover portion are fastened in a shape corresponding to each other for separation / coupling. Means is provided is provided.

In addition, the fastening means is a conductive metal material, characterized in that the iron-shaped first snap button formed in the main body portion, and the yaw shape second snap button formed in the cover portion. .

In addition, a plurality of grooves are formed at a predetermined length on one side of the PCB block, one end of the first conductive fiber of the connection member is stitched through the groove of the PCB block, and the second conductive fiber of the connection member is a sensor. The second and third through holes are formed to be fitted to the first snap button formed in the main body part while the second and third through grooves are formed at the other end thereof and are fitted into the through holes of the first conductive fiber. It is characterized by.

In addition, the three sides of the PCB block is configured to be coupled to each of the connection member of the predetermined length coupled to the sensor, the sensor is characterized in that the sensor is configured to be disposed on both the chest and the back of the user when wearing the clothing.

The electronic circuit block may further include a battery, a biometric information storage unit for storing a biosignal provided from the sensor, and a power supply of the battery to the sensor and the biosignal provided from the sensor. And a control unit for controlling to store the storage unit.

The electronic circuit block may further include a battery, a biometric information storage unit for storing a biosignal provided from the sensor, a communication interface for communicating with an external device, and a power supply of the battery to the sensor. And a controller for storing the biosignal provided from the biometric information storage unit and controlling the biosignal information stored in the biometric information storage unit to be provided to an external device through a communication interface.

In addition, the electronic circuit block controls to provide a battery, a communication interface for communicating with an external device, and a power supply of the battery to the sensor, and to provide a biological signal provided from the sensor to an external device through a communication interface. Characterized in that it comprises a control unit.

That is, according to the above, it is possible to easily measure the user's biological signal from time to time without a separate time by a simple method for the user to wear smart clothing. In addition, according to the present invention by configuring the biological signal measuring module in a detachable state inside the clothing, it is possible to solve the laundry problem of the clothing. In addition, by configuring the signal line constituting the bio-signal measuring module with a conductive fiber, it is possible to minimize the inconvenience that the user feels when wearing clothing.

Next, an embodiment according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

First, Figure 1 is a view for schematically illustrating the configuration of smart clothing having a bio-signal measuring function according to the present invention, the back and front of the smart clothing is shown.

As shown in Figure 1 smart clothing having a bio-signal measuring function according to the present invention is a garment 100 of material and structure that is in close contact with the user's body, and coupled to the inside of the garment 100 is detachable It consists of a bio-signal measuring module 200 for measuring the bio-signal generated in the body of.

Here, the garment 100 is made of a spandex material or a variety of fiber materials mixed with spandex. And, the upper side of the inner side of the back of the garment 100, in more detail around the back neck position the receiving means for accommodating the bio-signal measurement module 200, more specifically the PCB block 210 to be described later ( 110 is formed.

As shown in FIG. 2, the accommodating means 110 includes a main body 111 and a cover 112 for covering the main body 111. Both the main body 111 and the cover 112 have outer sides 111a and 112a made of the same material as that of the garment 100, for example, spandex, and the inner sides 111b and 112b have a predetermined height, for example, approximately It is composed of polyurethane material of 1 cm or less, preferably 0.5 cm in height. In addition, the biosignal measurement module 200 and the PCB block 210, which will be described in detail later, are accommodated on the inner side, that is, the opposing surface of the main body 111 and the cover 112, respectively. Predetermined receiving grooves 113 and 114 are formed. This is for impact protection and stable storage of the PCB block 210. In addition, the main body portion 111 and the cover portion 112 is provided with a fastening means of the mutually corresponding form for selectively separating / coupling is provided on the opposite surface. In this case, the fastening means may be composed of a conductive metal snap button, the body portion 111 is provided with a first snap button 115 of iron (凸) shape and the cover 112 is yaw ( Iii) a second snap button 116 is provided.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 3, the biosignal measurement module 200 includes a PCB block 210 formed of a rectangular PCB substrate, a sensor 220 that is in close contact with a user's body, and detects a biosignal. The connection member 230 has a predetermined length for electrically coupling the PCB block 210 and the sensor 220. In this case, the sensor 220 may be made of a conductive fiber. Figure 4 shows the results of the bio-signal measurement experiments using the sensor 220 made of a conductive fiber of the present applicant. That is, as illustrated in FIG. 4, an ECG, respiration, activity, and body temperature may be measured using a sensor 220 made of conductive fiber. In this case, three sensors 220 are required at different positions for ECG measurement, and the sensors 220 may be coupled to three surfaces of the PCB block 210 through the connection member 230. In this case, each sensor 220 is configured to be disposed on both the chest and the back of the user when the user wears the garment 100 (see Fig. 1).

5 illustrates the configuration of the biosignal measurement module 200 shown in FIG. 3 in more detail. First, the PCB block 210 is composed of a PCB substrate, a plurality of through grooves 211 is formed to have a predetermined length along the outer periphery of the three sides of the PCB substrate as shown, and the sensor in the center An electronic circuit block 212 for processing the measurement signal provided from 220 is formed.

The connecting member 230 is made of a conductive fiber material for the fit of the garment (100). Here, the connecting member 230 of the conductive fiber material, as described in the patent application No. 10-2005-00544511 filed by the applicant of June 23, 2005 (name of the invention: fabric signal line structure for smart clothing), The first line for signal transmission and the second line for grounding, which are made of conductive fibers, may be spaced apart from the inside of the general fabric.

In addition, the connection member 230 may include a first conductive fiber 231 having a predetermined length of a first through hole 231 a, and a first through hole 231 a of the first conductive fiber 231. While having a corresponding width The second conductive fiber 232 is formed with the second and third through holes 232a and 232b having a predetermined distance. In this case, the second and third through holes 232a and 232b are set to a size that can be fitted to the first snap button 115 formed in the accommodating means 110. At this time, the sensor 220 of the conductive fiber material is stitched (S) to the other end formed with the second and third through grooves (232a, 232b) of the second conductive fiber (232).

FIG. 6 shows a coupling state between the devices shown in FIG. First, in the state in which the sensor 220 is sewn (S) coupled to one side of the second conductive fiber 232, the PCB block 210 in the receiving groove 113 formed in the main body 110 of the garment 100. I receive it. Then, the first conductive fiber 231 is disposed on the upper side of the through groove 211 formed in the PCB block 210 to penetrate through the through groove 211 and the first conductive fiber 231 (S). . That is, one end of the PCB block 210 is coupled to the first conductive fiber 231 and stitched (S). Subsequently, the third through hole 232b formed in the second conductive fiber 232 is inserted into the first snap button 115 of the main body 110. Thereafter, the second conductive fiber 232 penetrates through the first through hole 231 a formed in the first conductive fiber 231, and then inserts the second through hole 232 a into the first snap button of the main body 110. 115). That is, the third through hole 232b of the second conductive fiber 232 and the second through hole 232a of the second conductive fiber 232 are sequentially formed in the first snap button 115 of the main body 110. Are fitted. In the above state, the cover part 112 of the storage unit 110 covers the main body 111 and the first snap button 115 formed on the main body 111 and the second snap button formed on the cover 112 ( 116). Therefore, the first conductive fiber 231 and the second conductive fiber 232 are coupled to each other by the conductive first snap button 115, so that the sensor 220 and the PCB block 210 are electrically connected. To be combined.

Meanwhile, FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing functional separation of the internal configuration of the electronic circuit block 300 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, the electronic circuit block 300 includes a sensor connection part 310 for interfacing with the sensor 220 coupled through the connection member 230, and a key for inputting predetermined information, for example, power on / off. Input unit 320, information output, for example, display unit 330 for displaying whether the operation, the biological information storage unit 340 for storing the bio-signal provided from the sensor 220, the control unit 350 for performing overall operation control And a battery-type power supply unit 360.

Here, the key input unit 320 may include a power key, various function keys, for example, a function key for setting a biosignal measurement period, and a function key for clearing the biometric information storage unit 330. .

In addition, the display unit 330 may include a light emitting diode.

In addition, the biometric information stored in the biometric information storage unit 340 includes a biosignal provided from the sensor 220 and a measurement time. In this case, the biometric information storage unit 340 may be configured in the form of a removable memory card.

In addition, the control unit 350 supplies or cuts off the supply power provided from the power supply unit 360 to the sensor 220 through the sensor connection unit 310 based on the input of the power key provided from the key input unit 320. In addition, it is configured to generate a predetermined biosignal including a current time in the biosignal applied from the sensor connection unit 310 and store the predetermined biosignal in the biometric information storage unit 340.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 8, the electronic circuit block 300 may further include a communication interface 370 for communicating with an external device. In this case, the electronic circuit block 300 does not include a biometric information storage unit (340 of FIG. 7) for storing biometric information or does not include a biometric information storage unit (340 of FIG. 7) as shown in FIG. It may be configured to not be configured to transmit the bio-signal provided from the sensor 220 directly to the external device through the communication interface 370. In addition, the communication interface 370 may be configured to perform wired communication with an external device or wireless communication. This is to provide the user's biometric information to an external device so that the biometric information can be utilized more efficiently.

That is, according to the above embodiment, the biosignal measurement module for detaching the biosignal measurement module for measuring the biosignal of the user is detachably attached to the inside of the garment made of a material closely attached to the body of the user, thereby making the biosignal measurement of the user easy. To solve the problem of washing.

In addition, by configuring a signal line for coupling each device that is in close contact with the user's body made of conductive fibers, it is possible to minimize the inconvenience that the user feels when wearing clothing.

In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention.

For example, the PCB block may be further coupled to a body temperature sensor for measuring the body temperature of the user. At this time, the body temperature sensor may be disposed in the garment to be located in the armpit of the user.

In addition, the PCB block may be further provided with a sensor for measuring the user's breath, and an acceleration sensor. This is to more accurately grasp the ECG state according to the user's environment.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily measure the user's biological signal from time to time without a separate time by a simple method for the user to wear smart clothing. In addition, according to the present invention by configuring the biological signal measuring module in a detachable state inside the clothing, it is possible to solve the laundry problem of the clothing. In addition, by configuring the signal line constituting the bio-signal measuring module with a conductive fiber, it is possible to minimize the inconvenience that the user feels when wearing clothing.

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And a biosignal measuring module arranged inside the garment and measuring a biosignal generated from the body of the user, the garment being made of a material closely adhered to the body of the user, The biosignal measuring module includes a PCB block including a sensor made of a conductive fiber, an electronic circuit module for driving the sensor on a PCB substrate and measuring a biosignal provided from the sensor, and a conductive fiber having a predetermined length. While being configured as one end is coupled to the PCB substrate and the other end is configured to include a connection member coupled to the sensor, The connecting member includes a first conductive fiber having one end coupled to a PCB substrate and having a through groove formed at the other end thereof, and a second conductive fiber having one end coupled to the sensor while the other end is fitted into the through groove of the first conductive fiber. Become, Smart clothing having a bio-signal measuring function, characterized in that the inner side of the garment is provided with a receiving means for receiving the PCB block. The method of claim 1, The accommodating means comprises a main body portion in which an accommodating groove for accommodating the PCB block is formed, and a cover portion for covering the main body portion, and the fastening means having a shape corresponding to each other for separation / coupling is formed in the main body portion and the cover portion. Smart clothing having a bio-signal measuring function characterized in that it is provided. The method of claim 2, The fastening means is a conductive metal material, the first snap button of the iron shape formed on the body portion, and the second snap button of the yaw shape formed on the cover portion, characterized in that Smart clothing with measurement function. The method of claim 3, One side of the PCB block is formed with a plurality of grooves with a predetermined length, One end of the first conductive fiber of the connection member is stitched through the groove of the PCB block, The second conductive fiber of the connecting member has a second and third through holes of the main body portion in a state in which the circular second and third through grooves are formed at the other end to which the sensor is coupled and fitted into the through grooves of the first conductive fiber. Smart clothing having a bio-signal measuring function, characterized in that configured to be fitted to the first snap button formed in the. The method of claim 4, wherein The three surfaces of the PCB block is composed of a coupling member of a predetermined length coupled to each sensor, The sensor is smart clothing having a bio-signal measuring function, characterized in that configured to be disposed on both the chest and the back portion of the user when wearing the clothing. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, The electronic circuit block may include a battery, a biometric information storage unit for storing a biosignal provided from the sensor, and a biosignal provided from the sensor while providing a power supply of the battery to the sensor. Smart clothing having a bio-signal measurement function, characterized in that it comprises a control unit for controlling to store in. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, The electronic circuit block provides a battery, a biometric information storage unit for storing a biosignal provided from the sensor, a communication interface for communicating with an external device, and a power supply of the battery to the sensor and the sensor. And a control unit configured to store the biological signal stored in the biological information storage unit and control the biosignal information stored in the biological information storage unit to be provided to an external device through a communication interface. clothing. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, The electronic circuit block provides a battery, a communication interface for communicating with an external device, and a control unit for providing a power supply of the battery to the sensor and controlling a biosignal provided from the sensor to an external device through a communication interface. Smart clothing having a bio-signal measuring function, characterized in that comprising a.

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