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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2017
Sanko Tekstil Isletmeleri San. VE Tic. A.s., Inegol-Bursa, TR;
Ozgur Cobanoglu, Inegol-Bursa, TR;
Fehim Caglar, Inegol-Bursa, TR;
Ali Kemal Agirman, Inegol-Bursa, TR;
Jitka Eryilmaz, Inegol-Bursa, TR;
Sanko Tekstil Isletmeleri San. Ve Tic. A.S., Inegol-Bursa, TR;
Abstract
Disclosed is a wearable step counter system comprising a garment for a wearer's legs, a capacitive electrode and a microcontroller, said garment comprising a textile fabric portion, said capacitive electrode comprising an electrically conductive yarn woven into said textile fabric portion, said textile fabric portion being arranged on said garment for providing a parasitic capacitive coupling between said capacitive electrode and a wearer's leg, said microcontroller being electrically connected to said capacitive electrode for evaluating said parasitic capacitive coupling so that the relative movement between the wearer's legs is detected by the microcontroller.