TY - GEN
T1 - Wireless Communication Textile Based on Passive UHF RFID
AU - Vihriälä, T.
AU - Leino, M.
AU - Merilampi, S.
AU - Valo, P.
AU - Lehtinen, T.
AU - Ihalainen, T.
AU - Virkki, J.
N1 - Funding Information:
The work was funded by the Academy of Finland (decisions 337863, 337861, 332168, 294534) and Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation. The authors also want to thank Satasairaala’s assistive equipment center for collaboration.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 IEEE.
PY - 2022/2/3
Y1 - 2022/2/3
N2 - We present a prototype system of a user scenario created in ideation workshops organized for experienced speech therapists working with Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). The goal of the workshops was to create concrete user scenarios for people using AAC, by using the possibilities of Radio Frequency Identification Technology (RFID). Out of the created user scenarios, one was selected to be prototyped and wirelessly evaluated. In this user scenario, a young child with Cerebral Palsy (CP) is sitting in a wheelchair. The child is using Wireless Communication Textile (WCT) patches on the wheelchair table tray to communicate with mother during eating. These WTC patches will create spoken words via a mobile phone application. In this study, we prototyped the user scenario by fabricating the patches with passive Ultra-High Frequency (UHF)RFID technology. Through versatile wireless measurements, we concluded that passive UHFRFID technology with a mobile RFID reader can be used to create a mobile AAC solution for wheelchair users.
AB - We present a prototype system of a user scenario created in ideation workshops organized for experienced speech therapists working with Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). The goal of the workshops was to create concrete user scenarios for people using AAC, by using the possibilities of Radio Frequency Identification Technology (RFID). Out of the created user scenarios, one was selected to be prototyped and wirelessly evaluated. In this user scenario, a young child with Cerebral Palsy (CP) is sitting in a wheelchair. The child is using Wireless Communication Textile (WCT) patches on the wheelchair table tray to communicate with mother during eating. These WTC patches will create spoken words via a mobile phone application. In this study, we prototyped the user scenario by fabricating the patches with passive Ultra-High Frequency (UHF)RFID technology. Through versatile wireless measurements, we concluded that passive UHFRFID technology with a mobile RFID reader can be used to create a mobile AAC solution for wheelchair users.
U2 - 10.1109/PIERS53385.2021.9694939
DO - 10.1109/PIERS53385.2021.9694939
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85126396903
T3 - Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium
SP - 1613
EP - 1619
BT - 2021 Photonics and Electromagnetics Research Symposium, PIERS 2021 - Proceedings
PB - IEEE
T2 - Photonics and Electromagnetics Research Symposium
Y2 - 21 November 2021 through 25 November 2021
ER -