TY - GEN
T1 - Passive RFID-based Intelligent Gloves for Alternative and Assistive Communication - A Preliminary Study
AU - Mehmood, Adnan
AU - Khan, Zahangir
AU - Vianto, Aleksi
AU - Ihalainen, Tiina
AU - Virkki, Johanna
N1 - Funding Information:
ACKNOWLEDGMENT This work was financially supported by the Finnish Cultural Foundation, the Academy of Finland (decision numbers 294534 and 332168), and Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 IEEE.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - We introduce intelligent gloves based on passive ultrahigh frequency (UHF) radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, which comprises of four antenna parts and three RFID integrated circuits (ICs). Each of the ICs (in middle finger, ring finger and small finger) have their unique IDs, which can be activated by gentle touch of thumb, and used to send a specific message, which is displayed on a computer screen. Two users tested the gloves in an office environment with M6 mercury RFID reader and a specially developed software. The achieved success rate in these preliminary tests was 100 %. We consider these results promising first steps for future wearable passive RFID-based augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) solutions.
AB - We introduce intelligent gloves based on passive ultrahigh frequency (UHF) radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, which comprises of four antenna parts and three RFID integrated circuits (ICs). Each of the ICs (in middle finger, ring finger and small finger) have their unique IDs, which can be activated by gentle touch of thumb, and used to send a specific message, which is displayed on a computer screen. Two users tested the gloves in an office environment with M6 mercury RFID reader and a specially developed software. The achieved success rate in these preliminary tests was 100 %. We consider these results promising first steps for future wearable passive RFID-based augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) solutions.
KW - Alternative and assistive communication (AAC)
KW - passive radio frequency identification (RFID)
KW - special needs
KW - wearable electronics
U2 - 10.1109/APS/URSI47566.2021.9704729
DO - 10.1109/APS/URSI47566.2021.9704729
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85126849925
T3 - the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium
SP - 395
EP - 396
BT - 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, APS/URSI 2021 - Proceedings
PB - IEEE
T2 - IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting
Y2 - 4 December 2021 through 10 December 2021
ER -