I-Corps: Smart Textile Charging Platform for Wearable and Portable Devices

I-Corps：适用于可穿戴和便携式设备的智能纺织品充电平台

• 批准号: 2048613
• 负责人: Shubhendu Bhardwaj
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Florida International University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-02-01 至 2023-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2048613&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Smart; Textile; Charging; Platform

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is in the wearable device market. The customer discovery process will provide critical data to determine the wireless charging needs for medical professionals, patients, nurses, first responders, and other users who may use wearable devices. The wearable market is expected to be $58B by 2022. Specifically, the technology will impact patients and the most marginalized groups such as the elderly and infants by providng wireless charging to their body-worn devices. It will also allow military/defense personnel to stay on duty while their body-worn communication devices and tactical gear are continuously charged. This I-Corps project will advance an innovative wearable technology approach combining textile-based radio-frequency (RF) modules and antennas for power harvesting. Implementation into a smart charging platform provides power transmission via novel antenna topology and power management circuitry suitable for the charging needs of wearable, medical, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The proposed anchor-shaped antenna allows misalignment-resilient power transfer for body wearable charging solutions. Combination of the anchor antenna and high efficiency rectifier circuit provides a seamless power collection and transmission method integrated into the upholstery of surfaces (e.g. chair, couch, bedding). This system will charge gadgets, medical, or military equipment and enable communication while charging through daily life activities.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该I-Corps项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力在可穿戴设备市场中。客户发现过程将提供关键数据，以确定医疗专业人员，患者，护士，急救人员以及其他可能使用可穿戴设备的用户的无线充电需求。到2022年，可穿戴市场预计将为58B美元。具体而言，该技术将通过向其穿着的装置提供无线充电，影响患者和最边缘化的群体，例如老年人和婴儿。这还将允许军事/国防人员继续值班，而他们的造成人体交通设备和战术装备则不断起诉。这个I-Corps项目将推进一种创新的可穿戴技术方法，结合了基于纺织品的射频（RF）模块和动力收获天线。智能充电平台的实现通过新型天线拓扑和电源管理电路提供了电力传输，适合可穿戴，医疗和物联网（IoT）设备的充电需求。提出的锚固天线允许用于身体可穿戴充电溶液的未对准功率传递。锚天线和高效率整流器电路的组合提供了集成到表面内饰的无缝功率收集和传输方法（例如，椅子，沙发，床上用品）。 该系统将收取小工具，医疗或军事设备，并在通过日常生活活动进行指控时进行沟通。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛影响的评估标准来通过评估来支持的。