CalmWear: A Smart Tactile Sensory Stimulation Clothing

Proceedings of the 2021 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers Pub Date : 2021-09-21 DOI:10.1145/3460421.3478829

G. Berk, Ruoyu Zhang, C. Yilmaz

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Abstract

The emotional and physical health benefits that come by being touched in safe ways are well established. Tactile sensory stimulation has been reported to help calm the arousal in people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Sensory Processing Disorder as well as Anxiety Disorders. Anxiety disorders which effect around 265 million people worldwide can benefit from innovation into design-based, non-pharmacological interventions. Smart clothing and textiles have the potential to not only to sense and collect physiological data about the wearer but also to act on the body with embedded actuation capabilities such as promoting tactile stimuli. This study presents a novel reactive smart clothing that can respond to changes in vital signs of the body with tactile stimulation. CalmWear features tactile actuating through a strategically located and textured air bladder that provides automated and dynamic compression in response to change in heart rate variability and respiration rate as indicators of anxiety. CalmWear offers novel ways of complementing care to empower people with anxiety disorders with its ubiquitous nature and its affordance.

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一种智能触觉感官刺激服装

以安全的方式被触摸所带来的情感和身体健康益处是众所周知的。据报道，触觉刺激有助于安抚自闭症谱系障碍(ASD)、注意缺陷多动障碍(ADHD)、感觉处理障碍以及焦虑症患者的觉醒。影响全球约2.65亿人的焦虑症可以从基于设计的非药物干预措施的创新中受益。智能服装和纺织品不仅具有感知和收集穿着者生理数据的潜力，而且还具有通过嵌入式驱动能力(如促进触觉刺激)对身体起作用的潜力。本研究提出了一种新型的反应式智能服装，可以通过触觉刺激对身体生命体征的变化做出反应。CalmWear的特点是触觉驱动，通过一个战略性的位置和纹理气囊，提供自动和动态的压缩，以响应心率变异性和呼吸率的变化，作为焦虑的指标。CalmWear提供了一种新颖的方式来补充护理，使患有焦虑症的人能够利用其无处不在的特性和功能。

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