A hetero-core fiber optic smart mat sensor for discrimination between a moving human and object on temporal loss peaks
2011
In this paper, we propose discrimination method between a moving human and object by means of a hetero-core fiber
smart mat sensor which induces the optical loss change in time. In addition to several advantages such as flexibility, thin
size and resistance to electro-magnetic interference for a fiber optic sensor, a hetero-core fiber optic sensor is sensitive to
bending action of the sensor portion and independent of temperature fluctuations. Therefore, the hetero-core fiber thin
mat sensor can have a fewer sensing portions than the conventional floor pressure sensors, furthermore, can detect the
wide area covering the length of strides. The experimental results for human walking tests showed that the mat sensors
were reproducibly working in real-time under limiting locations the foot passed in the mat sensor. Focusing on the
temporal peak numbers in the optical loss, human walking and wheeled platform moving action induced the peak
numbers in the range of 1 - 3 and 5 - 7, respectively, for the 10 persons including 9 male and 1 female. As a result, we
conclude that the hetero-core fiber mat sensor is capable of discriminating between the moving human and object such as
a wheeled platform focusing on the peak numbers in the temporal optical loss.
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