Odor-Sensing System to Support Social Participation of People Suffering from Incontinence

Zusammenfassung: This manuscript describes the design considerations, implementation, and laboratory validation of an odor sensing module whose purpose is to support people that suffer from incontinence. Because of the requirements expressed by the affected end-users the odor sensing unit is realized as a portable accessory that may be connected to any pre-existing smart device. We have opted for a low-cost, low-power consuming metal oxide based gas detection approach to highlight the viability of developing an inexpensive yet helpful odor recognition technology. The system consists of a hotplate employing, inkjet-printed p-type semiconducting layers of copper(II) oxide, and chromium titanium oxide. Both functional layers are characterized with respect to their gas-sensitive behavior towards humidity, ammonia, methylmercaptan, and dimethylsulfide and we demonstrate detection limits in the parts-per-billion range for the two latter gases. Employing a temperature variation scheme that reads out the layer’s resistivity in a steady-state, we use each sensor chip as a virtual array. With this setup, we demonstrate the feasibility of detecting odors associated with incontinence

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch
Anmerkungen
Sensors 2017, 17(1), 58, issn: 1424-8220

Klassifikation
Industrielle und handwerkliche Fertigung
Schlagwort
AAL-Technik

Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wo)
Freiburg
(wer)
Universität
(wann)
2017
Beteiligte Personen und Organisationen
Steinbeis-Transferzentrum Sozialplanung, Qualifizierung und Innovation
Institut für Mikrosystemtechnik
Hochschule Furtwangen
Fraunhofer-Institut für Physikalische Meßtechnik
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg

DOI
10.3390/s17010058
URN
urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-114776
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