%0 Journal Article
%T A Modular Sensorized Mat for Monitoring Infant Posture
%A Marco Donati
%A Francesca Cecchi
%A Filippo Bonaccorso
%A Marco Branciforte
%A Paolo Dario
%A Nicola Vitiello
%J Sensors
%D 2014
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/s140100510
%X We present a novel sensorized mat for monitoring infantĄŻs posture through the measure of pressure maps. The pressure-sensitive mat is based on an optoelectronic technology developed in the last few years at Scuola Superiore SantĄŻAnna: a soft silicone skin cover, which constitutes the mat, participates in the transduction principle and provides the mat with compliance. The device has a modular structure (with a minimum of one and a maximum of six sub-modules, and a total surface area of about 1 m 2) that enables dimensional adaptation of the pressure-sensitive area to different specific applications. The system consists of on-board electronics for data collection, pre-elaboration, and transmission to a remote computing unit for analysis and posture classification. In this work we present a complete description of the sensing apparatus along with its experimental characterization and validation with five healthy infants.
%K pressure-sensitive mat
%K pressure-sensitive technology
%K optoelectronics
%K pressure maps
%K infant posture
%U http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/14/1/510