JP2013042908A - Sensor device-wearing band - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sensor device-wearing band for wearing a sensor device on a body, which can specify the wearing force thereof with the wearing force divided in a plurality of stages.SOLUTION: This sensor device-wearing band 1 includes: a pad 2 supporting the sensor device S; an elastic belt-like member 4 having one end fixed to an end part of the pad 2, and having the other end installed with an annular member 6 which is made of a rigid member and is attached with a mark 6a; a non-elastic planar fastener belt-like member 7 having one end fixed to an end part opposite to a fixed end of the elastic belt-like member 4 of the pad 2, and having the other end formed with a fixing portion by a planar fastener; and an auxiliary pad 8 fixed to the end part of the pad 2, made of a non-elastic material, and formed with a graduation line 8a in a position facing the mark 6a of the annular member 6 moving according to an elongation amount of the elastic belt-like member 4 when adjusting the circumference of a ring which is wound around the body and is formed together with the elastic belt-like member 4 by passing the other end of the member 7 through the annular member 6.

Description

  The present invention relates to a sensor device mounting band for mounting a small device, in particular, a sensor device such as an acceleration sensor for sensing body movements on the body.

  Conventionally, a band is wound around the body, and a pulse sensor or an electrode is measured with a pulse sensor or electrode attached to the band, and a technique for attaching a sensor device such as a pulse sensor using the band to the body. Various things have been proposed.

As shown in FIG. 5, the finger wearing band 100 disclosed in Patent Document 1 has a graphic 102 printed on the outer surface near the pulse sensor mounting portion 101 that expands and contracts according to the amount of band expansion and contraction. The finger wearing band 100 is stretched and wound around the finger until it is visually recognized that the shape of the figure 102 has changed, for example, from the oval shape of FIG. 5A to the perfect circle shape of FIG. 5B. When attached, the pulse sensor is attached in contact with the human body at an appropriate pressure so that an appropriate pulse can be measured.
However, the shape visual recognition is qualitative, and it is difficult for the operator to determine whether or not the pulse sensor is inserted in an appropriate state.

  On the other hand, the bioelectrical impedance measurement abdomen attachment band disclosed in Patent Document 2 is attached to an electrode 202a placed in contact with the subject's abdomen in the attached state and attached to a part of the subject's body in the attached state, as shown in FIG. The belt-shaped member 200 includes a stretchable region 201 that is stretchable in the lengthwise direction and a non-stretchable region 202 that is not stretchable in the lengthwise direction. The alignment marks 201a and 202b are provided in the respective areas 201 and 202. When the belt-like member 200 is stretched until the alignment marks 201a and 202b overlap each other and wound around the abdomen and attached, the electrode 202a is attached with an appropriate pressure while being in contact with the human body, and an appropriate bioimpedance can be measured. ing.

JP 2006-55517 A JP 2008-228996 A

  However, for example, when wearing a belt fitted with a sensor device such as an accelerometer for sensing body movement from the top of the clothes, if the body is slippery, such as nylon, the body movements However, the belt needs to be tightened more strongly than usual, but the specific technique for such fine adjustment is unknown for the belt of Patent Document 2.

  In view of the above situation, the present invention is a sensor device mounting band that is mounted to fix a sensor device that senses the state of the body to the body, and indicates the tightening force, that is, the mounting force in a plurality of stages. Its purpose is to provide what is possible.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a first technical means of the present invention is a sensor device mounting band that is wound around a body to mount a sensor device that senses the state of the body, and accommodates the sensor device. A pad provided with an accommodating portion, and a stretchable belt-like member having a stretchability to which one end is fixed to the end of the pad and an annular member having a mark made of a rigid member is attached to the other end; A non-stretchable surface fastener belt-like member having one end fixed to an end opposite to the end of the pad to which the stretchable belt-like member is fixed and a fixed portion formed by a hook-and-loop fastener at the other end; When adjusting the circumference of the ring wound around the body formed with the elastic band member by passing the other end of the fastener band member through the annular member, according to the extension amount of the elastic band member Transfer And an auxiliary pad made of a non-stretchable material having a scale line formed at a position facing the mark of the annular member, and fixed to the end of the pad. .

  A second technical means is characterized in that, in the first technical means, the one end of the hook-and-loop fastener member is fixed to the opposite end of the pad with a stretchable belt-like member interposed. It is a thing.

  According to the present invention, for example, it is possible to set the tightening force, that is, the mounting force, of a sensor device mounting band for mounting a sensor device or the like that senses body movement on the body in a plurality of stages.

It is a whole block diagram of an example of the sensor apparatus mounting band of this invention. It is a fragmentary sectional view of the sensor apparatus mounting band of FIG. It is a figure which shows a mode when the sensor apparatus mounting band of FIG. 1 is attached to a human thigh. It is the figure which expanded and showed only the principal part of FIG. It is a figure explaining a prior art. It is another figure explaining a prior art.

The sensor device mounting band of the present invention is suitable for mounting a sensor device such as an acceleration sensor or a gyro sensor for sensing a body state, for example, a body motion, and a configuration example thereof is shown in FIGS. 2 will be described. FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a sensor device mounting band according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view thereof.
As shown by reference numeral 1 in FIGS. 1 and 2, the sensor device mounting band of the present invention includes a pad 2, elastic band members 3 and 4, annular members 5 and 6, a hook-and-loop band member 7, An auxiliary pad 8 is provided.

  The pad 2 prevents the sensor device S from directly hitting the body or the elastic band member from biting into the body and supports the sensor device S. The pad body 2a that contacts the body when the sensor device mounting band is worn. And a pocket portion 2b covering the center of the pad main body 2a, and the sensor device S is accommodated in the pocket portion 2b. The pocket portion 2b corresponds to the “accommodating portion” of the present invention. The size of the pad body 2 a in the width direction is larger than that of the stretchable strip members 3 and 4.

  The elastic band members 3 and 4 are for generating a mounting force of the sensor device mounting band 1 and have elasticity in the length direction, and the end portions of the elastic band members 3 and 4 are pockets. It fixes to the both ends of the pad 2 so that the part 2a may be pinched | interposed. Further, the elastic band members 3 and 4 are each provided with annular members 5 and 6 at the end opposite to the end fixed to the pad main body 2.

  The annular members 5 and 6 are made of, for example, a metal having high rigidity, and the mark 6a is engraved only on the annular member 6 attached to the elastic band member 4 on the auxiliary pad 8 side. A hook-and-loop fastener member 7 is connected to the annular member 5 having no mark.

  The hook-and-loop fastener member 7 is configured so that the end of the hook-and-loop belt member 7 is folded and wound around the annular member 6 when the sensor device attachment band 1 is attached to the body. It does not have stretchability in the vertical direction, that is, it is non-stretchable. Further, a hook surface 7a is provided on the front side of the end of the hook-and-loop fastener member 7, and a loop surface 7b is provided on the front side closer to the pad 2 than the hook surface 7a.

  The auxiliary pad 8 is provided with a scale line 8a on the front side and is formed of a non-stretchable material, and the scale line 8a is formed by direct printing. The auxiliary pad 8 is sewn and fixed to the pad main body 2a in such a form that the scale line 8a is along the longitudinal direction of the sensor device mounting band 1.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a state when the sensor device mounting band 1 is mounted on a human thigh, and FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of only a main part of FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, when the sensor device mounting band 1 is mounted on the human thigh H, first, the pad main body 2a and the auxiliary pad 8 are brought into contact with the thigh H and the hook-and-loop fastener member 7 is wound. Then, the end on the hook surface 7a side is passed through the annular member 6 in which the mark 6a is engraved to form a ring. Then, by pulling the end of the hook-and-loop fastener member 7 on the hook surface 7a side in the direction in which the stretchable belt-like member 4 extends, the size of this ring, that is, the circumference wound around the thigh, and the stretchable belt-like shape caused by the above-mentioned tension The expansion / contraction amount of the members 3 and 4, that is, the mounting force of the sensor device mounting band 1 is adjusted. This adjustment is performed using the mark 6 a of the annular member 6 and the scale line 8 a of the auxiliary pad 8.

  That is, the scale value “1.5” of the scale line 8a of the auxiliary pad 8 and the mark 6a of the annular member 6 when the stretchable strip members 3 and 4 are extended until an appropriate mounting force in a normal state is obtained. Is set so as to match, and the sensor device mounting band 1 is wound so that the scale value “1.5” of the scale line 8 a of the auxiliary pad 8 matches the mark 6 a of the annular member 6. Appropriate mounting force in the state of can be obtained. Further, in preparation for when the wearer wears slippery clothing, the elastic band members 4 and 5 are stretched until a predetermined wearing force larger than the appropriate wearing force in the normal state is obtained. The scale value of the scale line 8 a of the auxiliary pad 8, for example “2.5”, is set so that the mark 6 a of the annular member 6 matches. Thereby, the sensor apparatus mounting band 1 can be wound with the said predetermined mounting force.

  After adjusting the mounting force of the sensor device mounting band 1 and the like, as shown in FIG. 3, the hook-and-loop fastener member 7 is folded back from the portion of the annular member 6, and the hook surface 7a and the loop surface 7b are pressed against each other to thereby fix the hook-and-loop fastener. The band-shaped member 7 is fixed, and the mounting of the sensor device mounting band 1 is completed.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the mark that moves in accordance with the extension of the elastic band member that generates the mounting force of the sensor device mounting band 1 is a non-stretchable scale line provided at a position facing the mark. The appropriate mounting force can be obtained by combining with the specific scale value, and the mounting force can be finely adjusted by adjusting to the scale values before and after the specific scale value. Can obtain different desired mounting forces.

  Moreover, in the structure of the sensor device mounting band 1 of the present invention, an appropriate mounting force can be obtained regardless of the thickness of the mounted portion, that is, the wound portion, and the mounting force can be finely adjusted.

  In the above embodiment, the elastic band members 3 and 4 are provided at both ends of the pad main body 2a. However, only the elastic band member 4 on the side where the auxiliary pad 8 is provided, and the elastic band member on the opposite side. Even if the member 3 is omitted and the hook-and-loop fastener member is directly attached to the end of the pad main body 2a, an appropriate mounting force can be obtained regardless of the thickness of the mounted portion, that is, the unwrapped portion. Fine adjustment is possible.

In the above description, the graduation line is formed by printing directly in the form of an auxiliary pad. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the graduation line formed on another member is attached to the auxiliary pad by a fixing means such as sewing or adhesion. You may make it fix to.
In the above description, the pad body and the auxiliary pad of the pad are separate members formed of the same material and are sewn and fixed to each other. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the pad main body and the auxiliary pad may be formed of different materials, or may be fixed to each other by bonding or the like. Moreover, the pad main body and auxiliary pad of the pad may be integrally formed of the same member.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Sensor apparatus mounting band, 2 ... Pad, 3, 4 ... Elastic band member, 5, 6 ... Ring member, 6 ... Mark, 7 ... Hook fastener band member, 8 ... Auxiliary pad, 8a ... Scale line.

Claims (2)

A sensor device wearing band that wraps around the body to wear a sensor device that senses the state of the body,
A pad provided with a housing for housing the sensor device;
One end is fixed to the end of the pad, and the other end is a stretchable belt-like member with a stretch attached to an annular member with a mark made of a rigid member;
A non-stretchable surface fastener belt-shaped member in which one end is fixed to an end portion opposite to the end portion to which the stretchable belt-shaped member of the pad is fixed, and a fixed portion by a surface fastener is formed at the other end;
When the circumference of a ring wound around the body formed with the elastic band member is adjusted by passing the other end of the surface fastener band member through the annular member, the expansion amount of the elastic band member is adjusted. An auxiliary pad made of a non-stretchable material having a scale line formed at a position facing the mark of the annular member that moves in response to the annular member, and fixed to the end of the pad. Sensor device mounting band.   2. The sensor device mounting band according to claim 1, wherein the one end of the hook-and-loop fastener band-shaped member is fixed to the opposite end of the pad with an elastic band-shaped member interposed therebetween.

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