TY - CHAP
T1 - Design and preliminary validation of a smart personal flotation device
AU - Fraize, Julian
AU - Furth, Mirjam
AU - Zanotto, Damiano
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - This work introduces the SmartPFD, a Personal Flotation Device (PFD)/Life vest featuring independently inflatable air compartments. Unlike off-the-shelf inflatable PFDs, the SmartPFD is designed to modulate the inflation of its compartments based on the wearer’s orientation and depth, with the aim of optimizing the device’s righting ability. Preliminary results suggest that by properly sequencing the activation of the compartments, the time required to turn the wearer face up can be reduced.
AB - This work introduces the SmartPFD, a Personal Flotation Device (PFD)/Life vest featuring independently inflatable air compartments. Unlike off-the-shelf inflatable PFDs, the SmartPFD is designed to modulate the inflation of its compartments based on the wearer’s orientation and depth, with the aim of optimizing the device’s righting ability. Preliminary results suggest that by properly sequencing the activation of the compartments, the time required to turn the wearer face up can be reduced.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-01887-0_93
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-01887-0_93
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85055034522
T3 - Biosystems and Biorobotics
SP - 480
EP - 484
BT - Biosystems and Biorobotics
ER -