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CapSoles: who is walking on what kind of floor?

Denys J. C. Matthies,T. Roumen,Arjan Kuijper,B. Urban

2017 · DOI: 10.1145/3098279.3098545
International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services · 52 Citations

TLDR

CapSoles is introduced, enabling smart insoles to implicitly identify who is walking on what kind of floor, using capacitive sensing and is able to sense plantar pressure distribution underneath the foot, plus a capacitive ground coupling effect.