Research and Development of Clothing Fit by Sensor Matrix

Abstract

The clothing fit is considered to be a set of objective and subjective assessments that provide the functionality and comfort of the clothing to the wearer. The methods currently applied in the textile industry to determine clothing fit do not provide sufficient qualitative and quantitative data. In general, evaluation is subjective, which is difficult to use in further research to gain any improvements. Development of a sensor matrix would be able to address this problem. Specifics of the industry do not allow direct transfer of existing sensor solutions to measure pressure and other characteristics, possible solutions should be researched to develop user-friendly, flexible, easy to use product. A new prototype of the sensor matrix has been developed on the basis of research carried out in the previous work. Sensor matrix was evaluated, the results of the measurements were analyzed.