RedTacton - A Human Area Networking Technology

摘要

Ubiquitous services that are genuinely user-friendly to everyone will require technologies that enable Communication between people and objects in close proximity. Focusing on the naturalness, inevitability and sense of security conveyed by touching in everyday life, this article describes human area networking technology that enables communication by touching, which we call RedTacton. Human area network technology for communication between mobile terminals and between terminals that are embedded in the environment has become important, when cables are used for communication between terminals, the routing of the cables is clearly inconvenient. When very weak radio signals are used for the communication, data speeds are reduced by packet collision and other such problems in crowded places such as exhibition sites and security risk from unwanted signal interception is another problem. Technology for solving such problems includes the use of the person's body as a signal path for communication. A transmission path is formed automatically when a person come into contact with a device and communication between mobile terminals begins. Here, the human body acts as a transmission medium supporting IEEE 802.3 half-duplex communication at 10Mbit/s. Human area network technology for communication between mobile terminals and between terminals that are embedded in the environment has become important, when cables are used for communication between terminals, the routing of the cables is clearly inconvenient, when very weak radio signals are used for the communication, data speeds are reduced by packet collision and other such problems in crowded places such as exhibition sites and security risk from unwanted signal Interception is another problem. Technology for solving such problems includes the use of the person's body as a signal path for communication. A transmission path is formed automatically when a person come into contact with a device and communication between mobile terminals begins. Here, the human body acts as a transmission medium supporting IEEE 802.3 half-duplex communication at 10Mbit/s.