Human body communication technology "Connected Me" capable of transmitting and receiving data by connecting the human body to the network and touching it achieves the maximum communication speed of 10 Mbps

ByWebWizzard

Telecommunications equipment manufacturers in SwedenEricsson, Demonstrated the concept of "Connected Me", a technology that uses the human body as part of a communication network, demonstrated the concept of achieving a communication speed of 6 to 10 Mbps for the first time. Because human body plays a role of communication cable, if technology spreads, various cables become unnecessary.

How to connect to the network with a human body - Ericsson


In the demonstration of Connected Me, we show that a weak signal passes through the body by holding the cell phone in one hand and touching the signal receiving device with the other hand. The movie that I actually try is Kore.

Connected Me - Ericsson

REDEFINING TOUCH (redefinition of contact)


The concept of "Connected Me" is to touch the device and communicate via the human body.Capacitive couplingA phenomenon called a phenomenon is used.


For example, if you have a smartphone (with built-in circuit for transmitting signals to the human body) in one hand and touch the device with the other hand in this way communication will be done.


Here is a practical example used for opening and closing the door. At this point the door is locked (the knob glows red) ......


By selecting "unlocking" with a smartphone and touching the device, the unlock signal is transmitted (the knob changes to green light)


This will allow the door to open.


Here is another demonstration video

Connected ME - YouTube


These are the receiving devices


Contents is like this


Communication is done by touching the panel


Devices used for these are dangerous because ICNIRP (International Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection Committee) has developed and conforms to the standards approved by the WHO (World Health Organization) and the power level is low. It also fulfills the requirements for commercial devices well.

With Connected Me, you can use your body as an electronic circuit when opening or closing the key of a car or hotel room, for example, or just touch the device by hand to finish shopping at the store It will be able to do. Also, as it proved possible to transmit up to 10 Mbps this time, it is also possible to skip music from an HBC (Human Body Communication) compliant smartphone to an earphone or to transmit a video.

Bluetooth andNFCIt seems that the role overlaps with short-range communication technology like Ericsson, though it is not considered as a substitute for Bluetooth or NFC, and new communication means familiar to users is added I thought that.

Ericsson 's solution currently operates at 10 Mbps, but it seems to be in the range where 20 Mbps to 40 Mbps can be achieved. By the way, roughly 12 ~ 16Mbps is necessary for HD video transmission, so it seems that you can connect such as human body to network and play movie by streaming.