Netflix Announces Socks to Automatically Suspend Sleep Detecting Falls When Watching Movies and Dramas

When a cold day continues, you will want to watch movies and dramas slowly at home, but it will just fall asleep and you will not know how far you saw the program. Therefore, Netflix detects sleeping of users and automatically pauses the program "Netflix Socks"And devised a method to make it with DIY.

Netflix Socks - YouTube


Remove substrate ...


Other parts are also available.


Soldering ......


I will wrap it with felt.


Next time I started knitting.


I will put the felt with the board that I made earlier into the hand-knitted socks.


Prepare cookies and hot drinks on the table.


I wear socks I made earlier ......



I turn on the TV.


Start Netflix socks.


Watch episode 8 while eating polypori candy ... ...


I fell asleep in episode 10.


Then the handcrafted socks perceived the fall of the user.


It paused play of the drama.


In this way, I sleep while watching the drama in a stretch and it prevents you from saying "I do not know how far I saw ... ..."!


"Make your own. Share your ideas. (It is an example movie of Netflix socks by saying" Create your own socks and share ideas. ")


You can see how to make Netflix socks from the following page.

Netflix socks
https://makeit.netflix.com/netflix-socks

First of all, because "Netflix socks" requires a combination technique of knitting and device construction, it is necessary to know the knowledge of electronic engineering, and whether those who are not good at knitting make socks by someone , It says that it is necessary to purchase a commercially available one.


If you start with knitting, you can also download socks design from the website.


Detection of sleep is based on anti-graph with built-in acceleration sensor, and the sensor detects that the movement of the user has stopped, that is, falling asleep. If the user does not move for a certain period of time, the LEDs on the socks will light up, then send a signal to the TV and pause the program.


What you need is knit socks · Arduino microcontroller · infrared LED · LED indicator light · battery · momentary switch · accelerometer · felt.


First of allWiring schematicSet up according to.


In order to allow infrared signals to be sent from the socks to the TV when the user falls asleep,Infrared receiverWith Arduinosetupto hold.


For programming(INO file)softwareAlso adjust the infrared signal and detection threshold etc. as it is prepared.


Wrap the electronic parts in felt and set it in socks. The felt template(ZIP file)from hereIt is possible to download.