In 2013, Shenzhen school uniforms were exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London. The exhibition introduction said: "In Shenzhen, China, local middle school students wear this school uniform every day, practical and comfortable, and many students still wear it after graduation. In this rapidly industrialized city, this standardized clothing design has created an unofficial identity. The school uniforms have become part of China's popular culture, and even become anime and toy elements."

Shenzhen school uniforms have become a business card of the city. Students wearing school uniforms have evolved from simple high recognition to a sense of belonging and identity to Shenzhen culture.

However, the number of primary and secondary school students in China is about 208 million, and the huge school uniform market allows small workshop manufacturers that covet the market share of school uniforms to take advantage of the situation. The school uniforms produced by them are difficult to meet the national standards in terms of fabric, accessories, accessories (materials) and manufacturing process, such as the National Basic Safety Technical Code for Textile Products (GB18401), the Safety Technical Code for Textile Products for Infants and Children (GB31701), and the School Uniform for Primary and Middle School Students (GB/T31888). Based on the current situation and pain points of the school uniform market, various parts of the country have introduced standardized management measures for school uniforms.

Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province has chosen the Internet of Things technology

In recent years, Zhangjiakou has been developing towards intelligent and data oriented urban management. Smart government, smart transportation, smart education, smart medical and other fields are booming. In view of the current situation of the school uniform market, a clothing manufacturer in Zhangjiakou proposed the concept of "smart school uniforms".

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On the basis of traditional school uniforms, they integrate Internet of Things, big data, RFID and other technologies, and have the functions of intelligent attendance, campus culture communication, code traceability, loss recovery, prevention of loss, medical assistance, school uniforms safety quality traceability, online intelligent subscription, online consumer service, etc., thus promoting the school uniforms into the intelligent era.

Smart school uniforms promote the construction of smart campus

In the production process of ordinary non intelligent school uniforms, most of the production modes are dominated by holding production mode or single piece flow production mode. However, the biggest disadvantage of this type of flow production line mode is that there is often a backlog of semi-finished products in a certain process. If the process is complex and there are many production links, this kind of phenomenon is more serious. As a result, the ability of managers to predict, control and respond to changes in the production cycle is weakened. RFID technology, on the other hand, provides the production managers with "real-time data" of any process link of the production line, helps the factory realize the automation and information integration of the measurement of semi-finished products and finished products in the production process. Through the combination with the existing ERP system of the factory, the management can monitor and manage the entire production process, see the implementation and completion of each process, and the backlog in real time, to judge whether there is a bottleneck in the process, In this way, we can make rapid and corresponding adjustments, balance each production line in real time, reduce product inventory, and maximize production efficiency.

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When students put on their uniforms and enter the campus, RFID technology is another scene. Students wear intelligent school uniforms and pass through the safety passage door. The equipment will quickly read the student attendance information, and the face recognition camera can realize the non sense attendance at the same time. Parents can synchronously view their children's attendance information through the cloud to understand the safety of their children's access to the campus. Due to the age of some students, some students often lose their uniforms. The smart school uniform can create a unique logo for each student. Parents can identify the owner of the school uniform at a glance through their mobile phone NFC, which is convenient for the lost and recovered school uniforms and confusion of time zone identification. At the same time, the RFID tag embedded in the school uniform can not only reflect the school's philosophy and characteristics in the design appearance, but also comprehensively, figuratively and visually display all aspects of the school, so that every student can become an envoy of mobile communication of school culture.

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In addition to being used for attendance, error prevention and loss prevention, the company is also studying its medical assistance functions. When students are in an emergency such as coma and fainting, the RFID chip in the smart school uniform can quickly understand the student's medical history, medication and other information, which is convenient for first-time rescue and treatment, and has the function of medical assistance.

With the development of the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence technology, consumer demand is increasingly upgrading, and now people put forward higher requirements for traditional school uniforms. The emergence of intelligent school uniforms promotes the scientific and technological innovation of traditional school uniforms, so that school uniforms have multiple functions of beautification, education, safety and culture. The future is worth looking forward to.