- 专利标题: Methods and apparatus for shape control
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申请号: US14257900申请日: 2014-04-21
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公开(公告)号: US09777753B2公开(公告)日: 2017-10-03
- 发明人: Ryuma Niiyama , Lining Yao , Jifei Ou , Sean Follmer , Hiroshi Ishii
- 申请人: Ryuma Niiyama , Lining Yao , Jifei Ou , Sean Follmer , Hiroshi Ishii
- 申请人地址: US MA Cambridge
- 专利权人: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 当前专利权人: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 当前专利权人地址: US MA Cambridge
- 代理商 Stephen R. Otis
- 主分类号: F15B7/06
- IPC分类号: F15B7/06 ; F15B15/10 ; G06F3/0488 ; G06F3/01 ; H04M1/02
摘要:
In exemplary implementations of this invention, a shape controller controls the shape of a bladder as the bladder inflates. The shape controller includes a first set of regions and a second set of regions. The second set of regions is more flexible than the first set of regions. The shape controller is embedded within, or adjacent to, a wall of the bladder. When the bladder is inflated, the overall shape of the bladder bends in areas adjacent to the more flexible regions of the shape controller. For example, the shape controller may comprise paper and the more flexible regions may comprise creases in the paper. Or, for example, the more flexible regions may comprise notches or indentations. In some implementations of this invention, a multi-state shape display changes shape as it inflates, with additional bumps forming as pressure in the display increases.
公开/授权文献
- US20140314976A1 Methods and Apparatus for Shape Control 公开/授权日:2014-10-23