Methods and Apparatus for Shape Control
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    发明申请
    Methods and Apparatus for Shape Control 有权
    形状控制方法与装置

    公开(公告)号:US20140314976A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-10-23

    申请号:US14257900

    申请日:2014-04-21

    IPC分类号: F15B7/06

    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.

    摘要翻译: 在本发明的示例性实施方案中,形状控制器在膀胱膨胀时控制膀胱的形状。 形状控制器包括第一组区域和第二组区域。 第二组区域比第一组区域更灵活。 形状控制器嵌入在膀胱壁内或邻近膀胱壁。 当膀胱膨胀时,膀胱的整体形状在与形状控制器的更柔性区域相邻的区域中弯曲。 例如,形状控制器可以包括纸,并且更灵活的区域可以包括纸中的折痕。 或者,例如,更灵活的区域可以包括缺口或凹痕。 在本发明的一些实施方案中,多状态形状显示器随着其膨胀而改变形状,随着在显示器中的压力增加形成的附加凸起增加。