SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTACT LOCALIZATION THROUGH SPATIALLY OVERLAPPING SIGNALS

    公开(公告)号:US20170284787A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-05

    申请号:US15474080

    申请日:2017-03-30

    CPC classification number: G01B7/18 B25J13/084 G01L1/18 H01C1/14 H01C10/10

    Abstract: Achieving high spatial resolution in contact sensing for robotic manipulation often comes at the price of increased complexity in fabrication and integration. One traditional approach is to fabricate a large number of taxels, each delivering an individual, isolated response to a stimulus. In contrast, proposed sensor includes a continuous volume of soft material, e.g., a piezoresistive elastomer with a number of terminals embedded inside. Piezoresistive effects can be measured between all pairs of terminals in the set, and this rich signal set can contain the information needed to pinpoint contact location with high accuracy using regression algorithms. Submillimeter median accuracy can be demonstrated in locating contact on a 10 mm by 16 mm sensor using only four terminals (creating six unique pairs). In addition to extracting more information from fewer wires, this approach lends itself to simple fabrication methods and makes no assumptions about the underlying geometry, simplifying future integration on robot fingers.

    Touch-type variable resistor structure
    4.
    发明授权
    Touch-type variable resistor structure 有权
    触摸式可变电阻器结构

    公开(公告)号:US09514866B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-12-06

    申请号:US14837237

    申请日:2015-08-27

    CPC classification number: H01C10/10 H01C1/14 H01C10/06

    Abstract: A touch-type variable resistor structure includes a resistor-base plate, a conductive base plate and a separator member. The resistor-base plate further includes a main plate body and a resistance layer. The resistance layer extended along an extension direction is located on the main plate body. The conductive base plate located on the resistor-base plate includes an electricity-conductive layer facing the resistor-base plate. The separator member located between the resistor-base plate and the conductive base plate further has a central opening. One of the main plate body and the main conductive plate body is formed as a flexible-touch base plate. While the flexible-touch base plate is depressed, part of the electricity-conductive layer would pass through the central opening to electrically couple the resistance layer.

    Abstract translation: 触摸式可变电阻器结构包括电阻基板,导电基板和隔板部件。 电阻基板还包括主板体和电阻层。 沿着延伸方向延伸的电阻层位于主板体上。 位于电阻基板上的导电基板包括面向电阻器基板的导电层。 位于电阻器基板和导电基板之间的隔膜部件还具有中心开口。 主板体和主导体主体之一形成为柔性触摸底板。 当柔性触摸底板被压下时,导电层的一部分将穿过中心开口以电耦合电阻层。

    Sensors Comprising Palladium Complex Ink
    5.
    发明申请
    Sensors Comprising Palladium Complex Ink 审中-公开
    包含钯复合油墨的传感器

    公开(公告)号:US20160314881A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-10-27

    申请号:US14691868

    申请日:2015-04-21

    CPC classification number: H01C10/10 G01L1/18 G01L1/2287 H01C17/06526

    Abstract: A sensor including a sensing element comprising conductive features formed on a substrate; wherein the conductive features have been formed from a palladium complex ink composition that has been deposited onto the substrate to form the deposited features and wherein the deposited features have been heated to form the conductive features on the substrate. A method including disposing a palladium complex ink composition onto a substrate to form deposited features; and heating the deposited features to form conductive features on the substrate. A strain gauge sensor including a sensing element comprising conductive features formed on a substrate; wherein the conductive features conform to a two dimensional substrate surface; or wherein the conductive features conform to a three dimensional substrate surface.

    Abstract translation: 一种传感器,包括感测元件,其包括形成在基底上的导电特征; 其中导电特征已经由已经沉积到基底上以形成沉积特征的钯络合物油墨组合物形成,并且其中沉积的特征已被加热以在基底上形成导电特征。 一种方法,包括将钯复合油墨组合物设置在基材上以形成沉积的特征; 并加热沉积的特征以在基底上形成导电特征。 一种应变计传感器,包括:感测元件,其包括形成在基底上的导电特征; 其中所述导电特征符合二维衬底表面; 或其中导电特征符合三维衬底表面。

    COMPOSITE MATERIAL
    6.
    发明申请
    COMPOSITE MATERIAL 有权
    复合材料

    公开(公告)号:US20140109698A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-04-24

    申请号:US14007232

    申请日:2012-03-22

    Abstract: An electrically responsive composite material (1110) specially adapted for touch screen, comprising a carrier layer (1301) having a length and a width and a thickness (1303) that is relatively small compared to said length and said width. The composite material also comprises a plurality of electrically conductive or semi-conductive particles (201). The particles (201) are agglomerated to form a plurality of agglomerates (104, 1403) dispersed within the carrier layer such that each said agglomerate comprises a plurality of the particles (201). The agglomerates are arranged to provide electrical conduction across the thickness of the carrier layer in response to applied pressure such that the electrically responsive composite material has a resistance that reduces in response to applied pressure.

    Abstract translation: 特别适用于触摸屏的电响应复合材料(1110),包括具有长度和宽度的载体层(1301)和与所述长度和所述宽度相比较小的厚度(1303)。 复合材料还包括多个导电或半导体颗粒(201)。 颗粒(201)凝聚以形成分散在载体层内的多个附聚物(104,1403),使得每个所述附聚物包含多个颗粒(201)。 附聚物布置成响应于施加的压力而跨越载体层的厚度提供电传导,使得电响应复合材料具有响应于施加的压力而降低的电阻。

    Tactile sensor with decoupled sensor cells
    8.
    发明授权
    Tactile sensor with decoupled sensor cells 有权
    具有解耦传感器单元的触觉传感器

    公开(公告)号:US08276467B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-10-02

    申请号:US12599329

    申请日:2008-05-14

    CPC classification number: G01L1/205 B25J13/084 H01C10/10

    Abstract: The invention relates to a tactile sensor with a sensor cell, wherein a sensor cell comprises an electrically-conducting workpiece made from flexible material and a connection to a first and a second electrode and the flexible material layers the electrical conductivity thereof under mechanical load. According to the invention, pressure distributions can be measured, by providing at least two sensor cells separated by an intervening zone, wherein two adjacent sensor cells are connected to a common first or second electrode and in the intervening zone between a first and a second adjacent sensor cell the electrically conducting workpiece of the first and the second sensor cell are at least partly separated from each other by medium with a greater specific resistance than the specific resistance of the electrically conducting workpieces.

    Abstract translation: 本发明涉及一种具有传感器单元的触觉传感器,其中传感器单元包括由柔性材料制成的导电工件和与第一和第二电极的连接,并且所述柔性材料在机械载荷下对其电导率进行分层。 根据本发明,可以通过提供由中间区隔开的至少两个传感器单元来测量压力分布,其中两个相邻的传感器单元连接到共同的第一或第二电极,并且在第一和第二相邻 传感器单元,第一和第二传感器单元的导电工件至少部分地通过具有比导电工件的电阻率更大的电阻率的介质彼此分离。

    COMPENSATION OF STRESS EFFECTS ON PRESSURE SENSOR COMPONENTS
    9.
    发明申请
    COMPENSATION OF STRESS EFFECTS ON PRESSURE SENSOR COMPONENTS 有权
    压力传感器部件的应力补偿补偿

    公开(公告)号:US20120204653A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-08-16

    申请号:US13029114

    申请日:2011-02-16

    Abstract: Pressure sensors having components with reduced variations due to stresses caused by various layers and components that are included in the manufacturing process. In one example, a first stress in a first direction causes a variation in a component. A second stress in a second direction is applied, thereby reducing the variation in the component. The first and second stresses may be caused by a polysilicon layer, while the component may be a resistor in a Wheatstone bridge.

    Abstract translation: 压力传感器具有由于包括在制造过程中的各种层和部件引起的应力而具有减小的变化的部件。 在一个示例中,第一方向上的第一应力导致部件的变化。 施加第二方向的第二应力,从而减小部件的变化。 第一和第二应力可以由多晶硅层引起,而组件可以是惠斯通电桥中的电阻器。

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