Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Compliant multi-region angular displacement and strain sensors
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Application No.: US15437814Application Date: 2017-02-21
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Publication No.: US10551917B2Publication Date: 2020-02-04
- Inventor: Shawn P. Reese , Jared K. Jonas , Matt W. Ball , Colton Allen Ottley
- Applicant: Bend Labs, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US UT South Salt Lake City
- Assignee: Bend Labs, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Bend Labs, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US UT South Salt Lake City
- Agency: Lowenstein Sandler LLP
- Main IPC: G06F3/01
- IPC: G06F3/01 ; G01D5/24 ; G01B7/16

Abstract:
An apparatus includes a glove for a human hand, and a sensing network coupled to the glove. The sensing network includes a strand of compliant material with a center axis and a multi-region angular displacement sensor connected to the strand. The multi-region angular displacement sensor includes a first angular displacement unit in a first sense region of the stand. The first angular displacement unit is used to determine a first angular displacement in response to deformation of the first angular displacement unit by a first joint of the human hand. The multi-region angular displacement sensor also includes a second angular displacement unit disposed in a second sense region of the strand. The second angular displacement unit is used to determine a second angular displacement in response to deformation of the second angular displacement unit by a second joint of the human hand.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170168567A1 COMPLIANT MULTI-REGION ANGULAR DISPLACEMENT AND STRAIN SENSORS Public/Granted day:2017-06-15
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