Abstract:
A force and torque converter is provided that senses force and torque applied to the device. The converter includes a base, a grip, resilient connection members that extend radially and coplanarly from a central hub, located within the grip, and that connect to the grip, and sensing mechanisms to sense the displacement of the connection members. The displacements are resolved to determine the force and torque that is applied to the device, with respect to a Cartesian coordinate system.
Abstract:
An object stress analyzing system includes a scanning head with a detector, a variable gain amplifier and a control unit which controls the scanning head and which acquires stress-related data from the amplifiers. The control unit responds to detector overload conditions by automatically adjusting the gain of the amplifier, rescanning a portion of the object and rescaling data acquired prior to occurrence of the overload condition.
Abstract:
In some embodiments, the present invention provides methods of detecting strain associated with an object by: (1) irradiating a composition that has been applied to the object, where the composition comprises semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes; (2) measuring an emission from the irradiated composition, where the emission comprises near infrared emission; and (3) correlating the near infrared emission to the presence or absence of strain associated with the object. In some embodiments, the aforementioned steps occur without physically contacting the object or the composition. In some embodiments, the aforementioned steps occur without utilizing Raman spectroscopy. Further embodiments of the present invention also include a step of applying the composition to the object.
Abstract:
A device for detecting contact pressure applied to a finger, the finger having a fingernail illuminated by light, comprises at least one photodetector for measuring a change in light reflected by the fingernail in response to the contact pressure applied to the finger. The photodetector provides a signal corresponding to the change in light reflected. The device also includes a processor for receiving the signal and determining whether the change corresponds to a specified condition. The photodetector may be enclosed in a housing and coupled to the fingernail.
Abstract:
A force and torque converter (1) is provided that senses force and torque applied to the device (1). The converter (1) includes a base (10), a grip (9), resilient connection members (2, 4, 6) that extend radially and coplanarly from a central hub (8), located within the grip (9), and that connect to the grip, and sensing mechanisms to sense the displacement of the connection members (2, 4, 6). The displacements are resolved to determine the force and torque that is applied to the device (1), with respect to a Cartesian coordinate system.
Abstract:
A force and torque converter is provided which provides an electronic representation of a planarly applied force and a torque applied about an axis that is orthogonal to the plane. The converter includes a base, an actuating member which is relatively displaced in response to the applied torque and force, resilient mechanisms to provide a restoring force and torque to the actuating member, and sensing mechanisms to sense the applied torque and force and generate an electronic representation thereof. The electronic representation is characterized by a sensitivity curve in which relatively small applied forces and torques result in a relatively low scale factor and where for a range of small applied forces and torques the relation of scale factor with respect to applied torque and force has a relatively low derivative. Further, for a range of larger applied forces and torques, the sensitivity curve has a relatively large scale factor and a relatively large derivative. In one embodiment, the sensitivity curve is implemented by a processing mechanism which includes a microprocessor and firmware.
Abstract:
Une force externe est appliquee periodiquement sur un objet a mesurer, une surface bi-dimensionnelle de l'objet est resolue et exploree par des moyens de detection appropries a rayons infrarouges, et les radiations d'infrarouges aux moments de charges maximum et minimum de la force externe sont detectees pour les zones respectives resolues. La difference entre la radiation d'infrarouges entre le moment de charge maximum et le moment de charge minimum est alors calculee pour chaque zone resolue. En outre, les valeurs calculees sont multipliees par des valeurs de correction correspondant a la forme, au materiau, au taux de radiation d'infrarouges, etc., de l'objet. Les valeurs ainsi obtenues sont indiquees de maniere appropriee et visible dans les positions des zones respectives. Cette indication est ordonnee en decoupant en tranches appropriees les niveaux des valeurs ainsi obtenues pour les identifier et les afficher en fonction d'un schema de placement.
Abstract:
PURPOSE:To accurately perform the imaging of stress distribution, by adhering a thermal filter to the surface of a specimen and reading the temp. data of the thermal filter immediately after the application of load to the specimen was stopped while calculating data having no connection with the deformation of the specimen. CONSTITUTION:An apparatus system is constituted of a specimen 1 having a thermal filter, of which the thermal response is close to the cycle of a repeating load pulse, adhered to the surface thereof, an oscillator 2, a scanner 3, an infrared detector 4, an amplifier 5, an A/D converter 6, a computer 7, CRT8 and a timing circuit 9. A rectangular load pulse is loaded to the specimen 1 by the oscillator 2 and digital temp. data immediately after the loading of a load pulse and immediately before the starting of the application of the next load pulse are taken in the computer 7 at every point to calculate temp. T1 at the time of loading and temp. T2 at the time of non-loading while the difference between both temps. is operated to calculate temp. information at every point to send the same to CRT8 where stress distribution is imaged accurately.