公开(公告)号：US20170363464A1

公开(公告)日：2017-12-21

申请号：US15187445

申请日：2016-06-20

Applicant: X Development LLC

Inventor： Alex Shafer ,  Adam Reich ,  Emily Cooper

IPC: G01J1/42 ,  G01J1/04 ,  G01B11/14

CPC classification number: G01L5/16 ,  B25J13/085 ,  G01B11/026 ,  G01B11/14 ,  G01B11/26 ,  G01D5/30 ,  G01J1/04 ,  G01J1/4228 ,  G01L1/24 ,  G01L3/08 ,  G01L5/0038 ,  G01L5/0042 ,  G01L5/009 ,  G01L5/166

Abstract: The present application discloses implementations that relate to devices and techniques for sensing position, force, and torque. Devices described herein may include a light emitter, photodetectors, and a curved reflector. The light emitter may project light onto the curved reflector, which may reflect portions of that projected light onto one or more of the photodetectors. Based on the illuminances measured at the photodetectors, the position of the curved reflector may be determined. In some implementations, the curved reflector and the light emitter may be elastically coupled via one or more spring elements; in these implementations, a force vector representing a magnitude and direction of a force applied against the curved reflector may be determined based on the position of the curved reflector.