公开(公告)号：US20180329535A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-15

申请号：US15779943

申请日：2016-11-30

Applicant: Drexel University

Inventor： Richard James Vallett ,  Ryan David Young ,  Robert Wallace Lehrich ,  Christina Dickinson Kara ,  Genevieve Dion ,  Youngmoo Edmund Kim

IPC: G06F3/044 ,  D02G3/44 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/03

CPC classification number: G06F3/044 ,  D02G3/441 ,  D04B1/12 ,  D10B2101/12 ,  D10B2401/16 ,  D10B2403/021 ,  D10B2403/02431 ,  G06F3/0321 ,  G06F3/03547 ,  G06F3/0414 ,  G06F3/0416 ,  G06F3/0418 ,  H03K17/962 ,  H03K2217/960715

Abstract: A planar (two-dimensional, XY location) touch sensor may include a knitted structure and supplementary method of sensing detects human touch on a fabric surface. This sensor may be fully knitted and detect the continuous planar location and contact force of human touch along the surface of the structure. The fabric may conform to any arbitrary surface and may be a rectangle for touch pad applications. This sensor may be used for applications that include robotics and human-machine interaction, smart garments and wearables, as well as medical textiles and flexible embedded sensors. This touch sensor may require as few as only two electrode connections from the fabric to sense both planar touch and pressure, which allows it to work in areas with limited space that allow for limited complexity for wiring.

公开(公告)号：US20210048898A1

公开(公告)日：2021-02-18

申请号：US17084845

申请日：2020-10-30

Applicant: Drexel University

Inventor： Richard James Vallett ,  Ryan David Young ,  Robert Wallace Lehrich ,  Christina Dickinson Kara ,  Genevieve Dion ,  Youngmoo Edmund Kim

IPC: G06F3/03 ,  H03K17/96 ,  G06F3/0354 ,  G06F3/041 ,  D04B1/12 ,  G06F3/044 ,  D02G3/44

Abstract: A planar (two-dimensional, XY location) touch sensor may include a knitted structure and supplementary method of sensing detects human touch on a fabric surface. This sensor may be fully knitted and detect the continuous planar location and contact force of human touch along the surface of the structure. The fabric may conform to any arbitrary surface and may be a rectangle for touch pad applications. This sensor may be used for applications that include robotics and human-machine interaction, smart garments and wearables, as well as medical textiles and flexible embedded sensors. This touch sensor may require as few as only two electrode connections from the fabric to sense both planar touch and pressure, which allows it to work in areas with limited space that allow for limited complexity for wiring.

公开(公告)号：US11269425B2

公开(公告)日：2022-03-08

申请号：US17084845

申请日：2020-10-30

Applicant: Drexel University

Inventor： Richard James Vallett ,  Ryan David Young ,  Robert Wallace Lehrich ,  Christina Dickinson Kara ,  Genevieve Dion ,  Youngmoo Edmund Kim

IPC: G06F3/03 ,  H03K17/96 ,  G06F3/0354 ,  G06F3/041 ,  D04B1/12 ,  G06F3/044 ,  D02G3/44

Abstract: A planar (two-dimensional, XY location) touch sensor may include a knitted structure and supplementary method of sensing detects human touch on a fabric surface. This sensor may be fully knitted and detect the continuous planar location and contact force of human touch along the surface of the structure. The fabric may conform to any arbitrary surface and may be a rectangle for touch pad applications. This sensor may be used for applications that include robotics and human-machine interaction, smart garments and wearables, as well as medical textiles and flexible embedded sensors. This touch sensor may require as few as only two electrode connections from the fabric to sense both planar touch and pressure, which allows it to work in areas with limited space that allow for limited complexity for wiring.

公开(公告)号：US10824282B2

公开(公告)日：2020-11-03

申请号：US15779943

申请日：2016-11-30

Applicant: Drexel University

Inventor： Richard James Vallett ,  Ryan David Young ,  Robert Wallace Lehrich ,  Christina Dickinson Kara ,  Genevieve Dion ,  Youngmoo Edmund Kim

IPC: G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/0354 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/03 ,  H03K17/96 ,  D04B1/12 ,  D02G3/44

Abstract: A planar (two-dimensional, XY location) touch sensor may include a knitted structure and supplementary method of sensing detects human touch on a fabric surface. This sensor may be fully knitted and detect the continuous planar location and contact force of human touch along the surface of the structure. The fabric may conform to any arbitrary surface and may be a rectangle for touch pad applications. This sensor may be used for applications that include robotics and human-machine interaction, smart garments and wearables, as well as medical textiles and flexible embedded sensors. This touch sensor may require as few as only two electrode connections from the fabric to sense both planar touch and pressure, which allows it to work in areas with limited space that allow for limited complexity for wiring.