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Tactile sensing apparatus
Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1984-07-31
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Granted: 1987-11-24
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Expires: 2004-07-31
Abstract
Abstract Tactile sensing apparatus for detecting a tactile sense with an object to-be-handled, comprising a plurality of pressure sensing devices, a processor which processes outputs of the pressure sensing devices, and a touch device which contacts with the respective pressure sensing devices in common, whereby information items on a pressure sense, a viscosity sense and a slip sense are simultaneously detected with the outputs of the pressure sensing devices which vary depending upon a direction and a magnitude of a force acting on the touch device.
Inventors
- 👤 Yuji Hosoda
- 👤 Kazuo Honma
- 👤 Masakatsu Fujie
- 👤 Taro Iwamoto
- 👤 Kohji Kamejima
- 👤 Yoshiyuki Nakano
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CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01L; G01L1/00; G01L1/16; G01L1/18; G01L5/00; G01L5/16; G01L5/167; G01L5/22; G01L5/226; G01L5/228
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
149 words
A tactile sensing apparatus for detecting a tactile sense with an object to-be-handled comprising a base, detection means including a plurlaity of pressure sensing devices arranged on said base, and a touch device having a member including a convex part mounted at a central portion thereof for distributing and applying a force to said plurality of pressure sensing devices, and processor means connected to said plurality of pressure sensing devices for processing outputs of said plurality of pressure sensing devices, said detection means and said processor means being arranged on the same base, and a protective layer made of a flexible material being formed around said detection means, wherein said processor means forms information based on an average value of outputs of said plurality of pressure sensing devices and in a D.C. component and an A.C. component of a difference of outputs of said plurality of pressure sensing devices.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
149 words
A tactile sensing apparatus for detecting a tactile sense with an object to-be-handled comprising a base, detection means including a plurlaity of pressure sensing devices arranged on said base, and a touch device having a member including a convex part mounted at a central portion thereof for distributing and applying a force to said plurality of pressure sensing devices, and processor means connected to said plurality of pressure sensing devices for processing outputs of said plurality of pressure sensing devices, said detection means and said processor means being arranged on the same base, and a protective layer made of a flexible material being formed around said detection means, wherein said processor means forms information based on an average value of outputs of said plurality of pressure sensing devices and in a D.C. component and an A.C. component of a difference of outputs of said plurality of pressure sensing devices.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
Tactile sensing apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein said processor means can change-over its output terminals into high impedance states in accordance with external signals.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
40 words
Tactile sensing apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein said processor means performs temperature compensations of outputs of said pressure sensing devices on the basis of an output of at least one temperature sensor which is arranged on said base.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
186 words
A tactile sensing apparatus for detecting a tactile sense with an object to-be-handled comprising a base, detection means including three pressure sensing devices arranged on said base, and a touch device having a member including a convex part mounted at a central portion thereof for distributing and applying a force to said three pressure sensing devices, and processor means connected to said three pressure sensing devices for processing outputs of said three pressure sensing devices, said detection means and said processor means being arranged on the same base, and a protective layer made of a flexible material being formed around said detection means, wherein said processor means is constructed so as to form information based on an average value of outputs of said three pressure sensing devices arranged at three points not arrayed on an identical straight line, on a D.C. component and an A.C. component of a difference between an output of one of said three pressure sensing devices and an average value of the other two outputs, and on a D.C. component and an A.C. component of a difference between said other two outputs.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
186 words
A tactile sensing apparatus for detecting a tactile sense with an object to-be-handled comprising a base, detection means including three pressure sensing devices arranged on said base, and a touch device having a member including a convex part mounted at a central portion thereof for distributing and applying a force to said three pressure sensing devices, and processor means connected to said three pressure sensing devices for processing outputs of said three pressure sensing devices, said detection means and said processor means being arranged on the same base, and a protective layer made of a flexible material being formed around said detection means, wherein said processor means is constructed so as to form information based on an average value of outputs of said three pressure sensing devices arranged at three points not arrayed on an identical straight line, on a D.C. component and an A.C. component of a difference between an output of one of said three pressure sensing devices and an average value of the other two outputs, and on a D.C. component and an A.C. component of a difference between said other two outputs.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
Tactile sensing apparatus as defined in claim 4, wherein said processor means can change-over its output terminals into high impedance states in accordance with external signals.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
40 words
Tactile sensing apparatus as defined in claim 4, wherein said processor means performs temperature compensations of outputs of said pressure sensing devices on the basis of an output of at least one temperature sensor which is arranged on said base.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
183 words
A tactile sensing apparatus for detecting a tactile sense with an object to-be-handled comprising a base, detection means including four pressure sensing devices arranged on said base, and a touch device having a member including a convex part mounted at a central portion thereof for distributing and applying a force to said four pressure sensing devices, and processor means connected to said four pressure sensing devices for processing outputs of said four pressure sensing devices, said detection means and said processor means being arranged on the same base, and a protective layer made of a flexible material being formed around said detection means, wherein said processor means forms information based on D.C. components and A.C. components of differences between a respective two pressure sensing devices of two pressure sensing devices arranged on one of orthogonally intersecting straight lines and two other pressure sensing devices arranged on the other straight line, a D.C. component and an A.C. component of the difference between the outputs of said two other pressure sensing devices, and an average value of the outputs of said four pressure sensing devices.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
183 words
A tactile sensing apparatus for detecting a tactile sense with an object to-be-handled comprising a base, detection means including four pressure sensing devices arranged on said base, and a touch device having a member including a convex part mounted at a central portion thereof for distributing and applying a force to said four pressure sensing devices, and processor means connected to said four pressure sensing devices for processing outputs of said four pressure sensing devices, said detection means and said processor means being arranged on the same base, and a protective layer made of a flexible material being formed around said detection means, wherein said processor means forms information based on D.C. components and A.C. components of differences between a respective two pressure sensing devices of two pressure sensing devices arranged on one of orthogonally intersecting straight lines and two other pressure sensing devices arranged on the other straight line, a D.C. component and an A.C. component of the difference between the outputs of said two other pressure sensing devices, and an average value of the outputs of said four pressure sensing devices.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
26 words
Tactile sensing apparatus as defined in claim 7, wherein said processor means can change-over its output terminals into high impedance states in accordance with external signals.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
40 words
Tactile sensing apparatus as defined in claim 7, wherein said processor means performs temperature compensations of outputs of said pressure sensing devices on the basis of an output of at least one temperature sensor which is arranged on said base.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
32 words
Tactile apparatus sensing apparatus as defined in any one of claims 1-7, wherein a reinforcement layer made of a heat-resisting and wear-resisting material is formed on a surface of said protective layer.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
26 words
Tactile sensing apparatus as defined in any one of claims 1-7, wherein said touch device is constructed of said protective layer formed with the convex part.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
24 words
Tactile sensing apparatus as defined in claim 11, wherein a material of high elasticity is arranged in said convex part of said protective layer.
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