TEMPLE UNIVERSITY - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education
发明人:
Chang-Hee WON
申请号：
US15593637
公开号：
US20170332911A1
申请日:
2017.05.12
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2017
代理人:
摘要：
A tactile sensor, computer readable medium, methods of using and manufacturing the tactile sensor, and methods and apparatuses for processing the information generated by the tactile sensor. The tactile sensor includes a planar optical waveguide comprised of a flexible and transparent layer； a light configured to direct light into the optical waveguide； a light sensor or an imager facing the optical waveguide and configured to generate signals from light scattered out of the optical waveguide； and a controller which may be configured to generate an image of the object and characteristics of the object. The waveguide may be configured so that some of the light directed into the optical waveguide is scattered out of the waveguide if the waveguide is deformed by being pressed against the object. A finite element and a neural network are used to estimate mechanical characteristics of the objects.
