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US 10,753,814 B2Granted
Piezoresistive sensors and sensor arrays
AssigneeBeBop Sensors, Inc.
InventorsKeith McMillen, Conner Lacy
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Abstract
Highly expressive and flexibly programmable foot-operated controllers are described. Specific implementations are intended for musical applications and allow musicians an unprecedented degree of control of a wide variety of musical components and subsystems for recording and/or performance.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a dielectric substrate having two conductive traces on a surface thereof;
- fabric characterized by a resistance that changes in response to time-varying pressure, wherein the fabric is positioned to contact the surface of the dielectric substrate and both of the conductive traces;
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- circuitry configured to receive a signal from one of the conductive traces via a connection between the circuitry and the conductive trace, the circuitry also being configured to generate data based on the signal, the data representing the time-varying pressure.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a dielectric substrate having a plurality of conductive traces on a surface thereof;
- a plurality of pieces of fabric, each piece of fabric being characterized by a resistance that changes in response to time-varying pressure, wherein each piece of fabric is positioned to contact the surface of the dielectric substrate and a corresponding pair of the conductive traces;
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- circuitry configured to receive a signal from each of the pairs of the conductive traces via a corresponding connection between the circuitry and each of the pairs of the conductive traces, the circuitry also being configured to generate data based on the signals, the data representing the time-varying pressure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.