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US 10,948,370 B2Granted
Haptic pin field sensor and manipulator
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorRebecca Cook
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Abstract
A pin field, comprising a plurality of pins mounted parallel with each other in a frame. The plurality of pins are extendable and retractable from the frame for sensing an object or for manipulation of the object in a working environment wherein a distal end of each pin in the plurality of pins comprises a combination pressure and temperature sensor.
Claims22
A pin field, comprising:
- a plurality of pins mounted parallel with each other in a frame;
- and
- wherein each pin in the plurality of pins is independently extendable and retractable from the frame for sensing of an object or manipulation of the object in a working environment;
- and
- wherein a distal end of each pin in the plurality of pins comprises a combination pressure and temperature sensor;
- wherein the plurality of pins is configured to provide pressure information and temperature information for the object against which the plurality of pins is placed, and further comprising:
- a data processing system configured to identify a material of which the object is made using the pressure information and the temperature information provided by the plurality of pins.
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A pin field sensing system, comprising:
- a remote pin field comprising a first plurality of pins mounted parallel with each other in a frame, wherein each pin in the first plurality of pins is extendable and retractable from the frame to sense a shape of an object and wherein a distal end of each pin in the plurality of pins comprises a combination pressure and temperature sensor;
- and
- a haptic pin field comprising a second plurality of pins mounted parallel with each other, wherein each pin in the second plurality of pins is an actuator driven pin, and wherein each pin in the second plurality of pins in the haptic pin field is controlled to replicate the shape of the object against which the first plurality of pins is placed;
- wherein:
- the first plurality of pins are placed against an object;
- pressure information and temperature information is received from the combination pressure and temperature sensor located at a distal end of each pin in the first plurality of pins;
- and
- a material of which the object is made is identified using the pressure information and the temperature information provided by the first plurality of pins.
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A method of sensing or manipulating an object in a working environment, comprising:
- placing a plurality of pins in a pin field against the object, wherein the pin field comprises a plurality of pins mounted parallel with each other in a frame, wherein each of the plurality of pins is independently extendable and retractable from the frame, wherein a distal end of each pin in the plurality of pins comprises a combination pressure and temperature sensor;
- and
- receiving sensor information from the plurality of pins placed against the object for sensing the object or controlling the plurality of pins placed against the object for manipulation of the object in the working environment;
- wherein receiving sensor information from the plurality of pins comprises receiving pressure information and temperature information from the combination pressure and temperature sensor located at a distal end of each pin in the plurality of pins for the object against which the plurality of pins are placed, and further comprising:
- identifying a material of which the object is made using pressure information and temperature information provided by the plurality of pins.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.