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US 11,627,914 B2Granted
Pressure management methods for determining non-inclusive forces and apparatuses incorporating the same
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorsCaleb Rogers, Tyler Flood
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Abstract
A method includes determining that a portion of a force applied to a sensor system was applied to a non-inclusive region of the sensor system. An activation area of the non-inclusive region may be determined. A force distribution of the non-inclusive region may be determined. A corresponding force measurement of the non-inclusive region based on the activation area and the force distribution may be calculated.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- determining a raw confidence factor of a sensing area of a sensor system based on a force applied to at least a portion of the sensing area;
- and
- in response to the raw confidence factor being below a threshold confidence factor:
- calculating a corresponding force measurement of a non-inclusive region adjacent the sensing area based on an activation area and a force distribution;
- and
- determining a corrected confidence factor of the sensing area including a confidence factor of the non-inclusive region and the raw confidence factor of the sensing area.
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A sensor system comprising:
- a sensing area disposed along a surface of the sensor system;
- a non-inclusive region arranged adjacent to the sensing area, wherein the non-inclusive region does not include a sensor;
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- a processor that, when executing computer readable and executable instructions of the sensor system, causes the sensor system to:
- determine a raw confidence factor of the sensing area based on a force applied to at least a portion of the sensing area;
- and
- in response to the raw confidence factor being below the threshold confidence factor:
- calculate a corresponding force measurement of the non-inclusive region based on an activation area and a force distribution;
- and
- determine a corrected confidence factor of the sensing area including a confidence factor of the non-inclusive region and the raw confidence factor of the sensing area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.