Modular proximity sensing in atmospheric suit
AssigneeHamilton Sundstrand Corporation
InventorsJake Rohrig, Ashley Rose Himmelmann, Monica Torralba
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Abstract
A system for an atmospheric suit includes one or more modular proximity sensors affixed to corresponding one or more portions of the atmospheric suit. Each of the one or more proximity sensors provides a distance to a nearest object from the corresponding portion of the atmospheric suit. The system also includes processing circuitry to obtain the distance from each of the one or more proximity sensors to the nearest object and to provide information to the wearer of the atmospheric suit.
Claims18
A system for an atmospheric suit, the system comprising:
- one or more modular proximity sensors affixed to corresponding one or more portions of the atmospheric suit, wherein each of the one or more proximity sensors is configured to provide a distance to a nearest object from the corresponding portion of the atmospheric suit;
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- processing circuitry configured to obtain the distance from each of the one or more proximity sensors to the nearest object and to provide information to a wearer of the atmospheric suit regarding the distance to the nearest object detected by the one or more proximity sensors;
- wherein the processing circuitry is configured to provide the information as a haptic output via a feedback device on an inner surface of the atmospheric suit;
- wherein a location of the feedback device on the inner surface corresponds to a location of a proximity sensor of the one or more proximity sensors on an outer surface of the atmospheric suit.
A method of assembling a system for an atmospheric suit, the method comprising:
- affixing one or more modular proximity sensors to corresponding one or more portions of the atmospheric suit, wherein each of the one or more proximity sensors is configured to provide a distance to a nearest object from the corresponding portion of the atmospheric suit;
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- configuring processing circuitry to obtain the distance from each of the one or more proximity sensors to the nearest object and to provide information to a wearer of the atmospheric suit regarding the distance to the nearest object detected by the one or more proximity sensors;
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- providing the information as a haptic output via a feedback device on an inner surface of the atmospheric suit;
- wherein a location of the feedback device on the inner surface corresponds to a position of a proximity sensor of the one or more proximity sensors on an outer surface of the atmospheric suit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.