Sensor network
AssigneeSendance GmbH
InventorRobert Koeppe
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Abstract
A network including sensor points that form the node points of the network and elongated connecting elements that form the edges of the network, wherein the connecting elements each have an extensible substrate on which there is at least one conductor that runs from one end region of the connecting element in the longitudinal direction thereof to a second end region of the connecting element. The conductor consists of a non-extensible material and the conductor has a sinuous or zigzag progression on the extensible substrate, such that the individual sections of the conductor run transverse to the longitudinal direction of the respective connecting element.
Claims22
A two-dimensional network comprising:
- sensor points forming nodes of the network;
- and
- elongated connecting elements comprising a substrate and a conductor forming edges of the network;
- wherein the network has in each of its two dimensions at least two edges of the edges forming grid lines of the network, the network of sensor points and connecting elements being open in an area between the edges;
- wherein at each sensor point a current flow or a capacitive coupling couples the conductors of a first grid line to the conductors of a second grid line, the first and second grid lines being transverse to one another and the current flow or the capacitive coupling being dependent on a measured parameter of the sensor point;
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- wherein the connecting elements each have a stretchable substrate, which substrate is present as a straight strip, on which at least one conductor is present, which runs from a first end region of the connecting element along a longitudinal direction to a second end region of the connecting element, the conductor including a non-stretchable material and the conductor having a wound course or a bent course on the stretchable substrate, so that individual sections of the conductor run transversely with respect to the longitudinal direction of the respective connecting element.
A method for performing measurements on a body with a two-dimensional sensor network comprising sensor points as nodes of the network and stretchable connection elements between the sensor points as edges of the network and which network has in each of its two dimensions at least two edges which form grid lines of the network, wherein the network of sensor points and connecting elements is open in the area between the edges and wherein the stretchable connecting elements comprise a stretchable substrate and a conductor, comprising:
- creating, in a first step, a digital model of the body;
- placing, in a second step, positions of measuring points in the digital model;
- attaching, in a third step, the sensor network to the real body while individually stretching the individual connection elements, whereby the sensor points are arranged on the real body at the positions of the measuring points in the digital model;
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- performing, in a fourth step, at least one measurement of measuring values at the sensor points.
A method for performing measurements on a body with a two-dimensional sensor network comprising sensor points as nodes of the network and stretchable connection elements between the sensor points as edges of the network and which network has in each of its two dimensions at least two edges forming grid lines of the network, wherein the network of sensor points and connecting elements is open in the area between the edges and wherein the stretchable connecting elements comprise a stretchable substrate and a conductor, wherein:
- manufacturing or providing, in a first step, the body with markings for measuring points;
- attaching, in a second step, the sensor network to the body, with stretching of the individual connecting elements, the sensor points being arranged on the body at the positions of the markings for the measuring points;
- and
- performing, in a third step, at least one measurement of measuring values at the sensor points.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.