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US 2010/0071482 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for scanning a textile
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsDavid Graumann, Mark Yarvis
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Abstract
Some embodiments disclosed herein provide novel approaches for rapidly sensing sense line cross-point interaction in a textile such as a carpet or rug.
Claims16
A chip, comprising:
- one or more transmit circuits to provide a unique signal to each sense line in a group of transmit sense lines;
- and
- one or more receiver circuits to identify one or more of the unique signals on each sense line in a group of receive sense lines.
A method, comprising:
- applying a uniquely identifiable signal to each transmit sense line in a group of transmit sense lines;
- and
- monitoring one or more receive sense lines to determine if one or more of the transmit sense lines is in contact with the one or more receive sense lines, wherein said monitoring includes looking for the uniquely identifiable signals.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a textile having transmit sense lines to each carry a unique signal, and at least one receive sense line to receive the signals from the transmit lines when they contact the at least one receive line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.