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US 2012/0237043 A1Published application
Surface Texture Recording With Microphone
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsZoran Radivojevic, Paul Beecher, Chris Bower, Piers Andrew
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Abstract
An apparatus including a microphone; and a profilometer system including the microphone. The profilometer system is configured to use vibrations received at the microphone to create a Surface Texture File (STF).
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a microphone;
- and
- a profilometer system comprising the microphone, where the profilometer system is configured to use vibrations received at the microphone to create a Surface Texture File (STF).
A method comprising:
- mechanically connecting a hand-held device to a surface, where the hand-held device includes a microphone;
- receiving input at the microphone comprising vibrations from the surface;
- sending a signal from the microphone based upon the input received by the microphone;
- and
- creating a Surface Texture File (STF) based, at least partially, upon the signal from the microphone.
2 more elements
A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine for performing operations, the operations comprising:
- switching a mode of operation of an apparatus from a sound processing mode, for processing of signals from a microphone, to a profilometer mode;
- and
- creating a Surface Texture File (STF) based, at least partially, upon the signals received from the microphone while in the profilometer mode, where the signals are formed by the microphone based upon vibrations received at the microphone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.