Contact sensor
AssigneeR&D Core Limited
InventorThomas Papakostas
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Abstract
A method of detecting a contact 300 using a contact sensor having an array of discrete and spaced apart sensing elements 102, 202 comprises: measuring the value of a parameter and, when the measured value of the parameter varies between a first value and a second value with the variation being indicative of a partial and/or intermittent contact with an adjacent sensor element, determining an estimated value for the parameter intermediate the first value and the second value.
Claims16
A method of detecting a contact using a contact sensor having an array of discrete and spaced apart sensing elements, the method comprising:
- measuring the value of a parameter and, when the measured value of the parameter varies between a first value and a second value with the variation being indicative of a partial and/or intermittent contact with an adjacent sensor element, determining an estimated value for the parameter intermediate the first value and the second value.
A contact sensor apparatus comprising an array of discrete/spaced out sensing elements;
- and a processor;
- wherein the processor is arranged to measure the value of a parameter and, when the measured value of the parameter varies between a first value and a second value with the variation being indicative of partial and/or intermittent contact at adjacent sensor elements, to determine an estimated value for the parameter intermediate the first value and the second value.
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