Dynamic position control for electronic components
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsTyler Jandt, Phillip V. Mann, Mark D. Plucinski, Sandra J. Shirk/Heath
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Abstract
A computer system may determine a target position of the electronic component. The computer system may also determine a current position of the electronic component. The computer system may compare the current position to the target to position to determine whether the electronic component is in the target position. If the electronic component is not in the target position, the computer system may use an electroactive polymer to adjust the position of the electronic component to move the electronic component into the target position.
Claims20
A computer implemented method for adjusting a position of an electronic component, the method comprising:
- determining a target position of the electronic component;
- determining a current position of the electronic component;
- determining whether the electronic component is in the target position by comparing the current position to the target position;
- and
- adjusting, in response to determining that the electronic component is not in the target position, the position of the electronic component, wherein the adjusting includes using an electroactive polymer (EAP) to move the electronic component into the target position.
A system for adjusting a position of an electronic component, the system comprising:
- a memory;
- an electronic component, the electronic component including an electroactive polymer (EAP);
- a processor circuit in communication with the memory, wherein the processor circuit is configured to perform a method comprising:
- determining a target position of the electronic component;
- determining a current position of the electronic component;
- determining whether the electronic component is in the target position by comparing the current position to the target position;
- and
- adjusting, in response to determining that the electronic component is not in the target position, the position of the electronic component, wherein the adjusting includes using an electroactive polymer (EAP) to move the electronic component into the target position.
A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to perform a method comprising:
- determining a target position of an electronic component;
- determining a current position of the electronic component;
- determining whether the electronic component is in the target position by comparing the current position to the target position;
- and
- adjusting, in response to determining that the electronic component is not in the target position, the position of the electronic component, wherein the adjusting includes using an electroactive polymer (EAP) to move the electronic component into the target position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.