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US 2026/0259037 A1Published application
Sensor For Sensing Fluid Flow, Touch and/or Vibration
AssigneeStellar Advanced Concepts Ltd
InventorMichael Newsam
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Abstract
Certain examples of the present disclosure relate to a sensor (100) for sensing fluid flow, touch and/or vibration. The sensor comprises: a plurality of elongate shaft members (101) movably attached to a distortable surface (102) such that movement of one or more of the plurality of elongate shaft members distorts the surface; and means (103) configured to measure distortion of the distortable surface for determining movement of one or more of the plurality of elongate shaft members.
Claims21
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A sensor for sensing fluid flow, touch and/or vibration, the sensor comprising:
- a plurality of elongate shaft members movably attached to a distortable surface such that movement of one or more of the plurality of elongate shaft members distorts the surface;
- a distortion measurement device configured to measure distortion of the distortable surface for determining movement of one or more of the plurality of elongate shaft members, wherein the distortion measurement device comprises at least one image capturing device configured to capture an image of the distortable surface, and wherein a distortion of the distortable surface is measured based at least in part on the captured image of the distortable surface;
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- a movement device configured to move one or more of the plurality of elongate shaft members relative to the distortable surface or relative to another of the plurality of elongate shaft members.
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A method comprising:
- measuring distortion of a distortable surface of a sensor, wherein a plurality of elongate shaft members is movably attached to the distortable surface such that movement of one or more of the plurality of elongate shaft members distorts the distortable surface, and wherein a distortion of the distortable surface is measured based at least in part on a captured image of the distortable surface;
- determining movement of one or more of the plurality of elongate shaft members based at least in part on the measured distortion of the distortable surface;
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- moving one or more of the plurality of elongate shaft members relative to the distortable surface or relative to another of the plurality of elongate shaft members.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.