Method and apparatus for providing input to a processor, and a sensor pad

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8766925
APP PUB NO 20090256817A1
SERIAL NO

12380350

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An apparatus for providing input to a processor includes a sensor pad having a surface and a sensor array for sensing pressure at the surface and producing signals corresponding to the pressure at the surface. The sensor array having columns and rows of electrodes that are covered with resistive material which fills in the spaces between the electrodes and acts as a linear resistor between the electrodes and measures pressure on the pad surface between the electrodes. The apparatus includes an interface in contact with the sensor pad and in communication with the sensor array which couples to the processor to communicate the signals to the processor. A method for providing input to a processor includes the steps of sensing pressure with a sensor pad having a surface and a sensor array for sensing the pressure at the surface. There is the step of producing signals corresponding to the pressure at the surface with the sensor array. The sensor array having columns and rows of electrodes that are covered with resistive material which fills in the spaces between the electrodes and acts as a linear resistor between the electrodes and measures pressure on the pad surface between the electrodes. There is the step of communicating the signals to the processor with an interface in contact with the sensor pad and in communication with the sensor array which couples to the processor.

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NEW YORK UNIVERSITY70 WASHINGTON SQUARE SOUTH NEW YORK NY 10012

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Perlin, Kenneth New York, US 75 2924
Rosenberg, Ilya Wayne, US 4 768

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