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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2020
Applicant:
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Inventors:
Yang Zhang, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Christopher Harrison, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/015 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for detecting when a user contacts one arm to an opposing arm. The system comprises an emitter worn by the user on one arm and a receiver located on an opposing arm, on the user's head, or on a different part of the user's body. Contact, or touch, is indicated by comparing the value of an electrical signal flowing along a path establish, in part, through the user's skin to a threshold. When touch is initiated, multiple electrical paths are created, including one that generates airborne signal emanating from the user's body.