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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2023
Applicant:

Sigmasense, Llc., Wilmington, DE (US);

Inventors:

Patrick Troy Gray, Cedar Park, TX (US);

Gerald Dale Morrison, Redmond, WA (US);

Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Leander, TX (US);

Richard Stuart Seger, Jr., Belton, TX (US);

Shayne X Short, College Station, TX (US);

Timothy W. Markison, Mesa, AZ (US);

Assignee:

SIGMASENSE, LLC., Austin, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/287 (2006.01); A41D 19/00 (2006.01); G01P 15/18 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/287 (2013.01); A41D 19/0024 (2013.01); G01P 15/18 (2013.01); G06F 3/014 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01);
Abstract

A capacitive imaging glove includes electrodes implemented throughout the capacitive imaging glove and drive-sense circuits (DSCs) such that a DSC receives a reference signal generates a signal based thereon. The DSC provides the signal to a first electrode via a single line and simultaneously senses it. Note the signal is coupled from the first electrode to the second electrode via a gap therebetween. The DSC generates a digital signal representative of the electrical characteristic of the first electrode. Processing module(s), when enabled, is/are configured to execute operational instructions (e.g., stored in and/or retrieved from memory) to generate the reference signal, process the digital signal to determine the electrical characteristic of the first electrode, and process the electrical characteristic of the first electrode to determine a distance between the first electrode and the second electrode, and generate capacitive image data representative of a shape of the capacitive imaging glove.


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