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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2021
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
Jamie J. Childress, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/94 (2006.01); G01B 21/18 (2006.01); G01D 5/40 (2006.01); G06V 10/40 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/943 (2013.01); G01B 21/18 (2013.01); G01D 5/40 (2013.01); G06V 10/40 (2022.01); G06V 40/107 (2022.01);
Abstract
A sensor system is configured to control one or more operational functions of one or more components. The sensor system includes one or more protuberances, a first channel defined by the one or more protuberances, a second channel defined by the one or more protuberances, and one or more sensing devices configured to detect one or more actions of an object in relation to one or more of the one or more protuberances, the first channel, or the second channel. The one or more actions of the object are associated with the one or more operational functions of the one or more components.