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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
William Gross, Pasadena, CA (US);
Assignee:
Idealab, Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 1/500 ; G05B 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 1/500 ; G05B 1/900 ;
Abstract
An optical pressure sensor useable in robotic applications. The optical pressure sensor can be included in a robotic grasping device. The pressure sensor includes a sensor structure having an interior wall and indicia. The indicia, apparent by viewing the interior wall, appearance change in response to pressure on the structure. An image sensor is positioned to view at least a portion of the interior wall, wherein the image sensor is configured to provide images of the indicia as the sensor structure is subject to pressure.