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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:
May. 10, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2003
Applicants:
E. Rehmatulla Post, Somerville, MA (US);
Neil Gershenfeld, Somerville, MA (US);
Inventors:
E. Rehmatulla Post, Somerville, MA (US);
Neil Gershenfeld, Somerville, MA (US);
Assignee:
Massachusetts Instiute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R027/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Three-dimensional characterization wherein an object interacts capacitively with a resistive medium and the object's orientation, mass distribution and/or distance from the medium is characterized by electrodes distributed linearly around the medium's perimeter. Thus, three-dimensional characteristics are projected into two dimensions and sensed along a single dimension.