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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2002
Valdimir R. Pisarsky, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mark B. Hoffberg, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Valdimir R. Pisarsky, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mark B. Hoffberg, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A motor-kinetic identification apparatus includes a pliant material, a source of a magnetic field embedded in the pliant material and a magneto metric element embedded in the material. The pliant is adapted to be gripped by a user. The pliant material has a normally biased rest shape and the shape becomes deformed upon the material being gripped. The magnetic field has a field contour dependent on said shape of said material. The magneto metric element is disposed within the field and has a detectable state commensurate with the magnetic field contour.