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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2004
Ros Kiri Kiri Ing, Paris, FR;
Stefan Catheline, Montreuil, FR;
Nicolas Quieffin, Paris, FR;
Mathias Fink, Meudon, FR;
Ros Kiri Kiri Ing, Paris, FR;
Stefan Catheline, Montreuil, FR;
Nicolas Quieffin, Paris, FR;
Mathias Fink, Meudon, FR;
Sensitive Object, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
Apparatus and methods for locating an impact point on a surface of an object. The object is provided with an acoustic sensor that senses the impact from the acoustic waves that are generated when the object is subjected to the impact. The location of the impact on the surface of the object is determined by a recognition step that includes a comparison of the sensed signal to one or more predetermined signals. Each predetermined signal represents an active zone on the surface of the object. A predetermined signal corresponds to the sensed signal when the impact causing the sensed signal is generated in the active zone represented by the predetermined signal. The impact is associated with the active zone represented by a predetermined signal when the sensed signal and the predetermined signal sufficiently correspond to each other.