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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2011
Applicant:
Jeffrey B. Sampsell, Pueblo West, CO (US);
Inventor:
Jeffrey B. Sampsell, Pueblo West, CO (US);
Assignee:
Qualcomm MEMS Technologies, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for assessing a surface using a piezoelectric element. In one aspect, the method includes applying a device to the surface, wherein the device includes at least one piezoelectric element and at least one EMS device, wherein the EMS device includes a conductive first layer separated from a conductive second layer, and wherein the piezoelectric element is electrically coupled to the EMS device such that a force applied to the piezoelectric element results in a voltage applied across the first and second layers.