LIGHT-BASED TACTILE SENSING WITH DIRECTIONAL SENSITIVITY

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20240310226A1
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18673076

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A device includes a substrate and a set of force sensors supported by the substrate. Each force sensor includes a pillar extending outward from the substrate, each pillar comprising a stack of semiconductor layers, the stack of semiconductor layers being configured to emit light upon biasing of the stack of semiconductor layers, and post disposed along only a portion of a perimeter of the pillar such that, taken together, the pillar and the post have an asymmetrical cross-sectional shape. Each pillar has a cross-section elongated along an axis. An orientation of the axis, and a peripheral position of the portion of the perimeter at which the post is disposed, differ across the set of force sensors such that a variation in light emitted by the stack of semiconductor layers of one or more of the force sensors is indicative of a direction of a shear force applied to the set of force sensors.

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THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANOFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER 1600 HURON PARKWAY 2ND FLOOR ANN ARBOR MI 48109-2590

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chung, Kunook Ann Arbor, US 6 20
Ku, Pei-Cheng Ann Arbor, US 9 31
Sui, Jingyang Atlanta, US 2 0

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