7964results about "Converting sensor output electrically/magnetically" patented technology

The invention relates to a scanning element for an inductive position measuring device, comprising a multilayer printed circuit board (1) which has a first receiver conductor track (1.1) extending along a first direction (x) and an excitation track (1.3). The first receiver conductor track (1.1) is formed from several first conductor track sections (1.111) which are connected in series. Along a section (A) of the printed circuit board (1), two first conductor track sections (1.111) are arranged offset from each other and parallel to each other with respect to a third direction (z). Along a first section (B1) that is arranged offset from the section (A) in the first direction (x), another of the first conductor track sections (1.111) runs in the printed circuit board (1), without this first conductor track section (1.111) running parallel to the other first conductor track section (1.111) with respect to the third direction (z). (Figure 5e)

An optical element driving mechanism is provided. The optical element driving mechanism includes a first holder, a fixed portion, a first driving assembly, and a first stopping assembly. The first holder is used for connecting to an optical element. The first holder is movable relative to the fixed portion. The first driving assembly is used for driving the first holder to move relative to the fixed portion. The first stopping assembly is used for restricting the movable range of the first holder relative to the fixed portion.

An input mechanism, such as a crown, detects amounts of applied force. In various examples, an assembly including an input mechanism has an enclosure; a stem coupled to the enclosure such that the stem is rotatable, translatable, and transversely moveable with respect to the enclosure; a sensor, coupled between the stem and the housing, to which force is transferred when the stem moves with respect to the housing; and a processing unit coupled to the sensor. The processing unit is operable to determine a measurement of the force, based on a signal from the sensor.

The invention belongs to the technical field of flexible sensors, and relates to a flexible temperature and pressure dual-mode sensor and array equipment. The temperature and pressure dual-mode sensor comprises a first flexible substrate, a force-sensitive conductive layer, an interdigital electrode layer, a second flexible substrate, a counter electrode layer and a temperature-sensitive layer which are sequentially stacked; the force-sensitive conductive layer comprises a microstructure layer stacked on the first flexible substrate and a conductive layer stacked on the microstructure layer; wherein the material of the microstructure layer comprises flexible resin and expanded microsphere powder, the interior of the microstructure layer is provided with a microsphere micropore structure formed by expansion of expanded microspheres, and the surface of the microstructure layer is provided with a plurality of protrusions and recesses; the temperature-sensitive layer is connected between the two counter electrodes of the counter electrode layer, and the temperature-sensitive layer is made of graphene.

Provided is a safety valve, a well system, and a method. The safety valve, in one aspect, includes an outer housing, a bore flow management actuator disposed within the outer housing, and a valve closure mechanism disposed within the outer housing. The safety valve, in accordance with this aspect, further includes one or more permanent magnets coupled to one of a movable feature of the safety valve or a fixed feature of the safety valve, and one or more magnetic field angle sensors coupled to an other of the fixed feature of the safety valve or the movable feature of the safety valve and positioned proximate the one or more permanent magnets, the one or more magnetic field angle sensors configured to sense a movement of the movable feature to determine a health of the safety valve.

The invention discloses a capacitive proximity sensor and a temperature drift compensation method of the capacitive proximity sensor, and the sensor comprises an oscillation detection module which comprises a sensor electrode and is used for outputting an oscillation signal according to the capacitance change of the sensor electrode and converting the oscillation signal into a first electric signal; the temperature detection module is used for detecting the environment temperature at the current moment and outputting a second electric signal; the digital potentiometer is connected with the oscillation detection module and is used for adjusting the first electric signal output by the oscillation detection module by adjusting the tap position; and the main control module is used for controlling the digital potentiometer to adjust the tap according to the second electric signal and outputting a detection result according to the first electric signal. The integrated temperature detection module is used for detecting the environment temperature, the tap position of the digital potentiometer is adjusted to achieve dynamic adjustment of the first electric signal, real-time compensation of the environment temperature change is achieved, and the detection precision and the environment adaptability of the sensor are remarkably improved.

The invention discloses a demodulation device, a rotary digital converter and a storage medium, relates to the technical field of rotary digital converters, and discloses the demodulation device, the rotary digital converter and the storage medium. Comprising an input processing module, a primary multiplier module and an output processing module which are sequentially connected in series, wherein the input processing module is used for searching and combining according to accessed phase information; the primary multiplier module is used for multiplying according to an accessed excitation signal and a modulation signal to obtain a signal to be output; the output processing module is used for adding the accessed signal to be output to output a demodulation signal; the input processing module is used for searching and combining, the excitation signal is generated under the condition that a multiplier is not needed, the demodulation signal can be generated only through the first-stage multiplier module and the output processing module, the hardware cost of part of multipliers is reduced, one-time quantization errors are avoided, and the decoding efficiency is improved. Therefore, the error of the demodulated signal is reduced, and the accuracy of the demodulated signal is improved to a certain extent.

The invention relates to an inductive torsion bar torque sensor (100), comprising at least a first and a second stator arrangement (10,10A) with each a receiving structure (11,11A) comprising a periodically repeated structure having a first and a second period, a first and a second rotor (20,20 A) rotatably arranged with respect to the first and second stator arrangements (10,10 A) forming two inductive position sensors (1,11A) for measuring an angle at each end of a torsion bar (5) and generate respective signals, at least one excitation or transmitter coil (40) and an oscillator circuit for generating a periodic alternating voltage and coupling it into the excitation coil(s) (40). The periodicity of the first receiving structure (11) is different from the periodicity of the second receiving structure (11A), the first and second receiving structures (11,11A) comprising a first and a second coil structure (101,101;102,102), the first rotatable rotor (20) serving the purpose of influencing the strength of an inductive coupling between the excitation coil(s) (40) and the first receiving structure (11), the second rotatable rotor (20A) serving the purpose of influencing the strength of an inductive coupling between the / an excitation coil(s) (40) and the second receiving 15 structure (11A). The signals generated by the first and second pair of receiving structures (11,11A) and rotors (20,20A) are orthogonal.

A steering apparatus includes: a steering wheel, and a sensor unit configured to detect contact or close proximity of a human body to the steering wheel. The sensor unit includes: a plurality of electrodes provided in the steering wheel, and a plurality of correction electrodes each disposed on a face of a corresponding electrode among the plurality of electrodes, for correcting a capacitance value derived from the corresponding electrode.

The invention discloses a flexible multi-mode hydrogel sensing patch as well as a preparation method and application thereof. The flexible multi-mode hydrogel sensing patch is composed of a bottom hydrogel-based bimodal pressure-temperature sensing layer and a top electrostatic spinning nanofiber-based non-contact detection layer. The hydrogel serves as a core base material and has high toughness and water-retaining property, multi-mode sensing of temperature, pressure and non-contact proximity is achieved through different sensing mechanisms, and crosstalk interference does not exist. In a simulated real scene, the feasibility of the multi-mode sensing function of the robot hand is verified by grabbing an object through the robot hand. A plurality of multi-mode sensing patches integrated at different positions of the pillow are used for intelligent sleep monitoring, and a one-dimensional convolutional neural network is used for acquiring and analyzing various human pillow interaction information and time-dependent evolution thereof, so that tracking of head movement and recognition of wrong postures possibly causing poor sleep are realized; and a promising method is provided for sleep monitoring.

Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing an encoder capable of performing a self-correction process, and more particularly methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided for implementing an encoder capable of performing a process to correct itself during operation of the encoder. In various embodiments, the encoder includes an exciter and a sensor capable of detecting a position of the exciter and generating a signal based on the position of the exciter. The encoder can then perform one or more steps to detect at least one of a first error in an offset of the signal, a second error in a gain of the signal, or a third error in a phase of the signal as the exciter is rotating and correct the signal from the sensor based on the detection of at least one of the first error, the second error, or the third error.

An inductive position sensor, comprising: a movable part (1) which is a magnetic conductor; and an induction coil assembly (100) adjacent to the movable part (1), wherein the induction coil assembly (100) and the movable part (1) form a magnetic circuit, the induction coil assembly (100) has an input end for inputting a current and an output end for outputting a feedback current; the inductive position sensor is used to detect a position of the movable part (1) based on a relationship between the feedback current and the input current. The inductive position sensor of the present disclosure has flexible and compact structural design, and can be adjusted and arranged according to different applications and structural spaces, so it is applicable to a wide range of environments. An electromagnetic clutch is also proposed.

Wireless circuitry is provided that includes a transformer having a primary coil and a secondary coil, a first group of switchable capacitors coupled to a first terminal of the primary coil, a second group of switchable capacitors coupled to a second terminal of the primary coil, and capacitance measurement circuitry selectively coupled to a center tap of the primary coil during a measurement mode. The capacitance measurement circuitry can include a current source, a current sink, a comparator, a voltage generator for providing one or more threshold / reference voltages to the comparator, a frequency measurement circuit, and a capacitance calculation circuit configured to compute a capacitance of the first and second groups of switchable capacitors.

The invention provides a large-area split type flexible magnetic tactile sensor with a sensing function, and the sensor employs a plurality of flexible square magnetic sheets which are magnetized in the thickness direction, and the polarities of the flexible square magnetic sheets are alternately arranged in a checkerboard array mode in which the polarities of the magnetic fields of the adjacent flexible square magnetic sheets are opposite, so as to simulate a flexible magnetic film which is magnetized in a folded manner. The magnetic flux density of a contact force acquisition area is enhanced, a U-net algorithm is adopted to carry out field intensity-force relation fitting on the divided acquisition area, and a contact force cloud picture is generated, so that a Hall sensor and a flexible magnetic film can keep a large distance to carry out split type large-area contact force sensing, and lossless split type installation is realized; and compared with simple magnetic field modes such as unidirectional magnetization, the touch sensor has higher sensitivity. According to the size of a required contact force measuring surface, more flexible magnetic touch sensor arrays are arranged, a contact force cloud picture is drawn together through a plurality of units, and the flexible magnetic touch sensor array has application potential in the fields of bionic robots, flexible electronics, medical treatment and the like.

The invention relates to the technical field of capacitance displacement sensor calibration, and particularly provides a differential capacitance displacement sensor scale factor test method and system based on a torsional pendulum, a detection pole plate is suspended through a suspension wire to form the torsional pendulum, and the rotation angle of the detection pole plate is measured through a high-precision optical measurement instrument; after excitation voltage is applied to the excitation pole plate, induced voltage is generated on the detection pole plate and interacts with the induction pole plate to generate electrostatic negative stiffness, so that the resonant frequency of the torsional pendulum is reduced, the induced voltage generated on the detection pole plate is calculated through the change of the resonant frequency, and then a scale factor is obtained. The induction voltage of the detection pole plate is indirectly tested in a non-contact mode, then the scale factor is obtained, actual measurement of the scale factor of the differential capacitance displacement sensor is achieved, errors generated by using simulation or theoretical calculation results are avoided, interference introduced by existing direct measurement of the induction voltage is also avoided, and the measurement accuracy of the differential capacitance displacement sensor is improved. And the measurement precision of the scale factor is effectively improved.

An estimation apparatus comprises: a collection unit configured to collect a plurality of pieces of update information used for updating reference information, which indicates measurement values in accordance with a position or an attitude of a second portion against a first portion which is measured by at least one magnetic sensor while changing at least one of the position and the attitude of the second portion against the first portion over a predetermined movable range; a clustering unit configured to perform clustering on the plurality of pieces of update information according to a predetermined classification condition; and an updating unit configured to update the reference information based on at least one piece of update information included in a maximum class into which a highest number of pieces of information are classified among the plurality of pieces of update information.

A position detection device includes first and second sensor electrodes that are adjacent to each other, connection wires connected to the respective sensor electrodes and including first and second connection wires connected to the first and second sensor electrodes, respectively, a sensor controller connected to the connection wires, and a first extension line; and a second extension line. Some of the plurality of connection wires, including the first connection wire, extend at regular intervals in a first region. The connection wires, including the second connection wire, are arranged to extend at regular intervals in a second region different from the first region. The first extension line extends along the second connection wire in the second region and is electrically connected to the first sensor electrode. The second extension line extends along the first connection wire in the first region and is electrically connected to the second sensor electrode.

The invention relates to a spin Hall magnetoresistance sensor and an electronic device including the same. A spin Hall magnetoresistive sensor may include: a first non-magnetic heavy metal layer formed of a non-magnetic heavy metal material having a spin Hall effect; a magnetic insulator layer formed on the first non-magnetic heavy metal layer; a topological insulator layer formed on the magnetic insulator layer; the second non-magnetic heavy metal layer is formed on the topological insulator layer; the first electrode and the second electrode are connected to the first non-magnetic heavy metal layer and used for applying in-plane current in the first direction to the first non-magnetic heavy metal layer; the third electrode and the fourth electrode are connected to the second non-magnetic heavy metal layer and used for measuring the Hall voltage of the second non-magnetic heavy metal layer in the first direction.

A magnetic sensing system and a magnetic sensing input device are provided. The magnetic sensing system includes a first electronic device and a second electronic device. The first electronic device includes a first processor and a modulable magnetic source, and the first processor controls the modulable magnetic source according to predetermined information to generate a modulated magnetic field. The second electronic device includes a magnetic sensor and a second processor. The magnetic sensor detects the modulated magnetic field, and the second processor receives the detected modulated magnetic field to obtain the predetermined information.

The disclosure provides a method and device for correction of the multi-channel capacitive sensor. The method includes: under calibrating mode, inputting the calibration signal from the calibration capacitance network module to the multi-channel capacitive sensor, and measuring the output complex voltage at each calibration frequency point; selecting any channel as a reference channel, combining each-channel three-admittance parameters with the output complex voltages at each calibration frequency point, calculating each-channel amplitude-phase correction coefficient relative to the reference channel; under operating mode, inputting a carrier signal to the multi-channel capacitive sensor through the multiple DoF sensitive probe, and measuring the output complex voltages under actual operation; and multiplying the output complex voltages by the correction coefficients, thereby obtaining the multiple sensing channel output signals.

The invention discloses a temperature and pressure sensor and a manufacturing method thereof, the temperature and pressure sensor comprises a support assembly formed by an inner support and a thermistor through an injection molding process, two pin copper wires of the thermistor are welded to an insertion piece of the inner support, and a plastic supporting structure wrapping the thermistor and the inner support is formed through injection molding; one end of a PIN needle of the terminal button is connected with an external plugging port; one end of a conductive circuit of the flexible wire board is respectively welded with the PIN of the ceramic capacitor and the insertion piece of the inner bracket, and the other end of the conductive circuit of the flexible wire board is welded with the other end of the PIN of the terminal button; a through hole is formed between the support assembly and the shell, a medium makes contact with the ceramic capacitor through the through hole, the ceramic capacitor transmits a pressure signal to the outside through the flexible wire board and the end button, the thermistor senses the temperature of the medium through the plastic supporting structure, and a temperature signal is transmitted to the outside through the inserting piece, the flexible wire board and the end button. The thermistor is effectively prevented from losing efficacy due to medium impact, and meanwhile, the structural process is relatively simple and easy to assemble.

A trashcan assembly can include a body portion, a lid portion pivotably coupled with the body portion, and a sensor assembly configured to generate a signal when an object is detected within a sensing region. The sensor assembly can include a plurality of transmitters having a first subset of transmitters and a second subset of transmitters. A transmission axis of at least one transmitter in the first subset of transmitters can be different from a transmission axis of at least one of the transmitters in the second subset of transmitters. An electronic processor can generate an electronic signal to a power-operated drive mechanism for moving the lid portion from a closed position to an open position, such as in response to the sensor assembly detecting the object.

The invention discloses eutectic gel as well as a preparation method and application thereof. The eutectic gel at least comprises a polymer obtained by polymerizing an acrylamide monomer, an acrylic monomer and a cross-linking agent in a eutectic solvent, and cellulose nanocrystals are also added into the polymer. The preparation method comprises the following steps: preparing the eutectic solvent; the preparation method comprises the following steps: at least adding an acrylamide monomer, an acrylic monomer, a cross-linking agent and cellulose nanocrystals into a deep-eutectic solvent, and uniformly mixing; and carrying out polymerization reaction to obtain the eutectic gel. According to the invention, two polymer monomers with different compatibility with the eutectic solvent are copolymerized to prepare the eutectic gel with phase separation, and meanwhile, the cellulose nanocrystal with different interaction with two phases in the eutectic gel is used as the flexibilizer, so that the mechanical property of the eutectic gel is effectively enhanced, and the mechanical property of the eutectic gel is improved. And the eutectic gel has temperature and strain dual response characteristics and good environmental stability.

A method for detection and measurement of metallic objects such as rebars embedded in a concrete building structure, with emitting an electro-magnetic sensor signal and measuring an inductive response signal at different sensing positions at the surface of the structure, thereby measuring the sensing positions in such a way that the response signal is position determined. The detection of objects and determination of their depths and / or diameters is based on AI models which evaluate the response signal.

The invention relates to the technical field of sensors, in particular to a high-sensitivity pressure-temperature dual-mode sensor and a preparation method thereof.The preparation method comprises the steps that a carbon nano tube is subjected to acid treatment and then reacts with a silane coupling agent KH550, and an aminated carbon nano tube is prepared; the method comprises the following steps: carrying out hydrothermal reaction on a phosphorus source and a graphene oxide aqueous solution to prepare phosphorus-doped reduced graphene oxide; the preparation method comprises the following steps: synthesizing Au-Ag heterojunction nano dispersion liquid through an Au nano seed method; mixing the three components and carrying out ultrasonic treatment to obtain mixed dispersion liquid; the preparation method comprises the following steps: modifying a PDMS substrate with KH560 and polyethylene glycol diamine to prepare a modified PDMS substrate; and coating the mixed dispersion liquid on a modified substrate to form a sensitive layer, and preparing an electrode to obtain the sensor. The aminated carbon nanotubes and the phosphorus-doped reduced graphene oxide construct a three-dimensional conductive network, so that high-sensitivity pressure detection is realized; the phosphorus-doped reduced graphene oxide and the Au-Ag heterojunction form a Schottky barrier, so that stable temperature sensing is realized; and the modified PDMS and the sensitive layer are strongly combined to improve the mechanical durability.

A system may include a resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor, a driver configured to drive the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor at a driving frequency, a measurement circuit communicatively coupled to the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor and configured to measure phase information and amplitude associated with the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor, and a noise detection circuit communicatively coupled to the measurement circuit and configured to determine a presence of external interference in the system based on at least one of the phase information and the amplitude information.

The invention relates to the technical field of wireless communication networks, and provides a low-channel electroencephalogram amplification circuit and brain-computer interface equipment oriented to an after-ear electroencephalogram signal, and the low-channel electroencephalogram amplification circuit comprises a dry electrode sensing module which is used for collecting an electroencephalogram signal; the front active amplification module comprises an operational amplifier circuit with high input impedance; the anti-aliasing filtering module is formed by cascading a multi-order passive filtering network and an active filtering circuit, is connected with the output end of the front active amplification module and is used for filtering high-frequency interference signals; the right leg driving feedback module comprises a programmable impedance adjusting circuit and a current limiting protection circuit, the right leg driving feedback module and the front active amplification module form a closed-loop feedback loop, and the output end of the right leg driving feedback module and the human body form a current loop through a protection resistor; the analog-to-digital conversion module adopts an integrated low-power-consumption analog front-end chip; a wireless transmission module; and the power supply management module provides independent power supply for the analog front-end chip, the operational amplifier circuit and the wireless transmission module.

A method may include receiving an input signal, generating a baseline signal based on the input signal, generating a corrected input signal by subtracting the baseline signal from the input signal, determining a threshold level change of the input signal when the corrected input signal exceeds a level change threshold, and responsive to the threshold level change, updating the baseline signal to the level change threshold.

The invention discloses a multi-turn memory optomagnetic encoder hybrid system, belongs to the technical field of position and angle measurement encoders, and aims at solving the problems that an existing optomagnetic hybrid encoder is complex in signal processing, long in axial length, insufficient in precision stability and prone to losing the number of turns and the position. The system comprises an optical encoder, a gallium arsenide magnetic signal acquisition sensor, a multi-antipode unequal magnetic ring, a processor, a hardware circuit, an ultra-low power consumption circuit, a signal acquisition module, a signal processing module and the like, integrates self-developed magnetic angle analysis, turn number memory correction and other algorithms, and adopts dual-redundancy design and intelligent signal mode switching. The method simplifies the signal processing flow, shortens the axial length, improves the measurement precision and stability, enhances the environmental adaptability and fault-tolerant capability, prolongs the endurance, and is suitable for the position angle measurement in a high-precision and severe environment.