5553results 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)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A position sensor of a motor includes: a housing in which a hollow is formed and an accommodation space is formed as surrounding the hollow; a ground ring formed through an inner circumferential surface of the housing; a first PCB installed in the accommodation space and formed with a first circuit part; an induction unit facing the first PCB and rotates; a connecting bushing embedded in the housing and electrically connected to the ground by a fastening member; and a relay unit installed in the accommodation space and relaying the ground ring and the connection bushing. The ground ring is formed with a body formed through the inner circumferential surface, a contact part formed on one side of the body and disposed of in the hollow, and a first connection part extending from the other side of the body and contacting the relay unit.

The invention relates to the technical field of sensors, in particular to a three-electrode sensor integrating positioning and pressure detection and a manufacturing method thereof, and the three-electrode sensor comprises a resistor positioning unit, a gasket, a piezoelectric unit and a packaging layer which are connected in sequence; wherein the resistor positioning unit is used for detecting a stressed position; the upper parts of the two gaskets are respectively connected to the edge of the resistor positioning unit, and the lower parts of the two gaskets are respectively connected to the edge of the piezoelectric unit, so that the resistor positioning unit and the piezoelectric unit form a cavity structure; the piezoelectric unit is used for detecting the magnitude of stress; the sensor can collect the pressure position and the pressure magnitude at the same time, has the advantages of being simple in structure, independent in signal and stable in performance, and has great application potential in multiple frontier fields such as flexible sensing, medical instruments and robot grabbing.

The inductive position detector includes: a stator having a wiring board; a rotor having a non-conductive component disposed in opposed relation to the stator and rotatable relative to the stator about a rotation axis; a conductor pattern held by the non-conductive component so as to have cyclicity (geometrical periodicity) circumferentially about the rotation axis, and movable to pass through a rotation track defined about the rotation axis as the rotor is rotated; and a plurality of chip inductors surface-mounted on a major surface of the wiring board of the stator in opposed relation to the rotation track so as to have different spatial phases with respect to the conductor pattern, and respectively serving as detection coils that detect a magnetic field change occurring due to the passage of the conductor pattern.

Devices and methods for measuring capacitance of a load. A device may include a ground connector configured to couple to ground and an output connector configured to couple to the load. The device may include a direct current (DC) supply arranged in a conduction path between the ground connector and the output connector wherein the DC supply is configured to apply a DC voltage and noise voltage onto the conduction path. The device may include a voltage monitor configured to monitor the noise voltage applied by the DC supply and the device may include a current monitor configured to measure current in the conduction path that results from the noise voltage. The device may include a capacitance module coupled to the current monitor and voltage monitor, the capacitance module configured to determine the capacitance based upon the monitored current and noise voltage.

The invention relates to a soft mesh magnetic sensor for tactile and non-tactile perception. The sensor comprises a neodymium iron boron-organic silicon elastomer magnetic film, an aluminum foil, a PDMS elastomer, a TMR element and a printed circuit board, wherein the TMR element is welded on the printed circuit board, and the PDMS elastomer coats the TMR element and covers the PCB; the PDMS elastomer is covered with an aluminum foil, and a neodymium iron boron-organic silicon elastomer magnetic film is arranged on the aluminum foil; the PDMS elastomer is of a sandwich structure and is composed of an upper thin film, a lower thin film and a middle small cylinder array. The lower film is provided with a strip-shaped groove which is used for wrapping the TMR element. The soft grid magnetic sensor disclosed by the invention has the advantages of high sensitivity, high flexibility and strong multi-mode sensing capability.

The present disclosure is directed to a multi-RET actuator system. The system includes a plurality of drive assemblies operatively connected to one or more phase shifter assemblies such that movement of one of the drive assemblies adjusts at least one, of the one or more phase shifter assemblies; a drive system including a drive screw and a drive shaft, the drive shaft supporting a second connector, the drive system configured to transversely move along the drive screw to position the drive system adjacent to a target drive assembly of the plurality of drive assemblies, a movable sled assembly operatively connected to the drive system, the movable sled assembly configured to extend or retract such that movement of the sled assembly selectively engages or disengages the second connector with a respective first connector for the target drive assembly. Methods of calibrating and operating multi-RET actuator systems are also described herein.

A sensor device for measuring the level of material in a container, including: a shell, and at least one contactless level sensor housed inside the shell, the shell including a measurement window enabling the passage of a detection signal emitted by the sensor and the passage of a reflected detection signal, after reflection against the free surface of the material inside the container. The sensor device further includes a fastener secured to the shell, enabling the removable fastening of the sensor device outside the container, on a connector secured to the container, with the measurement window of the shell positioned opposite a corresponding opening formed in the container.

The invention provides a resistance-type flexible multifunctional sensor and a preparation method and application thereof. The sensor comprises a flexible fabric, a sensing layer attached to the surface of the flexible fabric and an electrode attached to the surface of the sensing layer. The sensing layer is of an intercalation structure formed by stacking and distributing graphene (GR), carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) and silicone rubber (SR). According to the resistive flexible multifunctional sensor and the preparation method and application thereof, the sensing layer of an intercalation structure formed by stacking and distributing the graphene, the carbon nanoparticles and the silicone rubber is adopted, measurement of pressure, strain and temperature can be achieved at the same time, and therefore the high-performance flexible multifunctional sensor is obtained; and a multi-mode sensing mode is expected to be provided for precise monitoring and somatosensory application.

The utility model discloses an automobile eddy current dual-redundancy Hall sensor and a working method thereof in the field of automobile rotor angle detection and hovercar paddle position detection, and the sensor comprises a housing which is annular, the housing is provided with a mounting cavity, the mounting cavity is internally provided with an annular circuit board, the circuit board is connected with a wiring harness assembly, and the wiring harness assembly is connected with the housing. A sealing glue layer is arranged above the circuit board in the shell mounting cavity, the lower side of the shell is provided with a downward extending cylinder which extends downwards, a Hall sensor is arranged in the downward extending cylinder, and the Hall sensor is correspondingly connected with the circuit board. According to the utility model, through the dual-redundancy design, the eddy current sensor can reach ASIC-D at most; the Hall sensor is integrated into the circuit, so that the space occupied by the arrangement of the two sensors can be effectively reduced, and the weight is reduced.

An agricultural trench depth sensing system having a trench implement adapted to be disposed in a soil trench opened in a soil surface. In one embodiment an ultrasonic sensor detects a distance to an upper surface of said trench implement or a target disposed thereon. In another embodiment, said trench implement includes one or more fingers which rotate with respect to said trench implement to detect the soil surface relative to said trench implement. In another embodiment, said trench implement includes side sensors for detecting the sidewall of the soil trench.

The invention discloses a lead zirconate titanate film material with an ultrahigh voltage coefficient as well as a preparation method and application of the lead zirconate titanate film material, and belongs to the technical field of electronic material development and film materials. The preparation of the lead zirconate titanate film material is realized by adopting a sol-gel spin-coating method and controlling the annealing times. The piezoelectric film material provided by the invention can be directly deposited on a Si substrate coated with metal Pt, does not need to introduce an additional buffer layer or dope any element, is short in annealing time and simple in preparation process, all required raw materials are cheap and easy to obtain, and the piezoelectric film material particularly has high orientation degree, low coercive voltage and excellent ferroelectric and piezoelectric properties, is suitable for preparing large-size (2-4 inches) wafers, and has a wide application prospect. And huge application potential is shown in the field of piezoelectric micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) devices.