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Title:
光学式触覚センサ
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP4100615
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
The invention relates to a tactile sensor capable of obtaining information for a plurality of degrees of freedom at each point on a surface by introducing multi-channel sensing that uses color or optical spectrum to an optical tactile sensor. An optical tactile sensor is provided with a tactile section and imaging means, the tactile section comprising a transparent elastic body and a plurality of groups of markers provided inside the elastic body, each marker group being made up of a number of colored markers, with markers making up different marker groups having different colors for each group, and behavior of the colored markers when an object touches the elastic body being photographed by the imaging means. Preferably; the marker groups have mutually different spatial arrangements.

Inventors:
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Hiroyuki Kajimoto
Application Number:
JP2002523568A
Publication Date:
June 11, 2008
Filing Date:
August 30, 2001
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Assignee:
The University of Tokyo tlo
International Classes:
G01L5/00; B25J19/02; G01B11/03; G01B11/06; G01D21/00; G01L1/24; G01L5/22; G06F3/033; G06F3/042
Domestic Patent References:
JP9329512A
JP2000321156A
JP11125570A
JP2000227371A
JP3135704A
JP2198306A
JP62115308A
JP61205831A
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shigeru Inaba