Title:
OPTICAL TACTILE SENSOR AND SENSOR SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2023/228527
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
This optical tactile sensor (100) comprises: an elastic member (10) having a contact surface (10a) that is brought into contact with an object (2); a holding member (20) having a transparent window part (23), the holding member (20) coming into contact with and holding the elastic member (10); a light source (30); and a camera (40) for imaging the shape of the contact surface (10a) through the window part (23). The elastic member (10) has a first portion having the contact surface (10a), and a transparent second portion formed so as to be integral with the first portion and disposed between the first portion and the window part (23). The second portion has a hardness higher than that of the first portion, and is in contact with the window part (23) across the imaging range of the camera.
Inventors:
OKAYAMA HIROAKI
NAKAGUCHI YUSUKE
SUZUKI TETSUYA
OKUMURA RYO
ONISHI HIDEO
IMAOKA TAKUYA
NAKAGUCHI YUSUKE
SUZUKI TETSUYA
OKUMURA RYO
ONISHI HIDEO
IMAOKA TAKUYA
Application Number:
PCT/JP2023/009972
Publication Date:
November 30, 2023
Filing Date:
March 15, 2023
Export Citation:
Assignee:
PANASONIC IP MAN CO LTD (JP)
International Classes:
G01L5/166
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2020240202A1 | 2020-12-03 |
Foreign References:
| JP2011525284A | 2011-09-15 | |||
| JP2022066750A | 2022-05-02 | |||
| JPS6141938A | 1986-02-28 | |||
| US20080284925A1 | 2008-11-20 | |||
| JP2007518966A | 2007-07-12 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
NII, Hiromori et al. (JP)
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