Object locating system
Abstract
A sensing system locates an object by sensing the object`s effect on electric fields. The object`s effect on the mutual capacitance of electrode pairs varies according to the distance between the object and the electrodes. A single electrode pair can sense the distance from the object to the electrodes. Multiple electrode pairs can more precisely locate the object in one or more dimensions. 12 figs.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 672542
- Patent Number(s):
- 5764066
- Application Number:
- PAN: 8-878,693
- Assignee:
- Sandia Corp., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 9 Jun 1998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 44 INSTRUMENTATION, INCLUDING NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE DETECTORS; MONITORS; DESIGN; ELECTRODES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; CAPACITANCE; DISTANCE
Citation Formats
Novak, J L, and Petterson, B. Object locating system. United States: N. p., 1998.
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Novak, J L, & Petterson, B. Object locating system. United States.
Novak, J L, and Petterson, B. Tue .
"Object locating system". United States.
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abstractNote = {A sensing system locates an object by sensing the object`s effect on electric fields. The object`s effect on the mutual capacitance of electrode pairs varies according to the distance between the object and the electrodes. A single electrode pair can sense the distance from the object to the electrodes. Multiple electrode pairs can more precisely locate the object in one or more dimensions. 12 figs.},
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year = {Tue Jun 09 00:00:00 EDT 1998},
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