Fluidic wire touch sensors
Patent
Inventors
Gianluca Lazzi, Dulce Maria Altabella Lazzi, Kyle Loizos, Arup Roy, Proyag Datta
Publication Date
5/16/2024
Description
A wearable sensor device includes a liquid metal wire that includes an elongated tube with an internal cavity having a uniform cross-sectional geometry, the internal cavity is at least partially filled with liquid metal. The wearable sensor device further includes detection circuitry to detect a change in an electrical attribute of the liquid metal wire based on a temporary change in the cross-sectional geometry, and generate sensor data to identify an event associated with a wearer of the wearable device based on the temporary change in the cross-sectional geometry.
Journal
Patent Office, US
Volume
US
Issue
Application number: 18514958
Pages
Publisher
US Patent Office
