Communication apparatus, communication device, method for circuit board implementation, and tactile sensor
First Claim
1. A communication apparatus having a plurality of communication elements that are electrically connected to an electrically conductive layer or an electromagnetic action transfer layer, characterized in that each of the communication elements has a communications capability of conveying a signal via the conductive layer or the electromagnetic action transfer layer to other neighboring communication elements.
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Abstract
A communication apparatus (100) includes a plurality of distributed communication elements (200). Each communication element (200) functions to communicate only with other neighboring communication elements. The coverage is so set as to allow local communications with other neighboring communication elements. The local communications allow a signal to be successively communicated between the communication elements, thereby conveying the signal to the communication element at the destination. The plurality of communication elements are divided into ranks according to their management functions. Route data can be set in each rank, thereby allowing a signal to be efficiently conveyed to the final destination.
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29 Claims
- 1. A communication apparatus having a plurality of communication elements that are electrically connected to an electrically conductive layer or an electromagnetic action transfer layer, characterized in that each of the communication elements has a communications capability of conveying a signal via the conductive layer or the electromagnetic action transfer layer to other neighboring communication elements.
- 2. A communication apparatus having a plurality of distributed communication elements, characterized in that each of the communication elements has such a coverage that allows local communications with other neighboring communication elements, the local communications allowing sequential transmissions of a signal between the communication elements to convey the signal to a target communication element.
- 11. A communication device for transmitting a signal to other communication elements existing within a coverage, the device comprising first and second signal layers isolated from each other, and a communication element connected electrically to these layers, wherein the coverage is determined in accordance with the resistances of the first and second signal layers and the capacitance between the first and second signal layers, allowing the communication element to transmit a signal by discharging electric charges to the first and/or second signal layer.
- 12. A communication device for transmitting a signal to other communication elements existing within a coverage, the device comprising first and second signal layers, and a communication element connected electrically to these layers, wherein the first signal layer and the second signal layer are brought into conduction in the communication element, thereby allowing a signal to be transmitted.
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18. A method for circuit board implementation including film-type or sheet-type circuit board, comprising distributing a plurality of circuit elements on an electrically conductive circuit board, the circuit elements each of which has a communications capability of conveying a signal within each predetermined coverage, thereby mounting the circuit elements on the board without forming individual conductive wires between the circuit elements.
- 19. A tactile sensor comprising at least one sensor element including a circuit for measuring stress or temperature to convert it into a coded signal, and an electrically conductive flexible structure which conveys an output signal from the sensor element.
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28. A communication device which conveys a signal to other communication elements existing within a coverage, comprising first and second signal layers isolated from each other, and a communication element electro-magnetically connected to these layers, wherein the coverage is determined in accordance with an attenuation factor of an electromagnetic wave, and the communication element emits an electromagnetic wave or a beam of light into the layers including the first signal layer and the second signal layer, thereby transmitting a signal.
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29-44. -44. (cancelled)
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