TACTILE SENSOR MODULE HAVING UWB WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FUNCTION AND UWB COMMUNICATION METHOD USING THE TACTILE SENSOR MODULE
First Claim
1. A tactile sensor module having an ultra-wideband (UWB) wireless communication function, comprising:
- a sensing unit having a plurality of sensor cells sensing an external force applied thereto and outputting an output signal based on tactile information in proportion to the applied force; and
a UWB wireless communication unit receiving the output signal, converting the received signal into a UWB wireless communication signal and transmitting the UWB wireless communication signal,wherein the UWB wireless communication unit comprises a UWB receiver receiving external data in the form of a UWB wireless communication signal from an external electronic device and a UWB transmitter transmitting the output signal converted into the UWB wireless communication signal to the external electronic device.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are a tactile sensor module including a sensing unit connected to an external electronic device through a UWB communication network and a UWB communication method using the tactile sensor module. The tactile sensor module includes the sensing unit which has a plurality of sensor cells and outputs an output signal corresponding tactile information on a force applied thereto by a user using a pointing object, and a UWB based module which wirelessly connects the sensing unit to the external electronic device to construct a UWB communication network, receives external data in the form of a UWB wireless communication signal from the external electronic device, converts the output signal into data that can be recognized by the external electronic device and transmits the converted data to the external electronic device as a UWB wireless communication signal.
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18 Claims
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1. A tactile sensor module having an ultra-wideband (UWB) wireless communication function, comprising:
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a sensing unit having a plurality of sensor cells sensing an external force applied thereto and outputting an output signal based on tactile information in proportion to the applied force; and a UWB wireless communication unit receiving the output signal, converting the received signal into a UWB wireless communication signal and transmitting the UWB wireless communication signal, wherein the UWB wireless communication unit comprises a UWB receiver receiving external data in the form of a UWB wireless communication signal from an external electronic device and a UWB transmitter transmitting the output signal converted into the UWB wireless communication signal to the external electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A UWB communication method using a tactile sensor module having a UWB wireless communication function, comprising the steps of:
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receiving external data in the form of a UWB wireless communication signal from an external electronic device through a UWB receiver and constructing a UWB wireless communication network between a sensing unit and the external electronic device through a UWB wireless communication unit; controlling a first multiplexer connected to a plurality of sensor cells of the sensing unit through input signal lines and a second multiplexer connected to the plurality of sensor cells through output signal lines to scan the input signal lines and the output signal lines to obtain signal information data and outputting an output signal corresponding to tactile information based on the signal information data from the second multiplexer; amplifying the output signal output from the second multiplexer; converting the amplified output signal into a digital signal; converting the digital signal into data that can be recognized by the external electronic device; and transmitting the converted data to a UWB transmitter and controlling the UWB transmitter to transmit the converted data to the external electronic device as a UWB wireless communication signal. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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