Motor-kinetic identification apparatus and method
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1. A motor-kinetic identification apparatus comprising:
- a pliant material adapted to be gripped by a user, the material having a normally biased rest shape, the shape being deformed upon the material being gripped;
a source of a magnetic field embedded in the material, the field having a field contour dependent on the shape of the material;
a magneto metric element embedded in the material, the element being disposed within the field and having a detectable state commensurate with the contour; and
wherein the contour is time variant as the material is being gripped such that the detectable state is time variant.
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Abstract
A motor-kinetic identification apparatus includes a pliant material, a source of a magnetic field embedded in the pliant material and a magneto metric element embedded in the material. The pliant is adapted to be gripped by a user. The pliant material has a normally biased rest shape and the shape becomes deformed upon the material being gripped. The magnetic field has a field contour dependent on said shape of said material. The magneto metric element is disposed within the field and has a detectable state commensurate with the magnetic field contour.
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16 Claims
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1. A motor-kinetic identification apparatus comprising:
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a pliant material adapted to be gripped by a user, the material having a normally biased rest shape, the shape being deformed upon the material being gripped; a source of a magnetic field embedded in the material, the field having a field contour dependent on the shape of the material; a magneto metric element embedded in the material, the element being disposed within the field and having a detectable state commensurate with the contour; and wherein the contour is time variant as the material is being gripped such that the detectable state is time variant. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A motor-kinetic identification method comprising:
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developing a magnetic field contour within a pliant material; continuously detecting the field contour as the material is being gripped to develop a user stereotype that is a time variant detectable state; and comparing the user stereotype to stored user stereotypes. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A motor-kinetic identification apparatus comprising:
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a pliant material adapted to be gripped by a user, the material having a normally biased rest shape, the shape being deformed upon the material being gripped; a source of a magnetic field embedded in the material, the field having a field contour dependent on the shape of the material; a magneto metric element embedded in the material and further disposed within the field contour and operable to develop a user stereotype as the material is gripped; wherein the contour is time variant as the material is being gripped such that the user stereotype is time variant; a database of stored user stereotypes; and a processor to which the user stereotype is applied and operable to compare the user stereotype to the stored user stereotypes. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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