Sensory feedback system for electroactive polymer based transducers
First Claim
1. A method of obtaining sensory feedback from an electroactive polymer based transducer comprising the steps of:
- receiving a user input in a control system, combining it with a control system feedback signal from a sensory feedback circuitry and producing a control signal;
receiving the control signal in an amplifier and sensory tone generator, combining it with an amplifier feedback signal from the sensory feedback circuitry and producing a power signal;
receiving the power signal and an environmental disturbance in an electroactive polymer transducer and sensory circuitry and responsive to the user input producing a sensory signal;
receiving the sensory signal in the sensory feedback circuitry and producing the control system feedback signal and the amplifier feedback signal; and
producing a data output in the control system.
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Abstract
A system for obtaining inline sensory feedback from an electroactive polymer based transducer for use in feedback control applications is disclosed. Specifically a method of obtaining sensory feedback from an electroactive polymer based transducer includes the steps of: receiving a user input in a control system, combining it with a control system feedback signal from a sensory feedback circuitry and producing a control signal; receiving the control signal in an amplifier and sensory tone generator, combining it with an amplifier feedback signal from the sensory feedback circuitry and producing a power signal; receiving the power signal and an environmental disturbance in an electroactive polymer transducer and sensory circuitry and responsive to the user input producing a sensory signal; receiving the sensory signal in the sensory feedback circuitry and producing the control system feedback signal and the amplifier feedback signal; and producing a data output in the control system.
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36 Claims
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1. A method of obtaining sensory feedback from an electroactive polymer based transducer comprising the steps of:
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receiving a user input in a control system, combining it with a control system feedback signal from a sensory feedback circuitry and producing a control signal; receiving the control signal in an amplifier and sensory tone generator, combining it with an amplifier feedback signal from the sensory feedback circuitry and producing a power signal; receiving the power signal and an environmental disturbance in an electroactive polymer transducer and sensory circuitry and responsive to the user input producing a sensory signal; receiving the sensory signal in the sensory feedback circuitry and producing the control system feedback signal and the amplifier feedback signal; and
producing a data output in the control system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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