US 12,276,555 B2
Conductive yarn pressure sensor with sensing electrodes physically or electrically contacting each other through openings in intermediate layer in reponse to external pressure
Won Hyo Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Woo Kyeong Seong, Seongnam-si (KR); Kook Nyung Lee, Seoul (KR); Su Mi Yoon, Anyang-si (KR); Dong Ki Hong, Pyeongtaek-si (KR); Young Joo Kim, Seoul (KR); and Hye Lim Kang, Chungcheongbuk-do (KR)
Assigned to Korea Electronics Technology Institute, Seongnam-si (KR)
Filed by KOREA ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE, Seongnam-si (KR)
Filed on Jul. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/859,314.
Application 17/859,314 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/000166, filed on Jan. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0002658 (KR), filed on Jan. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0341797 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. G01L 1/22 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 5/26 (2006.01); B32B 7/14 (2006.01); D03D 1/00 (2006.01); D03D 15/533 (2021.01)
CPC G01L 1/2287 (2013.01) [B32B 5/024 (2013.01); B32B 5/263 (2021.05); B32B 7/14 (2013.01); D03D 1/0088 (2013.01); D03D 15/533 (2021.01); B32B 2250/20 (2013.01); B32B 2307/202 (2013.01); B32B 2457/00 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
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1. A conductive yarn pressure sensor comprising:
a first sensing electrode comprising a first surface and a plurality of first unit sensing electrodes extending in a first direction and insulated from each other, each of the plurality of first unit sensing electrodes comprising a set of first conductive yarns that are disposed on the first surface and extend in the first direction;
a second sensing electrode comprising a second surface opposing the first surface and a plurality of second unit sensing electrodes extending in a second direction and insulated from each other, each of the plurality of second unit sensing electrodes comprising a set of second conductive yarns that are disposed on the second surface and extend in the second direction; and
an intermediate layer interposed between the first sensing electrode and the second sensing electrode, the intermediate layer comprising a plurality of openings,
wherein the intermediate layer is configured to enable the set of first conductive yarns of at least one of the plurality of first unit sensing electrodes of the first sensing electrode and the set of second conductive yarns of at least one of the plurality of second unit sensing electrodes of the second sensing electrode to physically contact each other through at least part of the plurality of openings in the intermediate layer in response to external pressure applied to at least one of the first sensing electrode or the second sensing electrode and sense a position, in at least one of the first sensing electrode or the second sensing electrode to which the external pressure is applied, in response to the set of first conductive yarns and the set of second conductive yarns physically contacting each other.