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2022-284 Non-Contact Force Sensing

Summary: Researchers in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UCLA have developed a non-contact force sensor that relies on laser speckle imaging to precisely sense changing forces on the surface of a variety of materials. Background: Force sensing capabilities enable the ubiquity of a wide range of modern technologies, from touch...

Published: 9/26/2023 | Inventor(s): Yang Zhang, Achuta Kadambi, Siyou Pei, Pradyumna Chari, Xue Wang, Xiaoying Yang

Keywords(s): Atomic Force Microscopy, Electric Vehicle, Electrical, Force sensor, force-sensing, HCI (Human Computer Interaction), interaction modality, interactive sensing application, interactive system, laser speckle imaging, machine perception, non-contact, Piezoelectric Sensor, pressure sensitive, Sensor, Sensors, Sensory System, Ubiquitous force signals

Category(s): Electrical, Electrical > Signal Processing, Electrical > Sensors, Electrical > Displays, Software & Algorithms, Software & Algorithms > Image Processing

2022-036 Giant Magnetoelasticity Enabled Self-Powered Pressure Sensor

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Bioengineering have developed a soft material system that generates a giant magnetoelastic effect to enable self-powered pressure sensors for biomonitoring in wearable devices. Background: The magnetoelastic effect is the change in a material’s magnetic properties under mechanical stress or deformation....

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Jun Chen

Keywords(s): Bioelectromagnetics, Biosensor, Elastic Modulus, Elastic Modulus Thermal Grease, Electromagnetism, Implant (Medicine), Magnetoresistive , Piezoelectric Sensor, Power Electronics, Robotics, Sensor

Category(s): Electrical, Electrical > Sensors, Materials, Materials > Composite Materials, Materials > Functional Materials, Electrical > Instrumentation, Mechanical, Mechanical > Instrumentation, Materials > Nanotechnology