ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,132, issued on April 15, was assigned to OMRON Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Tactile sensor, robot hand, and robot" was invented by Misato Nabeto (Kyoto, Japan), Sayaka Doi (Joyo, Japan) and Hiroki Koga (Nara, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tactile sensor, comprising: a cover provided so as to cover at least a portion of a base; a first force detection section configured to detect a force acting on the cover in a direction toward the base from the cover; and a second force detection section configured to detect the force acting on the cover in a case in which the cover is further displaced in the direction toward the base after the f...