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Pressure distribution detecting device

US4953410A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 25, 1989
Grant dateSep 4, 1990
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Expiry dateAug 25, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01L1/16
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A pressure distribution detecting device comprises a plurality of piezo-electric sensor elements arranged in a matrix for outputting voltages corresponding to pressure changes. A piezo-electric sensor element whose output voltage is to be read is sequentially selected through a control line so that when all the piezo-electric sensor elements are selected, selection through a control line is repeated. Output voltages of the piezo-electric sensor elements are read through reading lines and are then stored in a data processing device for each piezo-electric sensor element. In the data processing device, increment or decrement which is an output voltage corresponding to a pressure change in a sensor element is stored accumulatively, so that data concerning a pressure at a present time from an initiation of measurement can be obtained.

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