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Grip pressure sensor

US8491397B2 · kind B2 · utility

7Cited by

6References

18Claims

0Family size

Inventors

Theodore Caldwell · Nashville, US
Ning Chen · Jiaocheng District, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 9, 2011
Grant date	Jul 23, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 9, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA63B2220/836
WIPO fieldFurniture, games
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A watch includes a wrist band and a housing mounted to the wrist band where the housing includes a wrist side and an opposing side, a pliable domed shape pressure plate that extends outwardly from the wrist side of the housing to contact a palm side of a wrist and that responds to movements of muscles and tendons in the wrist that correspond to varying grip pressures applied by a hand extending from the wrist, a battery, memory, circuitry powered by the battery to convert responses of the pliable domed shape pressure plate to digital data, and circuitry powered by the battery to record the digital data to the memory.

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