In certain examples, methods and semiconductor structures are directed Touched to a strain sensor integrated with a membrane substrate, a pressure sensor, and a plurality of material layers. The material layers are to integrate the strain sensor, the pressure sensor and the membrane substrate, with the pressure and strain sensors operating co-operatively to indicate, in response to a force applied to or towards the pressure sensor, characterization information of the force applied and of deformation of the membrane substrate. In a more specific example, the strain sensor and the membrane substrate are integrated with the aforesaid at least one of the material layers, and at least a portion of the pressure sensor and the membrane substrate are stacked to permit sensing of the force concurrently by the strain sensor and the pressure sensor.

A load sensor includes: a first base member and a second base member disposed so as to face each other; an electrically-conductive elastic body disposed on an opposing face of the first base member; and a conductor wire disposed between the second base member and the electrically-conductive elastic body and configured as a plurality of element wires being twisted. Each element wire is configured as an electrically-conductive member which has a linear shape and of which the surface is covered by a dielectric body. A twist pitch of the plurality of element wires satisfies a conditional expression “p≤12nd”. In the expression, p is the twist pitch of the plurality of element wires, n is the number of the element wires included in the conductor wire and d is the outer diameter of each element wire.

A penis hardness detector and a detection method thereof are provided. The penis hardness detector includes a pair of clamps, a belt body, and a servomotor. Each clamp includes a clamping arm, a force sensor and a pair of gears. The force sensor is disposed inside the clamping arm, and each gear is disposed at one end of the force sensor. Two ends of the belt body are respectively connected to another end of the clamping arm opposite to the gear. The servomotor has an axis passing through the gear. The penis hardness detector can obtain penis hardness results by calculating with formulas.

Various implementations include a switch assembly that includes a housing and at least one printed circuit board (PCB) disposed within the housing, and one or more force sensors disposed on the PCB. Overload protection is provided for the one or more force sensors using one or both of an energy absorbing pad and/or a force transfer plate having one or more protrusions that engage with a platform defined by the housing to prevent excessive forces from being transferred to the one or more force sensors and damaging them and/or other components of the switch assembly.

Various implementations include a switch assembly that includes a housing and at least one printed circuit board (PCB) disposed within the housing, and one or more force sensors disposed on the PCB. Overload protection is provided for the one or more force sensors using one or both of an energy absorbing pad and/or a force transfer plate having one or more protrusions that engage with a platform defined by the housing to prevent excessive forces from being transferred to the one or more force sensors and damaging them and/or other components of the switch assembly.

A capacitance detection device includes: a sensor unit including a plurality of sensor elements; row control lines; column control lines; a control circuit supplying a charging voltage to the sensor element; and an equipotential circuit outputting a potential equal to the potential of the sensor element subject to measurement. The control circuit applies a charging voltage to the row control line connected to the sensor element and connects the column control line connected to the sensor element to the ground potential side. The control circuit causes the equipotential circuit to set a potential of at least one of the row control lines other than the row control line connected to the sensor element subject to measurement and the column control lines other than the column control line connected to the sensor element subject to measurement to a potential equal to the potential of the sensor element subject to measurement.

A display control apparatus comprises a receiving unit that receives a steering assist amount in an electric power steering system of a vehicle and a measured value of a yaw rate sensor provided in the vehicle; a sign determination unit that determines a sign of the steering assist amount or a sign of the measured value of the yaw rate sensor received by the receiving unit; and a calculation unit that calculates a display steering assist index value to be displayed on a display device in the vehicle based on the sign determined by the sign determination unit, and the steering assist amount and the measured value of the yaw rate sensor received by the receiving unit.

This invention relates to force/torque sensor and more particularly to multi-axis force/torque sensor and the methods of use for directly teaching a task to a mechatronic manipulator. The force/torque sensor has a casing, an outer frame forming part of or connected to the casing, an inner frame forming part of or connected to the casing, a compliant member connecting the outer frame to the inner frame, and one or more measurement elements mounted in the casing for measuring compliance of the compliant member when a force or torque is applied between the outer frame and the inner frame.

An embodiment may provide a sensing device comprising: a stator; and a rotor including a magnet, wherein the stator comprises a first stator tooth, a second stator tooth, and a collector disposed between the first stator tooth and the second stator tooth, and the collector comprises a first collector and a second collector having a different length from the first collector.

A torque sensor is provided. The torque sensor includes a shaft configured to receive an applied torque. The shaft includes a first region and a second region, both regions being magnetoelastic. The first region and the second region generate a first magnetic field and a second magnetic field in response to the applied torque. The shaft also includes a third region disposed between the first region and the second region. The third region generates a substantially negligible magnetic field in response to the applied torque. The torque sensor also includes a first sensor disposed adjacent to the first region, a second sensor disposed adjacent to the second region, and a third sensor disposed adjacent the third region. The first sensor senses the first magnetic field, the second sensor senses the second magnetic field, and the third sensor senses an ambient magnetic field.