5th patent awarded to TG0
TG0’s fifth patent relates to a pressure-sensing device with the capability to determine the location, area and amount of pressure exerted by human interaction or some object on the surface. Applicable to a range of applications including automotive, gaming, medical, fitness and more.
The device can display a pressure map of interaction, by collecting data from multiple individual sensing points and configure it to show the area or shape of multiple pressure profiles.
The invention achieves pressure sensing through non-metallic conductive electrodes, eliminating dependence on conventional metal electrode material (such as gold, silver or aluminium). This provides numerous benefits, including a reduction in material cost and weight, simplified manufacture/assembly, and increased freedom of design. Such attributes are hugely beneficial in the application of pressure-sensing devices, which includes seating and shoe sole pressure sensing.
Typically, incorporating pressure-sensing into such products requires the integration of metal electrode materials and additional electronic components, requiring manufacturers to implement additional assembly processes which can be foreign to their original manufacturing processes bringing higher risks and costs. However, this invention takes advantage of existing innate materials in the product assembly, such as PU foam, EVA and Rubber, turning these into the sensor layer, streamlining the assembly process for manufacturers, without implementing new processes into the production line.
