Title :
Design, application, marketing, and social impact of non-contact impedance sensor
Author :
Kawahara, Tomohiro ; Kaneko, Makoto
Author_Institution :
Graduate Sch. of Eng., Hiroshima Univ., Japan
Abstract :
This paper discusses the design, application, marketing and social impact of non-contact impedance sensor that can measure the impedance of environment. The developed sensor is composed of a displacement sensor and air (or water) force supply nozzle. The applications of the developed sensor are human skin age, medical fields, foods, and industrial products. We show the design based on our patent (#2002-329145) and prospect the expected market. We also show the social impact for releasing the sensor in the market.
Keywords :
laser ranging; marketing; mechanical variables measurement; nonelectric sensing devices; social aspects of automation; air force supply nozzle; displacement sensor; environment impedance; human skin age; industrial product; laser sensor; marketing; mechanical impedance; medical field; noncontact impedance sensor; noncontact sensing; social impact; water force supply nozzle; Force sensors; Humans; Impedance measurement; Infrared sensors; Mechanical sensors; Mechanical variables measurement; Pressure measurement; Probes; Skin; Surface impedance;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts, 2005. IEEE Workshop on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8947-6
DOI :
10.1109/ARSO.2005.1511614
