Patents by Inventor Ettore Glitz

Ettore Glitz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and sensor for pressure sensing based on electrical signal generated by redistribution of mobile ions in piezoionic layer
    Patent number: 10663358
    Abstract: A method of sensing a pressure applied to a surface comprises monitoring an electrical signal generated by redistribution of mobile ions in a piezoionic layer under the surface. An externally applied local pressure at a portion of the layer induces redistribution of mobile ions in the piezoionic layer. It is determined that the surface is pressured based on detection of the electrical signal. A piezoionic sensor includes a sensing surface; a piezoionic layer disposed under the sensing surface such that an externally applied local pressure on a portion of the sensing surface causes detectable redistribution of mobile ions in the piezoionic layer; and electrodes in contact with the layer, configured to monitor electrical signal generated by the redistribution of mobile ions in the piezoionic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: The University of British Columbia
    Inventors: John Madden, Mirza Sarwar, Yuta Dobashi, Edmond Cretu, Shahriar Mirabbasi, Ettore Glitz, Meisam Farajollahi
  • METHOD AND SENSOR FOR PRESSURE SENSING BASED ON ELECTRICAL SIGNAL GENERATED BY REDISTRIBUTION OF MOBILE IONS IN PIEZOIONIC LAYER
    Publication number: 20180038745
    Abstract: A method of sensing a pressure applied to a surface comprises monitoring an electrical signal generated by redistribution of mobile ions in a piezoionic layer under the surface. An externally applied local pressure at a portion of the layer induces redistribution of mobile ions in the piezoionic layer. It is determined that the surface is pressured based on detection of the electrical signal. A piezoionic sensor includes a sensing surface; a piezoionic layer disposed under the sensing surface such that an externally applied local pressure on a portion of the sensing surface causes detectable redistribution of mobile ions in the piezoionic layer; and electrodes in contact with the layer, configured to monitor electrical signal generated by the redistribution of mobile ions in the piezoionic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: John Madden, Mirza Sarwar, Yuta Dobashi, Edmond Cretu, Shahriar Mirabbasi, Ettore Glitz, Meisam Farajollahi