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Fig. 94 wallsystem equipped with Geodetect<br />

(1) Leromur concrete cinder blocks (2) reinforced geotextile (3) Geodetect-strips (4) weatherproofed cable (5) mobile<br />

measuring device [176]<br />

The Geodetect fabric is used to monitor the deformation and absorbing behaviour of a bridge<br />

construction in Saint-Saturnin in France. Geodetect delivers data during the construction period and<br />

after completion of the installed wallsystem. The construction started in 2004 [176].<br />

2.3.5.2 Patents published<br />

The University of Stuttgart and the German Institutes for Textile and Fibre Research Denkendorf<br />

patented a fibre comprising a glassfibre core surrounded by semiconductor layers (WO 02/37577).<br />

The fibre can be further processed into a textile structure and can be, for instance, used for the<br />

production of a textile switch.<br />

The company Tactex Controls, Inc., issued patents to protect its place as a designer and manufacturer<br />

of sensing products and to secure its innovations in the medical products field:<br />

US 6715359 ‘Pressure sensitive surface’<br />

A position sensor comprises a substrate having an array of pressure sensors and a membrane<br />

overlying the substrate. The membrane includes physical parameters which vary with position. The<br />

membrane may include discontinuous regions and protrusions which affect the way in which forces on<br />

the membrane are distributed to the substrate. A pressure sensor may also include a controller for<br />

receiving pressure information from the substrate, with a signal processor being programmed to<br />

localize the depressed region or regions of the substrate.<br />

US 6788295 Touch pad using a non-electrical deformable pressure sensor<br />

A touch pad for controlling electronic equipment includes a deformable touch surface and a<br />

compressible pad body in contact with the touch surface. The compressible body is formed from a<br />

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