US Patent:
20060055544, Mar 16, 2006
Inventors:
Fred Morguelan - Westlake Village CA, US
International Classification:
G08B 23/00
G08B 3/00
Abstract:
A portable, handheld, battery powered signaling device for emitting signals corresponding to a physical sensation being experienced by the user of the device. The device includes a handgrip portion and a novel sensor in the form of a force sensitive resistor, which changes resistance when a gripping force is applied by the user to the handgrip portion of the device. The sensor is operably interconnected with signaling devices in the form of visible and audible signals, which are energized when the user squeezes the handgrip. By exerting greater or lesser forces on the handgrip the user is able to control the visible and audible signals and in this way quantify the degree of the physical sensation being experienced.
