Patent ID: 7973274

Claim:
A tactile sensor module comprising: a flexible substrate having a plurality of strips, where at least some of said plurality of strips being first strips branching off from a second strip of said plurality of strips and each of said first strips having a distal end and a proximal end close to a junction between said first and second strips; a plurality of sensing coupled to the plurality of strips; one or more communication terminals coupled to the flexible substrate, one or more of said sensing elements arranged on at least one of said first strips exclusive of said junction; and at least one electronic circuit section provided at the flexible substrate, said electronic circuit section being electrically coupled to at least some of said sensing elements and/or communication terminals via wiring extending at the flexible substrate, and said electronic circuit section having communication functions for receiving information acquired by the plurality of sensing elements and for transmitting the information to the communication terminals, wherein at least one of said strips comprises a foldable region and/or a cuttable region.