Patent ID: 7862522

Claim:
A sensor glove worn on the fingers and hand of a performer, for providing analog signals representing the motion of one or more fingers in the glove, the sensor glove comprising: a palmer region, and at least one finger region, the finger region being worn on a finger, the finger region being attached to the palmer region, the finger region and palmer region each having a corresponding palmer surface and a dorsal surface, a rigid reference base, the rigid reference base having a top surface and an underside, the rigid reference base underside being coupled to the dorsal surface of the palmer region, a mechanical link and means for coupling motion between the dorsal surface of the finger region and the rigid reference base to a control input for a pot to change the resistance of the pot in response to a bending motion of the finger in the finger region with respect to the rigid reference base, a mechanical link and means for translating a first and second degree of freedom motion of the thumb with respect to the rigid reference base into a thumb control signal, and a rigid flap, the rigid flap having an upper and lower surface, a first force sensitive resistor being coupled to the rigid flap upper surface, the rigid flap being pivotally coupled to the rigid reference base on a rotational axis transverse to the extended direction of a finger, the force sensitive resistor being positioned on the rigid flap upper surface at a location under the finger, the rigid flap lower side being supported or raised by motion of the thumb to permit the finger to provide a force to the first force sensitive resistor to change the resistance of the first force sensitive resistor in response to an increase in pressure between the thumb and the finger with the rigid flap and force sensitive resistor therebetween.