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High precision pressures were applied on the surface of the PDMS membrane with fixed edges and a series deformation of the PDMS membrane were captured by the imaging system. The Chan and Vese (CV) level set method was applied to segment the images of the deformed membrane. The volumes wrapped by the deformed membranes were obtained, and pressure-volumes relationships of the PDMS membranes with different geometry parameters were also calculated. Then the membrane capacitance can be derived by differentiating the curve of pressure-volumes. In addition, the theoretical estimation of the capacitance of the PDMS membrane at large deformation was also obtained through finite element simulation (FEM), which was in good agreement with the experimental results. 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