Sony Corporation

Sony Group Corporation

Tohoku University

Akira Ebisui

Shogo Shinkai

Kentaro Okuyama

Taizo Nishimura

Tomoko Katsuhara

Yoshiaki Sakakura

Harumi Sato

Ken Kobayashi

Hiroto Kawaguchi

Tetsuro Goto

Hiroshi Mizuno

Kei Tsukamoto

Yuji Takahashi

Tomoaki Suzuki

Hayato Hasegawa

Manami Miyawaki

Shinpei Nagatani

Tatsuo Uchida

Takashi Itaya

Takahiro Ishinabe

Tohru Kawakami

Toshio Kano

Masahiro Ikeda

Takeshi Takahashi

Makoto Yamaguchi

Norimasa Furukawa

Hidehiko Takanashi

Fumihiko Iida

Ichiro Murakami

Yoshiteru Taka

Tomoki Kawabata

Makoto Shinoda

Toru Takahashi

Mamoru Mizuno

Naoki Ikawa

Toshiyuki Onodera

Tatsuo Suzuki

A sensor apparatus and a robotic apparatus that can detect a distribution of a shearing force. A sensor apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a sensor section, a separation layer, and a first viscoelastic body layer. The sensor section includes a first pressure sensor on a front side of the sensor section that faces and a second pressure sensor on a rear side of the sensor section, the sensor section detecting a force applied in an in-plane direction. The separation layer is between the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor, and is made of a viscoelastic material that is deformed by a load applied to the first pressure sensor. The first viscoelastic body layer is on a front surface of the first pressure sensor, and is made of a viscoelastic material that is deformable on the first pressure sensor in the in-plane direction.

Pressure sensor apparatus having a viscoelastic separation layer between a first pressure sensor and a second pressure sensor

An electronic apparatus includes: an exterior body; a pressure-sensitive sensor having a sensing face; and a support supporting the pressure-sensitive sensor such that inner faces the exterior body is opposed to the sensing face.

Sensor, input device, and electronic apparatus

A sensor includes a capacitive sensor electrode layer, a reference electrode layer, and an elastic layer provided between the sensor electrode layer and the reference electrode layer. A thickness of the elastic layer is 100 &#x3bc;m or less, and a weight per unit area of the elastic layer is less than 3 mg/cm.

Sensor, inputting device, and electronic apparatus

Electronic equipment includes a pressed body as either a housing or a display, a pressure-sensitive sensor, a support configured to support the pressure-sensitive sensor such that the pressure-sensitive sensor is opposed to the pressed body, and a filler provided between the pressed body and the pressure-sensitive sensor. The filler has a thickness that changes with distance between the pressed body and the pressure-sensitive sensor.

Input apparatus and electronic equipment

Provided is a sensor including a sensor electrode unit including: a sensing unit of a capacitance type that detects pressing; and a temperature detection sensing unit of a capacitance type provided in an area corresponding to the sensing unit.

Sensor, input device, and electronic device

A sensor device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a plurality of detection electrode sections of a capacitive type, a reference electrode layer disposed at a position that faces each of the detection electrode sections, and a pressing transmission layer that causes locations, of the reference electrode layer, that face the respective detection electrode sections to be deformed locally in response to pressing performed from outside.

Sensor device, input device, and electronic apparatus

[Object] To provide a technology such as a pressure-sensitive sensor that can sufficiently ensure tolerances. [Solving Means] A pressure-sensitive sensor according to the present technology includes a sensor section, a clearance layer, and a push-in layer. The sensor section includes a sensor electrode layer, a first reference electrode layer, and a first deformable layer that is situated between the sensor electrode layer and the first reference electrode layer. The clearance layer is situated outside of the sensor section to face the first reference electrode layer. The push-in layer is situated between the first reference electrode layer and the clearance layer, and pushes the first reference electrode layer toward the sensor electrode layer in response to an external force to deform the first deformable layer.

Pressure-sensitive sensor and electronic apparatus

An electronic apparatus includes: an exterior body; a pressure-sensitive sensor having a first surface and a second surface; a support body supporting the pressure-sensitive sensor such that the exterior body faces the first surface; and a first deformation layer disposed at least either between the first surface and the exterior body or between the second surface and the support body. The pressure-sensitive sensor includes a capacitive sensor electrode unit including a sensing unit, a reference electrode layer, and a second deformation layer disposed between the reference electrode layer and the sensor electrode unit. The first deformation layer and the second deformation layer satisfy a predetermined relationship.

A sensor panel includes a sensor section that detects magnetic force of a contacting surface or a region in the vicinity of the contacting surface on a basis of a change in capacitance and is allowed to output a signal depending on the change in capacitance along with information on a position where the change in capacitance has occurred.

Sensor panel, input unit, and display unit

Provided are an input device and an electronic apparatus each including capacitive elements and being capable of allowing a plurality of information items to be separately input by simple operations. The input device includes: a capacitive element; a conductor that can be electrostatically coupled to the capacitive element; an operation portion that allows a load to be applied to the conductor; and a retaining portion that retains the conductor apart from the capacitive element. The retaining portion is capable of displacing the conductor with respect to the capacitive element in a stepwise manner in accordance with the load that is applied to the conductor through intermediation of the operation portion, and is capable of retaining the conductor at a plurality of positions with respect to the capacitive element.

Input device and electronic apparatus

A sensor includes a base layer and a pressing unit protruding with respect to the base layer. The pressing unit includes a first structure unit and a hollow second structure unit disposed on the first structure unit and having a bottom side opened. The second structure unit has a shape portion on a surface facing the base layer.

Input device pressing unit

There is provided an information processing device including a capacitance variation detection unit configured to detect an operation input to each of a plurality of key regions as a capacitance variation amount of a capacitive element, the key region being provided on a sheet-like operation member, the capacitive element being provided in association with each of the key regions, the capacitance variation amount being dependent on a change in a distance between the key region and the capacitive element, and an input state determination unit configured to determine whether an input state of the key region is an ON state based on the detected capacitance variation amount, the ON state being a state in which the operation input to the key region is decided to be valid. The input state determination unit determines an end of the ON state based on a differential value of the capacitance variation amount.

Method and apparatus for controlling an input device

A sensor is provided with a conductor layer, a sensor layer including a plurality of sensor units, and a separating layer which separates the conductor layer from the sensor layer, the sensor unit is formed of alternately arranged first and second electrode elements, and sensitivity on an outer periphery of the sensor unit is higher than the sensitivity in a central portion of the sensor unit.

Sensor, input device, keyboard, and electronic device

An input apparatus includes a conductive layer having flexibility, a capacitance-type sensor layer having a plurality of detection units, and a structure layer having a plurality of structures, a reaction force of which is non-linearly changed with respect to a pressing amount. The structure layer is disposed between the conductive layer and the sensor layer. The two or more structures are disposed in an operation area corresponding to the detection units.

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Akira Ebisui