Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Keiji Noine

Shinobu Masuda

Tetsuyoshi Ogura

Kenichi Ezaki

Yuta Moriura

Yui Sawada

Akihiro Odagawa

Seiji Yamahira

Kazuya Niki

A food management system that manages food items in a refrigerator includes: a pressure-sensitive sensor that acquires information including shapes, weights, and positions of the food items; a comparator that performs comparison of the information acquired at different times; and an identifier that identifies at least one of (i) fluctuations in the number of food items or (ii) presence or absence of the food items.

Food management system

The present disclosure has an object of providing a tactile sensor having a simple structure and capable of detecting a shear force, and a tactile sensor unit constituting the tactile sensor. The present disclosure relates to a tactile sensor unit including: a plurality of pressure-sensitive elements each including a first substrate including a first electrode, a second electrode disposed facing the first electrode, and a dielectric disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and an external force acting portion disposed on and across the plurality of pressure-sensitive elements, wherein, when a shear force is applied to the external force acting portion, at least a part of the pressure-sensitive elements change in inter-electrode electrostatic capacitance.

Tactile sensor, and tactile sensor unit constituting tactile sensor

The present disclosure provides a pressure-sensitive element having a relatively wide pressing force measurement range and a relatively simple structure. Pressure-sensitive element is provided with pressure-sensitive part that receives pressing force and detector that detects the pressing force, and has a structure described below. That is, pressure-sensitive part has first conductive member that has elasticity, second conductive member, and dielectric body. Dielectric body is disposed between first conductive member and second conductive member, and at least partially covers the surface of first conductive member or second conductive member. Detector detects pressing force based on a variation in electrostatic capacitance between first conductive member and second conductive member.

Pressure-sensitive element and steering device

A pressure sensing element according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a first electrode including at least one protrusion, a second electrode facing the at least one protrusion, and a dielectric disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The dielectric includes a first dielectric and a second dielectric. The first dielectric is disposed between a top of the at least one protrusion and the second electrode, and is in contact with each of the top of the at least one protrusion and the second electrode. The second dielectric is disposed between a first portion of the first electrode and the first dielectric. The first portion does not include the at least one protrusion. The at least one protrusion has a higher elastic modulus than the first dielectric.

Pressure sensing element including electrode having protrusion

A pressure sensor according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a first pressure sensitive element including a first conductive layer including first projections having conductivity, first wiring layers, and a first dielectric layer provided between the first projections and the first wiring layers; and a second pressure sensitive element including a second conductive layer including second projections having conductivity, second wiring layers, and a second dielectric layer provided between the second projections and the second wiring layers. The first pressure sensitive element and the second pressure sensitive element are stacked on each other.

Pressure sensor comprising first pressure sensitive element and second pressure sensitive element

A pressure sensing element of an aspect of the present disclosure includes a first electrode including at least one protrusion having elasticity; a second electrode facing the at least one protrusion; and a dielectric disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and including a first dielectric and a second dielectric. The first dielectric is disposed between a top of the at least one protrusion and the second electrode, and is in contact with each of the top of the at least one protrusion and the second electrode. The second dielectric is disposed between a first portion of the first electrode, the first portion not including the at least one protrusion, and the first dielectric.

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Keiji Noine