Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.

Masahiro Takata

Hiroshi Shigetaka

Yasuji Hagiwara

Takeshi Masaki

Toshiki Nakamura

Kazuhito Oshita

Satoru Takizawa

Masaki Ota

Keitaro Uchida

Takashi Sasaki

Daisuke Takai

Ko Owada

Yuki Oishi

Teruyasu Fukuyama

Masahiro Soma

Hirofumi Kuga

A control system includes a contact sensor configured to detect entry of an operation body into a recess formed between a door handle of a door handle apparatus and a body of the door handle apparatus by detecting contact between the operation body and an back face of the door handle, a force sensor configured to detect a force applied by the operation body to the door handle, and a controller configured to control operation of a door when the contact is detected by the contact sensor and the force is detected by the force sensor.

Control system, control apparatus, and control method

A capacitance measurement circuit module has: a sensor electrode, for input detection, disposed on a wiring board; a sensor-side shield electrode shielding the sensor electrode; board-side measurement terminals connected to the sensor electrode; a board-side shield terminal connected to the sensor-side shield electrode; a measurement integrated circuit having circuit-side measurement terminals connected to the board-side measurement terminals and a circuit-side shield terminal connected to the board-side shield terminal, the circuit outputting measurement signals from the circuit-side measurement terminals and outputting, from the circuit-side shield terminal, a shield signal having the same frequency and phase as the measurement signals, the circuit being disposed on the wiring board and measuring capacitance of the sensor electrode; and a circuit-side shield electrode that is positioned on the wiring board so as to face the measurement integrated circuit and to be adjacent to the board-side measurement terminals and is connected to the board-side shield terminal.

Capacitance measurement circuit module

A control system includes a contact sensor configured to detect contact between an operation body and a door handle, a force sensor configured to detect a force applied by the operation body to the door handle, and a controller configured to control opening or closing of a door when the contact is detected by the contact sensor and the force is detected by the force sensor.

An input device includes a touch panel having an operation surface and configured to receive a touch input and a hover input by an operation body; a display device configured to display a plurality of selection items; a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to highlight a selection item, a selection of the selection item being made by the hover input from the plurality of selection items, confirm the selection of the selection item by the hover input in a case where a duration during which the selection item is selected by the hover input reaches a first predetermined threshold, and confirm a selection of the selection item by the touch input in a case where the touch input is detected on the selection item before the duration reaches the first predetermined threshold.

Input device adapted to receive a touch input and a hover input

An input device includes a display that displays buttons visible through an operation surface of a top panel, a detector that detects a center position of a finger facing the operation surface, and a distance from the operation surface to the finger, and a controller that controls the display based on a detector output and determines an input with respect to a button. The controller displays a cursor image on the display at a finger opposing position based on the finger center position, varies a cursor size according to the above described distance, determines a selected button based on the finger center position, and offsets a cursor center position from the finger center position, and surrounds the selected button with the cursor, in a case where the selected button protrudes from the cursor when the cursor center position is aligned to match the finger center position.

Input device

A contactless input device includes a plurality of sensor electrodes and a determination unit. The plurality of sensor electrodes are configured to, when a hand performs an operational input over an operating surface of an operating part in a contactless manner, detect individual capacitances correlated to proximity of the hand to the operating surface. The determination unit is configured to calculate sharpnesses of the hand at a plurality of different locations in plan view based on the respective capacitances detected by the plurality of sensor electrodes and determine a location of the operational input based on the sharpnesses.

Contactless input device

An operation device includes a housing, an operation member, and a detector. The housing includes an electrically conductive portion on a surface thereof. The operation member is supported by the housing such that the operation member is movable in response to an operation by an operation body, and is configured to be capacitively coupled to the operation body and to the electrically conductive portion. The detector is configured to detect whether the operation body is in proximity to the operation member based on a change in capacitance at the electrically conductive portion.

Operation device and operation member

A touchpad includes an operating plate having an operating surface on which an inputting operation is performed, an added feature part attached to a first surface of the operating plate opposite from the operating surface, a sensing unit disposed to face toward at least a portion of the first surface, the portion being at least a part of an area of the first surface other than an area to which the added feature part is attached, a holding member disposed at a predetermined distance apart from a first face of the added feature part, the first face of the added feature part being opposite from a second face thereof facing toward the operating plate, and a support member situated between, and in contact with, the added feature part and the holding member, wherein the support member has a lower Young's modulus than the added feature part and the holding member.

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Miyagi, Japan

Masahiro Takata