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Takashi Matsumoto

Yuta Moriura

Hiroyuki Furuya

Hironobu Ukitsu

Susumu Uragami

Daisuke Wakuda

Yui Sawada

Tetsuyoshi Ogura

Kenichi Ezaki

Toshiki Kumeno

Yodai Matsumura

Kazuyoshi Ohtsubo

Shinobu Masuda

Masashi Yoritsune

Mitsutaka Matsumoto

Toshio Mita

Yoshinori Matsui

Hironori Nakae

Hiroshi Hayashino

Hitoshi Ishimoto

Shunichi Hayashi

Yoichi Masuda

Atsushi Utsumi

Mitsugu Kusunoki

Yosuke Ukita

Yasuo Niino

Kouji Kitahata

Tamotsu Kaide

Hajime Tsujikawa

Tomoyuki Takei

Toshiyuki Okita

Satoru Kondo

Akira Ito

Yoshiji Yamamoto

Yuko Takikawa

Takahito Watanabe

Taro Mito

Yasuhiro Murata

Shigekazu Kawai

Hikaru Suzuki

A load sensor includes: a first base member and a second base member disposed so as to face each other; an electrically-conductive elastic body disposed on an opposing face of the first base member; an electrically-conductive member disposed between the second base member and the electrically-conductive elastic body; a dielectric body disposed between the electrically-conductive elastic body and the electrically-conductive member; and a component configured to change a contact area of the dielectric body in association with increase in a load, such that a form of change in capacitance between the electrically-conductive elastic body and the electrically-conductive member associated with change in the load becomes close to that of a straight line.

Load sensor

A load sensor includes: a first base member and a second base member disposed so as to face each other; an electrically-conductive elastic body disposed on an opposing face of the first base member; a wire member that is electrically conductive and disposed between the second base member and the electrically-conductive elastic body; and a dielectric body disposed between the electrically-conductive elastic body and the wire member. The dielectric body has a stress relaxation part for releasing stress applied to the dielectric body during load application.

Load sensor for detecting externally applied load based on capacitance variation

A load sensor includes: an element part in which capacitance changes in accordance with a load; a copper wire drawn from the element part in order to detect change in the capacitance; and a fixation tool configured to fix the copper wire to the element part. The element part includes an electrically-conductive elastic body that is electrically conductive and that forms one pole for the capacitance, and the fixation tool presses and fixes the copper wire to a surface of the electrically-conductive elastic body so as to be movable with respect to the surface of the electrically-conductive elastic body in accordance with elastic deformation of the electrically-conductive elastic body.

A rearing apparatus for rearing an organism includes: a box-shaped rearing case; at least one perching member that is held in the rearing case and for perching the organism; and a separating member that is provided in the rearing case and that is movable along the perching member. The separating member is configured to separate the organism perched at the perching member from the perching member by the separating member moving along the perching member.

Rearing apparatus

A load sensor includes: a first base member and a second base member disposed so as to face each other; an electrically-conductive elastic body disposed on an opposing face of the first base member; and a conductor wire disposed between the second base member and the electrically-conductive elastic body and configured as a plurality of element wires being twisted. Each element wire is configured as an electrically-conductive member which has a linear shape and of which the surface is covered by a dielectric body. A twist pitch of the plurality of element wires satisfies a conditional expression 'p≤12nd'. In the expression, p is the twist pitch of the plurality of element wires, n is the number of the element wires included in the conductor wire and d is the outer diameter of each element wire.

Capacitance-based load sensor for detecting externally applied forces

A mounted object detection device includes: a load sensor in which a plurality of sensor parts each configured to detect a load are disposed in a matrix shape; and a controller configured to detect a situation of a mounted object on the load sensor on the basis of an output from the load sensor. The controller: detects a load distribution on a detection region of the load sensor on the basis of an output from the load sensor; discerns which of a person or animal and a thing the mounted object is, on the basis of the load distribution; and when having discerned that the mounted object is a thing, discerns whether or not a person or an animal is mounted on the thing, on the basis of temporal change in the load distribution.

Mounted object detection device and vehicle control system

A load sensor includes: a base member being insulative and having elasticity; an electrode having elasticity and formed on an upper face of the base member; and a wire member being electrically conductive and disposed so as to be superposed on an upper face of the electrode, a surface of the wire member being covered by a dielectric body. A ratio of a thickness of the electrode to a thickness of the base member is not less than 0.02 and not greater than 0.3.

Provided is a pressure-sensitive element having more sufficient expandability, a relatively wide measurement range of pressure force, and a relatively simple structure, and an electronic device using the pressure-sensitive element. The pressure-sensitive element includes a plurality of first electrodes being elongated in first direction, arranged in a first plane, and including a conductive elastic body, a plurality of second electrodes being elongated in second direction intersecting the first direction, arranged in a second plane facing the first plane, and including a conductor wire, and a plurality of dielectrics covering a surface of the plurality of second electrodes. The plurality of second electrodes have bent parts K arranged periodically, and capacitance at intersections of the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes changes in accordance with pressure force applied between the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes.

Pressure-sensitive element having sufficient expandability, a wide measurement range of pressure force, and a simple structure, and an electronic device using the pressure-sensitive element

Provided is a pressure-sensitive element having a relatively wide measurement range of a pressing force and a relatively simple structure while having more sufficient stretchability. A pressure-sensitive element includes a base material, a plurality of conductor wires, a plurality of dielectrics, and a filamentous member. The base material includes an elastic conductor having elasticity and conductivity. Further, the base material has a sheet shape. The plurality of conductor wires are arranged in parallel so as to individually intersect with the elastic conductor in plan view. Further, each of the plurality of conductor wires has a plurality of inflection parts. The plurality of dielectrics are arranged between the elastic conductor and the plurality of conductor wires. The filamentous member elongates so as to intersect with the plurality of conductor wires in plan view. Further, the filamentous member sews the plurality of conductor wires to the base material.

Pressure-sensitive element

A capacitance detection device includes: a sensor unit including a plurality of sensor elements; row control lines; column control lines; a control circuit supplying a charging voltage to the sensor element; and an equipotential circuit outputting a potential equal to the potential of the sensor element subject to measurement. The control circuit applies a charging voltage to the row control line connected to the sensor element and connects the column control line connected to the sensor element to the ground potential side. The control circuit causes the equipotential circuit to set a potential of at least one of the row control lines other than the row control line connected to the sensor element subject to measurement and the column control lines other than the column control line connected to the sensor element subject to measurement to a potential equal to the potential of the sensor element subject to measurement.

Capacitance detection device

A capacitance detection device includes a sensor unit including at least one sensor element whose capacitance changes, a control line applying to the sensor element a predetermined charging voltage for detecting the capacitance of the sensor element, a shield line electrically shielding the control line, a control circuit supplying the charging voltage to the sensor element via the control line, measuring a voltage change of the sensor element when the charging voltage is applied to the sensor element, and detecting the capacitance of the sensor element based on the voltage change, and an equipotential circuit setting a potential of the shield line equal to a potential of the control line.

Capacitance detection device for detecting the capacitance of a sensor element

A gesture input system () that accepts a user operation based on a motion of a portion of the body of a user and that produces an input signal indicating a direction of the motion and/or an amount of the motion of the portion of the body, includes a sensor () that detects the motion of the portion of the body of the user, a tactile feeling presenting apparatus () that presents a tactile feeling at a base point () set inside a space, and a control apparatus () that sets a chasing point on the portion () of the body detected by the sensor and that produces the input signal based on a variation of the relative positional relation between the chasing point and the base point. The tactile feeling presenting apparatus () continuously presents the tactile feeling at the base point () during a time period for the gesture input system to be in an input acceptable state where the gesture input system is able to accept the user operation.

Gesture input system and gesture input method

A system includes a sensor that detects motions of a first portion and a second portion of a body of a user, a controller that sets an association relationship between a coordinate system of a real space and a coordinate system of a virtual space in response to the motion of the first portion and receives an operation for an object in the virtual space in response to a position and the motion of the second portion, and a notification device that contactlessly notifies a third portion of the body of prescribed information.

System for receiving input in response to motion of user

A system includes: a sensor that detects motions of a first portion and a second portion of a body of a user; a controller that sets a base point of the second portion in response to the motion of the first portion and receives a prescribed input in response to the motion of the second portion with respect to the base point; and a notification device that contactlessly notifies a third portion of the body that the base point is set.

System and input method for receiving input in response to motion of user

An elastic flexible substrate includes an insulating base material having a first insulating film and a second insulating film, and a plurality of wires, each of which is disposed on one of the first insulating film and the second insulating film. The insulating base material has a plurality of bonding portions that are surface-bonded, openings are formed between the bonding portions, and two of the plurality of wires are electrically connected in the bonding portions.

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