Sony Corporation

Sony Group Corporation

Yasuyuki Abe

Hiroshi Mizuno

Fumihiko Iida

Takayuki Tanaka

Taizo Nishimura

Hayato Hasegawa

Tomoko Katsuhara

Tomoaki Suzuki

Kei Tsukamoto

Susumu Shibagaki

Shuichi Kikuchi

Isao Watanabe

Naoki Inoue

Shogo Shinkai

Hiroto Kawaguchi

Daiki Kobayashi

Takashi Itaya

The sensor device includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, an electrode substrate, a first support, and a second support. The first conductive layer is formed to be deformable sheet-shaped. The second conductive layer is disposed to be opposed to the first conductive layer. The electrode substrate includes multiple first electrode wires and multiple second electrode wires and is disposed to be deformable between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, the multiple second electrode wires being disposed to be opposed to the multiple first electrode wires and intersecting with the multiple first electrode wires. The first support includes multiple first structures, the multiple first structures connecting the first conductive layer and the electrode substrate. The second support includes multiple second structures, the multiple second structures connecting the second conductive layer and the electrode substrate.

Sensor device, input device, and electronic apparatus

A sensor device includes: a sensor layer provided at a position facing a surface, of a substrate having an operation surface, opposite to the operation surface, and configured to detect a contacted position or a pressed position on the operation surface; and a gap layer located in a gap between the substrate and the sensor layer. The gap layer includes a bonding region bonding the substrate to the sensor layer, and a relaxation region relaxing stress applied from the substrate to the sensor layer.

Sensor device, display unit, and input unit

[Object] To provide a sensor device capable of detecting an operation position and a pressing force with high accuracy. [Solution] A sensor device includes a first conductor layer, an electrode substrate, and a plurality of first structural bodies configured to separate the first conductor layer from the electrode substrate. At least one of the first conductor layer and the electrode substrate has flexibility. The electrode substrate includes a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes intersecting the plurality of first electrodes. At least one of the first and second electrodes includes a plurality of sub-electrodes.

There is provided a sensor device that includes a flexible first conductor layer and an electrode substrate. The electrode substrate includes a plurality of first electrode wires, a plurality of second electrode wires, capacity sensors being formed at capacitively coupled portions of the first and second electrode wires, and a flexible substrate that supports the first and second electrode wires. The sensor device also includes a first supporting body including a plurality of first structures that connect the first conductor layer and the electrode substrate.

A sensor device includes: a first sensor including a first electrode board including a plurality of first capacitive elements arranged in a matrix, a first conductor layer facing the first electrode board, a first support layer arranged between the first electrode board and the first conductor layer, the first support layer being deformable, and a first operation input surface provided on the first electrode board or the first conductor layer, the first electrode board and/or the first conductor layer being flexible; and a second sensor layered on the first sensor, the second sensor including a second electrode board including a plurality of second capacitive elements, a second conductor layer facing the second electrode board, and a second support layer arranged between the second electrode board and the second conductor layer, the second support layer being deformable, the second electrode board and/or the second conductor layer being flexible.

A disk cartridge that has high durability with respect to a drop impact is provided. The disk cartridge includes: a disk-like recording medium; a cartridge case that rotatably accommodates the disk-like recording medium and is formed with a first opening that exposes a part of the disk-like recording medium; an inner rotor that is rotatably supported inside the cartridge case and includes a main surface portion formed with a second opening corresponding to the first opening; shutter members that are movable between a closing position at which the first opening is closed and an opening position at which the first opening is opened in accordance with a rotation of the inner rotor; and a buffer mechanism that is formed on the main surface portion of the inner rotor and includes rotary shafts that rotatably support the shutter members and elastic support portions that respectively support the rotary shafts and can be elastically deformed with respect to the main surface portion.

Disk cartridge including an inner rotor and a shutter

A disk cartridge includes, between a recordable position and an unrecordable position, a first guide surface that gradually increases an elastic force of an elastic arm of a tab member and a second guide surface that gradually decreases the elastic force of the elastic arm, and a guide wall (guide portion) on which the guide surfaces are formed continuously.

Recording medium cartridge

A disc cartridge consisting of an upper shell and a lower shell and an inner rotor rotatably arranged between them for housing an optical disc. The lower shell has a bottom opening that is opened and closed by shutter members, the optical disc is upwardly supported by its central part on a first pair of disc mount members that are formed near the periphery of the internal opening formed on the bottom of the inner rotor and by a second pair of disc mount members formed on the shutter members.

Disc cartridge

A recording medium cartridge comprises an information recording medium, an inner rotor, and a pair of shutter members that are piled and accommodated in a cartridge casing. When the inner rotor is rotated, the opening part of the cartridge casing is opened and closed by the shutter members. On the overlapping surface of the shutter and the inner rotor, a plurality of ribs for reducing the contact area of the shutter and the inner rotor are provided. Further, in side parts of the shutter members, first overlapped parts and second overlapped parts are respectively provided through first step parts and second step parts in the moving directions of the shutter members. When the side parts are overlapped on each other, the first overlapped part of one shutter member and the first overlapped part of the other shutter member are continuously connected together through the first step parts on the upper surface side of the shutter members. In the lower surface side of the shutter members, the second overlapped part of one shutter member and the second overlapped part of the other shutter member are continuously connected together through the second step parts to close the opening part for recording and reproducing information provided in the cartridge casing. The first step parts and the second step parts are arranged in non-overlapped positions. Thus, the contact area of the inner rotor and the shutter on the overlapping surface is reduced to smoothly move the pair of the shutter members. Further, when the pair of the shutter members are closed, the step part exposed on the front surface of the shutter members and the step part exposed on the back surface of the shutter members are reinforced.

A disk cartridge does not require a plate supporter for holding a chucking plate on an upper shell. In this disk cartridge, a chucking plate for chucking a disk on a turntable, driven by a spindle motor, is placed on the middle of the disk so the chucking plate is vertically movable together with the disk. The disk cartridge further includes a peripheral cylindrical rib which is not in contact with the disk and is configured to limit movement of the chucking plate in the direction of its diameter while permitting the vertical movement of the chucking plate. The peripheral cylindrical rib is molded integral with the lower surface of the upper shell.

Disk cartridge

A recording medium cartridge includes a disc, an inner rotor and a shutter in a shell. Torque is applied to the inner rotor by a coil spring to drive the shutter so as to maintain the closed state of an opening part provided in the shell. When the recording medium cartridge is inserted into a disc device, the inner rotor is rotated against the resilient force of the coil spring by a shutter opening mechanism provided in the disc recording and reproducing device. Thus, the shutter is moved to a position where the opening part provided in the shell is opened. When the cartridge is ejected from the disc device, the inner rotor is rotated by the resilient force of the coil spring to close the shutter.

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Miyagi, Japan

Yasuyuki Abe