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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2015
National University Corporation Kagawa University, Kagawa, JP;
Hidekuni Takao, Kagawa, JP;
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KAGAWA UNIVERSITY, Kagawa, JP;
Abstract
To provide a tactile sensor that allows a contact to be displaced largely and can detect fine ruggedness, flexibility, and other features of a surface of a measuring object. A sensor part S includes a framethat includes a side part of a substrate B, a contactthat is disposed in parallel to the substrate B so that a tip of the contactprojects from a side face of the substrate B, a suspensionthat supports the contactto the frame, and displacement detectorsandeach of which detects displacement of the contact. The side face of the substrate B functions as a sensing surface. The contactcoming in contact with a measuring object O is displaced on a level parallel to the substrate B. Since the sensor part S can be configured widely in a planar manner along the substrate B, the structure has higher flexibility of design. As a result, the sensor part S allows the contactto be displaced largely, and can detect fine ruggedness, flexibility and other features of the surface of the measuring object O.