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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2014
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Koichiro Homma, Tokyo, JP;
Ryoji Mori, Tokyo, JP;
Ryota Murai, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Fujimura, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A hand dryer that includes a capacitance-detection-type proximity sensor structure that detects a capacitance generated in a capacitance detection electrode to detect a presence or absence of an object to be detected, includes a plurality of capacitance-detection-type proximity sensor structures. While one of the capacitance-detection-type proximity sensor structures is in operation, an operation of at least another of the capacitance-detection-type proximity sensor structures is stopped to operate the capacitance-detection-type proximity sensor structures during different periods of time.