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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2017
Shin-etsu Polymer Co., Ltd., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Kobayashi, Saitama, JP;
Yuta Ishii, Saitama, JP;
SHIN-ETSU POLYMER CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A capacitive three-dimensional sensor includes: a light-guide unit having a side surface and an operation surface, the side surface being formed along the Z direction and including a light entering portion, through which light from a light source enters, the operation surface being configured to input the inputs and including a light output portion, from which the light exits; a sheet-like X-Y electrode body configured to sense the inputs in the plane X and Y directions; a deformable body including a sheet-like elastic body; and a sheet-like Z electrode body configured to sense the input in the Z direction. The light-guide unit includes an optional decorative sheet, and a light-guide sheet to guide the light that has entered the light-guide unit from the side surface and output the light toward the light output portion. A total of bending stiffnesses of the light-guide sheet and decorative sheet is less than 256.