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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2019
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Yui Sawada, Osaka, JP;
Tetsuyoshi Ogura, Osaka, JP;
Yuta Moriura, Osaka, JP;
Shinobu Masuda, Osaka, JP;
Keiji Noine, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present disclosure has an object of providing a tactile sensor having a simple structure and capable of detecting a shear force, and a tactile sensor unit constituting the tactile sensor. The present disclosure relates to a tactile sensor unit including: a plurality of pressure-sensitive elements each including a first substrate including a first electrode, a second electrode disposed facing the first electrode, and a dielectric disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and an external force acting portion disposed on and across the plurality of pressure-sensitive elements, wherein, when a shear force is applied to the external force acting portion, at least a part of the pressure-sensitive elements change in inter-electrode electrostatic capacitance.