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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2020
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CA;
Ryusuke Ishizaki, Wako, JP;
John D. W. Madden, Vancouver, CA;
Mirza S. Sarwar, Vancouver, CA;
Yuta Dobashi, Vancouver, CA;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd, Tokyo, JP;
The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CA;
Abstract
A pair of first electrodesis arranged in a state being separated in a direction parallel to a contact surfaceof a base materialmade of a dielectric and being at least partially in contact with the base material. A pair of second electrodesis arranged in a state of overlapping at least one of the pair of first electrodes and sandwiching the base materialat a position farther from the contact surfaceof the base materialthan the pair of first electrodesandin a direction perpendicular to the contact surfaceof the base material. The proximity state of an object Q with respect to the contact surfaceof the base materialis detected according to the measurement result of the capacitance Cbetween the pair of first electrodesand