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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2021
Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Misato Nabeto, Kyoto, JP;
Hiroshi Kitajima, Kyoto, JP;
Hiroki Koga, Kyoto, JP;
Sayaka Doi, Kyoto, JP;
OMRON Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A tactile sensor has an electrostatic capacitance-type sensor portion having a layered structure in which a first electrode layer, an elastic layer, and a second electrode layer are layered. The first electrode layer has plural first electrodes, and the second electrode layer is configured by one or plural second electrodes in a single layer. Two or more of the plural first electrodes are partially-overlapping electrodes that partially overlap with the second electrode as viewed in a normal direction of a contacting surface of the sensor portion. A number of one or plural openings formed in one of the second electrodes, or a number of one or plural island portions formed by one or plural second electrodes, is less than a number of the plural first electrodes.