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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2011
Applicants:
Yusaku Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyuki Nagai, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Yusaku Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyuki Nagai, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A geometry sensor includes: a detection surface including a plurality of polymer sensor elements and configured to detect an external object, the polymer sensor elements being arranged side-by-side along one or more directions and each generating a voltage according to a deformation; and a detecting section detecting a surface geometry of a region in the external object that is in contact with the detection surface, based on the voltage obtained from each of the polymer sensor elements in the detection surface.