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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2010
Hidetoshi Honda, Miyagi, JP;
Hiroki Kanehira, Miyagi, JP;
Hiroto Kawaguchi, Miyagi, JP;
Kazutomo Miyata, Miyagi, JP;
Masato Ishigaki, Miyagi, JP;
Yutaka Wada, Miyagi, JP;
Hiroshi Akama, Miyagi, JP;
Hidetoshi Honda, Miyagi, JP;
Hiroki Kanehira, Miyagi, JP;
Hiroto Kawaguchi, Miyagi, JP;
Kazutomo Miyata, Miyagi, JP;
Masato Ishigaki, Miyagi, JP;
Yutaka Wada, Miyagi, JP;
Hiroshi Akama, Miyagi, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sensor apparatus includes: a display cover including an operation area that is pressed by an operator and a circumferential area located on the circumference of the operation area; a frame including an opening covered by the operation area and a fixing portion that fixes the circumferential area; a touch panel that is supported by the display cover to be positioned at the opening and detects a position at which the operator comes into contact with the operation area; and a pressure-sensitive sensor that is provided between the display cover and the frame, includes a first electrode and a second electrode opposed to the first electrode, and detects a pressing force with respect to the operation area based on a change of a capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode that corresponds to a deflection amount of the display cover.