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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2011
Applicant:
Tomo Ikebe, Suwa, JP;
Inventor:
Tomo Ikebe, Suwa, JP;
Assignee:
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 1/04 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/03547 (2013.01); B25J 13/082 (2013.01);
Abstract
A detection device includes a first substrate that has a plurality of pressure sensors disposed around a reference point, and a second substrate on which disposed an elastic projection whose center is positioned in a position overlapping with the reference point and that elastically deforms due to the external force in a state in which the tip portion of the elastic projection makes contact with the first substrate. When an external force has been applied, the direction and intensity of the applied external force is found by carrying out a predetermined calculation using pressure values detected by the pressure sensors.