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US 2017/0074734 A1Published application
Capacitive force sensor and grasping device
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYasuhiro Soeda, Yasuhiro Shimada
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Abstract
A capacitive force sensor 101 of the present invention includes a plurality of cells each including a lower electrode 104, a movable member that includes an upper electrode 107 and has flexibility, and a support 105b arranged to movably support the movable member and to form a gap 106 between the upper and the lower electrodes. The plural cells are grouped into elements each including one or more of the cells, and the one or more cells in a same element are electrically connected to each other.
Claims13
A capacitive force sensor comprising:
- a plurality of cells each including a lower electrode, a movable member that includes an upper electrode and has flexibility, and a support arranged to movably support the movable member and to form a gap between the upper electrode and the lower electrode,
- wherein the plural cells are grouped into elements each including at least one of the cells, and the one or more cells in a same element are electrically connected to each other.
A capacitive force sensor comprising:
- a plurality of elements each including a lower electrode, a movable member that includes an upper electrode and has flexibility, and a support arranged to movably support the movable member and to form a gap between the upper electrode and the lower electrode,
- wherein the support is made up of plural parts,
- the movable member, the upper electrode, and the gap are each grouped into plural parts corresponding to the plural parts of the support, and
- the plural parts of the upper electrode in each of the elements are electrically connected to each other.
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