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US 2018/0004306 A1Published application
Sensor, input device, keyboard, and electronic device
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsAKIRA EBISUI, HIROTO KAWAGUCHI, TOMOKO KATSUHARA, HIROSHI MIZUNO, TAIZO NISHIMURA
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Abstract
A sensor is provided with a conductor layer, a sensor layer including a plurality of sensor units, and a separating layer which separates the conductor layer from the sensor layer, the sensor unit is formed of alternately arranged first and second electrode elements, and sensitivity on an outer periphery of the sensor unit is higher than the sensitivity in a central portion of the sensor unit.
Claims20
A sensor comprising:
- a conductor layer;
- a sensor layer including a sensor unit;
- and
- a separating layer which separates the conductor layer from the sensor layer, wherein
- the sensor unit is formed of alternately arranged first and second electrode elements, and
- sensitivity on an end of the sensor unit is higher than the sensitivity in a central portion of the sensor unit.
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An input device comprising:
- a conductor layer;
- a sensor layer including a sensor unit;
- and
- a separating layer which separates the conductor layer from the sensor layer, wherein
- the sensor unit is formed of alternately arranged first and second electrode elements, and
- sensitivity on an end of the sensor unit is higher than the sensitivity in a central portion of the sensor unit.
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A keyboard comprising:
- a conductor layer;
- a sensor layer including a sensor unit;
- a separating layer which separates the conductor layer from the sensor layer;
- and
- a key provided so as to correspond to the sensor unit, wherein
- the sensor unit is formed of alternately arranged first and second electrode elements, and
- sensitivity on an end of the sensor unit is higher than the sensitivity in a central portion of the sensor unit.
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An electronic device comprising:
- a sensor;
- and an electronic device main body, wherein
- the sensor is provided with:
- a conductor layer;
- a sensor layer including a sensor unit;
- and
- a separating layer which separates the conductor layer from the sensor layer,
- the sensor unit is formed of alternately arranged first and second electrode elements, and
- sensitivity on an end of the sensor unit is higher than the sensitivity in a central portion of the sensor unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.