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US 2022/0066598 A1Published application
Sensor device, input device, and electronic apparatus
AssigneeSony Group Corporation
InventorsKEN KOBAYASHI, KEI TSUKAMOTO, YOSHIAKI SAKAKURA, AKIRA EBISUI
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Abstract
A sensor device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a plurality of detection electrode sections of a capacitive type, a reference electrode layer disposed at a position that faces each of the detection electrode sections, and a pressing transmission layer that causes locations, of the reference electrode layer, that face the respective detection electrode sections to be deformed locally in response to pressing performed from outside.
Claims18
A sensor device comprising:
- a plurality of detection electrode sections of a capacitive type;
- a reference electrode layer disposed at a position that faces each of the detection electrode sections;
- and
- a pressing transmission layer that causes locations, of the reference electrode layer, that face the respective detection electrode sections to be deformed locally in response to pressing performed from outside.
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An input device comprising:
- a sensor unit that generates a detection signal in response to pressing performed from outside;
- and
- a signal processor that controls the sensor unit, and processes the detection signal generated by the sensor unit, wherein
- the sensor unit includes
- a plurality of detection electrode sections of a capacitive type, the plurality of detection electrode sections generating the detection signal,
- a reference electrode layer disposed at a position that faces each of the detection electrode sections, and
- a pressing transmission layer that causes locations, of the reference electrode layer, that face the respective detection electrode sections to be deformed locally in response to the pressing.
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An electronic apparatus comprising:
- a functional unit having a predetermined function;
- a sensor unit that generates a detection signal in response to pressing performed from outside;
- and
- a signal processor that controls the sensor unit, and controls the functional unit on a basis of the detection signal generated by the sensor unit, wherein
- the sensor unit includes
- a plurality of detection electrode sections of a capacitive type, the plurality of detection electrode sections generating the detection signal,
- a reference electrode layer disposed at a position that faces each of the detection electrode sections, and
- a pressing transmission layer that causes locations, of the reference electrode layer, that face the respective detection electrode sections to be deformed locally in response to the pressing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.