Detection device, electronic apparatus, and robot
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsTakahiro Amano, Tomo Ikebe
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Abstract
A first substrate that includes pressure sensors which are disposed in plural around a reference point; an approximately hemispherical elastic protrusion that is positioned so that the center of the elastic protrusion is approximately disposed in a position which is overlapped with the reference point, and is elastically deformed by an external force; and a second substrate that is separated from the elastic protrusion and installed on a side which is opposite to the first substrate are provided. When the external force is applied, a predetermined calculation is performed by using a pressure value which is detected through each pressure sensor, and the direction and the intensity of the applied external force are obtained.
Claims10
A detection device comprising:
- a first substrate that includes a plurality of pressure sensors that are disposed around a reference point;
- an elastic protrusion that is positioned so that the center of gravity of the elastic protrusion is disposed in a position which is overlapped with the reference point and with the plurality of pressure sensors, and is elastically deformed by an external force;
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- a second substrate that is separated from the elastic protrusion and installed on a side which is opposite to the first substrate,
- wherein the elastic protrusion is formed on the first substrate so that a tip portion of the elastic protrusion makes contact with the second substrate, and
- a direction and an intensity of the external force, which is applied from a side of the second substrate, are detected in a state where the tip portion of the elastic protrusion makes contact with the second substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.