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US 8,800,385 B2Granted
Detection device, electronic apparatus, and robot
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsTomo Ikebe, Sumio Utsunomiya
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Abstract
A detection unit includes a sensor that detects the presence of force and a force component separation mechanism that separates the magnitude and the direction of the force and a control unit that controls the detection action of the force component separation mechanism based on the detection result of the sensor.
Claims20
A detection device comprising:
- a detection unit that includes a first sensor that is provided on a first substrate and which detects a presence of force and a force component separation mechanism that separates a size and a direction of the force, the direction of force being determined by differences in contact areas of the force component separation mechanism;
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- a control unit that controls a detection action of the force component separation mechanism based on a detection result of the first sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.