Title:
SENSOR DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2020/090342
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided is a sensor device having a novel configuration, the sensor device making it possible to sense proximity of a detection subject in a broad range through use of a capacitive planar sensor, and to detect the detection subject up to the same distance as at an intermediate portion of the planar sensor even at an end portion thereof. A sensor device 10 provided with a capacitive planar sensor 12, wherein the sensor device is provided with an auxiliary sensor 14 that operates through a detection principle different from that for the planar sensor 12, and a detection region 24 of the auxiliary sensor 14 includes a non-sensitive area 32 derived from an end part of the planar sensor 12.
Inventors:
SATO SUSUMU (JP)
KAWAGUCHI JUNYA (JP)
KAWAGUCHI JUNYA (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2019/039093
Publication Date:
May 07, 2020
Filing Date:
October 03, 2019
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SUMITOMO RIKO CO LTD (JP)
International Classes:
G01V11/00; B25J19/02; G01V3/08; H01H35/00; H01H36/00
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2017141575A1 | 2017-08-24 |
Foreign References:
| JP2018155712A | 2018-10-04 | |||
| JPS59216294A | 1984-12-06 | |||
| JP2005227808A | 2005-08-25 | |||
| JP2014122542A | 2014-07-03 | |||
| JP2008220553A | 2008-09-25 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KASAI & NAKANE INTERNATIONAL PATENT FIRM et al. (JP)
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