This operation device comprises: a base member; a movable part which has a movable body having an operation surface on the obverse surface thereof, and which moves relative to the base member; a plurality of elastic support members which are arranged between the base member and the movable body, and which hold the movable body so as to be separated from the base member and so that the movable body can vibrate; and a vibration element which constitutes part of the movable part, is held by the movable body, and causes the movable body to vibrate in a reciprocating manner in a prescribed direction. The vibration element is disposed at a position that is separated from the center of gravity of the movable part. In a state in which the movable body is maximally displaced in the prescribed direction, the spring constants of the plurality of elastic support members are set to different values so that the sum of the rotation moment resulting from the vibration element centered on the center of gravity of the movable part and the rotation moment resulting from the elastic support members centered on the center of gravity of the movable part is reduced in comparison with a case where the spring constants of the plurality of elastic support members are set to the same value.
G06F 3/041 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
G05G 1/02 - Controlling members for hand-actuation by linear movement, e.g. push buttons
G05G 5/03 - Means for enhancing the operator's awareness of the arrival of the controlling member at a command or datum positionProviding feel, e.g. means for creating a counterforce
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
An electrostatic-sensing input device includes a touch input surface, wherein the touch input surface includes a first operation region overlapping a first electrode portion in a plan view, a first decorative portion having a line shape and a predetermined width, formed of a conductive material, and configured to overlap the first operation region in the plan view, a second operation region overlapping a second electrode portion in the plan view, and a second decorative portion having a line shape and a predetermined width, formed of a conductive material, and configured to overlap the second operation region in the plan view, and the first decorative portion and the second decorative portion are not connected to each other and are not electrically connected to another component.
G06F 3/044 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by capacitive means
G01D 5/24 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing memberMeans for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for convertingTransducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using electric or magnetic means influencing the magnitude of a current or voltage by varying capacitance
A sliding door device includes a support part provided with a rear door, a front door, and a drive mechanism to independently slide the rear door and the front door, wherein the drive mechanism sets a closed mode, a first open mode, and a second open mode, the rear door is provided with a rear outer abutment and a rear inner abutment spaced apart in a sliding direction, the front door is provided with a front outer abutment and a front inner abutment spaced apart in the sliding direction, the support part is provided with one or more guide parts extending in the sliding direction, the rear outer abutment and the front inner abutment move along a same guide part among the one or more guide parts, and the front outer abutment and the rear inner abutment move along a same guide part among the one or more guide parts.
A display system includes a patterned covering surface having a plurality of holes; a display device having a display surface covered by the covering surface; and an image processing apparatus configured to process image data displayed on the display device. The image processing apparatus includes a correction data storage to store correction data generated by gradation-inverting a luminance distribution that appears on the covering surface when the entire display surface of the display device is displayed in a uniform color; and an image processor to correct the image data to be displayed on the display surface based on the correction data that is read from the correction data storage within a luminance dynamic range that is determined based on a transmittance of the covering surface and an image luminance of the image data.
G09G 3/34 - Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix by control of light from an independent source
A push switch includes a housing having a storing portion and a fixed contact provided on the bottom of the storing portion, a movable contact member, which is placed in the storing portion and comes into contact with the fixed contact when a top thereof is pressed and thereby the movable contact member performs a reverse operation, and a rubber stem formed from a soft elastic material and placed on the upper surface of the housing so as to cover the storing portion. The rubber stem presses the top of the movable contact member through a pressing portion when a pressing manipulation is performed for a manipulation portion. The rubber stem applies a load to the top of the movable contact member through the pressing portion during a period in which the movable contact member returns from a reversed state to an initial state.
A current sensor has: a case; a core member formed by laminating a plurality of soft magnetic material plates, the core member being insert-molded to the case; and a magnetic sensor that measures magnetism. The core member has first soft magnetic material plates and second soft magnetic material plates that differ in shape from the first soft magnetic material plates. The second soft magnetic material plate has an exposed portion exposed without being covered by the first soft magnetic material plate when viewed from a lamination direction of the soft magnetic material plates. The outermost layer on at least one surface of the core member is the first soft magnetic material plate.
G01R 15/20 - Adaptations providing voltage or current isolation, e.g. for high-voltage or high-current networks using galvano-magnetic devices, e.g. Hall-effect devices
G01R 33/00 - Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables
Provided is a radar sensor capable of determining the degree of deformation and shape variation of an object with high accuracy. This radar sensor includes: a transmission antenna which is capable of transmitting radio waves toward an object; a reception antenna which is capable of receiving radio waves reflected by the object; a first reflector which is capable of reflecting radio waves reflected by the object toward the object; and a detection unit which detects the distance to the object on the basis of multi-reflected waves, which are radio waves transmitted from the transmission antenna, reflected by the object, then reflected by the first reflector at least once, and then received by the reception antenna.
This electric device comprises: a housing; an operation member in which a first metal plating layer made of a conductive material is formed on an outer surface, and which moves downward when an operation surface is subjected to a pressing operation by a finger of an operator; electrostatic sensors that are provided close to each other in a state of being separated from each other so as not to be electrically connected to the first metal plating layer in the operation member, and detect the finger of the operator on the operation surface; a substrate that is held in the housing and electrically connected to the electrostatic sensors via wiring members; and a metal spring that returns the operation member to an initial position by biasing the operation member upward when the pressing operation by the finger of the operator is released. The metal spring electrically connects the first metal plating layer to a ground terminal part of the substrate by coming into contact with the first metal plating layer of the operation member at one end part and coming into contact with the ground terminal part at the other end part.
H01H 36/00 - Switches actuated by change of magnetic field or of electric field, e.g. by change of relative position of magnet and switch, by shielding
H01H 1/06 - Contacts characterised by the shape or structure of the contact-making surface, e.g. grooved
An input device includes a knob, a substrate, a pressing switch, a sheet-like rubber member, and an actuator member sliding in a direction perpendicular to the substrate, a pre-tension being applied between the knob, the actuator member, and the pressing switch in a neutral state, the pressing switch has a first contact portion that contacts the rubber member and includes a metal restoring member that has elasticity and biases the first contact portion against the rubber member, and the actuator member has a second contact portion that contacts the rubber member, the second contact portion facing the first contact portion with the rubber member interposed therebetween, and has a protrusion that extends from the second contact portion toward the rubber member and presses and elastically deforms the rubber member in the neutral state in which the knob is released from the operating force applied to the knob.
H01H 13/70 - Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch having a plurality of operating members associated with different sets of contacts, e.g. keyboard
H01H 13/79 - Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch having a plurality of operating members associated with different sets of contacts, e.g. keyboard characterised by the contacts or the contact sites characterised by the form of the contacts, e.g. interspersed fingers or helical networks
An input device includes a load sensor, an electrostatic sensor, and a measurement circuit, wherein the load sensor includes a first voltage dividing circuit including a first strain sensor and a second strain sensor connected in series, and a first capacitor having one end connected to a connection point between the first strain sensor and the second strain sensor, the electrostatic sensor has a plurality of electrostatic sensor electrodes, and the measurement circuit includes an AC voltage circuit configured to apply an AC voltage to the first voltage dividing circuit and the electrostatic sensor electrodes, at least one charge amplifier provided downstream of the first capacitor and the plurality of electrostatic sensor electrodes, and a control circuit configured to calculate a measured value from an output of the charge amplifier.
G06F 3/044 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by capacitive means
A63F 13/218 - Input arrangements for video game devices characterised by their sensors, purposes or types using pressure sensors, e.g. generating a signal proportional to the pressure applied by the player
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BLADE DRIVING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BLADE DRIVING DEVICE
This blade driving device (BD) includes: a fixed-side member (FB); a rotating member (5) that can rotate relative to the fixed-side member (FB); a drive mechanism (DM) that rotates the rotating member (5); and a plurality of blade members (3) that turn in conjunction with the rotation of the rotating member (5). The drive mechanism (DM) includes a coil (12) provided to the fixed-side member (FB), and a magnet (6) provided to the rotating member (5) and disposed so as to face the coil (12). The coil (12) is provided at a position closer to a rotation center (rotation axis RX) than the magnet (6).
G03B 30/00 - Camera modules comprising integrated lens units and imaging units, specially adapted for being embedded in other devices, e.g. mobile phones or vehicles
H04N 23/57 - Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices
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DEVICE FOR DETECTING USER OPERATION ON ELECTROCAPACITIVE SENSOR
A device for detecting a user operation on an electrocapacitive sensor is provided, the device including: the electrocapacitive sensor; a lighting device positioned near the electrocapacitive sensor; a RAW detection part configured to detect a value of an electrostatic capacitance of the electrocapacitive sensor as a RAW value; a baseline setting part configured to set a baseline that serves as a reference value for the electrostatic capacitance of the electrocapacitive sensor while user operation detection is at work; a lighting controller configured to turn on the lighting device when, during a period in which the lighting device is turned off, the RAW value becomes less than a difference between the current baseline and a first threshold Th1; and an operation detector configured to detect the user operation on the electrocapacitive sensor when the RAW value is less than the difference between the current baseline and a first threshold Th1.
A vehicle electronic key includes a housing including a key accommodating compartment, a first opening, and a first accommodating compartment configured to accommodate a first battery; a wireless communication unit accommodated within the housing; and an emergency key including a key plate accommodated in the key accommodating compartment and a grip portion attached to the key plate. The grip portion includes a second opening, a second accommodating compartment configured to accommodate a second battery, and a positioning portion that, when the key plate is accommodated in the key accommodating compartment, comes into contact with the first battery accommodated in the first accommodating compartment. When the key plate is accommodated in the key accommodating compartment, the first opening is blocked by the grip portion, and the first accommodating compartment and the second accommodating compartment are contained within an enclosed space closed by the housing and the grip portion.
The present invention comprises a stationary body equipped with at least three hollow coils, and a movable body equipped with a magnet and provided so as to be capable of vibrating relative to the stationary body. In the hollow coils, a pair of wire bundles are positioned in parallel, and the magnet is positioned facing the hollow coils. In a neutral position where the movable body is not vibrating, the magnetic poles of the magnet are arranged in an alternating pattern such that a first magnetic pole of the magnet faces the wire bundle at one end side of the hollow coil at one end side among the at least three hollow coils, and a second magnetic pole of the magnet faces the wire bundle at the other end side of the hollow coil on the one end side, as well as the wire bundle of the hollow coil adjacent to that coil. The hollow coils are each constituted of a plurality of winding layers, and are positioned such that a crossover section, which crosses over one inner layer, is positioned on one of the pair of wire bundles constituting the hollow coil, whereby the other wire bundle of the pair is a narrowed section, and the narrowed sections of two adjacent hollow coils are contiguous.
B06B 1/14 - Processes or apparatus for generating mechanical vibrations of infrasonic, sonic or ultrasonic frequency making use of mechanical energy operating with systems involving reciprocating masses the masses being elastically coupled
B06B 1/04 - Processes or apparatus for generating mechanical vibrations of infrasonic, sonic or ultrasonic frequency making use of electrical energy operating with electromagnetism
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ROTATIONAL POSITION DETECTION DEVICE AND POSITION DETECTION DEVICE
Provided are a rotational position detection device and a position detection device in which an output signal transitions among three states, thereby exhibiting good tracking to a rotationally moving position or a linearly moving position. The rotational position detection device comprises: a code disk that rotates together with a rotary member, the code disk having a blocking portion that blocks light and a non-blocking portion that transmits or reflects light; an output unit that outputs an output signal corresponding to the rotation of the code disk; and a control unit that acquires the output signal and detects the rotational position of the code disk. The output unit has a first photointerrupter provided with a first photodiode and a first phototransistor, and a second photointerrupter provided with a second photodiode and a second phototransistor. The first photointerrupter and the second photointerrupter are connected so that the second photodiode can be turned on when the first phototransistor is on. The output signal transitions among three states.
G01D 5/347 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing memberMeans for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for convertingTransducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using optical means, i.e. using infrared, visible or ultraviolet light with attenuation or whole or partial obturation of beams of light the beams of light being detected by photocells using displacement encoding scales
Provided is an electronic device capable of effectively cooling heat radiated from a heat-generating electronic component provided in a case by a heat sink, and inhibiting any impact on electronic circuits and the like by moisture intruding into the case. A heat sink provided inside the case has a plurality of protrusions extending perpendicularly toward a facing wall part of the case. Air entering the case from a first air intake hole formed in the facing wall part is dispersed and periodically diffused by the protrusions, and exhausted outside via a gas exhaust hole by a power fan. Moisture intruding into the case is drained downward through a water draining path along upper surfaces of a first bank part and a second bank part.
An apparatus for cooling at least one integrated circuit by at least one cooling fluid includes at least one heat-conducting plate configured to be in thermal contact with the at least one integrated circuit; and a casing to which the at least one heat-conducting plate is attached. The casing includes an inlet section, a manifold section, a flow input control section, and an outlet section.
A switching apparatus includes a housing including an accommodating portion configured to accommodate a fixed contact and a movable contact, a movable contact member disposed in the accommodating portion, an operating member configured to press the movable contact member, and a cover member configured to cover a base portion of the operating member. The housing includes a protruding portion projecting from a side surface of the housing. The cover member includes a hook extending downward from an edge of the cover member, the hook having an opening. The hook engages the protruding portion when the protruding portion is fitted in the opening. Side surfaces of the protruding portion include a restricting portion configured to restrict movement of the hook by coming into contact with side edges of the opening of the hook.
H01H 13/48 - Snap-action arrangements depending upon deformation of elastic members using buckling of disc springs
H01H 13/52 - Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch having a single operating member the contact returning to its original state immediately upon removal of operating force, e.g. bell push switch
An armrest of a door lining includes: a skin material; a printed layer which is disposed on a rear surface side of the skin material; a light emission body which is disposed on a rear surface side of the skin material and the printed layer and displays a printed surface on the surface of the skin material; a proximity sensor which is disposed on a rear surface side of the skin material and detects an approach of a detection target; a control unit which controls the light emission body based on a detection signal of the proximity sensor; and a switch device which is disposed on a rear surface side of the skin material and detects pressure from the skin material side. The control unit controls the light emission body to emit light while the proximity sensor detects the detection target. The proximity sensor is disposed on a rear surface side of the skin material and is disposed on a front surface side of the switch device and the light emission body.
An acoustic system includes a speaker; a driver configured to drive the speaker by a drive signal generated from an audio signal to be input; and a displacement estimator. The speaker includes a first magnetic gap, a second magnetic gap overlapping the first magnetic gap as viewed in an axial direction of the speaker, and a first voice coil and a second voice coil that are fixed to a vibration system of the speaker configured to vibrate in the axial direction, such that the first voice coil and the second voice coil are positioned in the first magnetic gap and the second magnetic gap as viewed in the axial direction.
A holder and an electronic component are provided. The holder is formed of an elastic material and is configured to hold an object. The holder includes a first surface configured to mount the holder onto a mounting surface of a member; and a second surface opposite the first surface. At least one groove configured to hold the object is formed on the second surface. The holder is configured such that a size of an opening of the groove on the second surface becomes smaller, as the first surface deforms.
A decorative panel includes a transparent resin layer, a light-transmissive substrate configured to be disposed on a back side of the transparent resin layer and configured to visually express a three-dimensional pattern created by an uneven surface of the light-transmissive substrate, and a semi-transmissive layer configured to be disposed on a back side of the light-transmissive substrate and having a contour corresponding to the uneven surface of the light-transmissive substrate.
A radio wave reflector includes two first antenna elements provided along a first direction, a first transmission line connecting the two first antenna elements, two second antenna elements arranged at positions equidistant from a center point between the two first antenna elements in the first direction and sandwich the two first antenna elements along the first direction, and a second transmission line connecting the two second antenna elements. A difference in electrical length between the first transmission line and the second transmission line is λe×N, where λe denotes a transmission wavelength of radio waves transmitted and received by the two first antenna elements and the two second antenna elements in electrical length, and N denotes an arbitrary natural number.
An input device includes a signal generator configured to generate a waveform signal; a transmission line including a first end connected to the signal generator and a second end on an opposite side of the first end, and configured to transmit the waveform signal; a termination connected to the second end of the transmission line; and a position determination unit configured to determine, based on an input signal that is the waveform signal and input from the signal generator to the transmission line and a reflected signal generated by the input signal being reflected toward the first end by an object becoming proximate to the transmission line between the first end and the second end of the transmission line, a proximate position where the object is proximate to the transmission line.
G01S 13/32 - Systems for measuring distance only using transmission of continuous waves, whether amplitude-, frequency-, or phase-modulated, or unmodulated
G01S 13/04 - Systems determining presence of a target
A display device for displaying a floating aerial image using retroreflection includes a light source, a beam splitter, at least first and second retroreflection members disposed along different planes, and at least first and second phase plates disposed on respective surfaces of the first retroreflection member and the second retroreflection member, wherein the beam splitter is configured to reflect light from the light source to the first and second retroreflection members, and to transmit light reflected by the first and second retroreflection members so as to form the floating aerial image, and a slow axis of the first phase plate has an angle difference with respect to a slow axis of the second phase plate such that a difference between a phase difference of the light transmitted through the first phase plate and a phase difference of the light transmitted through the second phase plate becomes small.
G02B 30/56 - Optical systems or apparatus for producing three-dimensional [3D] effects, e.g. stereoscopic images the image being built up from image elements distributed over a 3D volume, e.g. voxels by projecting aerial or floating images
G02B 5/124 - Reflex reflectors cube corner, trihedral or triple reflector type plural reflecting elements forming part of a unitary plate or sheet
G02B 27/14 - Beam splitting or combining systems operating by reflection only
A switch device includes a drive member including a detection section or a section to be detected, the drive member being configured to change a relative position between the detection section and the section to be detected by a reciprocating operation in a first direction, a stopper disposed at a position having a fixed relative positional relationship with respect to the other of the detection section and the section to be detected, the stopper being configured to come into contact with the drive member to restrict a range of movement of the drive member, and an elastic member retained to the drive member. The stopper includes a first stopper and a second stopper, and the elastic member includes a first abutment portion, a second abutment portion, and a connecting portion that connects the first abutment portion and the second abutment portion.
A displacement-detecting device for a speaker includes a magnet fixed to a vibration body configured to vibrate by air vibration caused by vibration of a vibration system of the speaker, a sensor provided at a fixed body relative to a fixed system of the speaker, a displacement detector, and a displacement converter. The sensor is configured to detect a magnetic flux vector of the magnet acting on the sensor. The displacement detector is configured to detect a displacement of a vibration system of a passive radiator based on a detection value of the magnetic flux vector by the sensor. The displacement converter is configured to convert the displacement of the vibration system of the passive radiator to a displacement of the vibration system of the speaker.
A motor drive device includes first and second switchers that switch to connect first and second terminals of a motor to a first power source or a reference potential point; first and second operation switches; first and second switching elements; a third switching element connected to the second switching element; a controller; and a water ingress detection circuit that includes a fourth switching element and switches the first and second switchers according to a water ingress detection signal. The first operation switch is connected to the third switching element and controller, and is connected to the first power source via the fourth switching element and to a second power source. When the first operation switch is operated in water ingress, the first power source is connected to the third switching element and the third switching element operates the second switching element to rotate the motor in a first direction.
This vibration generation device comprises: a housing including a lower case on which a coil is placed and an upper case; a movable body that includes a magnet, and a yoke disposed on the upper side of the magnet, is disposed on the upper side of the coil so as to face the coil, and vibrates in a first direction with respect to the housing; and a pair of elastic arm parts that are disposed one on each side of the movable body in the first direction and connected to the housing and the movable body on the upper side of the lower case. The upper case has a frame part that exposes the movable body at a central portion while covering the pair of elastic arm parts.
B06B 1/04 - Processes or apparatus for generating mechanical vibrations of infrasonic, sonic or ultrasonic frequency making use of electrical energy operating with electromagnetism
A magnetic sensor 1 according to the present invention is capable of measuring a small magnetic field with high accuracy by removing 1/f noise, and comprises a variable magnetic field detection unit 100a which includes: a magnetic detection element 10a including a magnetic sensitive part having a sensitivity axis along a first direction (X direction); an anisotropy variable layer 40 having a portion which is made of a ferromagnetic material and being capable of taking a first state or a second state that have different magnetic states including at least one of effective magnetic permeability and magnetization direction; and a spin Hall layer 20 for varying the magnetic state of the anisotropy variable layer 40. The magnetic detection element 10a may have different measurement sensitivities to a measurement magnetic field along the first direction between when the anisotropy variable layer 40 is in the first state and when the anisotropy variable layer 40 is in the second state.
A magnetic sensor 1 according to the present invention, which is capable of measuring a small magnetic field with high accuracy, comprises a variable magnetic field detection unit 100a having: a magnetoresistive element 10a that has a first layer 13 which can be magnetized in the direction along a measurement magnetic field, a second layer 11 which is capable of maintaining the magnetization direction in a first direction (X direction), and a non-magnetic layer 12 which is located between the first layer 13 and the second layer 11; and a magnetization control unit 20 that reversibly inverts the direction of the magnetization 11m of the second layer 11. The magnetization control unit 20 may be an energization magnetization control unit 201 in which the magnetization direction is inverted by energization, or may have a spin Hall layer 21 and an anisotropy variable layer 22. The magnetization control unit 20 may have the spin Hall layer 21 and the second layer 11 may be a variable second layer 111, or the second layer 11 may be integrated with the magnetization control unit 20 so as to be an energization variable second layer 112.
An electric current sensor 1 according to the present invention comprises: a substrate 5 which has mounted thereon a bus bar 2 and a magnetic sensor 3 disposed opposite to the bus bar 2, and has an output wiring pattern 4 of the magnetic sensor 3; and a magnetic shield 6 composed of two magnetic shield plates 6a, 6b arranged in parallel in the Z direction. The magnetic shield plates 6a, 6b sandwich the bus bar 2 and the magnetic sensor 3 so that a first magnetic field A is generated between end parts 6E when a high-frequency current flows through the bus bar 2. When viewed along the Z direction, the output wiring pattern 4 has, in a region in which eddy current C is generated by the magnetic field A, an adjustment part 7 extending in a direction including a component in the X direction. The direction of the eddy current C which is generated in the adjustment part 7 by the magnetic field A is the same as the direction of the output current of the magnetic sensor 3 which flows through the adjustment part 7. Accordingly, an electric current sensor which exhibits enhanced responsiveness due to improvement in phase delay of a magnetic field detected by a magnetic detection element and which has excellent high-frequency current measurement accuracy is provided.
G01R 15/20 - Adaptations providing voltage or current isolation, e.g. for high-voltage or high-current networks using galvano-magnetic devices, e.g. Hall-effect devices
Provided is an input device capable of presenting a favorable tactile sensation. The input device comprises: an operation shaft that extends in a first direction and is linearly movable in the first direction; a first force sense generator that applies a force to the operation shaft; a sensor that detects a movement amount of the operation shaft; a movable part that has an abutment portion on which a tip portion of the operation shaft abuts, and that is movable to a first side in the first direction when the abutment portion is pushed to the first side in the first direction by the operation shaft; a reaction force output part that outputs a reaction force for biasing the movable part to a second side opposite to the first side in the first direction; and a control part that controls the first force sense generator and the reaction force output part on the basis of the movement amount of the operation shaft detected by the sensor.
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
B06B 1/04 - Processes or apparatus for generating mechanical vibrations of infrasonic, sonic or ultrasonic frequency making use of electrical energy operating with electromagnetism
G06F 3/02 - Input arrangements using manually operated switches, e.g. using keyboards or dials
H01H 13/00 - Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch
An embodiment of the present invention relates to a wiring member comprising a light-transmitting insulating substrate and a plurality of wiring patterns provided on the insulating substrate. The plurality of wiring patterns have a first wiring pattern composed of a first connection pad, a second connection pad, and connection wiring connecting the first connection pad and the second connection pad. The connection wiring includes a juxtaposed portion having a plurality of metal wires spaced apart from each other. In the juxtaposed portion, the gap between two adjacent metal wires is wider than the width of the metal wires, thus making it possible to achieve both improved invisibility of a conductive wiring and low resistance.
The present invention is a translucent member comprising a translucent insulating base material, a plurality of power supply wiring patterns, and a metal antenna pattern, wherein: the power supply wiring patterns have a first power supply wiring pattern that is constituted by an external connection pad which is formed on the outer edge side of the insulating base material, a first connection pad, and connection wiring which connects the external connection pad and the first connection pad; the connection wiring includes a juxtaposition part that has a plurality of metal wires which are spaced apart from each other; in the juxtaposition part, a gap between two adjacent metal wires is wider than the width of the metal wires; and the metal antenna pattern has a plurality of metal thin wires that extend in the same direction as the plurality of metal wires of the juxtaposition part and that are spaced apart from each other. Since a floating dummy metal wiring pattern extending in the same direction as the extension direction is formed between the first power supply wiring pattern and the metal antenna pattern, it is possible to achieve both improvement in invisibility of an antenna provided on the translucent base material and prevention of sensitivity deterioration.
H04Q 1/38 - Signalling arrangementsManipulation of signalling currents using combinations of direct currents of different amplitudes or polarities over line conductors or combination of line conductors
39.
TEAR-PREVENTION STRUCTURE FOR MULTILAYER SUBSTRATE
A tear-prevention structure for a multilayer substrate having a plurality of interconnect layers laminated via an insulating layer is provided. The tear-prevention structure includes a tear-prevention conductor pattern formed in proximity to a slit or a hole provided in the multilayer substrate, and the conductor pattern is formed in at least two layers of the plurality of the interconnect layers of the multilayer substrate.
A multilayer board includes a first conductor layer, a second conductor layer, and an insulating layer. The first conductor layer and the second conductor layer are stacked via the insulating layer. The first conductor layer includes a plurality of lands to which an electrode of an electronic component for surface mounting is to be soldered. The second conductor layer includes an interconnect pattern electrically connected to the lands via a conductive through-hole formed in the insulating layer. The plurality of lands have a same planar shape.
An electrostatic input device includes sensor electrodes disposed corresponding to operation regions on an operation surface on which an operation input is performed, and a computer including a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The computer is configured to compare capacitance threshold assigned to the sensor electrodes, respectively, with capacitance of the sensor electrodes, respectively, and check one or more sensor electrodes having the capacitance exceeding the capacitance threshold assigned to a corresponding sensor electrode. The computer is configured to, when the one or more sensor electrodes having the capacitance exceeding the capacitance threshold include two or more sensor electrodes adjacent to each other, identify, among the two or more sensor electrodes, the sensor electrode on which the operation input is performed based on a ratio between the capacitance of each of the two or more sensor electrodes and the capacitance threshold assigned to the corresponding sensor electrode.
A capacitance sensor includes: a substrate; a detection electrode disposed on one surface of the substrate; a first side shield electrode disposed parallel with the detection electrode on the one surface of the substrate; and a back shield electrode disposed on the other surface of the substrate to face the detection electrode through the substrate. A first AC drive voltage is applied to the detection electrode. A second AC drive voltage having a same frequency and a same phase as those of the first AC drive voltage is applied to the first side shield electrode and the back shield electrode. The capacitance sensor further includes a side ground electrode that is disposed parallel with the detection electrode and the first side shield electrode on the one surface of the substrate, and is connected to a ground potential.
G01L 1/14 - Measuring force or stress, in general by measuring variations in capacitance or inductance of electrical elements, e.g. by measuring variations of frequency of electrical oscillators
Provided is an input device capable of presenting a favorable tactile sensation. This input device comprises: an operation shaft that extends in a first direction and is linearly movable in the first direction; a first force sense generator that applies a force in the first direction to the operation shaft; a sensor that detects a movement amount of the operation shaft; an abutment portion on which a tip end portion of the operation shaft can abut; a second force sense generator that applies a force in the first direction to the operation shaft in a state in which the tip end portion is abutting on the abutment portion; and a control portion that controls the first force sense generator and the second force sense generator on the basis of the movement amount of the operation shaft detected by the sensor.
G06F 3/02 - Input arrangements using manually operated switches, e.g. using keyboards or dials
G05G 5/03 - Means for enhancing the operator's awareness of the arrival of the controlling member at a command or datum positionProviding feel, e.g. means for creating a counterforce
G05G 25/00 - Other details, features or accessories of control mechanisms, e.g. supporting intermediate members elastically
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
H01H 13/85 - Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch having a plurality of operating members associated with different sets of contacts, e.g. keyboard characterised by ergonomic functions, e.g. for miniature keyboardsSwitches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch having a plurality of operating members associated with different sets of contacts, e.g. keyboard characterised by operational sensory functions, e.g. sound feedback characterised by tactile feedback features
This switch device is attached to a panel in a state where an elastic body is interposed between the switch device and an opening of the panel. The panel includes a pair of bosses provided on both outer sides in the longitudinal direction of the opening and extending toward the switch device. The switch device includes: a case having a housing part; a switch switching part housed in the housing part; an operation member provided in the housing part in an operable manner and capable of switching the switch switching part by being operated via the elastic body by an operator; a pair of receiving parts provided on both outer sides of the housing part in the longitudinal direction of the case, receiving end parts of the bosses, and fastened to the bosses by a fastening member; and a contact part provided on at least one of the pair of receiving parts and biasing the end part of the corresponding boss in a direction away from the housing part in association with the fastening of the boss.
H01H 13/06 - Dustproof, splashproof, drip-proof, waterproof, or flameproof casings
H01H 13/52 - Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch having a single operating member the contact returning to its original state immediately upon removal of operating force, e.g. bell push switch
An input device according to the present invention comprises: an elastic deformation layer which can be elastically deformed; a first input unit on which a user can perform an input operation; and a second input unit which is provided in the elastic deformation layer and at a position adjacent to the first input unit and on which an operator can perform a pressing operation, wherein a portion of the first input unit is disposed below the second input unit so as to vertically overlap with the second input unit.
H01H 89/00 - Combinations of two or more different basic types of electric switches, relays, selectors and emergency protective devices, not covered by any single one of the other main groups of this subclass
H01H 25/00 - Switches with compound movement of handle or other operating part
This input device comprises: an elastic deformation layer which is elastically deformable; a first input unit which allows an operator to perform an input operation; a second input unit which is provided at a position adjacent to the first input unit in the elastic deformation layer and allows the operator to perform a pressing operation; a contact detection unit which detects contact with the first input unit; and a control unit which invalidates the pressing operation on the second input unit when contact with the first input unit is detected.
H01H 89/00 - Combinations of two or more different basic types of electric switches, relays, selectors and emergency protective devices, not covered by any single one of the other main groups of this subclass
B60R 16/02 - Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided forArrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric
H01H 25/00 - Switches with compound movement of handle or other operating part
A sensor device includes a first proximity sensor outputting a first sensor value that varies according to a degree of proximity of a target object and provided inside one of a hub or a spoke of a steering operation unit, the first proximity sensor being disposed along a first lateral portion of a lateral surface of the one of the hub or the spoke, the lateral surface connecting a first outer surface on a driver side and a second outer surface opposite the first outer surface, a second proximity sensor to output a second sensor value that varies according to a degree of proximity of the target object provided inside the one of the hub or the spoke, the second proximity sensor being disposed along a second lateral portion of the lateral surface, and a processor to determine whether the target object is in contact with a grip.
G06F 3/0346 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the userAccessories therefor with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
B62D 1/06 - Rims, e.g. with heating meansRim covers
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
G06F 3/041 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
G06F 3/044 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by capacitive means
G06F 3/04883 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
Provided is a protective circuit capable of stably detecting an overvoltage of an input terminal even when a current outputted from an output terminal becomes large. The protective circuit comprises an input terminal that receives DC power, an output terminal that outputs DC power, a first FET that is connected to the input terminal, a reverse connection detection circuit that controls the gate voltage of the first FET, a second FET that is connected to the output terminal, and an overvoltage detection circuit that controls the gate voltage of the second FET. The overvoltage detection circuit includes: a first switch element that is provided between a connection point of the first FET and the second FET and the gate of the second FET; and a reference voltage adjustment circuit that controls the first switch element. The reference voltage adjustment circuit decreases a voltage for turning on the first switch element as the current inputted from the input terminal to the first FET increases.
H02H 7/20 - Emergency protective circuit arrangements specially adapted for specific types of electric machines or apparatus or for sectionalised protection of cable or line systems, and effecting automatic switching in the event of an undesired change from normal working conditions for electronic equipment
H02H 3/18 - Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition, with or without subsequent reconnection responsive to reversal of direct current
H02H 3/20 - Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition, with or without subsequent reconnection responsive to excess voltage
49.
ELECTROSTATIC COORDINATE INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD OF DETERMINING OPERATION IN ELECTROSTATIC COORDINATE INPUT DEVICE
An electrostatic coordinate input device includes an operation surface, a plurality of sensor electrodes disposed on a back side of the operation surface, a measurement circuit configured to measure a capacitance of each of the plurality of sensor electrodes, and a calculation unit configured to calculate a position of an operation body based on the plurality of capacitances measured by the measurement circuit. The calculation unit calculates a largest capacitance between the operation body and the sensor electrodes based on the plurality of capacitances, based on the largest capacitance, sets a non-pointing determination threshold value used to determine a non-pointing operation that is not a pointing operation of the operation body, and when the number of capacitances exceeding the non-pointing determination threshold value among the plurality of capacitances exceeds a determination number threshold value, determines that the operation of the operation body is the non-pointing operation.
To provide “acoustic system” for obtaining required drive force with low power, first voice coil greater in height dimension than gap in which magnetic flux propagates and second voice coil equal in height dimension to gap are provided such that their height-direction centers coincide. When amplification factors of audio signal applied to first and second voice coils are defined as A1 and A2, respectively, A1 is set to 0 and A2 is set to A2st when detected displacement of loudspeaker is within displacement range where second voice coil is at position where it can properly interact with magnetic flux in gap. A2 is set to 0 and A1 is set to A1st when detected displacement is within range where A2 is not set to A2st. A2st is smaller than A1st. Ranges where second voice coil is offset from gap are included in displacement ranges where A1 is set to A1st.
An apparatus for cooling at least one data processing unit by at least one cooling fluid includes an inlet configured to receive a cooling fluid; an outlet configured to output the cooling fluid; an internal cavity arranged between the inlet and the outlet and fluidically connecting the inlet and the outlet; at least one heat-conducting plate extending along a side of the internal cavity and including a heat-conducting material and configured to be in thermal contact with the at least one data processing unit; and a plurality of discrete heat-conducting objects each including a heat-conducting material and arranged in the internal cavity in a pattern.
A display device includes: a plurality of light-emitting elements; and a circuit substrate with a surface configured for mounting the plurality of light-emitting elements. The plurality of light-emitting elements are arranged on the circuit substrate to form a fixed display pattern. Part or all of the plurality of light-emitting elements are connected in series via wires.
A detection device includes an electrostatic sensor disposed on a holding member having a conductor to which a predetermined potential or a potential of a predetermined waveform is applied, a detection circuit connected to the electrostatic sensor and configured to detect a capacitance of the electrostatic sensor, a misalignment calculation unit configured to calculate a misalignment of the electrostatic sensor relative to the conductor or a value corresponding to the misalignment, based on an output of the detection circuit in a target object non-proximity state, a correction value calculation unit configured to calculate a correction value corresponding to the misalignment calculated by the misalignment calculation unit or to the value corresponding to the misalignment, and a detection unit configured to detect a position of a target object based on the output of the detection circuit and the correction value calculated by the correction value calculation unit.
This vibration generation device includes: a fixed body having a housing; a movable body housed in the housing; a permanent magnet provided on one of the fixed body and the movable body; a coil that is provided on the other of the fixed body and the movable body and moves the movable body in a first direction by power supply; and a roller disposed between the fixed body and the movable body such that the upper and lower surfaces of the roller with a peripheral surface disposed therebetween are oriented in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction, wherein the movable body and the fixed body each have a bottom surface in contact with the peripheral surface of the roller and a protruding portion that protrudes from the bottom surface, and the roller is disposed between the movable body and the fixed body such that the upper and lower surfaces of the roller are opposed respectively to at least the side surface of the protruding portion of the movable body and the side surface of the protruding portion of the fixed body.
B06B 1/04 - Processes or apparatus for generating mechanical vibrations of infrasonic, sonic or ultrasonic frequency making use of electrical energy operating with electromagnetism
Provided are: an antenna housing capable of attenuating radio waves in a desired direction by using a simple configuration; and a radar device. The antenna housing includes: a case that has a placement region in which a substrate provided with an antenna can be disposed; a radome that has a radio wave transmitting portion disposed in a first direction among directions in which the antenna can radiate radio waves while the substrate is disposed in the placement region, the radome being fixed to the case so as to cover the placement region; and a radio wave attenuating portion that is provided to the radome or the case so as to be positioned in a second direction among the directions in which the antenna can radiate the radio waves, the radio wave attenuating portion attenuating the radio waves and having a plurality of dielectric attenuating plates aligned at intervals in the second direction.
A resistor substrate production method according to the present invention comprises: a coating step for coating an ink that contains a solvent, a thermosetting resin, and conductive particles onto a substrate and forming a conductive coating film; a drying step for drying a workpiece, which is obtained by providing the conductive coating film on the substrate, at a second temperature that is lower than a first temperature at which a curing reaction of the thermosetting resin progresses, and removing the solvent; a hot pressing step for sandwiching the workpiece after the drying step between a first press platen and a second press platen, which are kept at the first temperature, pressing the workpiece, and partially curing the thermosetting resin; and a firing step for placing the workpiece after the hot pressing step into a firing furnace, firing the workpiece at the first temperature, and completing the curing of the thermosetting resin. In the hot pressing step, pressing is performed after a cushioning sheet that is softer than the pressing surface of the first press platen has been placed between the pressing surface of the first press platen and the workpiece. Therefore, the produced resistor substrate has excellent wear resistance with respect to sliding.
H01C 17/065 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing resistors adapted for coating resistive material on a base by thick-film techniques, e.g. serigraphy
57.
PROXIMITY DECIDING DEVICE AND PROXIMITY DECIDING METHOD
A proximity deciding device includes: a capacitive sensor electrode covered with a cover having a manipulation surface; a measurement circuit that measures capacitance between the capacitive sensor electrode and an indicating body; a proximity deciding unit that makes a decision as to whether a proximity state is in progress according to a difference obtained by subtracting a reference value from the capacitance; and a correcting unit that corrects the reference value. The correcting unit stores, in a storage unit, a lower limit, for accumulated inputs, based on the reference value before the proximity state; calculates, in the proximity state, a cumulative value for a change of the capacitance; updates the reference value according to a cumulative input value (cumulative value or lower limit); and sets the cumulative input value to the cumulative value or lower limit according to whether the cumulative value is larger or smaller than the lower limit.
A multi-directional input device includes a housing, a swinging body swingably supported in an accommodation space, a first and a second interlocking members rotatably supported with an X direction and a Y direction as rotation centers, respectively, and a first and a second detection means detecting rotations of the first and the second interlocking members, respectively. The first detection means includes a first slider linearly driven in a direction orthogonal to the X direction by the first swing arm and a first position detection means detecting a position of the first slider, and the second detection means includes a second slider linearly driven in a direction orthogonal to the Y direction by the second swing arm and a second position detection means detecting a position of the second slider, and the first slider and the second slider are linearly movably supported by the X1 wall and the Y1 wall, respectively.
G06F 3/0362 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the userAccessories therefor with detection of 1D translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts
An audio system includes a first left speaker arranged at a position corresponding to a left side of a head of a user on a first seat, a first right speaker arranged at a position corresponding to a right side of the head of the user on the first seat, a second left speaker arranged at a position corresponding to a left side of a head of a user on a second seat disposed side by side with the first seat, a second right speaker arranged at a position corresponding to a right side of the head of the user on the second seat, a front speaker arranged at a central position between the first seat and the second seat in a lateral direction, the central position being in front of the first seat and the second seat, and acoustic signal processing circuitry.
A display device includes a frame member; a glass cover plate configured to be fixed to the frame member; an adhesive layer configured to be disposed on an inner surface of the cover plate located within a window surrounded by the frame member; and a display cell configured to be fixed to the inner surface of the cover plate via the adhesive layer. The frame member has an inner side surface surrounding the window, a weir portion protruding from the inner side surface toward the window, and a weir end surface serving as part of the weir portion and extending continuously around an entire periphery of the window at a boundary portion with the inner surface of the cover plate. The adhesive layer is formed of an optically clear adhesive applied to the inner surface of the cover plate and is in contact with the weir end surface.
A current sensor including a busbar through which a current to be measured flows and a magnetic sensor disposed to detect a magnetic field generated by the busbar includes a conductor comprising a nonmagnetic material. The conductor is disposed opposite the busbar with the magnetic sensor interposed between the conductor and the busbar. The current sensor is capable of suppressing the occurrence of problems associated with frequency characteristics of the current sensor in which measurement errors increase due to the skin effect, which is influenced by the frequency of currents to be measured flowing through a busbar, and provides good measurement accuracy.
G01R 15/20 - Adaptations providing voltage or current isolation, e.g. for high-voltage or high-current networks using galvano-magnetic devices, e.g. Hall-effect devices
G01R 19/00 - Arrangements for measuring currents or voltages or for indicating presence or sign thereof
A current sensor according to the present invention includes a bus bar through which a measurement-target current is to flow, a magnetic sensor provided facing the bus bar and configured to detect a magnetic force generated by the bus bar, and a housing including a case and a cover. The bus bar is held between the case and the cover. The housing includes a bus-bar-securing part made of a metal material. The bus bar is in contact with the bus-bar-securing part and is fixed to the bus-bar-securing part.
G01R 15/20 - Adaptations providing voltage or current isolation, e.g. for high-voltage or high-current networks using galvano-magnetic devices, e.g. Hall-effect devices
G01R 19/00 - Arrangements for measuring currents or voltages or for indicating presence or sign thereof
A force-feedback input device includes: a base; an operation member supported to be movable in a first direction with respect to the base; a shape memory alloy wire whose length changes when the operation member moves toward one side in the first direction; and a controller electrically coupled to the shape memory alloy wire, and having a processor and a memory storing computer-readable instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the controller to change a current flowing through the shape memory alloy wire to change a length of the shape memory alloy wire when the operation member, moving toward the one side, reaches a first position. The controller is further caused to supply a measurement current to the shape memory alloy wire to measure a resistance value of the shape memory alloy wire, and detect a position of the operation member based on the resistance value.
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
F03G 7/06 - Mechanical-power-producing mechanisms, not otherwise provided for or using energy sources not otherwise provided for using expansion or contraction of bodies due to heating, cooling, moistening, drying, or the like
A current sensor 1 according to the present invention comprises: a bus bar 2 having a through-hole 3; and two magnetic detection units 4A, 4B that detect magnetism generated by a current to be measured flowing through the bus bar 2 and are capable of performing differential output. The through-hole 3 passes through the bus bar 2 in a direction having a Z-direction component, where the Z direction is a direction orthogonal to an X direction and a Y direction, the X direction being the extension direction of the bus bar 2, and the Y direction being the width direction of the bus bar 2. The two magnetic detection units 4A, 4B are disposed, one each, in a region having a component facing a Y1 direction of a magnetic field generated by the current to be measured flowing through the bus bar 2 and a region having a component facing a Y2 direction of the magnetic field. Both magnetic detection units 4A, 4B are disposed at positions set apart from the center of the through-hole. Therefore, although the current sensor uses a differential-detection-type magnetic sensor that is advantageous for height reduction, the current sensor is hardly affected by magnetic noise or the like from the outside and has excellent measurement accuracy.
G01R 15/20 - Adaptations providing voltage or current isolation, e.g. for high-voltage or high-current networks using galvano-magnetic devices, e.g. Hall-effect devices
A capacitive sensor according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a detection region having a drive electrode and a detection electrode on a substrate; and a non-detection region that is located outside the detection region as viewed from a normal direction to the substrate and that has a drive wire connected to the drive electrode and a detection wire connected to the detection electrode. The non-detection region includes a dummy lead wire disposed apart from the drive wire and the detection wire, and an anticorrosive section that is disposed between at least one of the drive wire and the detection wire and the dummy lead wire and that is not in contact with any of the drive wire, the detection wire, and the dummy lead wire. Accordingly, corrosion resistance of the wires can be enhanced.
Provided is a non-contact input apparatus that issues a warning when a finger is moved away from an operation surface before an input operation is confirmed, to thereby enable a user to intuitively understand that the operation of moving the finger away from the operation surface before the input operation is confirmed is inappropriate. The non-contact input apparatus: classifies presence regions of an indicator according to distances measured by a detection unit; stores, in a storage device, a determination time representing the time during which the indicator was continuously present within a determination region which is among the presence regions and of which the distance measured by the detection unit is shorter than a determination threshold; displays the two-dimensional position of the indicator on a display when the indicator is present within the determination region; confirms, when the determination time exceeds a determination time threshold, the content of an input operation according to the two-dimensional position measured by the detection unit; and outputs notification information for warning when the determination time is shorter than the determination time threshold and the indicator is moving in a direction away from an operation surface.
G06F 3/041 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
G06F 3/044 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by capacitive means
G06F 3/0488 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
An audio system includes first and second seat speakers respectively arranged near first and second seats of an automobile, which respectively output first and second audio signals; a microphone arranged in the first seat; and a circuitry configured to perform gain adjustment on the second audio signal; extract, as a crosstalk signal, a component of output sound of the second seat speaker included in output of the microphone; extract, as a noise signal, a component of the output of the microphone that does not include components of output sounds of the first and second seat speakers; and calculate a gain adjustment amount of the second audio signal in the gain adjustment so that the crosstalk signal becomes lower than the noise signal by a predetermined level. The circuitry uses the calculated gain adjustment amount to perform the gain adjustment on the second audio signal.
An electrical and electronic component includes a substrate having a mounting surface whose normal direction coincides with a first direction; and a position detection device mounted on the mounting surface. The position detection device includes a first body part fixed via a solder to a pad on the mounting surface; a second body part being displaceable relative to the first body part; a detection mechanism configured to measure a relative displacement between the first and second body parts; and a first reference part extending from the first body part and having a reference surface including a second-direction-side reference surface that faces toward one side in a second direction intersecting the first direction. The substrate includes a contact portion that is in contact with the reference surface. The contact portion includes a second-direction-side contact portion that positions the detection mechanism by being in contact with the second-direction-side reference surface.
The present invention comprises: a housing that is provided with a frame body, an upper lid, and a lower lid; and a mobile body that is provided with a permanent magnet and that is held within the housing so as to be able to vibrate, wherein the upper lid has an upper lid guide, the lower lid has a lower lid guide, the mobile body has a mobile body guide that is positioned between the upper lid guide and the lower lid guide, and the upper lid and the lower lid are provided with a positioning part that restricts the position with respect to the frame body, and are provided with a ferromagnet part that is formed from a ferromagnet in at least a portion of a flat part.
B06B 1/04 - Processes or apparatus for generating mechanical vibrations of infrasonic, sonic or ultrasonic frequency making use of electrical energy operating with electromagnetism
This input device comprises: an elastic portion that is pressed by an object to be detected; a sensor unit that detects the distance to the object to be detected with the elastic portion interposed therebetween; and a determination unit that determines the presence or absence of the pressing operation by the object to be detected on the basis of the distance to the object to be detected that is detected by the sensor unit, wherein the elastic portion has characteristics such that the elastic portion first takes a maximum value and then takes a minimum value when pressed by the object to be detected, in an evaluation curve that is obtained by differentiating, by strain, a compressive stress-strain curve in which the vertical axis is compressive stress and the horizontal axis is strain when pressed by the object to be detected.
H01H 13/00 - Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch
This current sensor 1 includes a bus bar 2 through which a current to be measured flows, a magnetic sensor 3 that detects magnetism generated by the current to be measured, and a case 4 that holds the magnetic sensor 3. The current sensor comprises a fixture 5 that connects the bus bar 2 and the case 4 and holds the bus bar 2 at a position separated from the case 4. Therefore, even when heat generation from the bus bar 2 increases in conjunction with an increase in the current to be measured, the positional relationship between the bus bar 2 and a magnetic detection unit (magnetic sensor 3) can be maintained, and errors due to positional deviation are small, resulting in good measurement accuracy.
G01R 15/20 - Adaptations providing voltage or current isolation, e.g. for high-voltage or high-current networks using galvano-magnetic devices, e.g. Hall-effect devices
Provided is an input device with which a pressing operation can be correctly determined. This input device comprises: an operation panel having an operation surface on which a pressing operation can be performed; a substrate disposed so as to face the operation panel in the pressing direction of the pressing operation on the operation panel; a plurality of elastic supports which support the operation panel with respect to the substrate and are elastically deformable; a plurality of displacement detection units which are arranged in a support region in which the plurality of elastic supports are arranged in a plan view, and detect the displacement of the operation panel due to the pressing operation on the operation surface; an output synthesis unit which generates a synthesized output signal obtained by synthesizing output signals of the plurality of displacement detection units; and a control unit which determines the presence or absence of the pressing operation on the operation panel on the basis of the synthesized output signal generated by the output synthesis unit.
This input device comprises: a press-operable operating member; a first magnet held by the operating member; an elastic member that applies, to the operating member, a return force for a pressing operation; a second magnet that is provided facing the first magnet and repels the first magnet; and a magnetic sensor that detects the press amount of the operating member by detecting magnetism between the first magnet and the second magnet. The input device has a distance adjustment mechanism capable of adjusting the distance between the first magnet and the second magnet.
H01H 13/00 - Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch
G05G 1/02 - Controlling members for hand-actuation by linear movement, e.g. push buttons
G05G 5/03 - Means for enhancing the operator's awareness of the arrival of the controlling member at a command or datum positionProviding feel, e.g. means for creating a counterforce
G05G 25/00 - Other details, features or accessories of control mechanisms, e.g. supporting intermediate members elastically
H01H 36/00 - Switches actuated by change of magnetic field or of electric field, e.g. by change of relative position of magnet and switch, by shielding
The present invention relates to an input device and a control panel including same and, more specifically, to an input device and a control panel including same, the input device comprising: a case; a movable body which is supported by the case so as to be tiltable and becomes tilted when an operator presses an operated portion; a tilted state detection member for detecting the tilted state of the movable body; and a pressing position detection sensor for detecting the position pressed by the pressing operation of the movable body. In the movable body, the operated portion includes a first operated portion extending in the longitudinal direction of the movable body and a second operated portion extending in the longitudinal direction of the movable body. The movable body is transitioned from an initial state to a first tilted state, in which the movable body is tilted in a first direction, by a first pressing operation of pressing the first operated portion in the first direction, and is transitioned from the initial state to a second tilted state, in which the movable body is tilted in a second direction different from the first direction, by a second pressing operation of pressing the second operated portion in the second direction. The tilted state detection member detects the first tilted state of the movable body and detects the second tilted state of the movable body. The pressing position detection sensor includes: a first pressing position detection sensor for detecting a prescribed position, at which the operator performed the first pressing operation, with respect to the longitudinal direction of the first operated portion; and a second pressing position detection sensor for detecting a prescribed position, at which the operator performed the second pressing operation, with respect to the longitudinal direction of the second operated portion, wherein the first pressing position detection sensor is installed on the movable body so as to be behind and close
To provide an attitude estimation system for an automobile and an offset error calculation method for a three-axis acceleration sensor for correcting an error caused depending on the mounting attitude of an acceleration sensor with respect to an automobile, using a three-axis acceleration sensor, a Roll angle Roll_A and a Pitch angle Pitch_A are measured in a state where an automobile is parked with a forward orientation in a parking lot, where a Roll angle Roll_B and a Pitch angle Pitch_B are measured in a state where the automobile is parked with an opposite orientation in the parking lot, and the average of Roll_A and Roll_B is set as an offset error in the Roll direction, and the average of Pitch_A and Pitch_B is set as an offset error in the pitch direction.
B60W 40/10 - Estimation or calculation of driving parameters for road vehicle drive control systems not related to the control of a particular sub-unit related to vehicle motion
B60W 50/14 - Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention
G08G 1/14 - Traffic control systems for road vehicles indicating individual free spaces in parking areas
An audio device includes a left speaker disposed on a left side of a portable device, and to output sound toward the user, a right speaker disposed on a right side of the portable device, and to output sound toward the user, a rear center speaker disposed at a central position of the portable device, and to output sound in a direction opposite to the user, a pseudo surround signal generator to generate a left channel audio signal, a right channel audio signal, and a center channel audio signal, and a reverb effect imparting unit to impart a reverb effect to the center channel audio signal, and to generate a rear center channel audio signal, wherein the left speaker outputs the left channel audio signal, the right speaker outputs the right channel audio signal, and the rear center speaker outputs the rear center channel audio signal.
H04S 5/00 - Pseudo-stereo systems, e.g. in which additional channel signals are derived from monophonic signals by means of phase shifting, time delay or reverberation
A push switch device includes: an operating body having an operating portion for a pressing operation and being capable of moving up and down along a first direction; a follower having a through hole and being capable of rotating about an axis parallel to the first direction when the operating body moves up and down; a movable contact provided at a bottom of the follower; and a fixed contact provided in the housing and opposite to the movable contact. The follower has a linkage post protruding from a side wall of the through hole toward the part of the operating body, and the operating body has a guide portion configured to contact the linkage post, converting a pressing force along the first direction into a force along a circumferential direction about the axis to rotate the followers, thereby changing a contact position between the movable contact and the fixed contact.
H01H 13/52 - Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch having a single operating member the contact returning to its original state immediately upon removal of operating force, e.g. bell push switch
An optical module driving device (20), comprising: a fixed portion (27), a rotary portion (24) disposed on the fixed portion (27), and a rotation driving portion (23) for driving the rotary portion (24) to rotate around a first axis. The fixed portion (27) and the rotary portion (24) are opposed to each other in an axial direction along the first axis, the fixed portion (27) and the rotary portion (24) are further opposed to each other in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction, a shaft body (25) is interposed between the fixed portion (27) and the rotary portion (24), the shaft body (25) is fixed to one of the rotary portion (24) and the fixed portion (27), and the rotary portion (24) and the fixed portion (27) are rotatably connected by means of the shaft body (25). The optical module driving device (20) further comprises a slot portion (244) having an opening direction facing the shaft body (25) and a first magnetic component (M1) adjacent to the slot portion (244), the slot portion (244) and the first magnetic component (M1) are arranged on the other one of the rotary portion (24) and the fixed portion (27), the shaft body (25) can be attracted by a magnetic field, and the first magnetic component (M1) attracts the shaft body (25), such that the circumferential surface of the shaft body (25) partially abuts against the surface of the side of the slot portion (244) facing the shaft body (25).
G02B 7/09 - Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for lenses with mechanism for focusing or varying magnification adapted for automatic focusing or varying magnification
G03B 5/00 - Adjustment of optical system relative to image or object surface other than for focusing of general interest for cameras, projectors or printers
A light-emitting structure of a transmissive display includes a plurality of pairs of electrodes arranged in an array, a plurality of transmissive light sources arranged to extend between the electrodes of respective pairs, and a reflective portion arranged in a target region including a region configured for shielding a light path, the light path extending in a direction from a portion of a rear surface of each of the plurality of light sources that faces a gap between the electrodes toward a transparent substrate.
In a power-supply control apparatus according to the present invention including a current sensor including a magnetic sensor that detects, using a magnetoresistive element, magnetism generated when a current to be measured flows through a bus bar, the current sensor being capable of measuring the current to be measured; and a determination unit that determines whether an overcurrent has flowed through the bus bar, the determination unit measures a current increase time and a current decrease time, obtains a current increase/decrease time difference that is a difference between the current increase time and the current decrease time, and determines whether the overcurrent has flowed through the bus bar based on the current increase/decrease time difference.
G01R 19/165 - Indicating that current or voltage is either above or below a predetermined value or within or outside a predetermined range of values
G01R 15/20 - Adaptations providing voltage or current isolation, e.g. for high-voltage or high-current networks using galvano-magnetic devices, e.g. Hall-effect devices
G01R 19/00 - Arrangements for measuring currents or voltages or for indicating presence or sign thereof
A pressing operation body includes an inversion spring having a dome shape; and a rubber stem configured to bend in response to pressing and press the inversion spring. The inversion spring includes a dome portion, and a plurality of leg portions that are extended outward from an outer peripheral edge of the dome portion. The rubber stem includes a base portion configured to support a lower edge of the rubber stem. The base portion includes a plurality of retaining portions configured to retain the plurality of leg portions of the inversion spring.
H01H 13/48 - Snap-action arrangements depending upon deformation of elastic members using buckling of disc springs
H01H 13/52 - Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch having a single operating member the contact returning to its original state immediately upon removal of operating force, e.g. bell push switch
A display device capable of displaying an aerial image by using retroreflection is provided. The display device includes: a light source; a retroreflective member; a first polarizing beam splitter configured to reflect light from the light source toward the retroreflective member; a retardation plate disposed between the first polarizing beam splitter and the retroreflective member and configured to provide a constant phase difference between incident light and outgoing light; a decorative sheet configured to transmit the light of the aerial image transmitted through the first polarizing beam splitter; and a second polarizing beam splitter disposed on a bottom side of the decorative sheet that is a side opposite to a decorative surface of the decorative sheet and configured to have a transmission axis aligned in a same direction as a direction in which the light of the aerial image is transmitted.
G02B 30/56 - Optical systems or apparatus for producing three-dimensional [3D] effects, e.g. stereoscopic images the image being built up from image elements distributed over a 3D volume, e.g. voxels by projecting aerial or floating images
G02B 27/28 - Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups , for polarising
83.
FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT BOARD, OPTICAL MODULE DRIVING DEVICE AND OPTICAL UNIT
An optical module driving device, comprising: a base, a rotation driving part provided on one side of the base and driving the base to rotate around a first axis, a tilting driving part supported on the other side of the base swingably and driving an optical module to swing around a direction perpendicular to the first axis, and a flexible circuit board supplying power to the optical module. The device is characterized in that: the flexible circuit board has a planar part and an outer peripheral part formed by bending and perpendicular to the planar part, the outer peripheral part winding around the outside of the base, and a gap being present between the outer peripheral part and the outer peripheral surface of the base; a relay part is provided between the planar part and the outer peripheral part of the flexible circuit board, and the relay part is fixed to the base, such that when the rotation driving part drives the base to rotate, there is no relative movement between the planar part and the base, and when the tilting driving part drives the optical module to tilt, there is no relative movement between the outer peripheral part and the base.
G03B 5/00 - Adjustment of optical system relative to image or object surface other than for focusing of general interest for cameras, projectors or printers
A method of manufacturing a circuit board is disclosed. The method includes: a first step of forming a plurality of pixel circuits on a film with the pixels connected to each other by a wiring pattern; a second step of processing the film to thin the film at least at a position between pixels, and singulating the film into individual pixel units such that the film is cut together with the wiring pattern at the position between the pixels; a third step of transferring a plurality of singulated pieces, each having a pixel circuit formed thereon, onto a flexible substrate; and a fourth step of forming a stretchable interconnect by depositing liquid metal between wiring patterns cut in the second step.
A controller includes a casing provided with an upper surface, a lower surface, and side surfaces, and configured to be held by a hand; and an operation part that is provided at least on the upper surface of the casing. A main sounding part is provided on the upper surface of the casing, a sub sounding part is provided on at least either of the side surfaces or the lower surface of the casing, and an angle formed by a sound emission centerline of the main sounding part and the sound emission centerline of the sub sounding part is 90 degrees or more.
A63F 13/24 - Constructional details thereof, e.g. game controllers with detachable joystick handles
A63F 13/54 - Controlling the output signals based on the game progress involving acoustic signals, e.g. for simulating revolutions per minute [RPM] dependent engine sounds in a driving game or reverberation against a virtual wall
An acoustic device includes a box and a speaker unit accommodated in an internal space of the box, wherein the box includes a front wall having an opening and a rear wall facing the front wall, the speaker unit includes a frame, a diaphragm supported on the frame so as to be capable of vibrating, a voice coil configured to vibrate together with the diaphragm, and a magnetic circuit configured to apply a magnetic field to the voice coil, the magnetic circuit includes a magnet and a yoke made of a magnetic material, a magnetic gap in which the voice coil is disposed is formed in a part of the yoke, the opening is configured to allow sound pressure emitted from the diaphragm to be released to an external space, and a part of the yoke is disposed within the rear wall.
A display apparatus includes: a liquid crystal display; a partially transmissive plate provided on a back surface side of the liquid crystal display; a total reflection mirror provided on a side opposite to the liquid crystal display with respect to the partially transmissive plate and facing the partially transmissive plate with a space from the partially transmissive plate; and a light source having a central axis of light emission directed to the partially transmissive plate or the total reflection mirror and outputting light to a region between the partially transmissive plate and the total reflection mirror.
This switch device comprises: a housing having an accommodation part; central fixed contacts disposed at a central portion on the inner bottom surface of the accommodation part; peripheral fixed contacts disposed at a peripheral portion on the inner bottom surface of the accommodation part; a movable contact member provided above the central fixed contacts and the peripheral fixed contacts in the accommodation part; a rubber stem for pressing the movable contact member; a cover member for covering the rubber stem; and a protrusion part provided to protrude downward relative to the lower surface of the rubber stem. The movable contact member has leg parts which extend outward and are constantly in contact with the peripheral fixed contacts. The protrusion part presses the leg parts, and at least a portion of the protrusion part is made of a material harder than that of the rubber stem.
H01H 13/48 - Snap-action arrangements depending upon deformation of elastic members using buckling of disc springs
H01H 13/52 - Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch having a single operating member the contact returning to its original state immediately upon removal of operating force, e.g. bell push switch
This lens holder drive device (100) comprises: a support member (5); a first lens holder (LH1) capable of holding a first lens body (LS1); a first drive unit (DM1) that moves a first movable-side member (MB1) including the first lens holder (LH1) in the optical axis direction; and a first shaft member (SH1) and a second shaft member (SH2) that are supported by the support member (5), guide the first movable-side member (MB1) in the optical axis direction, and are disposed substantially parallel to each other. The first drive unit (DM1) is configured to include a first magnetic member (MP1) and a first coil (CL1). Moreover, in plan view seen from the Z-axis direction, the first drive unit (DM1) is supported by the first shaft member (SH1) in a state in which at least a portion of the first drive unit is positioned further toward the Y2 side than the first shaft member (SH1).
G02B 7/04 - Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for lenses with mechanism for focusing or varying magnification
An operation member is provided and includes a first resin member having a plate shape and formed of a material that transmits laser light; and a second resin member having a tubular shape and formed of a material that absorbs the laser light. The first resin member and the second resin member are laser-welded in an opening included in the second resin member. The second resin member includes a bonding projection provided to project from an inner circumferential surface of the opening toward an inner diameter side of the second resin member. An outer circumferential portion of the first resin member is placed over the bonding projection of the second resin member. The outer circumferential portion of the first resin member is laser-welded to the bonding projection of the second resin member.
A transducer assembly configured to provide a substantially constant electromagnetic force factor when driving distally and proximally to a top surface. The transducer assembly can include two coil portions and two magnetic gaps separated by a region of greater reluctance. As one of the coil portions moves out of the magnetic gaps while driving in an axial direction, the other coil portion can move into the magnetic gaps to provide a substantially constant speaker force factor. The other coil portion can continue to move from its rest position, through its proximal magnetic gap, and into the distal magnetic gap to provide extended useful linear stroke by using both magnetic gaps in a sequential manner.
A transducer assembly with two active acoustic radiators. The two active acoustic radiators can face each other and be driven with signals having the same electrical polarity. The moveable features of the two active acoustic radiators can move toward and away from each other as the two active acoustic radiators are driven, which can reduce reaction forces transferred to an interior trim of a vehicle to decrease vibration thereof. The two active acoustic radiators can include an inverted topology with the motor assemblies disposed on a front side of the diaphragms of the two active acoustic radiators opposite rear suspension elements, which can efficiently utilize an existing packaging envelope of a conventional acoustic radiator to provide an equivalent combined piston area as the conventional acoustic radiator. A structural member can mechanically couple the motor assemblies in opposition to each other to provide improved force canceling characteristics.
H04R 1/24 - Structural combinations of separate transducers or of parts of the same transducer and responsive respectively to two or more frequency ranges
There is provided a method of producing a structure including a substrate and a resin foam layer bonded to the substrate. The method includes: coating the substrate with a mixture including an ultraviolet curable adhesive and thermally expandable microspheres, the ultraviolet curable adhesive including a photopolymerization initiator and an adhesive resin component; and irradiating the mixture with ultraviolet rays to polymerize the adhesive resin component and expand the thermally expandable microspheres, thereby forming the resin foam layer. The resin foam layer is bonded to the substrate with an adhesive force of the adhesive resin component.
B32B 7/12 - Interconnection of layers using interposed adhesives or interposed materials with bonding properties
B32B 27/06 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin as the main or only constituent of a layer next to another layer of a specific substance
C08J 9/32 - Working-up of macromolecular substances to porous or cellular articles or materialsAfter-treatment thereof from compositions containing microballoons, e.g. syntactic foams
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DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING SWITCHABLE INFINITY MIRROR STRUCTURE AND EDGE-TYPE BACKLIGHT
A display apparatus is provided and includes a liquid crystal display portion; a partial transmission plate provided on a rear side of the liquid crystal display portion; a total reflection mirror that is provided opposite to the liquid crystal display portion across the partial transmission plate and faces the partial transmission plate with a space between the total reflection mirror and the partial transmission plate; a first light source that has a center axis of light emission directed to the partial transmission plate or the total reflection mirror and is configured to output light to a region between the partial transmission plate and the total reflection mirror; and an edge-type backlight including a second light source and a light guide configured to guide light output from the second light source. The edge-type backlight is provided at a position closer to the total reflection mirror than to the first light source.
This input device comprises: a housing; an operation member that is provided in the housing and that is movable to a plurality of operation positions; a moveable contact member that is provided in the housing and that comprises a magnetic body; a first fixed contact and second fixed contact that are provided opposite from the moveable contact member inside the housing; and a magnet body that is provided so as to capable of moving along with movement of the operation member inside the housing. The moveable contact member has a fulcrum that is constant contact with the first fixed contact and a first moveable contact that is opposite from the second fixed contact. The moveable contact member rocks about a fulcrum due to the magnetic force of the magnet body when the magnet body has moved along with movement of the operation member to a prescribed operation position, such that the first moveable contact contacts the second fixed contact.
A relay device (100) comprises: a fixed contact member (5); a movable contact member (4) that is movable along a Z-axis direction; a biasing member (6) that applies a force for moving the movable contact member (4) away from the fixed contact member (5); a separation assisting member (SB) that assists the movable contact member (4), which is in contact with the fixed contact member (5) against the force from the biasing member (6), in separating from the fixed contact member (5); and a third actuator (AC3) that moves the separation assisting member (SB). The third actuator (AC3) is configured to move the separation assisting member (SB) to assist the movable contact member (4) in separating from the fixed contact member (5) when an abnormal current flows through the electric circuit.
H01H 50/42 - Auxiliary magnetic circuits, e.g. for maintaining armature in, or returning armature to, position of rest, for damping or accelerating movement
H01F 7/06 - ElectromagnetsActuators including electromagnets
An aerial input apparatus includes a first display configured to display an aerial image relating to an input operation; a second display configured to display an image relating to the aerial image at a position different from a display position of the aerial image; a detector configured to detect a position or a movement of an operation portion of a user; and a display controller configured to control the first display and the second display based on a detection result obtained by the detector. The display controller is configured to switch the first display from a display state to a non-display state and to switch the second display from a non-display state to a display state, in response to determining that the operation portion has approached or touched the aerial image while the first display is displaying the aerial image.
G06F 3/0487 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
G02B 30/56 - Optical systems or apparatus for producing three-dimensional [3D] effects, e.g. stereoscopic images the image being built up from image elements distributed over a 3D volume, e.g. voxels by projecting aerial or floating images
G06F 3/044 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by capacitive means
A display apparatus is configured to display an aerial image by using retroreflection. The display apparatus includes a light source; a beam splitter configured to reflect light output from the light source; and a plurality of retroreflective materials configured to reflect light from the beam splitter in a same direction as incident light. The plurality of retroreflective materials include at least three retroreflective materials that are arranged in a range where the aerial image can be observed, and the plurality of retroreflective materials are in a positional relationship such that at least one side of each of the retroreflective materials is overlapping with a side of an adjacent retroreflective material.
G02B 30/56 - Optical systems or apparatus for producing three-dimensional [3D] effects, e.g. stereoscopic images the image being built up from image elements distributed over a 3D volume, e.g. voxels by projecting aerial or floating images
An audio signal processor includes a harmonic signal generator to generate a harmonic signal that includes a signal generated by frequency scaling components of a target audio signal by a factor of k, a left audio signal generator to generate a left audio signal by convolving a head-related transfer function from a target localization position of the target audio signal to a left ear of a listener with the target audio signal, a right audio signal generator to generate a right audio signal by convolving a head-related transfer function from the target localization position to a right ear of the listener with the target audio signal, a left synthesizer to generate a left channel audio signal by synthesizing the left audio signal and the harmonic signal, and a right synthesizer to generate a right channel audio signal by synthesizing the right audio signal and the harmonic signal.
An electrostatic input apparatus includes a sensor electrode configured to perform input detection; a processor; and a memory that includes instructions, which when executed, cause the processor to execute performing switching control between a regular mode and a low power consumption mode, and determining presence/absence of an operation input based on a difference value obtained by subtracting a reference value from an output value of the sensor electrode; updating the reference value based on the output value in an intermittent operation in the low power consumption mode; and in a first determination of first determining the presence/absence of the operation input after switching from the low power consumption mode to the regular mode, determining the presence/absence by using the output value first acquired in the first determination of the presence/absence of the operation input and the reference value last updated in the low power consumption mode.
