Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Displacement sensor including a voltage converting unit that contains a resistor connected to a piezoelectric element
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Application No.: US14339875Application Date: 2014-07-24
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Publication No.: US09778765B2Publication Date: 2017-10-03
- Inventor: Toru Ishii , Yasushi Yamamoto , Tsutomu Yonemitsu
- Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Nagaokakyo-Shi, Kyoto-Fu
- Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagaokakyo-Shi, Kyoto-Fu
- Agency: Arent Fox LLP
- Priority: JP2012-012839 20120125
- Main IPC: G01L1/10
- IPC: G01L1/10 ; G06F3/038 ; G01L1/16 ; H01L41/04 ; G01B7/00 ; G06F3/0338 ; H01L41/113

Abstract:
There is provided a displacement sensor which can precisely detect the amount of displacement given by an operator. A touch sensor which is a type of the displacement sensor has a piezoelectric element, a voltage converting unit and a detecting unit. The piezoelectric element instantaneously generates a voltage proportional to a pressing force (the amount of pressing). The voltage converting unit converts the voltage generated by the piezoelectric element, into a voltage proportional to a transition determined based on a predetermined time constant determined by an impedance of a resistor of the voltage converting unit and capacitances of a capacitor and the piezoelectric element, and a pressing force. The detecting unit integrates output voltages of the voltage converting unit, and calculates the pressing force (the amount of pressing) based on an integration value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140331791A1 DISPLACEMENT SENSOR Public/Granted day:2014-11-13
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