公开(公告)号：US20110006980A1

公开(公告)日：2011-01-13

申请号：US12864898

申请日：2008-01-31

申请人： Nobumitsu Taniguchi ,  Shigeo Takagi

发明人： Nobumitsu Taniguchi ,  Shigeo Takagi

IPC分类号： G06F3/01

CPC分类号： G06F3/03547 ,  G06F3/0338 ,  G06F3/038 ,  G06F3/0414 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  G06F3/04892

摘要： A data input device that enables the user to execute a scrolling operation rapidly and infallibly without enduring any operational burden is provided.The data input device comprises a force detecting unit for detecting an applied force as a rectangular coordinate data, a converting unit for converting the rectangular coordinate data detected by the force detecting unit into a polar coordinate data, a scrolling amount deciding unit for deciding the scrolling amount of an element displayed in a display based on the r value of the polar coordinate data converted by the converting unit, and a scrolling direction deciding unit for deciding the scrolling direction of the element based on the change in the θ value of the polar coordinate data converted by the converting unit.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种数据输入设备，其使得用户能够快速且可靠地执行滚动操作，而不会持续任何操作负担。 数据输入装置包括用于检测施加的力作为直角坐标数据的力检测单元，用于将由力检测单元检测的直角坐标数据转换为极坐标数据的转换单元，用于决定滚动的滚动量决定单元 基于由转换单元转换的极坐标数据的r值显示在显示器中的元素的量;以及滚动方向确定单元，用于基于该图标的变化来确定元素的滚动方向; 由转换单元转换的极坐标数据的值。

公开(公告)号：US20080094355A1

公开(公告)日：2008-04-24

申请号：US11793911

申请日：2005-12-22

申请人： Nobumitsu Taniguchi ,  Masanori Mizushima

发明人： Nobumitsu Taniguchi ,  Masanori Mizushima

IPC分类号： G06F3/033

CPC分类号： G06F3/0414 ,  G06F3/04886 ,  H03K17/962 ,  H03K17/9625 ,  H03K17/975 ,  H04M1/23 ,  H04M2250/12

摘要： This invention is directed to the provision of a data input device that is operated by a novel method of inputting the force applied on a force sensor as polar coordinate data and subjecting the data to input processing which utilizes the r value and the θ value. A portable telephone 1 detects the force applied on a force sensor 51 of an input unit 50 as rectangular coordinate data and converts the detected rectangular coordinate data into polar coordinate data. Then, with reference to an allocating table that has recorded characters and ranges of θ values to which the individual characters are allocated, the character allocated to the obtained θ value is selected. Then, when the r value larger than a prescribed threshold is input, the entry of the selected parameter is determined.

摘要翻译： 本发明的目的在于提供一种数据输入装置，其通过将施加在力传感器上的力作为极坐标数据输入的新方法进行操作，并对数据进行使用r值和θ值的输入处理。 便携式电话机1将施加在输入单元50的力传感器51上的力检测为直角坐标数据，并将检测到的直角坐标数据转换为极坐标数据。 然后，参考已经记录了分配了各个字符的θ值的字符和范围的分配表，选择分配给所获得的θ值的字符。 然后，当输入大于规定阈值的r值时，确定所选参数的条目。

公开(公告)号：US07395721B2

公开(公告)日：2008-07-08

申请号：US11020415

申请日：2004-12-23

申请人： Nobumitsu Taniguchi

发明人： Nobumitsu Taniguchi

IPC分类号： G01B7/16

CPC分类号： G01L5/165 ,  G01L1/142 ,  G06F3/0338 ,  H01H25/041 ,  H01H2025/004 ,  H01H2239/006 ,  H03K17/9625

摘要： A force sensor converts a force into capacitance and makes it possible to generate a plurality of outputs with different output characteristics, force detection system, and a digital force detection program for it. The force sensor 20 has a displacement unit 24 for generating a displacement when a force is applied; a single or a plurality of first sensor units (36, 36A, 36B, 36C, and 36D) for generating a first output C1 from said displacement of the displacement unit; and a second sensor unit 44, which is annexed to the first sensor unit, for generating a second output C2 from the displacement of said displacement unit. The force detection system enhances the output accuracy by means of the first and second outputs of such a force sensor. The force detection program is used in the force detection system for executing the output process.

摘要翻译： 力传感器将力转换成电容，并且可以产生具有不同输出特性的多个输出，力检测系统和用于其的数字力检测程序。 力传感器20具有位移单元24，用于在施加力时产生位移; 一个或多个第一传感器单元（36,36A，36B，36C和36D），用于从所述位移单元的位移产生第一输出C 1; 以及第二传感器单元44，其附接到第一传感器单元，用于从所述位移单元的位移产生第二输出C 2。 力检测系统通过这种力传感器的第一和第二输出增强输出精度。 力检测程序用于执行输出过程的力检测系统。

公开(公告)号：US07123028B2

公开(公告)日：2006-10-17

申请号：US11032610

申请日：2005-01-10

申请人： Kazuhiro Okada ,  Nobumitsu Taniguchi

发明人： Kazuhiro Okada ,  Nobumitsu Taniguchi

IPC分类号： G01R27/26

CPC分类号： G01L5/165 ,  G01L1/142 ,  G01L5/223 ,  H01H25/041 ,  H01H2205/024 ,  H01H2239/006 ,  H01H2239/078 ,  H01H2300/022 ,  H03K17/975

摘要： The invention provides a force detector in which power consumption is suppressed. Four electrodes E11 through E14 are formed on a substrate, and an elastic deformable body formed of a rubber film is disposed thereon. A conductive coating is applied on the lower surface of the elastic deformable body to provide a displacing conductive layer 26. Four capacitance elements C11 through C14 are comprised by the electrodes E11 through E14 and the displacing conductive layer 26 opposed to the electrodes. The capacitance values thereof are converted into voltage values V11 through V14 by C/V converter circuit 50, and based on operation by signal processing circuit 60, an external force applied to the elastic deformable body is detected. A pair of contacting electrodes E15 and E16 are formed on the substrate, and when an external force with a predetermined strength or more is applied, the elastic deformable body deforms, and the displacing conductive layer 26 comes into contact with both electrodes E15 and E16, simultaneously. The potential of the electrode E16 is taken-in from the terminal T5, and when said potential is Vcc, the C/V converter circuit 50 is operated in a standby mode with less power consumption, and when said potential is GND, the circuit is operated in a normal mode.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供一种功率消耗被抑制的力检测器。 四个电极E 11至E 14形成在基板上，并且由橡胶膜形成的弹性变形体设置在其上。 在弹性变形体的下表面上施加导电涂层以提供位移导电层26。 四个电容元件C 11至C 14由电极E 11至E 14和与电极相对的位移导电层26组成。 其电容值由C / V转换器电路50转换成电压值V 11至V 14，并且基于信号处理电路60的操作，检测施加到弹性变形体的外力。 一对接触电极E 15和E 16形成在基板上，并且当施加具有预定强度或以上的外力时，弹性变形体变形，位移导电层26与两个电极E 15接触 和E 16，同时。 电极E 16的电位从端子T5接收，并且当所述电位为Vcc时，C / V转换器电路50在功耗较低的待机模式下工作，并且当所述电位为GND时， 电路在正常模式下工作。

公开(公告)号：US20050252303A1

公开(公告)日：2005-11-17

申请号：US11020415

申请日：2004-12-23

申请人： Nobumitsu Taniguchi

发明人： Nobumitsu Taniguchi

IPC分类号： G01L1/14 ,  G01L5/16 ,  G06F3/033 ,  H01H25/04 ,  H03K17/96 ,  G01P15/00

CPC分类号： G01L5/165 ,  G01L1/142 ,  G06F3/0338 ,  H01H25/041 ,  H01H2025/004 ,  H01H2239/006 ,  H03K17/9625

摘要： The present invention is intended to provide a force sensor that converts a force into capacitance and makes it possible to generate a plurality of outputs with different output characteristics, force detection system, and a force detection program for it. The force sensor 20 has a displacement unit 24 for generating a displacement when a force is applied; a single or a plurality of first sensor units (36, 36A, 36B, 36C, and 36D) for generating a first output C1 from said displacement of the displacement unit; and a second sensor unit 44, which is annexed to the first sensor unit, for generating a second output C2 from the displacement of said displacement unit. The force detection system enhances the output accuracy by means of the first and second outputs of such a force sensor. The force detection program is used in the force detection system for executing the output process.

摘要翻译： 本发明旨在提供一种将力转换为电容的力传感器，并且能够产生具有不同输出特性的多个输出，力检测系统和用于其的力检测程序。 力传感器20具有位移单元24，用于在施加力时产生位移; 一个或多个第一传感器单元（36,36A，36B，36C和36D），用于从所述位移单元的位移产生第一输出C 1; 以及第二传感器单元44，其附接到第一传感器单元，用于从所述位移单元的位移产生第二输出C 2。 力检测系统通过这种力传感器的第一和第二输出增强输出精度。 力检测程序用于执行输出过程的力检测系统。

公开(公告)号：US06809529B2

公开(公告)日：2004-10-26

申请号：US10022580

申请日：2001-12-17

申请人： Kazuhiro Okada ,  Nobumitsu Taniguchi

发明人： Kazuhiro Okada ,  Nobumitsu Taniguchi

IPC分类号： G01R2726

CPC分类号： G01L5/165 ,  G01L1/142 ,  G01L5/223 ,  H01H25/041 ,  H01H2205/024 ,  H01H2239/006 ,  H01H2239/078 ,  H01H2300/022 ,  H03K17/975

摘要： The invention provides a force detector in which power consumption is suppressed. Four electrodes (E11-E14) are formed on a substrate, and an elastic deformable body formed of a ruber film is disposed thereon. A conductive coating is applied on the lower surface of the elastic deformable body to provide a displacing conductive layer (26). Four capacitance elements (C11-C14) are comprised by the electrodes (E11-E14) and the displacing conductive layer (26) opposed to the electrodes. The capacitance values thereof are converted into voltage values (V11-V14) by C/V converter circuit (50), and based on operation by signal processing circuit (60), an external force applied to the elastic deformable body is detected. A pair of contacting electrodes (E15) and (E16) are formed on the substrate, and when an external force with a predetermined strength or more is applied, the elastic deformable body deforms, and the displacing conductive layer (26) comes into contact with both electrodes (E15) and (E16). The potential of the electrode (E16) is taken-in from the terminal (T5), and when said potential is Vcc, the C/V converter circuit (50) is operated in a standby mode with less power consumption, and when said potential is GND, the circuit is operated in a normal mode.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供一种功率消耗被抑制的力检测器。 在基板上形成四个电极（E11-E14），并且在其上设置有由橡胶膜形成的弹性变形体。 在弹性变形体的下表面上施加导电涂层以提供位移导电层（26）。 四个电容元件（C11-C14）由与电极相对的电极（E11-E14）和位移导电层（26）组成。 其电容值由C / V转换器电路（50）转换为电压值（V11-V14），并且基于信号处理电路（60）的操作，检测施加到弹性变形体的外力。 在基板上形成有一对接触电极（E15）和（E16），当施加了预定强度以上的外力时，弹性变形体变形，位移导电层（26）与 两个电极（E15）和（E16）。 电极（E16）的电位从端子（T5）接收，并且当所述电位为Vcc时，C / V转换器电路（50）在功耗较低的待机模式下工作，并且当所述电位 是GND，电路在正常模式下工作。

公开(公告)号：US07944432B2

公开(公告)日：2011-05-17

申请号：US11793911

申请日：2005-12-22

申请人： Nobumitsu Taniguchi ,  Masanori Mizushima

发明人： Nobumitsu Taniguchi ,  Masanori Mizushima

IPC分类号： G09G5/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0414 ,  G06F3/04886 ,  H03K17/962 ,  H03K17/9625 ,  H03K17/975 ,  H04M1/23 ,  H04M2250/12

摘要： This invention is directed to the provision of a data input device that is operated by a novel method of inputting the force applied on a force sensor as polar coordinate data and subjecting the data to input processing which utilizes the r value and the θ value.A portable telephone 1 detects the force applied on a force sensor 51 of an input unit 50 as rectangular coordinate data and converts the detected rectangular coordinate data into polar coordinate data. Then, with reference to an allocating table that has recorded characters and ranges of θ values to which the individual characters are allocated, the character allocated to the obtained θ value is selected. Then, when the r value larger than a prescribed threshold is input, the entry of the selected parameter is determined.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及提供一种数据输入装置，其通过将施加在力传感器上的力作为极坐标数据输入的新方法进行操作，并对数据进行利用r值和该值的输入处理; 值。 便携式电话机1将施加在输入单元50的力传感器51上的力检测为直角坐标数据，并将检测到的直角坐标数据转换为极坐标数据。 然后，参考已经记录字符和范围＆amp;的分配表; 分配单个字符的值，分配给所获得的字符的字符; 值被选中。 然后，当输入大于规定阈值的r值时，确定所选参数的条目。

公开(公告)号：US07075527B2

公开(公告)日：2006-07-11

申请号：US10619965

申请日：2003-07-15

申请人： Shigeo Takagi ,  Nobumitsu Taniguchi ,  Kazuhiro Okada

发明人： Shigeo Takagi ,  Nobumitsu Taniguchi ,  Kazuhiro Okada

IPC分类号： G09G5/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/038 ,  G05G1/10 ,  G05G9/047 ,  G06F3/0338

摘要： An efficient rotational-operation-quantity input device suitable to be built into a small electrical appliance is provided. An operational force applied by an operator is input in time series as a coordinate value (x, y) in an XY two-dimensional rectangular coordinate system by a two-dimensional force sensor 100, and is converted into a coordinate value (r, θ) by a polar-coordinate converting section 200. When a value r of the coordinate value (r, θ) obtained in time series is larger than a predetermined threshold rt, an operation-quantity recognizing section 300 recognizes the coordinate value (r, θ) as a significant coordinate value, and, when the value θ generates a variation Δθ exceeding a predetermined threshold θt with respect to a value “θ before” immediately therebefore during a period during which a significant coordinate value (r, θ) is obtained continuously, it recognizes a value corresponding to the variation Δθ as an operation quantity indicating a rotation.

摘要翻译： 提供一种适用于小型电器的内置的高效的旋转操作量输入装置。 由二维力传感器100在XY二维直角坐标系中以时间序列作为坐标值（x，y）输入由操作者施加的操作力，并将其转换为坐标值（r，theta ）。当以时间序列获得的坐标值（r，θ）的值r大于预定阈值rt时，操作量识别部300识别坐标值（r，θ） ）作为有效的坐标值，并且当在连续获得有效坐标值（r，θ）的时间段期间，θ值相对于之前紧接着的值“θbefore”之前产生超过预定阈值的变化量Deltatheta ，它将对应于变化Deltatheta的值识别为指示旋转的操作量。

公开(公告)号：US20050178214A1

公开(公告)日：2005-08-18

申请号：US11032610

申请日：2005-01-10

申请人： Kazuhiro Okada ,  Nobumitsu Taniguchi

发明人： Kazuhiro Okada ,  Nobumitsu Taniguchi

IPC分类号： H01H25/04 ,  H03K17/975 ,  H01R4/48

CPC分类号： G01L5/165 ,  G01L1/142 ,  G01L5/223 ,  H01H25/041 ,  H01H2205/024 ,  H01H2239/006 ,  H01H2239/078 ,  H01H2300/022 ,  H03K17/975

摘要： The invention provides a force detector in which power consumption is suppressed. Four electrodes E11 through E14 are formed on a substrate, and an elastic deformable body formed of a rubber film is disposed thereon. A conductive coating is applied on the lower surface of the elastic deformable body to provide a displacing conductive layer 26. Four capacitance elements C11 through C14 are comprised by the electrodes E11 through E14 and the displacing conductive layer 26 opposed to the electrodes. The capacitance values thereof are converted into voltage values V11 through V14 by C/V converter circuit 50, and based on operation by signal processing circuit 60, an external force applied to the elastic deformable body is detected. A pair of contacting electrodes E15 and E16 are formed on the substrate, and when an external force with a predetermined strength or more is applied, the elastic deformable body deforms, and the displacing conductive layer 26 comes into contact with both electrodes E15 and E16, simultaneously. The potential of the electrode E16 is taken-in from the terminal T5, and when said potential is Vcc, the C/V converter circuit 50 is operated in a standby mode with less power consumption, and when said potential is GND, the circuit is operated in a normal mode.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供一种功率消耗被抑制的力检测器。 四个电极E 11至E 14形成在基板上，并且由橡胶膜形成的弹性变形体设置在其上。 在弹性变形体的下表面上施加导电涂层以提供位移导电层26。 四个电容元件C 11至C 14由电极E 11至E 14和与电极相对的位移导电层26组成。 其电容值由C / V转换器电路50转换成电压值V 11至V 14，并且基于信号处理电路60的操作，检测施加到弹性变形体的外力。 一对接触电极E 15和E 16形成在基板上，并且当施加具有预定强度或以上的外力时，弹性变形体变形，位移导电层26与两个电极E 15接触 和E 16，同时。 电极E 16的电位从端子T5接收，并且当所述电位为Vcc时，C / V转换器电路50在功耗较低的待机模式下工作，并且当所述电位为GND时， 电路在正常模式下工作。

公开(公告)号：US06530283B2

公开(公告)日：2003-03-11

申请号：US09730429

申请日：2000-12-05

申请人： Kazuhiro Okada ,  Nobumitsu Taniguchi ,  Hideo Morimoto

发明人： Kazuhiro Okada ,  Nobumitsu Taniguchi ,  Hideo Morimoto

IPC分类号： G01B716

CPC分类号： G01L5/165 ,  G01L5/223 ,  H01H13/70 ,  H01H25/008 ,  H01H25/04 ,  H01H2205/024 ,  H01H2215/012 ,  H01H2221/012 ,  H01H2239/006 ,  H03K17/9625 ,  H03K17/975

摘要： An intermediate displacement board (120) composed of a metal plate is arranged on a printed circuit board (110) having electrode patterns (E1-E7) and then a strain generative body (130) composed of silicon rubber is arranged on top thereof. Then, the arrangement is fixed to the printed circuit board (110) with attachments (140). Depressing a displacement portion (133) causes a connecting portion (132) to be deflected and an electrode (F0) to be brought into contact with the electrodes (E1, E2) to make them conductive, thereby allowing the pushbutton switch to be turned ON. Depressing further the displacement portion (133) causes an elastic deformation portion (134) to be elastically deformed and crushed and the intermediate displacement board (120) to be pushed downward. The capacitance of capacitors (C3-C7), which are constituted by the electrodes (E3-E7) and the intermediate displacement board (120), are varied according to the depression of the intermediate displacement board (120). By detecting the variation in capacitance, it becomes possible to detect three-dimensional components of an applied force.

摘要翻译： 在具有电极图案（E1-E7）的印刷电路板（110）上布置由金属板构成的中间位移板（120），然后在其顶部设置由硅橡胶构成的应变生成体（130）。 然后，该装置用附件（140）固定到印刷电路板（110）上。 按压位移部分133使连接部分132偏转，并使与电极（E1，E2）接触的电极（F0）导通，从而使按钮开关接通 。 此外，位移部（133）使弹性变形部（134）发生弹性变形破碎，中间位移板（120）向下方推压。 由电极（E3-E7）和中间位移板（120）构成的电容器（C3-C7）的电容根据中间位移板（120）的凹陷而变化。 通过检测电容的变化，可以检测施加的力的三维分量。