Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Capacitive proximity sensor and proximity sensing method
- Patent Title (中): 电容接近传感器和接近感测方法
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Application No.: US12677907Application Date: 2008-10-06
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Publication No.: US08692565B2Publication Date: 2014-04-08
- Inventor: Takeshi Togura
- Applicant: Takeshi Togura
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP
- Priority: JP2007-261233 20071004; JP2007-295607 20071114
- International Application: PCT/JP2008/068194 WO 20081006
- International Announcement: WO2009/044920 WO 20090409
- Main IPC: G01R27/00
- IPC: G01R27/00 ; G01R27/26 ; H03K17/955

Abstract:
A capacitive proximity sensor (100) comprises a sensor unit (10) and a sense circuit unit (20). The sensor unit (10) includes a sensor electrode (11), a shield electrode (12) and an auxiliary electrode (13). The sensor electrode (11) is connected to a C-V conversion circuit (21) and the shield electrode (12) is connected to a shield drive circuit (24). The auxiliary electrode (13) is connected via a change-over switch (30) to the C-V conversion circuit (21) or the shield drive circuit (24). The capacitance values (C1, C2) switched by the change-over switch (30) and detected at the C-V conversion circuit (21) are compared to arbitrarily set a range of a sense region on the sensor electrode (11).
Public/Granted literature
- US20100259283A1 CAPACITIVE PROXIMITY SENSOR AND PROXIMITY SENSING METHOD Public/Granted day:2010-10-14
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