An input device includes a housing; an invertible spring provided inside the housing; a load sensor arranged alongside the invertible spring inside the housing; a stem extending across a top portion of the invertible spring and the load sensor, and configured to push both the top portion of the invertible spring and the load sensor in response to an operating load applied to the stem; and a first fixed contact provided inside the housing, wherein the stem is a conductive member, and in response to the operating load applied to the stem, the stem pushes both the top portion of the invertible spring and the load sensor, and also comes into contact with the first fixed contact so that the first fixed contact is energized via the stem.
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 controller calculates individual parameters, including nonlinear parameters of a speaker model, based on a measured displacement of a vibration system of a speaker. A sound generator outputs an audio signal, and an output flattening filter adjusts gains of individual bands of an audio signal so that a frequency characteristic of a volume of sound output by the speaker is flattened in accordance with a speaker model obtained by linearizing calculated parameters and outputs a resultant audio signal. A nonlinear inverse filter corrects the resultant audio signal by signal processing adapted to the gains of the output flattening filter so that the nonlinear distortion of the speaker is suppressed in accordance with the speaker model including the nonlinear parameters and outputs the corrected audio signal as an output audio signal to the speaker via an amplifier.
Provided are a distance measurement method and a distance measurement system which, when the distances between a plurality of communication stations are measured, can shorten the processing time required for distance measurement. The distance measurement method is for the distance measurement system that includes: a first communication station; and a plurality of second communication stations that transmit signals of a plurality of frequencies to-and-from the first communication station to measure the distance to the first communication station. When the plurality of second communication stations receive a request signal from the first communication station, the second communication stations transmit distance measurement data representing the measured distance to the first communication station.
A haptic output apparatus includes a vibration system having one or more resonance frequencies, the vibration system including an actuator configured to vibrate in accordance with an input signal, and including an object coupled to the actuator and configured to be excited in response to the vibration of the actuator. The haptic output apparatus includes a controller configured to control driving of the actuator. The controller corrects a drive signal using at least one correction model to output the corrected drive signal to the actuator as the input signal, the correction model being preliminarily generated based on the resonance frequencies. Alternatively, the controller outputs a control signal to the actuator as the input signal, the control signal being preliminarily generated using the correction model.
A positioning system includes an elevation angle calculator that determines, as a second elevation angle, an inverse cosine of a first value, upon occurrence of a condition in which an absolute value of a first elevation angle is greater than or equal to a second predetermined angle, the second predetermined angle being greater than a first predetermined angle, the first value being obtained by dividing a second value that is obtained by correcting, with a correction value, an altitude measured by an altitude measurement unit, by a distance measured by a distance measurement unit. The elevation angle calculator selects any one of the first elevation angle and the second elevation angle, based on a value of the first elevation angle.
G01S 3/46 - Systems for determining direction or deviation from predetermined direction using antennas spaced apart and measuring phase or time difference between signals therefrom, i.e. path-difference systems
An input display device includes a display configured to display an image, a capacitive touch panel configured to be attached onto the display and include at least one three-dimensional UI portion on a surface of the touch panel, and a detection unit configured to measure a capacitance of the touch panel and detect an operation on the touch panel based on the measured capacitance. The detection unit detects a rotation of the three-dimensional UI portion from a change in coordinates of a finger touching the three-dimensional UI portion, determines that a rotation detected when a finger distance decreases is valid, and determines that the rotation detected when the finger distance does not decrease is invalid.
G06F 3/04817 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance using icons
G06F 3/0362 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user; Accessories therefor with detection of 1D translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts
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
An input apparatus includes an operating portion configured to be subjected to a pressing operation by an operator, an operation detection sensor whose output value is varied by the pressing operation on the operating portion, a processor configured to determine whether the pressing operation has been performed based on the output value of the operation detection sensor, and a feel generator configured to generate an operation feel in a pressing direction to the operator in response to the pressing operation on the operating portion, wherein, in response to the operation detection sensor outputting an output value corresponding to feel characteristics representing the characteristics of the pressing force, generated by the feel generator, with respect to an elapsed time during the pressing operation, the processor determines that the pressing operation has been completed.
This display device comprises: a light source; and a transparent and flat plate-shaped light guide, into which light emitted from the light source enters from a first side surface of the light guide. The light guide has, at each of a plurality of positions corresponding to a plurality of symbols, a reflective part formed by a plurality of reflective surfaces inclined relative to a bottom surface. Each of the plurality of reflective parts reflects, by means of the plurality of reflective surfaces, the light that has entered from the first side surface to thereby display a plurality of symbols on a display surface. The reflective parts are configured so that the angle of inclination of the reflective surfaces is smaller relative to the bottom surface, the closer the reflective parts are to the light source.
A proximity detection device according to the present invention includes: a plurality of light emitting elements; a plurality of light receiving elements; a drive circuit configured to sequentially drive the plurality of light emitting elements; a measurement circuit configured to measure a light reception signal of a corresponding light receiving element when the plurality of light emitting elements are sequentially driven; and a control unit configured to i) control a drive current of a light emitting element such that a light emission amount of the light emitting element is suppressed, and ii) amplify a detection signal of a light receiving element to compensate for the suppressed light emission amount during measurement with a relatively short distance between the light emitting element and the light receiving element.
The present invention provides a tactile sensation presentation device which, with a simple configuration, is capable of presenting a good clicking sensation while reducing vibration at a stability point. The tactile sensation presentation device comprises: a detection unit that detects the rotation position of an operation part; a biasing part that biases, on the basis of a drive signal, the operation part along the rotation direction of the operation part; a signal generation unit that generates the drive signal which drives the biasing part on the basis of the rotation position; and a low pass filter unit that attenuates a high-frequency component of the drive signal and outputs the attenuated high-frequency component to the biasing part, wherein the signal generation unit generates a drive signal that biases the operation part to another side in the rotation direction when the rotation position is located between the first and second positions or a drive signal that biases the operation part to one side in the rotation direction when the rotation position is located between the first and third positions, and the low pass filter unit attenuates the high-frequency component of the drive signal more when the rotation position is in a first range that includes a first position but does not include second and third positions than when the rotation position is in a second range that includes the second position and that is outside the first range or in a third range that includes the third position and that is outside the first and second ranges.
G05G 5/03 - Means for enhancing the operator's awareness of the arrival of the controlling member at a command or datum position; Providing feel, e.g. means for creating a counterforce
G05G 1/08 - Controlling members for hand-actuation by rotary movement, e.g. hand wheels
H01H 9/16 - Indicators for switching condition, e.g. "on" or "off"
H01H 19/20 - Driving mechanisms allowing angular displacement of the operating part to be effective in either direction
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DISTANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION STATION, AND DISTANCE MEASUREMENT METHOD
Provided are: a distance measurement system that is configured so that a measurement frequency can be set in accordance with a measured distance, thereby enabling precise distance measurement; a communication station; and a distance measurement method. The distance measurement system includes a first communication station and a second communication station, and the second communication station has a distance measurement unit that performs distance measurement processing for measuring the distance to the first communication station on the basis of a result of the second communication station having bidirectionally transmitted a signal between the second communication station and the first communication station, and a frequency setting unit that sets the frequency with which the distance measurement unit performs the distance measurement processing, in accordance with the distance measured by the distance measurement unit.
G01S 13/84 - Systems using reradiation of radio waves, e.g. secondary radar systems; Analogous systems wherein continuous-type signals are transmitted for distance determination by phase measurement
E05B 49/00 - Electric permutation locks; Circuits therefor
A detection device provided in an interior of a vehicle door handle including an inner casing includes a base portion, a displaceable member, and a sensor. The base portion has a longitudinal shape extending along a longitudinal direction of the door handle, is disposed fixedly to the inner casing, and is configured to deform in response to a pressure applied to the inner casing. The displaceable member has a longitudinal shape extending along the longitudinal direction of the door handle and is provided to face the base portion. Either or both of one end portion and the other end portion of the displaceable member are connected to the base portion. The displaceable member includes a displaceable portion configured to be displaced relatively to the base portion in accordance with deformation of the base portion. The sensor is configured to detect displacement of the displaceable portion.
A current sensor capable of efficiently cooling a busbar by using a cooling device includes a busbar, a shield disposed to face the busbar, a magnetic sensor disposed between the shield and the busbar, and an enclosure that integrally encases part of the busbar, the shield, and the magnetic sensor. When a side on which the busbar is disposed in the X-axis direction in which the busbar, the magnetic sensor, and the shield are arranged is defined as an X1 side, the busbar is disposed on the X1 side from the center line of the enclosure, and at least the X1 side of the enclosure is disposed to face the cooling device.
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
Provided is an input device that is capable of precisely detecting an operation amount resulting from pressing. The input device includes: a fixed section (110) having a base section (111) and a plurality of holding sections (112) provided to the base section; a movable section (120) having a plurality of held sections (121A) that are positioned with respect to the fixing section by the plurality of holding sections and held swingably; an electrostatic sensor (130); an elastic member (140) that biases the movable section toward the base section and is provided between the base section and the movable section around the plurality of holding sections in a direction connecting an operation surface and the held sections of the movable section in a planar view; a plurality of displacement sensors (150) that detect displacement of the movable section when the operation surface of the movable section is pressed and the movable section swings with the plurality of holding sections serving as the center of rotation; and a control unit (160) that identifies a displacement sensor in which the distance from an operation position detected by the electrostatic sensor in a direction connecting the plurality of holding sections is shortest among the plurality of displacement sensors and determines the displacement of the movable section on the basis of the output of the identified displacement sensor.
G06F 3/041 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
G06F 3/0354 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user; Accessories therefor with detection of 2D relative movements between the device, or an operating part thereof, and a plane or surface, e.g. 2D mice, trackballs, pens or pucks
This pressing input device is an input device the reaction force characteristic of which when a single metallic inverted dome is pushed downward is a first reaction force characteristic that reaction force increases monotonously from an initial position to a maximum position, decreases monotonously from the maximum position to a minimum position, and increases monotonously from the minimum position, the reaction force characteristic of which when a single elastic member is pushed downward is a second reaction force characteristic that reaction force increases monotonously from the initial position, and the reaction force characteristic of which when an operation member is displaced downward is a synthesized reaction force characteristic obtained by synthesizing the first reaction force characteristic and the second reaction force characteristic, wherein a plate-shaped intermediate member having a larger area than the elastic member when viewed from above is provided between the metallic inverted dome and the elastic member, and the elastic member comprises a metallic plate spring member having a peripheral portion that is in contact with the plate-shaped intermediate member and a central portion that is away from the plate-shaped intermediate member.
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 switch is provided with: a longitudinal shape housing which has an accommodation part; a first fixed contact member which has a first external connection terminal exposed from one end of the housing in the longitudinal direction, and a central fixed contact exposed from the central portion of the bottom of the accommodation part, and which is extended, in the longitudinal direction, from the first external connection terminal to the central fixed contact; a second fixed contact member which has a second external connection terminal exposed from the other end of the housing in the longitudinal direction, and a peripheral fixed contact exposed from the peripheral of the bottom of the accommodation part, and which is extended, in the longitudinal direction, from the second external connection terminal to the peripheral fixed contact; and a movable contact member which can be brought into contact with and separated from the central fixed contact by reverse motion by pressing operation. The first fixed contact member has an extension support part which protrudes in the short direction of the housing from a lateral portion of the central fixed contact.
This pressing input device comprises a substrate that has an installation surface, and a click spring member installed on the installation surface. The click spring member is made from: an annular skirt part that extends from an outer annular edge part toward an inner annular outwardly curved part, said annular skirt part extending at a first angle that faces upward with respect to the installation surface; and an inverted part that includes an annular reinforcement plate part extending from the annular outwardly curved part toward an inner annular inwardly curved part at a second angle that is oriented downward to a greater extent than the first angle, and a dome part that extends inside the annular inwardly curved part and assumes an upwardly protruding form. The dome part has a trapezoidal cross section, and is composed of: an annular slope part that extends to the inside of the annular inwardly curved part and extends at a third angle that is oriented upward to a greater extent than the second angle; and a top part that extends to the inside of an annular upper end part of the annular slope part, and receives pressing force from above.
G05G 5/03 - Means for enhancing the operator's awareness of the arrival of the controlling member at a command or datum position; Providing feel, e.g. means for creating a counterforce
H01H 5/30 - Energy stored by deformation of elastic members by buckling of disc springs
H01H 13/48 - Snap-action arrangements depending upon deformation of elastic members using buckling of disc springs
An input device includes housing; operation nob; cam member swingable in a direction intersecting with pivoting direction of operation knob, and performing swinging as first movement in response to operation knob pivoting in first angular range and performing swinging as second movement succeeding first movement in response to operation knob pivoting in second angular range; substrate; first switch on substrate, switched on in conjunction with first movement of cam member; and second switch on substrate, switched on in conjunction with second movement of cam member. When operation force is ceased, operation knob is automatically restored by restoring forces from first and second switches. Input device includes: first actuator to be slid in conjunction with first movement of cam member to push first switch perpendicularly to substrate; and second actuator to be slid in conjunction with second movement of cam member to push second switch perpendicularly to substrate.
H01H 25/04 - Operating part movable angularly in more than one plane, e.g. joystick
H01H 23/30 - Tumbler or rocker switches, i.e. switches characterised by being operated by rocking an operating member in the form of a rocker button with three operating positions with stable centre position and one or both end positions unstable
A switch includes a housing and a metal terminal that is insert-molded into the housing. The metal terminal includes a contact portion provided on a first side of the metal terminal, an external connection portion provided on a second side of the metal terminal, and an embedded portion provided between the contact portion and the external connection portion and embedded in the housing. In the embedded portion, groove portions are formed in a front surface of the metal terminal and a rear surface of the metal terminal, the groove portions in the front surface being formed at positions different from the groove portions in the rear surface. The groove portions extend in a widthwise direction that is a direction intersecting an extending direction of the embedded portion.
A surround sound entertainment system configured to determine a microphone position relative to a first loudspeaker, the system comprising: first loudspeaker interface configured to send first acoustic signals to first loudspeaker; second loudspeaker interface configured to send second acoustic signals to second loudspeaker; microphone interface configured to receive microphone data from microphone; acoustic processor configured to generate acoustic signal output to each of first and second loudspeakers; and non-transitory memory comprising instructions executable by the acoustic processor, instructions when executed by acoustic processor, cause system to: receive microphone data via microphone interface; determine, using microphone data, time delay between reproduction of first acoustic signals on first loudspeaker and reception of corresponding sound by microphone; determine, using time delay, position of microphone relative to first loudspeaker; and determine, based on position of microphone relative to first loudspeaker, first filter parameter for modifying first acoustic signals or second acoustic signals.
A sensor attachment angle detection unit detects a yaw angle A3 of an approximate attachment angle of a six-axis inertial sensor, and a sensor output conversion unit converts acceleration outputs (ax, ay, az) and angular velocity outputs (ωx, ωy, ωz) of three axes Xs, Ys, and Zs in a coordinate system of the six-axis inertial sensor into accelerations (ax′, ay′, az) and angular velocities (ωx′, ωy′, ωz) of three axes Xs′, Ys′, and Zs in the coordinate system having a yaw angle within ±45 according to an angle range to which the detected attachment angle A3 belongs and inputs the converted accelerations and angular velocities to a Kalman filter.
G01C 21/16 - Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups by using measurement of speed or acceleration executed aboard the object being navigated; Dead reckoning by integrating acceleration or speed, i.e. inertial navigation
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 capacitive sensor device for use with a steering wheel is provided. The steering wheel includes a rim and a spoke that is connected to the inner side of the rim, and the sensor device is provided on the spoke. The sensor device includes an electrode configured to be capacitively coupleable to an object to be detected, and includes a controller configured to detect a change in capacitance of the electrode, and determine whether the object is in proximity to the rim or the spoke based on the change in the capacitance of the electrode. The change in the capacitance occurs in response to the object being in proximity to the rim or the spoke.
B62D 1/06 - Rims, e.g. with heating means; Rim covers
G01D 5/24 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member; Means 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 converting; Transducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using electric or magnetic means influencing the magnitude of a current or voltage by varying capacitance
An input device (ID) comprises: a housing (HS); a movable member (MB) which is at least partially stored in the housing (HS) and is supported in the housing (HS) so as to be able to reciprocate in the Z-axis direction; soft magnetic members (1M) fixed to the housing (HS); and a magnet (5) fixed to the movable member (MB) so as to face the soft magnetic members (1M) in the Y-axis direction. The soft magnetic members (1M) have strong attraction portions (11) which are portions having a relatively strong magnetic attraction force between the magnet (5) and the soft magnetic members (1M), and weak attraction portions (10) which are portions having a relatively weak magnetic attraction force between the magnet (5) and the soft magnetic members (1M). The strong attraction portions (11) are disposed such that one ends thereof are positioned at the inner side of one ends of the magnet (5) in the Z-axis direction. The weak attraction portions (10) include portions that extend outward from the one ends of the strong attraction portions (11) in the Z-axis direction.
A soft magnetic material according to an aspect of the present invention includes a powder-particle substance having a particle size frequency distribution having a plurality of peak tops. The powder-particle substance is an aggregate of composite particles containing a plurality of soft magnetic metal particles and includes a medium powder-particle substance in which the composite particles have a particle size of 45 μm or more and less than 300 μm, and the medium powder-particle substance has an average circularity of 0.7 or more.
H01F 1/20 - Magnets or magnetic bodies characterised by the magnetic materials therefor; Selection of materials for their magnetic properties of inorganic materials characterised by their coercivity of soft-magnetic materials metals or alloys in the form of particles, e.g. powder
In a frame, a diaphragm and an edge member are provided on a first side, and a magnetic driving portion having a magnetic circuit and a voice coil is provided on the second side. An edge support member is interposed between the edge accepting portion of the frame and the outer circumference fixing portion of the edge member. Part of the edge support member is a restricting portion extending toward the center of the frame. The restricting surface of the restricting portion faces the back of the edge member and diaphragm so as to be spaced with a distance.
A press-contact guide, a restraining guide, and a latching mechanism are provided between a housing of a device body and a cover. A restraining projection provided on the cover is inserted into an introduction opening to cause a press-contact projection to be pressed into contact with a press-contact slide part. In this state, the cover is slid in a latching-force-acting direction. Then, the cover moves with a restraining projection being restrained by the restraining guide and cause a projecting latch to latch into a receiving hole. When such a latched state is established, the cover and the housing go out of contact with each other at the press-contact guide and the restraining guide.
A speaker unit on the left side and a speaker unit on the right side are included in a case positioned behind a listener. Sound generation openings and bass-reflex ports are formed in the case on the left side and right side. From each sound generation opening, sound pressure generated forward by the relevant speaker unit is output. Each bass-reflex port communicates with an air chamber to which sound pressure behind the speaker unit is transmitted. With each sound generation opening, the opening dimension in the up-down direction is larger than the opening dimension in the horizontal direction. With each bass-reflex port, as well, the opening dimension in the up-down direction is larger than the opening dimension in the horizontal direction.
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
H04R 1/28 - Transducer mountings or enclosures designed for specific frequency response; Transducer enclosures modified by provision of mechanical or acoustic impedances, e.g. resonator, damping means
B60N 2/879 - Head-rests with additional features not related to head-rest positioning, e.g. heating or cooling devices or loudspeakers
This panel comprises: an insulative film; a molded resin that is formed integrally with the insulative film by injection molding; an electric circuit provided to the rear surface of the insulative film; and a flexible wiring substrate that has, at one end thereof, a connection part to be connected to a connection terminal of the electric circuit, and that is passed through the interior of the molded resin and is drawn outside from the back surface of the molded resin. The flexible wiring substrate has both surfaces thereof coated with an adhesive resin.
B29C 45/14 - Injection moulding, i.e. forcing the required volume of moulding material through a nozzle into a closed mould; Apparatus therefor incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. injection moulding around inserts or for coating articles
In some implementations of the present disclosure, a frame and a surface panel having a panel body, which is a glass plate, are integrated together by a insert molding method. The frame is formed from an elastomer. An inner-surface tight-contact surface formed as part of an inner surface support portion of the frame has a tight-contact edge portion positioned on the same side as the center of the surface panel. The tight-contact edge portion is formed at a position at which the tight-contact edge portion overlaps both a decorative layer and an adhesion functional resin layer. As a result, it is possible to restrain stress from being exerted directly on the decorative layer from the tight-contact edge portion.
H05K 7/02 - Arrangements of circuit components or wiring on supporting structure
B29C 45/14 - Injection moulding, i.e. forcing the required volume of moulding material through a nozzle into a closed mould; Apparatus therefor incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. injection moulding around inserts or for coating articles
B32B 7/12 - Interconnection of layers using interposed adhesives or interposed materials with bonding properties
B32B 17/10 - Layered products essentially comprising sheet glass, or fibres of glass, slag or the like comprising glass as the main or only constituent of a layer, next to another layer of a specific substance of synthetic resin
One form of an in-vehicle communication support device has: a speech recognition unit configured to recognize a speech by a first occupant according to input information from at least one of a camera or a microphone attached in the vehicle; a target position identification unit configured to identify the sitting position of a second occupant, who is a target for the speech by the first occupant; and a notification unit configured to notify the identified second occupant that a speech has been made for the second occupant. When the first occupant speaks to the second occupant, only the second occupant, who is the target for the speech, is notified. Thus, an occupant notices that the occupant is being spoken to, without occupants irrelevant to the conversation being unnecessarily notified.
B60R 11/02 - Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof
B60R 11/04 - Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
An input device including a panel that is held in a tiltable manner, a plurality of input operation sections that are disposed on the panel and that are capable of detecting a touch input operation, a pressure detector that detects pressure to the panel, and a pressing determination section that determines pressing based on a result of the pressure detection performed by the pressure detector, further includes a tilt detector that detects tilt of the panel.
An input device includes a touch sensor, a detector that detects a load of a press on a touch surface of the touch sensor, a vibration applying section that vibrates the touch surface, a controller that issues an instruction for vibrating the touch surface to the vibration applying section when determining that the load detected by the detector exceeds a predetermined press reference, and a timer section that measures an elapsed time after it is determined that the load exceeds the predetermined press reference. The controller further determines whether to instruct the vibration applying section to vibrate the touch surface based on the elapsed time until it is determined that the load falls below a predetermined release reference.
In implementations of an audio system, when overheating of a speaker is detected, a controller controls first and second selectors to input an audio signal output by an audio source device to a cooling processing section and cause output of the cooling processing section to be output to the speaker. In the cooling processing section, a mixer mixes an audio signal obtained by removing a low-frequency component from the input audio signal by a high-pass filter with a cooling signal at an infrasonic frequency generated by a cooling signal generator and adjusted with a gain by a gain adjuster. An audio signal obtained by mixing the audio signal with the cooling signal is output from the cooling processing section via a nonlinear inverse filter. A gain setting section sets the gain such that power of the cooling signal matches power of the low-frequency component extracted by a low-pass filter.
A current sensor 10 according to the present invention, which is capable of discharging, to the outside of an accommodation space, air heated by the heat of a busbar in order to suppress an increase in the temperature of the surroundings of electronic components such as a magnetism detection part and is suitable for measuring a large current, comprises: busbars 11 through which a current to be measured flows; and a housing 12 which has magnetism detection parts 14 capable of detecting a magnetic field generated by the flow of the current to be measured through the busbars 11, and an accommodation space 13 for accommodating the magnetism detection parts 14, portions of the busbars 11 being formed integrally with the housing, wherein one end 11a of each busbar 11 is connected to an external first unit 20 comprising a cooling device 21, the other end 11b of each busbar 11 is connected to an external second unit 30 of which the temperature becomes higher than that of the first unit 20 when the current to be measured flows, and the current value of the current to be measured can be measured from the detection results of the magnetism detection parts 14. In the current sensor 10, the housing 12 has, on a side facing the first unit 20, first ventilation ports 15A that pass through the accommodation space 13 from inside to outside.
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
An optical device (100) comprises: a first optical functional layer (FL1) which is provided on a first prism (PS1), reflects light of a first wavelength from a first light source (LD1) and transmits light of a second wavelength from a second light source (LD2); and a second optical functional layer (FL2) which is provided on a second prism (PS2) and reflects light of the second wavelength. The light of the first wavelength enters a third surface (SF3) of the first prism (PS1), is reflected by the first optical functional layer (FL1), and exits from a first surface (SF1) of the first prism (PS1). The light of the second wavelength enters a fifth surface (SF5) of the second prism (PS2), is reflected by the second optical functional layer (FL2), is transmitted through the first optical functional layer (FL1), and exits from the first surface (SF1). The first wavelength is shorter than the second wavelength. The optical path length from the first light source (LD1) to a condenser lens (CL) is shorter than the optical path length from the second light source (LD2) to the condenser lens (CL).
G02B 27/18 - Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups , for optical projection, e.g. combination of mirror and condenser and objective
An electric current sensor 10 according to the present invention suppresses a decrease in detection accuracy due to heating of an electronic component, such as a magnetic detection unit, to a high temperature as a result of heat generation from a bus bar, and is suitable for measuring large electric currents. The electric current sensor 10 comprises: a bus bar 11 through which electric current being measured flows; a magnetic detection unit 13 capable of detecting magnetism generated by the bus bar 11; and a case 12 formed integrally with the bus bar 11 and having an accommodation space 14 that accommodates the magnetic detection unit 13. The magnetic detection unit 13 is disposed in a position spaced apart from the bus bar 11 and opposite to the bus bar 11. The bus bar 11 is provided on a first face 14a of the accommodation space 14, the first face 14a defining the accommodation space 14 and facing the magnetic detection unit 13 along the Z-axis direction. Air, which serves as a low thermal conductivity material having a lower thermal conductivity than a resin-based material forming the case 12, is provided between the bus bar 11 and the magnetic detection unit 13, and is in contact with an opposing face 11a of the bus bar 11, the opposing face 11a facing the magnetic detection unit 13.
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
The strain gauge 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a first laminate LB1 having a strain resistance layer 13 that is provided to a resin-based substrate 30 and has a Cr-based body-centered cubic structure, a first layer 11 that is provided between the resin-based substrate 30 and the strain resistance layer 13, and a second layer 12 that is provided between the strain resistance layer 13 and the first layer 11 and serves as a base layer during formation of the strain resistance layer 13, the first layer 11 suppressing diffusion of oxygen from the resin-based substrate 30 to the strain resistance layer 13, and the second layer 12 inhibiting crystal growth of the strain resistance layer 13 due to the crystal structure of the first layer 11. By this configuration, high adhesion to the resin-based substrate is obtained while maintaining gauge factor.
G01B 7/16 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of electric or magnetic techniques for measuring the deformation in a solid, e.g. by resistance strain gauge
A magnetic sensor 100 according to one aspect of the present invention comprises: a magnetoresistive element 10 which has a fixed magnetic layer 11, a free magnetic layer 12, and an intermediate layer 13 formed between the fixed magnetic layer 11 and the free magnetic layer 12, and has a sensitivity axis in a first direction; wiring 20 having a first surface 21 which is positioned in a second direction that is along the stacking direction of the magnetoresistive element 10 and crosses the first direction of the magnetoresistive element 10, and which faces the magnetoresistive element 10; and a magnetic permeable part 30 composed of a ferromagnetic body and provided to at least a portion of a surface other than the first surface 21 among the surfaces of the wiring 20, wherein the wiring 20 is disposed so as to apply, in the first direction, an induction magnetic field generated during energization to the magnetoresistive element 10, and can therefore efficiently apply the induction magnetic field of the wiring disposed in the vicinity of the magnetoresistive element 10.
A magnetic sensor 1 according to an aspect of the present invention comprises: a magnetic detection unit 2 that includes a magnetoresistance effect element 10 having a fixed magnetic layer 11, a free magnetic layer 13, and an intermediate layer 12 formed between the fixed magnetic layer 11 and the free magnetic layer 13; a magnetic field calculation unit 4 that calculates a measurement magnetic field on the basis of outputs from the magnetic detection unit 2; and a saturation magnetic field application unit 3 that applies a magnetic field to the free magnetic layer 13 in a direction along the measurement magnetic field to magnetically saturate the free magnetic layer 13. The magnetic field calculation unit 4 calculates the measurement magnetic field on the basis of a first output from the magnetic detection unit 2 obtained when the measurement magnetic field is being applied to the free magnetic layer 13 and a second output from the magnetic detection unit 2 obtained when the free magnetic layer 13 is magnetically saturated, so that 1/f noise can be removed and a small magnetic field can be measured with high accuracy.
A lens holder driving device (101) comprises: a first lens holder (3A) capable of holding a first lens body (LS1); a second lens holder (3B) capable of holding a second lens body (LS2); a first movable side member (MB1) including the first lens holder (3A); a second movable side member (MB2) including the second lens holder (3B); a first piezoelectric driving part (PD1) that moves the first lens holder (3A) in an optical axis direction by the movement of a first piezoelectric element (8A); and a second piezoelectric driving part (PD2) that moves the second lens holder (3B) in the optical axis direction by the movement of a second piezoelectric element (8B). The second movable side member (MB2) is included in the first movable side member (MB1), and is movable in the optical axis direction with respect to the first lens holder (3A). The first piezoelectric driving part (PD1) is provided in a fixed side member (FB), and the second piezoelectric driving part (PD2) is provided in the second movable side member (MB2).
G02B 7/04 - Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for lenses with mechanism for focusing or varying magnification
G02B 7/08 - Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for lenses with mechanism for focusing or varying magnification adapted to co-operate with a remote control mechanism
G02B 7/10 - Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for lenses with mechanism for focusing or varying magnification by relative axial movement of several lenses, e.g. of varifocal objective lens
A radar device includes (a) a vehicle speed acquisition unit that acquires the speed of a vehicle, (b) a transmission unit that transmits a transmission signal toward an area including a direction orthogonal to the travel direction of the vehicle, (c) a reception unit that receives a reflected signal of the transmission signal transmitted by the transmission unit, (d) a pseudo signal creation unit that creates as many pseudo reception signals as are appropriate to the speed of the vehicle, the speed having been acquired by the vehicle speed acquisition unit, according to the reflected signal received by the reception unit, and (e) a distance detection unit that detects the distance to an object present in the direction orthogonal to the travel direction of the vehicle, according to the reflected signal received by the reception unit and the pseudo reception signals created by the pseudo signal creation unit.
G06V 20/58 - Recognition of moving objects or obstacles, e.g. vehicles or pedestrians; Recognition of traffic objects, e.g. traffic signs, traffic lights or roads
G01S 13/89 - Radar or analogous systems, specially adapted for specific applications for mapping or imaging
A liquid level sensor 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention uses a float to measure a liquid level in a container, and comprises a base member 10, an arm 20 that can be connected to the float, a holder 30 which has a holding portion 32 for holding a held portion 222 of the arm and which is attached to the base member 10 so as to be rotatable about a first axis AX1, and a detecting mechanism for detecting rotation of the holder 30, wherein the arm 20 includes a projecting portion 223 that projects from the holder 30 in an extension direction (V1-V2 direction) of the held portion 222, and the base member 10 includes an engaging portion 111 for engaging the projecting portion 223 to stop the rotation of the holder 30 in a predetermined position, as a result of which the liquid level sensor is resistant to the effects of disturbances such as vibration of the container.
G01F 23/38 - Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm by floats using rotatable arms or other pivotable transmission elements using magnetically actuated indicating means
An operation device includes a lever configured to be tiltable; a substrate; a first resistor disposed on the substrate to extend in a first direction; a first actuator configured to rotate in accordance with tilting of the lever; and a first holder configured to hold a first slider and cause the first slider to slide on the first resistor by moving in the first direction via a first drive transmission part in accordance with rotation of the first actuator. The first drive transmission part includes a first protrusion integrated with the first holder and protruding in a second direction, and a first engagement portion integrated with the first actuator and including a pair of holding pieces configured to hold the first protrusion from both sides in the first direction. A first holding piece of the holding pieces is more elastic than a second holding piece of the holding pieces.
G05G 9/047 - Manually-actuated control mechanisms provided with one single controlling member co-operating with two or more controlled members, e.g. selectively, simultaneously the controlling member being movable in different independent ways, movement in each individual way actuating one controlled member only in which movement in two or more ways can occur simultaneously the controlling member being movable by hand about orthogonal axes, e.g. joysticks
G05G 5/05 - Means for returning or tending to return controlling members to an inoperative or neutral position, e.g. by providing return springs or resilient end-stops
A vehicle display apparatus includes: a transparent display that is installed on a window glass of a vehicle and displays an image of content which is a display target; a mask layer that is disposed to overlap the transparent display and is capable of changing a visibility of a display region of the image from outside the vehicle; and a mask setting unit that sets a visibility of the mask layer depending on details of the content.
Since there is necessarily a dead zone where a sensor cannot be placed due to appearance and design restrictions of a steering wheel unit, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a steering wheel unit capable of determining whether there is contact of a hand of an operator even in a dead zone where there is no sensor. In this steering wheel unit, if an electrostatic capacitance measured by a capacitance measurement unit is at least a first threshold when set in a self-capacitance detection mode by a mode switching unit, it is determined that a hand of an operator is contacting a position, on a rim, that overlaps at least one of a plurality of electrodes. If the electrostatic capacitance is at least a second threshold, which is lower than the first threshold, and is less than the first threshold, the mode is switched from the self-capacitance detection mode to a mutual-capacitance detection mode. Thereafter, if the electrostatic capacitance measured by the capacitance measurement unit in the mutual-capacitance detection mode is at least a third threshold, it is determined that a hand of the operator is contacting a position, on the rim, that overlaps with a gap between the plurality of electrodes.
B62D 1/06 - Rims, e.g. with heating means; Rim covers
B60R 16/027 - Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for; Arrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric for transmission of signals between vehicle parts or subsystems between relatively movable parts of the vehicle, e.g. between steering wheel and column
G01B 7/00 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of electric or magnetic techniques
This resin molded article comprises a flat-plate-shaped screw fastening part. The screw fastening part has a penetration hole through which a screw penetrates, a contact area which is provided around the penetration hole and with which the head of the screw comes into contact, a notch part which is formed extending in a first direction along a weld line from the penetration hole and which is formed by notching a part of the contact area, and a pair of slits which is formed extending in the first direction further from the notch part and which is symmetrical with respect to the weld line.
A vibration generating device (101) comprises: a housing (HS), a vibrator (VB) housed in the housing (HS), an elastic support member (ES) that supports the vibrator (VB) so as to be capable of vibrating along the X-axis direction, a coil (12) having a bundle wire part extending along the Y-axis direction, and a magnet (15) that generates a magnetic flux passing through the bundle wire part along the Z-axis direction. In addition, the vibration generating device (101) is configured such that the coil (12) is fixed to the housing (HS) and the magnet (15) is fixed to the vibrator (VB). Moreover, the vibration generating device (101) comprises a bracket (11) as a conductive member fixed to the coil (12), extending along the X-axis direction across the magnetic flux, and configured to generate an eddy current and reduce the acceleration of the vibrator (VB) when the vibrator (VB) moves along the X-axis direction.
B06B 1/04 - Processes or apparatus for generating mechanical vibrations of infrasonic, sonic or ultrasonic frequency making use of electrical energy operating with electromagnetism
B06B 1/12 - Processes or apparatus for generating mechanical vibrations of infrasonic, sonic or ultrasonic frequency making use of mechanical energy operating with systems involving reciprocating masses
F16F 15/03 - Suppression of vibrations of non-rotating, e.g. reciprocating, systems; Suppression of vibrations of rotating systems by use of members not moving with the rotating system using electromagnetic means
54.
STANDING WAVE RADAR, OCCUPANT DETECTION SYSTEM, AND OBJECT DETECTION METHOD
A standing wave radar includes: a transmitter to set a frequency of a transmission signal to frequencies, and output the transmission signal taking the respective frequencies in a time-division manner; a receiver to receive a reflected signal taking the frequencies in a time-division manner, the reflected signal being the transmission signal reflected by an object; and a processor to obtain reflection coefficients of the frequencies by obtaining each reflection coefficient of the transmission signal and the reflected signal taking a same frequency, for the transmission signal and the reflected signal taking the frequencies, and to execute a first inverse Fourier transform process of calculating a first distance spectrum for the object by an inverse Fourier transform on the reflection coefficients, and a first distance measurement process of determining presence of the object and calculating a distance to the object, based on the first distance spectrum.
G01S 7/35 - RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES - Details of systems according to groups , , of systems according to group - Details of non-pulse systems
G01S 7/41 - RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES - Details of systems according to groups , , of systems according to group using analysis of echo signal for target characterisation; Target signature; Target cross-section
G01S 13/88 - Radar or analogous systems, specially adapted for specific applications
B60R 22/48 - Control systems, alarms, or interlock systems, for the correct application of the belt or harness
Provided is an input device in which the influence of a light-emitting state of a light-emitting diode on the detection capacity of an electrostatic sensor is suppressed. This input device includes: a light-emitting diode; a switching element which is connected in series to the light-emitting diode and switches on/off the light-emitting diode; an electrostatic sensor which has a detection electrode capacitively coupled with a circuit portion between the light-emitting diode and the switching element; and a capacitor having a first terminal connected to the circuit portion and a second terminal connected to a fixed potential point.
H01H 9/16 - Indicators for switching condition, e.g. "on" or "off"
H01H 9/18 - Distinguishing marks on switches, e.g. for indicating switch location in the dark; Adaptation of switches to receive distinguishing marks
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
G06F 3/02 - Input arrangements using manually operated switches, e.g. using keyboards or dials
56.
Sensory Control Method, Sensory Control System, Method For Generating Conversion Model, Conversion Model Generation System, Method For Converting Relational Expression, And Program
A sensory control method includes a step of receiving, a step of converting, and a step of outputting. In the step of receiving, a sensitivity parameter is received. In the step of converting, the received sensitivity parameter is converted into, among a plurality of physical parameters included in physical properties relating to a sensory presentation, a physical parameter correlated with the sensitivity parameter. In the step of outputting, a sensory presentation signal based on the physical parameter obtained as a result of the conversion is output.
A myoelectric sensor mounting member includes a mounting portion that is mounted on a measurement site of a living body, and a holding portion that is capable of holding a myoelectric sensor at an optional rotational angle.
Provided is a magnetic field detection device in which the position of a magnetic sensor can be adjusted even after being attached to an existing device. The magnetic field detection device comprises: a lid body (110) that covers an opening (11A) of a housing (11) that has an opening and a space (11B) that communicates with the opening; a magnet (130) that is disposed inside the space and can rotate as seen in a plan view of the opening; and a magnetic sensor (150) that is disposed spaced away from the magnet at a magnet-facing position on the lid body, and detects changes in the magnetic field accompanying the rotation of the magnet. The lid body has a position adjustment section (112) that can move the magnetic sensor so that the facing distance (D) between the magnetic sensor and the magnet is changed.
A switch device according to one aspect of the invention comprises a changeover contact member, a common contact member, a movable contact member, and a holding member. When a direction along the direction of movement of the movable contact member is defined as a first direction, a direction orthogonal to the first direction is defined as a second direction, and a direction orthogonal to both the first direction and the second direction is defined as a third direction, the movable contact member has a main body portion, a pair of contact pieces arranged in the third direction so as to be able to sandwich the changeover contact member therebetween, and a common contact portion that comes into contact with the common contact member, the holding member has a housing portion capable of housing a portion to be housed of the main body portion, and by the portion to be housed being snap-fit to the housing portion, with regard to the main body portion, the holding member restricts a displacement in the first direction and/or a displacement in the second direction while allowing a predetermined displacement in the third direction, thereby making it possible to easily and reliably perform relative alignment between the changeover contact member and the movable contact member.
H01H 13/32 - Snap-action arrangements depending upon deformation of elastic members using compression or extension of coil springs one end of spring being fixedly connected to the stationary or movable part of the switch and the other end reacting with a movable or stationary rigid member respectively through pins, cams, toothed, or other shaped surfaces
H01H 13/78 - 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
A switch device according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a switching contact member; a common contact member; a movable contact member that is disposed between the switching contact member and the common contact member and that can electrically connect the switching contact member and the common contact member; and a holding member that holds the movable contact member. The movable contact member is provided with a switch-side sliding contact part that is capable of sliding contact with the switching contact member and a common-side elastic contact part that elastically contacts the common contact member. The holding member is rotatable about a rotation axis that is along a direction intersecting the direction in which the movable contact member extends, and is capable of switching between a first connection state and a second connection state via rotation of the holding member. Because the rotation axis of the holding member passes through the common contact member, it is possible to increase the stability of conduction at an operation fulcrum point of the movable contact member.
A lens driving device (101) comprises a piezoelectric driving unit (PD), a receiving member (5) that contacts the piezoelectric driving unit (PD), and a biasing member (6) that biases the piezoelectric driving unit (PD) toward the receiving member (5). The biasing member (6) has a fixed part (6A), a support part (6S) that supports the piezoelectric driving unit (PD), and an elastic deformation part (6E) that is provided between the fixed part (6A) and the support part (6S). The piezoelectric driving unit (PD) has a contacting member (9) that is fixed to one surface on an X2 side of a piezoelectric element (8), and a flexible wiring substrate (10) that is fixed to the other surface of the piezoelectric element (8). The piezoelectric element (8) and the contacting member (9) are fixed by a first adhesive (AD1), the flexible wiring substrate (10) and the support part (6S) are fixed by a third adhesive (AD3), and the Young's modulus of the third adhesive (AD3) is smaller than the Young's modulus of the first adhesive (AD1).
G02B 7/04 - Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for lenses with mechanism for focusing or varying magnification
G02B 7/02 - Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for lenses
A proximity detection device with a detection distance for detecting an object separated to some extent from an operation surface is provided. The proximity detection device includes a proximity detection unit that has a piezoelectric body and first and second electrodes disposed in contact with the piezoelectric body to detect proximity of an object, a signal applying unit that causes the proximity detection unit to perform capacitance detection and ultrasonic transmission and/or ultrasonic reception by applying a plurality of signals of different frequencies to at least one of the first and second electrodes, and a charge measurement unit connected to at least one of the first and second electrodes to measure electric charge.
This push switch comprises: a housing that has a first accommodation portion; a central fixed contact provided to a bottom section of the first accommodation portion; a movable contact member that is disposed inside the first accommodation portion, and performs an inversion operation by receiving a pushing force from above, thereby bringing a central section thereof into contact with the central fixed contact; and a cover member that covers an upper section of the first accommodation portion, wherein the movable contact member is formed by superimposing a plurality of metal sheets on each other, a lowermost layer metal sheet among the plurality of metal sheets has a rotation stop part provided so as to protrude outward from an outer peripheral edge portion, the housing has a second accommodation portion that accommodates the rotation stop part, the rotation stop part abuts an inner wall surface of the second accommodation portion to thereby stop the rotation of the bottom layer metal sheet, and an uppermost layer metal sheet among the plurality of metal sheets does not have a rotation stop part, but rather includes a pressing member that presses a surface of the uppermost layer metal sheet from above to thereby suppress rotation of the uppermost layer metal sheet.
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 electrode member includes a first electrode pattern and a second electrode pattern. In each of the first electrode pattern and the second electrode pattern, first end portion wires of the first thin metal wires form a pair across the insulation gap, and first end surfaces of the paired first end portion wires are located so as to include portions that face each other with a predetermined distance therebetween in a direction that intersects a first direction. In each of the first electrode pattern and the second electrode pattern, second end portion wires of the second thin metal wires form a pair across the insulation gap, and second end surfaces of the paired second end portion wires are located so as to include portions that face each other with a predetermined distance therebetween in a direction that intersects a second direction.
A push-type input device according to one embodiment includes: an operation knob configured to receive a pushing operation by an operator; a click sensation-imparting mechanism configured to impart a click sensation to the pushing operation; a slider configured to slide in a predetermined sliding direction in response to the pushing operation; a rotating body configured to rotate in response to sliding of the slider; a sensor configured to detect a rotation angle of the rotating body; and a determination section configured to perform a switch-on determination based on a detection result of the rotation angle by the sensor. The determination section performs the switch-on determination between the rotation angle of the rotating body corresponding to the maximum load in load characteristics of the pushing operation and the rotation angle of the rotating body corresponding to the minimum load in load characteristics of the pushing operation.
G05G 5/03 - Means for enhancing the operator's awareness of the arrival of the controlling member at a command or datum position; Providing feel, e.g. means for creating a counterforce
G05G 1/015 - Arrangements for indicating the position of a controlling member
G05G 5/05 - Means for returning or tending to return controlling members to an inoperative or neutral position, e.g. by providing return springs or resilient end-stops
A current detecting device has: a bus bar through which a current under measurement flows; a fastening member for fastening an external member to the bus bar; a chassis formed integrally with the bus bar and a shield, the chassis holding the bus bar and fastening member in a mutual contact state; and a magnetic sensor placed so as to face the bus bar, the magnetic sensor being capable of detecting a magnetic field generated when the current under measurement flows through the bus bar. The bus bar has a fastening terminal portion on the same side as an end of the bus bar, the fastening terminal portion being in contact with the external member. A connection surface is provided so as to be exposed from the chassis, the connection surface being a surface through which the fastening terminal portion is brought into contact with the external member.
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
Provided are a wireless device and a distribution tracking system that are able to switch a communication mode appropriately by detecting that the wireless device is not mounted in an airplane. This wireless device is a portable wireless device that comprises a sensor unit for measuring displacement of the wireless device, a transmission unit for transmitting a signal that includes information about the wireless device, a storage unit for storing a prescribed displacement condition in advance, and for storing a history of the displacement measured by the sensor, and a control unit for controlling the communication mode of the transmission unit on the basis of the prescribed displacement condition and the displacement history stored in the storage unit, wherein the control unit controls the communication mode of the transmission unit to a low-output mode in which the transmission output of the signal from the transmission unit is controlled to be no greater than a prescribed value, or a high-output mode in which the transmission output of the signal from the transmission unit is controlled so as to be greater than the prescribed value, and when it is determined on the basis of the prescribed displacement condition and the displacement history that the wireless device is not mounted in an airplane, the control unit sets the communication mode of the transmission unit to the high-output mode.
H04W 52/28 - TPC being performed according to specific parameters using user profile, e.g. mobile speed, priority or network state, e.g. standby, idle or non-transmission
H04W 4/35 - Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes for the management of goods or merchandise
H04W 4/42 - Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] for mass transport vehicles, e.g. buses, trains or aircraft
H04W 52/38 - TPC being performed in particular situations
A vehicle assistance device includes an object sensing unit that detects an object around an own vehicle included in a range viewable through a monitoring area set in a part of a field-of-view range of a driver, sensed object information extraction unit and an additional information generation unit that generate additional information regarding the object detected, a driver's line-of-sight sensing unit that detects a line of sight of the driver, a mirror gaze determination unit that determines that movement of the line of sight of the driver detected has stopped in the monitoring area, and an additional information voice generation and output unit that outputs by voice the additional information generated by the additional information generation unit at a time point when stop of the line-of-sight movement is determined.
B60W 40/08 - Estimation or calculation of driving parameters for road vehicle drive control systems not related to the control of a particular sub-unit related to drivers or passengers
B60W 50/14 - Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention
A capacitive sensor has: one or more front-side electrodes including at least one detection electrode; an elastic dielectric body disposed below the front-side electrodes; a shield electrode disposed below the elastic dielectric body; a first, second, and third voltage output unit that respectively outputs a first, second, and third AC voltage; and a detection unit that detects a proximity, a contact, and pressing of a detection target to the detection electrode. The first, second, and third AC voltages have substantially the same frequency. The amplitude of the first AC voltage is larger than or equal to the amplitude of the second AC voltage. The amplitude of the third AC voltage is smaller than the amplitude of the second AC voltage. The first AC voltage is output to a driving unit coupled to the detection electrode with capacitances intervening between them. The second AC voltage is applied to the detection electrode.
G01D 5/24 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member; Means 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 converting; Transducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using electric or magnetic means influencing the magnitude of a current or voltage by varying capacitance
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
70.
STRAIN GAUGE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING STRAIN GAUGE, AND STRAIN SENSOR
A strain gauge 10 according to one embodiment of the present invention is provided with a pattern of a multilayer body 11 which comprises a strain resistance layer 12 and a protective layer 13 that is provided so as to have a portion that is in contact with the strain resistance layer 12. The specific resistance of the protective layer 13 may be higher than the specific resistance of the strain resistance layer 12. Since the protective layer 13 is electrochemically more noble than the strain resistance layer 12, the protective layer 13 becomes unlikely to be etched in the vicinity of the strain resistance layer 12 when wet etching is carried out for the purpose of forming the pattern of the multilayer body 11, thereby suppressing separation of a resist pattern and reducing variation in the amount of side etching. Consequently, variation in the resistance of the strain gauge 10 is reduced.
G01B 7/16 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of electric or magnetic techniques for measuring the deformation in a solid, e.g. by resistance strain gauge
An input device including a rotatable input unit by which it is possible to perform a plurality of types of operations is provided. The input device includes an input unit that can rotate about a rotational center shaft; an electrostatic sensor provided around the input unit; and an operation position detecting unit configured to detect, based on an output of the electrostatic sensor, a position of an operational input that is performed on the input unit or around the input unit.
G06F 3/0362 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user; Accessories therefor with detection of 1D translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts
G06F 3/044 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by capacitive means
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
Provided is an input device comprising an input detecting unit, the input detecting unit comprising: a circuit board; an electrostatic electrode which is for electrostatic capacitance detection and is provided on the circuit board; a light source provided on the circuit board; a light-guiding plate provided below an operating surface and above the electrostatic electrode, and having a first side surface facing the light source and a second side surface not facing the light source; and a light-shielding member that forms a frame that surrounds the light-guiding plate, and has a light-shielding wall that is in contact with the second side surface of the light-guiding plate. The first side surface and the second side surface of the light-guiding plate, which are adjacent to each other, form an obtuse angle, the first side surface is perpendicular to the upper surface and the lower surface, the second side surface is slanted downward, and the light-shielding wall of the light-shielding member is slanted upward.
G06F 3/02 - Input arrangements using manually operated switches, e.g. using keyboards or dials
H01H 13/02 - Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch - Details
A reflector driving device includes: a reflector-retaining member configured to retain a reflector that refracts light; a first support member configured to support the reflector-retaining member so as to be swingable about a first axis; a second support member configured to support the first support member so as to be swingable about a second axis having an axis-line direction perpendicular to an axis-line direction of the first axis; a first driving mechanism configured to swing the reflector-retaining member about the first axis; a second driving mechanism configured to swing the first support member about the second axis; a first biasing member configured to bias the reflector-retaining member toward the first support member; and a second biasing member configured to bias the first support member toward the second support member.
G02B 7/182 - Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for mirrors for mirrors
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
H02K 33/14 - Motors with reciprocating, oscillating or vibrating magnet, armature or coil system with armatures moving in alternate directions by alternate energisation of two coil systems wherein the alternate energisation and de-energisation of the two coil systems are effected or controlled by movement of the armatures
Provided are a ripple-detecting device and a seat device with which a linear relational formula for deriving, on the basis of ripple current and voltage across motor terminals, the frequency of the ripple current is utilized to enable optimal control of variable-filter passband in accordance with a drive state of the motor, and to enable detection of ripple pulses with high accuracy. A ripple-detecting device (100) is provided with: a ripple-current detecting unit (112, 24) that detects ripple current generated when a motor (23) is driven; a motor-voltage detecting unit (111) that detects voltage across the motor terminals; a variable filter (130) that passes components in a predetermined frequency band of the ripple current detected by the ripple-current detecting unit; and a frequency-adjusting unit (161) that, utilizing a linear relational formula for deriving a ripple current frequency on the basis of the ripple current detected by the ripple-current detecting unit and the voltage across the motor terminals detected by the motor-voltage detecting unit, adjusts the predetermined frequency band of the variable filter so as to include the derived ripple current frequency.
H02P 7/06 - Arrangements for regulating or controlling the speed or torque of electric DC motors for regulating or controlling an individual dc dynamo-electric motor by varying field or armature current
Operation detection device having high detection accuracy based on reduced effects of noise is provided. Operation detection device includes electrostatic sensor, drive circuit to output a drive signal to electrostatic sensor to detect operator's operation on electrostatic sensor, and control unit to determine presence or absence of operation based on output value of electrostatic sensor, and to control drive waveform of drive signal. Control unit controls drive waveform according to a cycle that is a predetermined period of time including both detection period in which detection of operation is performed and non-detection period in which detection of operation is not performed. The drive waveform has a shape that is based on periodic function that repeats a constant pattern for an entirety of the cycle. The control unit changes the phase of the drive signal in the detection period by controlling a property of the drive waveform in the non-detection period.
A tire position identification device is provided as a device that can identify the positions of wheels to which tires are attached by using information about other than air pressure. The tire position identification device has: deformation detection units, each of which can detect deformation of the relevant tire; a turn detection unit that can detect whether a vehicle having the tires and wheels has made a turn and can also detect the direction of the turn; a speed detection unit that can detect the speed of the vehicle, and a control unit that infers the positions of the wheels to which the tires are attached according to the deformation of the tires, the direction of the turn of the vehicle, and its speed.
A display device has: a panel having a display portion; a plurality of light sources and light guiding bodies provided side by side below the rear surface of the panel; and a case having a plurality of holding spaces provided side by side below the rear surface of the panel, one light source and one light guiding body being placed in each of the plurality of holding spaces. The plurality of light sources selectively emit light so as to selectively display a plurality of designs at the display portion. A cover film is integrally formed on a surface of the panel. The upper surface of the case, the upper surface facing the rear surface of the panel, has a plurality of exposing portions from which the upper ends of the plurality of light guiding bodies are exposed. Each exposing portion has the shape of the design in plan view.
H01L 25/075 - Assemblies consisting of a plurality of individual semiconductor or other solid state devices all the devices being of a type provided for in the same subgroup of groups , or in a single subclass of , , e.g. assemblies of rectifier diodes the devices not having separate containers the devices being of a type provided for in group
B60K 35/00 - Arrangement or adaptations of instruments
H01L 33/44 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS - Details thereof characterised by the coatings, e.g. passivation layer or anti-reflective coating
Provided is an input device capable of accurately determining an operation input performed by an operating body on an operating object, regardless of the size of the operating body. The input device comprises: a plurality of electrodes respectively arranged on the back side of a plurality of operation areas corresponding to the plurality of operation areas arranged adjacent to each other; a detection unit that detects capacitance values of the plurality of electrodes; and a determination unit that determines that an operation input by an operating body has been performed on any one of the plurality of operation areas, on the basis of the plurality of capacitance values detected by the detection unit, wherein the determination unit determines that on the basis of a difference value obtained by subtracting, from a capacitance value of one electrode among the plurality of electrodes, a value obtained by multiplying a capacitance value of an electrode adjacent to the one electrode by the coefficient k (0
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 13/00 - Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch
G06F 3/02 - Input arrangements using manually operated switches, e.g. using keyboards or dials
Provided is a ranging device capable of executing accurate ranging even in an environment where multiple paths exist. This ranging device: acquires a plurality of first phases from when another device received a plurality of first signals transmitted to the another device at a plurality of three or more types of frequencies; measures a plurality of second phases from when a second signal was received at a plurality of three or more types of frequencies from the another device; extracts, from a plurality of signal pairs of a first signal and a second signal, N (N ≥ 2) signal pairs corresponding to N signal strengths, excluding one or more signal strengths less than a threshold value, among the signal strengths of the plurality of signal pairs; finds, with respect to the N signal pairs, a round-trip phase found by taking the sum of the first phase and the second phase regarding the first signal and the second signal included in each of the signal pairs; and measures the distance to the another device on the basis of the N round-trip phrases and the plurality of frequencies.
G01S 13/84 - Systems using reradiation of radio waves, e.g. secondary radar systems; Analogous systems wherein continuous-type signals are transmitted for distance determination by phase measurement
G01S 11/02 - Systems for determining distance or velocity not using reflection or reradiation using radio waves
A display panel that displays a predetermined design shape on a display screen when a light source emits light, said display panel comprising: a decorative sheet having layered therein, in this order, a translucent printed layer provided to a partial area of a transparent substrate, a light-shielding printed layer having an opening forming a predetermined design shape, and an adhesive layer; and a transparent adherend to which the decorative sheet is affixed by the adhesive layer. Part of the outer edge section of the translucent printed layer reaches the outer edge section of the substrate in a planar view.
G09F 13/06 - Signs, boards, or panels, illuminated from behind the insignia using individual cut-out symbols or cut-out silhouettes, e.g. perforated signs
A touch panel device includes a capacitance type touch panel having a plurality of electrodes arranged in directions intersecting each other, a capacitance measurement unit that measures capacitance of each electrode pair, a baseline value setting unit that sets the capacitance of each electrode pair in a state where an indicator is not in contact as a baseline value, a position detection unit that detects a contact position of the indicator by comparing the capacitance of each electrode pair measured by the capacitance measurement unit with the baseline value, and a baseline value correction unit that varies the baseline value in accordance with the variation when the capacitance of each electrode pair varies with the lapse of time. The baseline value correction unit sets the time X for varying the baseline value and/or the upper limit value Y thereof for each electrode pair according to the capacitance of each electrode pair.
An input device includes a substrate, a case configured to accommodate the substrate, an operation knob swingably engaged to the case and operated by an operator, and a panel member having an opening allowing swing of the operation knob, at least a part of the opening being closed by the operation knob. The operation knob includes a swing end formed at a predetermined distance from a rotation axis that serves as a rotation center. The panel member includes a fixed end that defines one end of the opening and that faces the swing end in a neutral state in which no operation is performed, and a gap is formed between those ends. The case includes a protrusion, and at least a part of the protrusion overlaps the gap when viewed from a first direction perpendicular to the substrate in the neutral state in plan view.
Provided is a rotary connector that makes it possible to achieve favorable impedance characteristics and bending resistance. A rotary connector according to the present invention comprises: a stator that has a first outer connection part; a rotor that has a second outer connection part and is provided to the stator so as to be capable of relative rotation; and a flexible cable that is accommodated in an annular space between the first outer connection part of the stator and the second outer connection part of the rotor and has two ends that are respectively connected to the stator and the rotor. The flexible cable has a first insulation layer, a second insulation layer, a signal conductor that is formed between the first insulation layer and the second insulation layer, and a shield layer that is layered on the first insulation layer on the opposite side from the signal conductor. The first insulation layer is thicker than the second insulation layer.
Provided is an input device which makes it possible to transmit vibration to only an operation part. An input device (100) comprises: an outer skin layer (101A) that has an operation surface (101S) on which operation input is performed by an operation body (FT); a foam layer (101B) that is provided to the opposite side of the outer skin layer (101A) from the operation surface (101S); a detection element (110) that disposed to the opposite side of the foam layer (101B) from the side on which the operation surface (101S) is positioned, and that is capable of detecting the operation body (FT); a vibration element (120) that is capable of imparting a vibration to the foam layer (101B); a detection unit (150) that detects a detection amount of the detection element (110); a determination unit (161) that, when the detection amount detected by the detection unit (150) is equal to or greater than a prescribed threshold value, determines that the operation body (FT) has performed a push-in operation in which the operation surface (101S) is pushed in; and a drive control unit (162) that drives the vibration element (120) when the determination unit (161) determines that a push-in operation has been performed, wherein the prescribed threshold value is a value corresponding to a push-in amount that compresses the foam layer by a prescribed value or greater.
H01H 9/16 - Indicators for switching condition, e.g. "on" or "off"
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
H01H 13/02 - Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch - Details
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 operational sensory functions, e.g. sound feedback characterised by tactile feedback features
G06F 3/02 - Input arrangements using manually operated switches, e.g. using keyboards or dials
An active noise control system includes an error adder that generates an error signal by adding an output of a left-seat left microphone and an output of a left-seat right microphone, an adaptive filter that generates a noise canceling sound from a reference signal by performing an adaptive operation using the reference signal and the error signal, a left channel gain adjustment section that adjusts a gain of the noise canceling sound to be output to a left-seat left speaker, and a right channel gain adjustment section that adjusts a gain of the noise canceling sound to be output to the left-seat right speaker. A ratio between the gains of the left channel gain adjustment section and the right channel gain adjustment section matches a ratio between loudness levels of noise transmitted to the output of the left-seat left microphone and the output of the left-seat right microphone.
G10K 11/178 - Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general using interference effects; Masking sound by electro-acoustically regenerating the original acoustic waves in anti-phase
A USB power distribution unit according to an embodiment of the present invention has a function of distributing power supplied from a battery to a smartphone connected to a preferred port, and to a mobile battery connected to a non-preferred port. The USB power distribution unit includes a no-idling detection portion, an engine restart detection portion, a PD negotiation portion, and a step-up/down portion, and causes the PD negotiation portion to determine the amount of power supply to the mobile battery when a no-idling state is detected.
H02J 7/14 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries for charging batteries from dynamo-electric generators driven at varying speed, e.g. on vehicle
H02J 7/00 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
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CAPACITANCE DETECTION DEVICE, CAPACITANCE DETECTION METHOD, AND INPUT DEVICE
A calculation unit calculates a detection value of a capacitance of a capacitor based on a detection signal. A correction unit repeatedly performs a shift to a correction mode. When the correction mode is entered, the correction unit controls an AC voltage output unit so that a difference between amplitudes of first and second AC voltages changes, and obtains a correction value corresponding to a change in the detection value of the calculation unit caused by the change in the difference between the amplitudes. The correction unit corrects the detection value calculated by the calculation unit in accordance with the change in the correction values obtained in the correction mode.
G01R 27/26 - Measuring inductance or capacitance; Measuring quality factor, e.g. by using the resonance method; Measuring loss factor; Measuring dielectric constants
G01R 35/00 - Testing or calibrating of apparatus covered by the other groups of this subclass
Operation input device with few gesture operation erroneous detections is provided. Operation input device includes substrate; plurality of detecting electrodes provided on substrate surface; detecting unit detecting capacitance occurring between each detecting electrode and operating body upon operating body being brought close to substrate; and determining unit determining whether gesture operation by operating body has been performed. Detecting electrodes include first and second electrodes of which capacitance values decrease/increase to match amount of movement of operating body when operating body is moved in longer direction. Upon sensing of operation of moving operating body after being stopped relative to detecting electrodes, or operation of stopping operating body after being moved relative to detecting electrodes, gesture operation by operating body is determined to have been performed. Operating body is determined to be stopped when changes in sum of, and ratio between, capacitance values of first and second electrodes are ≤predetermined values.
A control apparatus includes a selection input unit for receiving a selection operation to select either a first or second operation target provided in a vehicle as an operation target; an operation input unit for receiving an operation input for operating the operation target; and a control unit for operating the operation target according to either one of a first operation input that operates the operation target only while the operation input is being performed or a second operation input that causes the operation target to perform a continuous operation until a maximum or minimum operation amount. The control unit changes the continuous operation of the first operation target when the second operation target is selected while the first operation target is performing the continuous operation, or the second operation target is selected and the first or second operation input is performed with respect to the second operation target.
Provided is a distance measurement device that is able to select a distance measurement based on a phase difference and a distance measurement based on a frequency spectrum, in accordance with the conditions of signals transmitted and received with a communication device. This distance measurement device includes: a first distance measuring unit that carries out distance measurement according to a first distance measurement format based on the phase differences of signals received from a transmitting device, and outputs a first distance; a second distance measuring unit that carries out distance measurement according to a second distance measurement format based on the frequency spectra of the signals received from the transmitting device, and outputs a second distance; and a selecting unit that selects the first distance or the second distance on the basis of the linearity, etc., of the frequency spectra or the phases of the signals received from the transmitting device.
G01S 11/08 - Systems for determining distance or velocity not using reflection or reradiation using radio waves using synchronised clocks
G01S 13/84 - Systems using reradiation of radio waves, e.g. secondary radar systems; Analogous systems wherein continuous-type signals are transmitted for distance determination by phase measurement
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RESIN MOLDED PRODUCT AND MOLDING METHOD OF RESIN MOLDED PRODUCT
A method of molding a resin molded product, including: a first molding step of injecting a first resin molding material into a first molding die to form a first resin product, wherein a fixing protrusion is formed on at least one of an inner and an outer wall part of the first resin product, and has a shape in which a width increases in a direction extending from the gap; and, a second molding step of positioning the first resin product in a second molding die, and injecting a second resin molding material at least into the gap of the first resin product to form a second resin product, wherein the fixing protrusion is embedded into a fixing recess disposed on the second molding die, thereby limiting movement of the fixing protrusion in a direction towards the gap.
B29C 45/14 - Injection moulding, i.e. forcing the required volume of moulding material through a nozzle into a closed mould; Apparatus therefor incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. injection moulding around inserts or for coating articles
A rotary shifter includes a knob, a cam mechanism to hold the knob at holding positions corresponding to respective predetermined shift positions whose number is N, an electromagnetic brake including a yoke and an armature to restrict the rotation of the armature and the knob, and a hardware processor to determine a predetermined shift position of the knob to control the operation of the electromagnetic brake. The rotation pitch angle between the holding positions of the knob at the time of switching the predetermined shift positions is set to an angle obtained by dividing 360 degrees by a first integer A (A≥N). The rotation pitch angle between stopping positions of the armature corresponding to the holding positions at the time of switching the predetermined shift positions is set to an angle obtained by dividing 360 degrees by a second integer B (A>B≥N).
A tire information detection device that detects tire information including at least one of wear, deformation, road surface state, ground contact state, presence/absence of failure, travel history, load state, or frictional coefficient, includes at least one detection unit disposed on a tire inner surface, a power supply unit to supply power to the detection unit, a position information detection unit to detect position information of the tire or a vehicle, an additional information acquisition unit to acquire additional information associated with the position information, a determination unit to determine whether a current position specified based on the position information is included in an area that satisfies a determination condition extracted from the additional information, and a control unit to control measurement of the detection unit based on a determination result from the determination unit.
According to the present disclosure, an authentication system includes: a first communication device including: a first transmitting part configured to communicate in a first frequency band; and a first transmitting-and-receiving part configured to communicate in a second frequency band; and a second communication device including: a first receiving part configured to communicate in the first frequency band; and a second transmitting-and-receiving part configured to communicate in the second frequency band, and, in this authentication system, the first communication device transmits a command in the first frequency band from the first transmitting part, and, upon receipt of the command by the first receiving part, the second communication device activates the second transmitting-and-receiving part, generates an authentication key for a response signal, and transmits the response signal including the generated authentication key in the second frequency band, from the second communication device.
This push switch comprises: a housing having an accommodating unit; a first fixed contact provided on the bottom part of the accommodating unit; a first movable contact member that is disposed inside the accommodating unit, has a dome shape, and contacts the first fixed contact by performing a reverse operation when a pressing force is received from above; a second movable contact member that is disposed inside the accommodating unit and above the first movable contact member, has a dome shape, and contacts the apex of the first movable contact member by performing a reverse operation when a pressing force is received from above; and a pressing body that has a pressing part that presses the apex of the second movable contact member. The second movable contact member has a projection projecting toward the first movable contact member side, and when the apex of the second movable contact member is pressed by the pressing body, the apex of the first movable contact member is pressed by the projection, and the projection is provided outside the pressing part of the pressing body.
An optical component drive device comprises: a cover member (3) having a top plate part (3B) that is opposite from a base member (8) in the vertical direction and an upper outer peripheral wall part (3A) that includes a plurality of upper side plate parts which extend downward from the outer edge part of the top plate part (3B); and a plurality of shape memory alloy wires (SA) disposed inward of the upper outer peripheral wall part (3A). A fixed-side member (FB) includes a case member (4) which accommodates the base member (8) and an upper part of which is open. The case member (4) has a bottom plate part (4B) that is disposed below the base member (8) and a lower outer peripheral wall part (4A) that includes a plurality of lower side plate parts which extend upward from the outer edge part of the bottom plate part (4B). The lower side plate parts are positioned between the shape memory alloy wires (SA) and the upper side plate parts constituting the upper outer peripheral wall part (3A) of the cover member (3), and are opposite from the shape memory alloy wires (SA).
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
A biometric authentication device of the present invention includes a light guide layer on which a light diffusion unit for displaying an aerial image representing a design of a living body at a height is formed, a light source that irradiates the light guide layer with light, a polarized beam splitter disposed on an upper surface side of the light guide layer, a retroreflective layer disposed on a bottom surface side of the light guide layer, and an imaging camera that captures an image of a living body superimposed on the aerial image through an opening formed in the retroreflective layer, and performs biometric authentication based on an image captured by an imaging camera.
H04N 23/56 - Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof provided with illuminating means
H04N 23/11 - Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof for generating image signals from different wavelengths for generating image signals from visible and infrared light wavelengths
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Display screen with transitional graphical user interface
An assist band is set to a standard band when there is no large road noise, and is set to a treble band not including a low frequency band but including a high frequency band as compared with the standard band when there is a large road noise. In audio data of a front seat microphone, components outside the assist band are cut by an IIR filter, downsampled by a downsampling unit to a sampling frequency that is twice the upper limit of the assist band, processed by an echo canceller and a howling canceller, upsampled by an upsampling unit, and output to a rear seat speaker. When there is a large road noise, the operation of the howling canceller is invalidated, and the input is output as it is.
G10K 11/178 - Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general using interference effects; Masking sound by electro-acoustically regenerating the original acoustic waves in anti-phase
A rotary position sensor 1 according to the present invention, which can highly precisely transmit a rotary motion to a rotor from the outside and carry out inspection without affecting a shaft hole, is characterized by comprising: a rotor 10 provided with a cylindrical shaft body 11 having a shaft hole 10h and a flange 12 contiguously provided to the shaft body 11 and extending toward the radially outer side of the shaft body 11; a housing 20 having a bearing 21 through which the shaft body 11 of the rotor 10 is inserted; and a measurement unit 30 that measures the position of the rotor 10 relative to the housing 20. The rotary position sensor is also characterized in that engaging units 15 are provided to peripheral portions of the flange 12.
G01D 5/165 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member; Means 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 converting; Transducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using electric or magnetic means influencing the magnitude of a current or voltage by varying resistance by relative movement of a point of contact and a resistive track
G01D 18/00 - Testing or calibrating apparatus or arrangements provided for in groups
H01C 1/02 - Housing; Enclosing; Embedding; Filling the housing or enclosure
H01C 1/024 - Housing; Enclosing; Embedding; Filling the housing or enclosure the housing or enclosure being hermetically sealed
