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公开(公告)号：US20240404771A1
公开(公告)日：2024-12-05
申请号：US18804620
申请日：2024-08-14
Applicant: Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
Inventor： Hajime SUZUKI , Hiroshi WAKUDA , Ko OWADA , Tetsu NUMATA , Kunio SATO
Abstract: A switch to be attached to a panel having an opening in a surface includes: a stationary member to be attached to the panel; a movable member to be placed at a distance from the panel, the movable member having a manipulation surface separated from the panel in the opening with a gap intervening between the manipulation surface and the panel, the manipulation surface being exposed from the opening; and a vibration element disposed between the stationary member and the movable member, the vibration element vibrating the movable member.
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公开(公告)号：US20190339782A1
公开(公告)日：2019-11-07
申请号：US16516392
申请日：2019-07-19
Applicant: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
Inventor： Kunio SATO , Daisuke TAKAI , Yuzuru KAWANA
Abstract: A tactile sensation presenting device includes: a pressure sensation generating unit configured to present pressure information; and a tactile sensation generating unit arranged on the pressure sensation generating unit. The tactile sensation generating unit includes a vibrating element configured to present vibration information; a warmth/coldness presenting element provided above the vibrating element and configured to present warm/cold information. The vibration information, the warm/cold information, and the pressure information are presented to an operating part in contact with a tactile sensation presentation surface of the tactile sensation generating unit.
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公开(公告)号：US20190278373A1
公开(公告)日：2019-09-12
申请号：US16419149
申请日：2019-05-22
Applicant: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
Inventor： Kunio SATO , Yuzuru KAWANA , Daisuke TAKAI
IPC: G06F3/01
Abstract: A tactile sensation presenting device includes: a warmth/coldness presenting element configured to present warm/cold information to a presentation area; a vibrating element configured to present vibration information; and a frame made of a thermally insulating material and having an opening portion, wherein with respect to the warmth/coldness presenting element, at least part of the presentation area is exposed from the opening portion of the frame such that an operating part is able to contact the presentation area and surroundings of the exposed area are covered by the frame, wherein the vibration information, which is presented by the vibrating element, is transmitted to the warmth/coldness presenting element, and wherein a tactile sensation, which includes the warm/cold information and the vibration information, is presented to the presentation area.
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公开(公告)号：US20190265829A1
公开(公告)日：2019-08-29
申请号：US16410216
申请日：2019-05-13
Applicant: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
Inventor： Kunio SATO , Daisuke TAKAI , Yuzuru KAWANA , Katsunari SATO
Abstract: A tactile sensation providing apparatus includes at least one thermal sensation providing element configured to provide a thermal sensation, a vibrating element configured to provide a vibration sensation by causing the at least one thermal sensation providing element to vibrate, a tactile sensation providing region that includes the at least one thermal sensation providing element and in which the thermal sensation is provided to a body part together with the vibration sensation, and a first temperature detector disposed in the tactile sensation providing region and configured to detect a temperature of the body part.
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公开(公告)号：US20230161414A1
公开(公告)日：2023-05-25
申请号：US18152402
申请日：2023-01-10
Applicant: Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
Inventor： Hajime SUZUKI , Kunio SATO , Shinichi SAGAWAI , I KA
CPC classification number: G06F3/016 , B06B1/0253 , B06B2201/55
Abstract: An input apparatus includes an operating unit on which an input operation is performed by an operator, a detecting unit configured to detect the input operation performed on the operating unit, an actuator configured to impart vibration to the operating unit, and a control unit configured to supply a drive signal to the actuator according to a result of detection performed by the detecting unit. The control unit supplies, as the drive signal, a single pulse signal including a triangular wave or a sine wave and having a signal waveform in which a rising interval and a falling interval are asymmetric about a peak position to the actuator.
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公开(公告)号：US20220300078A1
公开(公告)日：2022-09-22
申请号：US17806141
申请日：2022-06-09
Applicant: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
Inventor： Kunio SATO , Hiroshi WAKUDA , Shinichi SAGAWAI
Abstract: An operation device includes a movable part having an operating surface on which a contact operation is performed by an living body, a vibration exciter attached to the movable part at a position other than the operating surface, and configured to excite the movable part in a first direction along the operating surface, and in a second direction intersecting the operating surface, a base part, and an elastic support, provided between the movable part and the base part, and configured to elastically support the movable part with respect to the base part. The movable part provides a tactile sensation to the living body making the contact operation when excited in the first direction by the vibration exciter, and generates a sound from the operating surface when excited in the second direction by the vibration exciter.
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公开(公告)号：US20190339142A1
公开(公告)日：2019-11-07
申请号：US16517860
申请日：2019-07-22
Applicant: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
Inventor： Kunio SATO , Daisuke TAKAI , Kazuhito OSHITA , Hajime SHIKATA
IPC: G01L1/14
Abstract: A force sensor includes a substrate; a first electrode fixed to a first area on the substrate; a second electrode fixed to a second area different from the first area on the substrate, the second electrode extending to a position higher than the first electrode; a capacitance detecting unit configured to detect a capacitance corresponding to a distance between the first electrode and the second electrode; and an operation member including a contact area that is in contact with the second electrode. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is provided in plurality. The second electrode is elastically deformed by a load applied to the second electrode by an operation with respect to the operation member, and the distance between the second electrode and the first electrode changes according to an elastic deformation of the second electrode.
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18.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20190336064A1
公开(公告)日：2019-11-07
申请号：US16394324
申请日：2019-04-25
Applicant: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
Inventor： Kunio SATO , Toshihiko SAITO , Hajime SHIKATA , Katsunari SATO
Abstract: A controller controls a temperature sensation provider that provides temperature sensations to an object contacting a contact surface of the temperature sensation provider. The controller includes a database including control information that associates values of a temperature of the contact surface with values of a controlled variable of the temperature sensation provider for each of the temperature sensations, and a temperature controller that controls the temperature sensation provider based on a measured temperature of the contact surface, a temperature sensation to be provided, and the control information.
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公开(公告)号：US20190296207A1
公开(公告)日：2019-09-26
申请号：US16435766
申请日：2019-06-10
Applicant: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
Inventor： Yuzuru KAWANA , Kunio SATO , Hajime SHIKATA
Abstract: A tactile device includes a contact surface touchable by a tactile subject, a thermoelectric transducer which generates cold or warmth transferred to the contact surface, and a temperature sensor which detects the contact surface temperature. The thermoelectric transducer includes first and second heat transfer members, and a thermoelectric element which generates a temperature difference between the first and second heat transfer members based power supplied thereto. The contact surface is formed on a surface of the first heat transfer member, or on a surface of a third heat transfer member contacting the surface of the first heat transfer member. The temperature sensor is arranged on an outer side of a region where the contact surface is formed on the surface of the first heat transfer member, or on an outer side of a region contacting the third heat transfer member at the surface of the first heat transfer member.
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