Abstract: There is provided an elastic flexible substrate including an insulating film base material which includes a wire. The insulating film base material includes an opening which is formed by opening a slit, and an opened state of the opening is held by an insulating member.

Abstract: A pressure sensor according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a first dielectric layer that has elasticity and has a first surface and a second surface which is on an opposite side from the first surface, a first conductor layer that is arranged on at least a region of the first surface, a second conductor layer that is arranged on the second surface, and a first time-domain reflectometer that is connected with the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer, and the region of the first surface is opposed to the second conductor layer.

Abstract: A pressure sensor according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a first pressure sensitive element including a first conductive layer including first projections having conductivity, first wiring layers, and a first dielectric layer provided between the first projections and the first wiring layers; and a second pressure sensitive element including a second conductive layer including second projections having conductivity, second wiring layers, and a second dielectric layer provided between the second projections and the second wiring layers. The first pressure sensitive element and the second pressure sensitive element are stacked on each other.

Abstract: A pressure sensing element according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a first electrode including at least one protrusion, a second electrode facing the at least one protrusion, and a dielectric disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The dielectric includes a first dielectric and a second dielectric. The first dielectric is disposed between a top of the at least one protrusion and the second electrode, and is in contact with each of the top of the at least one protrusion and the second electrode. The second dielectric is disposed between a first portion of the first electrode and the first dielectric. The first portion does not include the at least one protrusion. The at least one protrusion has a higher elastic modulus than the first dielectric.

Abstract: A tactile sense presentation device includes first electrodes covered with an insulating film and arranged on a plane; second electrodes arranged on a plane with tops exposed to outside; and a control unit performing a first operation in parallel with a second operation. The first operation is for applying temporally changing first voltages to a part of the first electrodes to generate electric fields which are changed by the part of first electrodes, and the second operation is for applying temporally changing first electric currents to a part of the second electrodes to cause the electric currents to flow from the part of the second electrodes to second electrodes which are different from the part of second electrodes via electric conductors. The first electrodes and second electrodes are arranged not to overlap each other.

Abstract: A tactile sense presentation method includes arranging a plurality of first electrodes covered with an insulating film on a plane; arranging a plurality of second electrodes on a plane with tops exposed to outside; and performing a first operation in parallel with a second operation. The first operation is for applying temporally changing first voltages to a part of the plurality of first electrodes to generate electric fields which are changed by the part of the plurality of first electrodes. The second operation is for applying temporally changing first electric currents to a part of the plurality of second electrodes to cause the electric currents to flow from the part of the plurality of second electrodes to second electrodes which are different from the part of the plurality of second electrodes via electric conductors.

Abstract: A pressure sensing element of an aspect of the present disclosure includes a first electrode including at least one protrusion having elasticity; a second electrode facing the at least one protrusion; and a dielectric disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and including a first dielectric and a second dielectric. The first dielectric is disposed between a top of the at least one protrusion and the second electrode, and is in contact with each of the top of the at least one protrusion and the second electrode. The second dielectric is disposed between a first portion of the first electrode, the first portion not including the at least one protrusion, and the first dielectric.

Abstract: A touch panel device with the tactile sense presenting function according to this embodiment includes the plurality of electrodes 1 arranged on the single plane, and the controller 20. The controller 20 performs a first operation and a second operation in a time division manner. The first operation includes applying the first voltage which changes temporally, to some of the electrodes 1, detecting voltages generated on at least some of the remaining electrodes 1 in this state, and detecting the position of the dielectric which is in proximity to the touch panel device, on the basis of the detected voltages. The second operation includes applying the second voltage which changes temporally, to some of the electrodes 1, and generating electric field with the some working electrodes 1.

Abstract: A tactile sense presentation device including: a tactile-sense presentation unit having a first working electrode group of a plurality of first working electrodes arranged along a first direction; and a control unit operable to apply a first tactile sense signal having a first waveform to each of the first working electrodes. The control unit applies the first tactile sense signal, in which a phase difference corresponding to a distance between adjacent first working electrodes is applied to the first waveform, to each of the plurality of first working electrodes so as to cause the first waveform to travel along the first direction at a predetermined speed.

Abstract: An elastic flexible substrate including an insulating film base material provided with a wire is provided. In the insulating film base material, a plurality of slits are provided with a predetermined space left therebetween, the insulating film base material has a bellows shape in which the insulating film base material is bent or curved by using the slits as base points, and the slits are deformed when the insulating film base material is stretched.

Abstract: One embodiment for an elastic flexible substrate of the present disclosure includes an insulating base material and a wire disposed on the insulating base material. The insulating base material has a plurality of bonding portions that are surface-bonded, and openings are formed between the bonding portions.

Abstract: There is provided an elastic flexible substrate including an insulating film base material which includes a wire. The insulating film base material includes an opening which is formed by opening a slit, and an opened state of the opening is held by an insulating member.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive element of the present disclosure includes a substrate, a conductive structure, an elastic electrode portion, and an electrode supporting component. The conductive structure extends from the substrate. The elastic electrode portion opposes a tip of the conductive structure. The electrode supporting component opposes the substrate with the conductive structure and the elastic electrode portion interposed therebetween, supports the elastic electrode portion, and has flexibility. In the pressure-sensitive element, the conductive structure includes a structural component which extends from the substrate and which has a higher elastic modulus than that of the elastic electrode portion, and a conductive layer which is coated on a surface of the structural component. In the pressure-sensitive element, the elastic electrode portion has a flat surface which opposes the conductive structure and which is capable of being brought into contact with the conductive structure.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive element of the present disclosure includes a substrate, a conductive component, an elastic electrode portion, and an electrode supporting component. The conductive component extends from the substrate. The elastic electrode portion opposes a tip of the conductive component. The electrode supporting component opposes the substrate with the conductive component and the elastic electrode portion interposed therebetween, supports the elastic electrode portion, and has flexibility. In the pressure-sensitive element, the conductive component has a higher elastic modulus than that of the elastic electrode portion. In the pressure-sensitive element, the elastic electrode portion has a flat surface which opposes the conductive component and which is capable of being brought into contact with the conductive component.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pressure-sensitive switch including a support substrate, a conductive structure provided on the support substrate, and an electrode unit disposed to face the support substrate with the conductive structure interposed therebetween. The conductive structure includes an elastic component extending to protrude from the support substrate toward the electrode unit, and an electrode layer covering the elastic component.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pressure-sensitive switch including a support substrate, a conductive structure provided on the support substrate, and an electrode unit disposed to face the support substrate with the conductive structure interposed therebetween. The conductive structure includes an electrode layer on the support substrate, and an elastic component having conductivity and extending to protrude from the electrode layer toward the electrode unit.

Abstract: The tactile sense presentation method comprises: arranging a plurality of first electrodes covered with an insulating film on a same plane; arranging a plurality of second electrodes on a same plane with tops exposed to outside; and performing a first operation in parallel with a second operation, wherein the first operation is for applying temporally changing first voltages to a part of the plurality of first electrodes to generate electric fields which are changed by the part of the plurality of first electrodes, and the second operation is for applying temporally changing first electric currents to a part of the plurality of second electrodes to cause the electric currents to flow from the part of the plurality of second electrodes to second electrodes which are different from the part of the plurality of second electrodes via electric conductors.

Abstract: The tactile sense presentation device comprises: first electrodes covered with an insulating film and arranged on a same plane; second electrodes arranged on a same plane with tops exposed to outside; and a control unit performing a first operation in parallel with a second operation, wherein the first operation is for applying temporally changing first voltages to a part of first electrodes to generate electric fields which are changed by the part of first electrodes, and the second operation is for applying temporally changing first electric currents to a part of second electrodes to cause the electric currents to flow from the part of second electrodes to second electrodes which are different from the part of second electrodes via electric conductors, characterized in that first electrodes and second electrodes are arranged not to overlap each other.

Abstract: A tactile sense presentation device including: a tactile-sense presentation unit having a first working electrode group of a plurality of first working electrodes arranged along a first direction; and a control unit operable to apply a first tactile sense signal having a first waveform to each of the first working electrodes. The control unit applies the first tactile sense signal, in which a phase difference corresponding to a distance between adjacent first working electrodes is applied to the first waveform, to each of the plurality of first working electrodes so as to cause the first waveform to travel along the first direction at a predetermined speed.

Abstract: A touch panel device with the tactile sense presenting function according to this embodiment includes the plurality of electrodes 1 arranged on the single plane, and the controller 20. The controller 20 performs a first operation and a second operation in a time division manner. The first operation includes applying the first voltage which changes temporally, to some of the electrodes 1, detecting voltages generated on at least some of the remaining electrodes 1 in this state, and detecting the position of the dielectric which is in proximity to the touch panel device, on the basis of the detected voltages. The second operation includes applying the second voltage which changes temporally, to some of the electrodes 1, and generating electric field with the some working electrodes 1.