OPERATION DEVICE

• Main Authors: SUZUKI TOMOYASU, SHIMIZU TOMOMASA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 15.12.2014
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; ELECTRICITY; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RELAYS; SELECTORS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an operation device capable of precisely detecting the operation performed in an operation area having a curved surface shape and suppressing erroneous detection.SOLUTION: A touch sensor device 1 includes: a first detection electrode (a first sub electrode 12a through a twelfth sub electrode 12l) which detects the operation performed in an operation area 24 of a curved surface shape as shown in drawings 2(a) and (b) and has the curved surface shape in conformity with the operation area 24; and a second detection electrode (a first main electrode 14a through a twelfth main electrode 14l) which is opposite to the first detection electrode and detects the operation performed in the operation area 24 via the first detection electrode to output a detection signal. 【課題】曲面形状を有する操作領域になされた操作を精度良く検出すると共に誤検出を抑制することができる操作装置を提供する。【解決手段】タッチセンサ装置１は、図２（ａ）及び（ｂ）に示すように、曲面形状の操作領域２４になされた操作を検出し、操作領域２４に応じた曲面形状を有する第１の検出電極（第１のサブ電極１２ａ〜第１２のサブ電極１２ｌ）と、第１の検出電極と対向し、第１の検出電極を介して操作領域２４になされた操作を検出して検出信号を出力する第２の検出電極（第１のメイン電極１４ａ〜第１２のメイン電極１４ｌ）と、を備えて概略構成されている。【選択図】図２