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Piece of furniture with sensor device

  • US 10,398,227 B2
  • Filed: 02/13/2017
  • Issued: 09/03/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A piece of furniture with a sensor device, the sensor device comprising:

  • an electrode arrangement which is arranged on a furniture section of the piece of furniture in such a way that, by using the electrode arrangement, changes in an electric field in a surrounding region, which is located at one side of the piece of furniture, can be detected with or without touching the electrode arrangement or the piece of furniture; and

    a detection unit by which a position of a body in the surrounding region of the piece of furniture is determined by a detected change in the electric field;

    wherein the electrode arrangement comprises a plurality of probe electrodes and at least one field electrode provided to generate the electric field in the surrounding region, wherein the probe electrodes are located on a first surface of a carrier element made of an insulating material in one layer in one plane of the electrode arrangement, and the at least one field electrode is located on an opposed second surface of the carrier element in another plane of the electrode arrangement that is parallel to the one plane and behind a rear side of the plurality of probe electrodes to define a layered structure.

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