CAPACITIVE SENSOR AND DETECTION METHOD USING THE SAME
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1. A capacitive sensor comprising:
- a plurality of sequentially arranged detecting plates;
at least one reference plate disposed between the detecting plates;
a memory for storing a lookup table, wherein the lookup table defines corresponding relationships between a plurality of signal differences or amounts of change in signal difference and the detecting plate being touched/approached; and
a controller that simultaneously provides an electrical signal to each detecting plate, and provides the electrical signal or a DC potential to the reference plate, so that the signal difference or the amount of change in signal difference is generated by subtraction between signals of each detecting plate and another detecting plate, and determines if at least one detecting plate is touched or approached by at least one external object by using the lookup table based on the signal differences.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a capacitive sensor and a detection method using the same. The capacitive sensor of the present invention includes a plurality of detecting plates arranged sequentially. Each detecting plate is provided with the same driving signal. According to the difference between signals of each detecting plate and another detecting plate, detecting plates touched or approached by external objects can be identified.
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1. A capacitive sensor comprising:
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a plurality of sequentially arranged detecting plates; at least one reference plate disposed between the detecting plates; a memory for storing a lookup table, wherein the lookup table defines corresponding relationships between a plurality of signal differences or amounts of change in signal difference and the detecting plate being touched/approached; and a controller that simultaneously provides an electrical signal to each detecting plate, and provides the electrical signal or a DC potential to the reference plate, so that the signal difference or the amount of change in signal difference is generated by subtraction between signals of each detecting plate and another detecting plate, and determines if at least one detecting plate is touched or approached by at least one external object by using the lookup table based on the signal differences. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A capacitive sensor comprising:
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a plurality of sequentially arranged detecting plates; at least one reference plate disposed between the detecting plates; and a controller that simultaneously provides an electrical signal to each detecting plate, and provides the electrical signal or a DC potential to the at least one reference plate, or simultaneously provides an electrical signal to each reference plate, so that a signal difference is generated by subtraction between signals from each of the detecting plate and a preceding detecting plate, and the signal differences are combined to form a plurality of continuous signal differences, and each signal difference of the continuous signal differences is added to all the preceding or following signal differences to generate a plurality of continuous recovered signal values, and it is determined whether at least one detecting plate is touched or approached by at least one external object based on the continuous recovered signal values. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A capacitive sensor comprising:
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a plurality of sequentially arranged detecting plates; at least one reference plate disposed between the detecting plates; a means for simultaneously providing an electrical signal to each detecting plate and providing the electrical signal or a DC potential to the reference plate, or simultaneously providing an electrical signal to each reference plate; a means for generating a signal difference by subtraction between signals from each of the detecting plate and a preceding detecting plate and combining the signal differences to form a plurality of continuous signal differences; a means for adding each signal difference of the continuous signal differences to all the preceding or following signal differences to generate a plurality of continuous recovered signal values; and a means for determining if at least one detecting plate is touched or approached by at least one external object based on the continuous recovered signal values. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A capacitive sensor comprising:
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a plurality of sequentially arranged detecting plates; and a controller that simultaneously provides an electrical signal to each detecting plate, so that a signal difference is generated by subtraction between signals from each of the detecting plate and a preceding detecting plate, and the signal differences are combined to form a plurality of continuous signal differences, and each signal difference of the continuous signal differences is added to all the preceding or following signal differences to generate a plurality of continuous recovered signal values, and it is determined whether at least one detecting plate is touched or approached by at least one external object based on the continuous recovered signal values. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A capacitive sensor comprising:
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a plurality of sequentially arranged detecting plates; at least one reference plate disposed between the detecting plates; a means for simultaneously providing an electrical signal to each detecting plate and providing the electrical signal or a DC potential to the reference plate, or simultaneously providing an electrical signal to each reference plate; a means for generating a signal difference by subtraction between signals from each of the detecting plate and a preceding detecting plate and combining the signal differences to form a plurality of continuous signal differences; a means for adding each signal difference of the continuous signal differences to all the preceding or following signal differences to generate a plurality of continuous recovered signal values; and a means for determining if at least one detecting plate is touched or approached by at least one external object based on the continuous recovered signal values. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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