Patent №
US 8,933,909
Granted
2015-01-13
Filed 2012
Owner
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Lab
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AI components
1
hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
13479861
According to one embodiment, a touch panel includes first interconnections, second interconnections, sensor units and a control unit. The first interconnections are arranged along a first direction, and extend along a second direction intersecting with the first direction. The second interconnections are arranged along a third direction intersecting with the first direction, and extend along a fourth direction intersecting with the third direction. The sensor units are provided in intersection portions of the first and second interconnections, include first and second ferromagnetic layers, and an intermediate layer, allow a current to be passed, and have one end connected to the first interconnections and another end connected to the second interconnections. The control unit is connected to the first and second interconnections. An electric resistance of the sensor units changes in accordance with a stress applied. The control unit senses a change in the electric resistance.
AI classification
Ownership
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
assignment · 282660766
Assignors
GIDDINGS, DEVIN, SAITO, NOBUYOSHI, FUKUZAWA, HIDEAKI, FUJI, YOSHIHIKO, HARA, MICHIKO, YAMAGUCHI, HAJIME
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