IP Library Granted Patent US 12675180
Granted Patent B2
US 12675180 · App. 18/881,382 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

Top panel for tactile sense presentation device, tactile sense presentation device, and method for manufacturing top panel for tactile sense presentation device

Inventors: Naoki Fujita (Otsu, JP); Takumi Kinoshita (Otsu, JP); Masaru Iwao (Otsu, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
G06F3/041G06F3/016G06F2203/04103
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Patent No.
US 12675180
App. No.
18/881,382
Granted
Jul 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a top panel for a tactile sense presentation device in which the top panel can have a sufficiently wide range of changes in frictional force and thus effectively increase the expressiveness of the tactile sense. A top panel 1 for a tactile sense presentation device is for use in a tactile sense presentation device 10 , has an outer principal surface 1 a located on an exterior side of the tactile sense presentation device 10 , and includes ruggedness provided on at least a portion of the outer principal surface 1 a , wherein the ruggedness includes: first ruggedness in which where a cutoff value of a high-pass filter λc 1 is five times a spacing between ruggedness in a measured total profile of the outer principal surface 1 a and a cutoff value of a low-pass filter λs 1 is 26.6 μm, a maximum height of the ruggedness is 0.5 nm to 2000 nm and a spacing between the ruggedness is 50 μm to 2000 μm; and second ruggedness in which where a cutoff value of a high-pass filter λc 2 is 14 μm and a cutoff value of a low-pass filter λs 2 is 0.35 μm, a three-dimensional arithmetical mean height Sa of the ruggedness is 0.5 nm to 100 nm and a maximum height Sz of the ruggedness is 8 nm or more.

Claims (27)

1 . A top panel for a tactile sense presentation device, the top panel being for use in a tactile sense presentation device, the top panel having an outer principal surface located on an exterior side of the tactile sense presentation device and including ruggedness provided on at least a portion of the outer principal surface,

the ruggedness including:

first ruggedness in which where a cutoff value of a high-pass filter λc 1 is five times a spacing between ruggedness in a measured total profile of the outer principal surface and a cutoff value of a low-pass filter λs 1 is 26.6 μm, a maximum height of the ruggedness is 0.5 nm to 2000 nm and a spacing between the ruggedness is 50 μm to 2000 μm; and

second ruggedness in which where a cutoff value of a high-pass filter λc 2 is 14 μm and a cutoff value of a low-pass filter λs 2 is 0.35 μm, a three-dimensional arithmetical mean height Sa of the ruggedness is 0.5 nm to 100 nm and a maximum height Sz of the ruggedness is 8 nm or more; wherein

where the cutoff value of the high-pass filter λc 2 in a measurement area of 74×55 μm is 14 μm and the cutoff value of the low-pass filter λs 2 in the measurement area is 0.35 μm, a kurtosis Sku is 3.2 or more and a skewness Ssk is −0.1 or less.

2 . The top panel for a tactile sense presentation device according to claim 1 , wherein the top panel is made of glass.

3 . The top panel for a tactile sense presentation device according to claim 1 , wherein the top panel is transparent.

4 . A method for manufacturing the top panel for a tactile sense presentation device according to claim 1 , the method comprising the steps of:

preparing an original panel having a principal surface; and

subjecting the principal surface of the original panel to a wet blasting treatment.

5 . A top panel for a tactile sense presentation device, the top panel being for use in a tactile sense presentation device, the top panel having an outer principal surface located on an exterior side of the tactile sense presentation device and including ruggedness provided on at least a portion of the outer principal surface,

the ruggedness including:

first ruggedness in which where a cutoff value of a high-pass filter λc 1 is 14 μm and a cutoff value of a low-pass filter λs 1 is 0.35 μm, a maximum height of the ruggedness is 0.5 nm to 2000 nm and a spacing between the ruggedness is 3 μm to less than 50 μm; and

second ruggedness in which where a cutoff value of a high-pass filter λc 2 in a 5 μm square area is 2.5 μm, a three-dimensional arithmetical mean height Sa of the ruggedness is 0.5 nm to 100 nm and a maximum height Sz of the ruggedness is 8 nm or more; wherein

where the cutoff value of the high-pass filter λc 2 in a 5 μm square area is 2.5 μm, a kurtosis Sku is 3.2 or more and a skewness Ssk is −0.1 or less.

6 . A tactile sense presentation device comprising:

a top panel having an outer principal surface located on an exterior side of the tactile sense presentation device and including ruggedness provided on at least a portion of the outer principal surface,

the ruggedness including:

first ruggedness in which where a cutoff value of a high-pass filter λc 1 is five times a spacing between ruggedness in a measured total profile of the outer principal surface and a cutoff value of a low-pass filter λs 1 is 26.6 μm, a maximum height of the ruggedness is 0.5 nm to 2000 nm and a spacing between the ruggedness is 50 μm to 2000 μm; and

second ruggedness in which where a cutoff value of a high-pass filter λc 2 is 14 μm and a cutoff value of a low-pass filter λs 2 is 0.35 μm, a three-dimensional arithmetical mean height Sa of the ruggedness is 0.5 nm to 100 nm and a maximum height Sz of the ruggedness is 8 nm or more; and

an actuator that applies ultrasonic waves to the top panel.

7 . A tactile sense presentation device comprising:

a top panel having an outer principal surface located on an exterior side of the tactile sense presentation device and including ruggedness provided on at least a portion of the outer principal surface,

the ruggedness including:

first ruggedness in which where a cutoff value of a high-pass filter λc 1 is 14 μm and a cutoff value of a low-pass filter λs 1 is 0.35 μm, a maximum height of the ruggedness is 0.5 nm to 2000 nm and a spacing between the ruggedness is 3 μm to less than 50 μm; and

second ruggedness in which where a cutoff value of a high-pass filter λc 2 in a 5 μm square area is 2.5 μm, a three-dimensional arithmetical mean height Sa of the ruggedness is 0.5 nm to 100 nm and a maximum height Sz of the ruggedness is 8 nm or more; and

an actuator that applies ultrasonic waves to the top panel.