Capacitance-type detecting device
View Patent ↗A capacitance-type detecting device according to an embodiment of the invention includes a plurality of detecting electrodes that are provided on a sensor substrate such that capacitance is formed between adjacent electrodes. Capacitance formed in a corner detection region in which the detection sensitivity of the sensor substrate is relatively low is more than that formed in a central detection region in which the detection sensitivity is relatively high.
1. A capacitance-type detecting device comprising:
a plurality of detecting electrodes that are provided in a detection target region to form capacitance between adjacent detecting electrodes and that detect the capacitance between the adjacent detecting electrodes,
wherein the plurality of detecting electrodes have varied sizes, and at least one of the detecting electrodes arranged at an edge of the detection target region has a size larger than a size of a detecting electrode arranged at a center of the detection target region, and
wherein a size of the detecting electrode formed at both ends of the detection target region in an X-axis direction and a size of the detecting electrode formed at both ends in a Y-axis direction perpendicular to the X-axis direction are larger than a size of the detecting electrode formed at a center in the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction.
2. The capacitance-type detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the detection target region includes a central detection region, a corner detection region, and a side detection region,
wherein some of the detecting electrodes in the central detection region detect a first capacitance, some of the detecting electrodes in the corner detection region detect a second capacitance, and some of the detecting electrodes in the side detection region detect a third capacitance, and
wherein at least two of the first capacitance, the second capacitance and third capacitance are different.
3. The capacitance-type detecting device of claim 2 , wherein the first capacitance is smaller than the second capacitance.
4. The capacitance-type detecting device of claim 2 , wherein the third capacitance is larger than the first capacitance and smaller than the second capacitance.