Waymo has been granted a patent for an apparatus that includes a lens assembly, image sensor, actuator, and capacitive position sensor to adjust the position of the image sensor along the optical axis ...

Capacitive sensing is a contactless-sensing technique with numerous applications, ranging from proximity sensing (Fig. 1), gesture recognition, automotive rain sensors, and remote liquid-level sensing ...

SEM image and response of the capacitive pressure sensors. a, the PDMS–PVDF–PDMS sandwich structure, b, Relative capacitive variation-pressure curves of capacitive pressure sensors with different PDMS ...