Patent ID: 8370865

Claim:
A sensing device, adapted to sense an object, the sensing device comprising: a base, having a supporting surface for supporting the object; a pillar, disposed on the supporting surface; an arm, having a first end, a second end and a pivot portion between the first end and the second end, wherein the pivot position is pivoted to the pillar along a first axis substantially parallel to the supporting surface, so as to pivot along the first axis and actuate in a seesaw approach; a sensing element, disposed on the arm and located between the first end and the pivot portion, wherein the sensing element is located between the base and the object; a driving module, disposed between the arm and the base and comprising a first electromagnetic coil and a first magnetic element,, wherein the first electromagnetic coil is disposed on the arm and located between the arm and the base, the first magnetic element is disposed on the supporting surface and located between the arm and the base, and aligned to the first electromagnetic coil, a magnetic force generated between the first electromagnetic coil and the first magnetic element drives the arm to pivot the arm to pivot relatively to the pillar along the first axis, and the sensing element moves towards or away from the object as the arm is pivoted; a second electromagnetic coil, disposed at the second end of the arm; and a second magnetic element, disposed on the supporting surface and aligned to the second electromagnetic coil, wherein the pillar is pivoted to the base along a second axis substantially perpendicular to the supporting surface, a magnetic force generated between the second electromagnetic coil and the second magnetic element drives the pillar to drive the arm to pivot relatively to the base along the second axis, and the sensing element is shifted on a surface of the object as the arm is pivoted, wherein the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element are disposed adjacent to each other, wherein the pillar comprises a shaft and a pivot assembly, the shaft is pivoted to the base along the second axis, the pivot assembly is fixed to the shaft, the arm is pivoted to the pivot assembly along the fist axis, the pivot portion of the arm has two dents, the pivot assembly comprises a frame, two latches and two steel balls, the frame is fixed to the shaft and has two assembling portions, each of the assembling portions has a through hole extending along the first axis, the pivot portion of the arm is disposed between the two assembling portions, the two dents are respectively aligned to the two through holes, the two latches are respectively inserted into the two through holes, and the two steel balls are respectively pressed to the two dents by the two latches.