On the Mattila-Sjolin distance theorem for product sets

Let $A$ be a compact set in $mathbb{R}$, and $E=A^dsubset mathbb{R}^d$. We know from the Mattila-Sjolins theorem if $dim_H(A)>frac{d+1}{2d}$, then the distance set $Delta(E)$ has non-empty interior. In this paper, we show that the threshold $frac{d+1}{2d}$ can be improved whenever $dge 5$.