Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical waveguide and optical touch panel
- Patent Title (中): 光波导和光学触摸面板
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Application No.: US12625976Application Date: 2009-11-25
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Publication No.: US08009944B2Publication Date: 2011-08-30
- Inventor: Yusuke Shimizu
- Applicant: Yusuke Shimizu
- Applicant Address: JP Ibaraki-shi, Osaka
- Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
- Current Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Ibaraki-shi, Osaka
- Agency: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP
- Priority: JP2008-301135 20081126
- Main IPC: G02B6/26
- IPC: G02B6/26 ; G02B6/42

Abstract:
An optical waveguide 30 having a bending groove 34 parallel to two long sides of a rectangular shape thereof. The optical waveguide 30 is bent along the bending groove 34 so as to come into close contact with a frame of an optical touch panel. This makes it possible to attach the optical waveguide 30 to the frame without misalignment during assembly. Therefore, the optical waveguide 30 can emit light beams in a direction perpendicular to one side of a rectangular display screen opposed to one long side of the rectangular shape thereof. Further, the width of the frame of the optical touch panel 30 can be made smaller than that of the optical waveguide 30. This makes it possible to achieve reduction in the width of the frame of the optical touch panel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100128006A1 OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND OPTICAL TOUCH PANEL Public/Granted day:2010-05-27
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