Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Anisotropic, resistance-based determination of a position of an object with respect to a touch screen element
- Patent Title (中): 各向异性,基于电阻的物体相对于触摸屏元件的位置确定
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Application No.: US12915730Application Date: 2010-10-29
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Publication No.: US08049738B2Publication Date: 2011-11-01
- Inventor: Harald Philipp
- Applicant: Harald Philipp
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Atmel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Atmel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Priority: GB03197142 20030821
- Main IPC: G06F3/045
- IPC: G06F3/045

Abstract:
A touch sensitive position sensor for detecting the position of an object in two dimensions is described. The position sensor has first and second resistive bus-bars spaced apart with an anisotropic conductive area between them. Electric currents induced in the anisotropic conductive area by touch or proximity flow preferentially towards the bus-bars to be sensed by detection circuitry. Because induced currents, for example those induced by drive circuitry, flow preferentially along one direction, pin-cushion distortions in position estimates are largely constrained to this single direction. Such one-dimensional distortions can be corrected for very simply by applying scalar correction factors, thereby avoiding the need for complicated vector correction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110043482A1 ANISOTROPIC TOUCH SCREEN ELEMENT Public/Granted day:2011-02-24
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