Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Touch sensor and electronic device
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Application No.: US14436052Application Date: 2013-09-04
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Publication No.: US09772735B2Publication Date: 2017-09-26
- Inventor: Yuji Watazu
- Applicant: NISSHA PRINTING CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Kyoto
- Assignee: NISSHA PRINTING CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: NISSHA PRINTING CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kyoto
- Agency: Global IP Counselors, LLP
- Priority: JP2012-228819 20121016
- International Application: PCT/JP2013/073829 WO 20130904
- International Announcement: WO2014/061363 WO 20140424
- Main IPC: G06F3/045
- IPC: G06F3/045 ; G06F3/01 ; G06F3/041 ; G09G3/36

Abstract:
A low cost touch sensor can, in conjunction with a detection of an input operation, perform detection related to a pressing force during the input operation. Upper part electrodes of the touch sensor are disposed such that they extend in an X axial direction and are arrayed in a Y axial direction that intersects the X axial direction. Furthermore, each upper part electrode comprises a plurality of upper part resistive films whose end parts in the X axial direction are electrically connected by a connection pattern. Lower part electrodes are disposed opposing the upper part resistive films and comprise lower part resistive films, whose contact surface area with the upper part resistive films varies in accordance with a pressing force that narrows the spacing to the upper part resistive films. A detection device detects contact between the upper part resistive films and the lower part resistive films based on the change in the resistance from the upper part electrodes to the lower part electrodes.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150301660A1 TOUCH SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Public/Granted day:2015-10-22
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