公开(公告)号：AU2014210674A1

公开(公告)日：2014-08-28

申请号：AU2014210674

申请日：2014-08-11

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： HOTELLING STEVE PORTER ,  LAND BRIAN RICHARDS ,  HAMBLIN MARK ARTHUR ,  TAN TANG YEW

IPC: G06F3/044

Abstract: TOUCH SCREEN STACK-UPS Abstract A multi-touch sensor panel is disclosed that can include a glass subassembly having a plurality of column traces of substantially transparent conductive material that can be 5 formed on the back side, wherein the glass subassembly can also act as a cover that can be touched on the front side. Row traces of the same or different substantially transparent conductive material can then be located near the column traces, and a layer of dielectric material can be coupled between the column traces and the row traces. The row and column traces can be oriented to cross over each other at crossover locations separated by 10 the dielectric material, and the crossover locations can form mutual capacitance sensors for detecting one or more touches on the front side of the glass subassembly.

公开(公告)号：AU2012244161B2

公开(公告)日：2014-04-24

申请号：AU2012244161

申请日：2012-10-23

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： HOTELLING STEVE PORTER ,  LAND BRIAN RICHARDS ,  HAMBLIN MARK ARTHUR ,  TAN TANG YEW

IPC: G06F3/044

Abstract: A multi-touch sensor panel is disclosed that can include a glass subassembly having a plurality of column traces of substantially transparent conductive material that can be formed on the back side, wherein the glass subassembly can also act as a cover 5 that can be touched on the front side. Row traces of the same or different substantially transparent conductive material can then be located near the column traces, and a layer of dielectric material can be coupled between the column traces and the row traces. The row and column traces can be oriented to cross over each other at crossover locations separated by the dielectric material, and the crossover locations can form mutual 10 capacitance sensors for detecting one or more touches on the front side of the glass subassembly.

公开(公告)号：AU2012244145B2

公开(公告)日：2014-01-23

申请号：AU2012244145

申请日：2012-10-23

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： HOTELLING STEVE PORTER ,  LAND BRIAN RICHARDS ,  HAMBLIN MARK ARTHUR ,  TAN TANG YEW

IPC: G06F3/044

Abstract: A multi-touch sensor panel is disclosed that can include a glass subassembly having a plurality of column traces of substantially transparent conductive material that can be formed on the back side, wherein the glass subassembly can also act as a cover 5 that can be touched on the front side. Row traces of the same or different substantially transparent conductive material can then be located near the column traces, and a layer of dielectric material can be coupled between the column traces and the row traces. The row and column traces can be oriented to cross over each other at crossover locations separated by the dielectric material, and the crossover locations can form mutual 10 capacitance sensors for detecting one or more touches on the front side of the glass subassembly.

公开(公告)号：GB2490765B

公开(公告)日：2013-01-09

申请号：GB201206528

申请日：2008-05-15

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： HOTELLING STEVE PORTER ,  LAND BRIAN RICHARDS

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/045

公开(公告)号：GB2453403B

公开(公告)日：2012-10-17

申请号：GB0808782

申请日：2008-05-15

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： HOTELLING STEVE PORTER ,  LAND BRIAN RICHARD

IPC: G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/045

公开(公告)号：AU2008100002C4

公开(公告)日：2012-09-20

申请号：AU2008100002

申请日：2008-01-02

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： HOTELLING STEVE PORTER ,  ELIAS JOHN GREER ,  SAKARIYA KAPIL VINOD

IPC: G06F3/041

Abstract: SIMULTANEOUS SENSING ARRANGEMENT Abstract Multi-touch touch-sensing devices and methods are described herein. The touch sensing devices can include multiple sense points, each located at a crossing of a drive line and a sense line. In some embodiments, multiple drive lines may be simultaneously or nearly simultaneously stimulated with drive signals having unique characteristics, such as phase or frequency. A sense signal can occur on each sense line that can be related to the drive signals by an amount of touch present at sense points corresponding to the stimulated drive lines and the sense line. By using processing techniques based on the unique drive signals, an amount of touch corresponding to each sense point can be extracted from the sense signal. The touch sensing methods and devices can be incorporated into interfaces for a variety of electronic devices such as a desktop, tablet, notebook, and handheld computers, personal digital assistants, media players, and mobile telephones. la-957016

公开(公告)号：HK1163299A1

公开(公告)日：2012-09-07

申请号：HK12103753

申请日：2012-04-17

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： HOTELLING STEVE PORTER ,  ELIAS JOHN GREER ,  SAKARIYA KAPIL VINOD

IPC: G06F20060101 ,  G06F3/041

Abstract: Multi-touch touch-sensing devices and methods are described herein. The touch sensing devices can include multiple sense points, each located at a crossing of a drive line and a sense line. In some embodiments, multiple drive lines may be simultaneously or nearly simultaneously stimulated with drive signals having unique characteristics, such as phase or frequency. A sense signal can occur on each sense line that can be related to the drive signals by an amount of touch present at sense points corresponding to the stimulated drive lines and the sense line. By using processing techniques based on the unique drive signals, an amount of touch corresponding to each sense point can be extracted from the sense signal.; The touch sensing methods and devices can be incorporated into interfaces for a variety of electronic devices such as a desktop, tablet, notebook, and handheld computers, personal digital assistants, media players, and mobile telephones.

公开(公告)号：GB2453190B

公开(公告)日：2012-08-22

申请号：GB0808779

申请日：2008-05-15

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： HOTELLING STEVE PORTER ,  ZHONG JOHN Z

IPC: G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/041

Abstract: A substantially transparent mutual-capacitance touch sensor panel is disclosed having sensors fabricated on a single side of a substrate for detecting multi-touch events. Substantially transparent row and column traces can be formed on the same side of the substrate, separated by a thin dielectric material, using diamond, rectangular, or hexagonal rows and columns. Dummy shapes of the same material as the row and column traces can be formed alongside the rows and columns to provide optical uniformity. The metal traces in the border areas used to route the rows to the short edge of the substrate can also be formed on the same side of the substrate as the rows and columns. The metal traces can allow both the rows and columns to be routed to the same short edge of the substrate so that a small flex circuit can be bonded to only one side of the substrate.

公开(公告)号：AU2011201721B2

公开(公告)日：2012-08-02

申请号：AU2011201721

申请日：2011-04-18

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： HOTELLING STEVE PORTER ,  LAND BRIAN RICHARDS ,  HAMBLIN MARK ARTHUR ,  TAN TANG YEW

IPC: G06F3/044

Abstract: A multi-touch sensor panel is disclosed that can include a glass subassembly having a plurality of column traces of substantially transparent conductive material that can be formed on the back side, wherein the glass subassembly can also act as a cover 5 that can be touched on the front side. Row traces of the same or different substantially transparent conductive material can then be located near the column traces, and a layer of dielectric material can be coupled between the column traces and the row traces. The row and column traces can be oriented to cross over each other at crossover locations separated by the dielectric material, and the crossover locations can form mutual 0 capacitance sensors for detecting one or more touches on the front side of the glass subassembly.

公开(公告)号：GB2450208B

公开(公告)日：2012-05-02

申请号：GB0808784

申请日：2008-05-15

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： HOTELLING STEVE PORTER

IPC: G06F3/048