| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 178180050 | Resistive | 17 |
| 20080271933 | Tactile Sensor and Tactile Sensor Application Apparatus - A tactile sensor for detecting a variation in pressing real-time. The tactile sensor is simple in structure, detects a variation in pressing by using reduced wires, has increased reliability and reduced cost, and can obtain information accurately. A sheet has, along its surface, resistors arranged in an X direction and Y direction, has a resistor in Z direction corresponding to the thickness direction of the sheet, and has a pressure sensitive resistor sheet ( | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080296073 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING COORDINATES OF SIMULTANEOUS TOUCHES ON A TOUCH SENSOR PAD - Apparatuses and methods are provided for determining coordinates of simultaneous touches on a touch sensor pad. A touch sensor pad includes a first plurality of resistive sensor strips on a first resistive sheet and a second plurality of resistive sensor strips on a second resistive sheet. A user touches the touch sensor pad at multiple locations simultaneously. A controller of the touch sensor pad determines coordinates of each of the multiple locations of touch independently of other touches. To determine coordinates for a touch, the controller identifies a first strip of the first plurality of resistive sensor strips of the first resistive sheet making contact with a second strip of the second plurality of resistive sensor strips of the second resistive sheet in response to the touch. The controller measures voltages of the strips to determine coordinates of the touch and measures resistance shifts in the strips due to touches to determine contact area of the touch which correlates to the types of objects causing the touch and the pressure of the touch. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080314654 | Position Transducer - A position transducer having first and second spaced apart resistive surfaces ( | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090020343 | Resistive force sensor with capacitive discrimination - A resistive force sensor with capacitive discrimination is disclosed. According to an example of the disclosure, a sensor is directed to detect resistance and capacitance in an alternating fashion, the resistance indicating a force being applied to an input area of a device, and the capacitance indicating a proximity of a body part to the input area of the device, and the detected resistance and capacitance are utilized to determine whether the body part has pressed the input area of the device. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090120696 | DEFORMABLE SENSOR SYSTEM - To provide a deformable sensor system, which makes it possible to obtain a pressure distribution with a much higher accuracy, while reducing the number of electrodes. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090152023 | HYBRID TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD MAKING THEREOF - The present invention provides a hybrid touch panel, which comprises a first conductive module, a second conductive module, and a spacer layer. The first conductive module has a first conductive layer having at least a first resistive touching area, and at least a capacitive touching area. The second conductive module has a second conductive layer having at least a second resistive touching area corresponding to the first resistive touching area respectively. The spacer layer coupled to the first resistive touching area and the second resistive touching area has spacer dots disposed therebetween. The present invention further provides a method for making the hybrid touch panel, wherein the first resistive touching area and the capacitive touching area are formed on the first conductive layer simultaneously so as to integrate the resistive control and capacitive control on the same touch panel for increasing the diversity of the touching control. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090159343 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel is provided. The touch panel includes a resistance panel module and a detecting module. The resistance panel module includes a first conducting path and a second conducting path. When an event of multiple-point touching occurs, the first conducting path is electrically connected to the second conducting path. The detecting module is coupled to the touch panel. The detecting module detects a variation of the resistance value between the first conducting path and the second conducting path to estimate the event of multiple-point touching. Therefore, the variation of the resistance value can serve as an input signal of an interface between humans and machines to control an electronic device. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090266624 | COORDINATE DETECTION APPARATUS - In a coordinate detection apparatus, a resistance-film is formed on a substrate made of an insulating material. A common electrode applies a voltage to the resistance-film, the common electrode extending along a plurality of a resistance-film removal areas formed by removing portions of the resistance-film. A voltage application part applies the voltage to the common electrode. The voltage is applied from the voltage application part to the resistance-film through the common electrode to generate a potential distribution in the resistance-film. A coordinate position of a contact position at which the resistance-film is contacted is detected by detecting a potential of the resistance-film at the contact position. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090283339 | COORDINATE DETECTING DEVICE - A coordinate detecting device includes a resistive film formed over a substrate; and a common electrode formed over the resistive film for applying a voltage to the resistive film. The coordinate detecting device generates potential distribution in the resistive film by applying the voltage to the resistive film from the common electrode and detects a coordinate of a contact position of the resistive film by detecting a potential of the contact position of the resistive film. The substrate is formed of an insulator in a square shape. The common electrode is formed along an edge part of the substrate. The resistive film under the common electrode has one or more areas where the resistive film does not exist. An L-shaped resistive film absent area where the resistive film does not exist is provided in one or more corners of the substrate and on the same side of the common electrode as a side where a center of the substrate is situated. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090314551 | TOUCH PANEL - An analog resistive-film touch panel comprises: a plurality of transparent conductive film regions arranged along a given direction on a first member, wherein the transparent conductive film regions are formed on a surface facing a second member, and adjacent transparent conductive film regions are electrically insulated from each other; driving electrode pairs respectively provided in the transparent conductive film regions; a detection electrode pair formed on the second member whose surface facing the first member is coated with a transparent conductive film, wherein electrodes forming the detection electrode pair are arranged so as to face each other in a direction orthogonal to the direction in which electrodes forming each of the driving electrode pairs face each other; and discriminating means for discriminating, based on a voltage value detected via the detection electrode pair, which of the plurality of transparent conductive film regions has been caused to touch the transparent conductive film on the second member. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100059293 | RESISTIVE FILM TYPE INPUT DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE WITH INPUT FUNCTION, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A resistive film type input device includes: a resistive film which is formed on a surface of the first insulating substrate opposed to the second insulating substrate; feeding electrodes which apply a voltage to the resistive film on the first insulating substrate; a detecting electrode films which are formed on a surface of the second insulating substrate are in an electrically floating state; and a potential detecting unit which detects a potential of a contact location of the resistive film through the detecting electrode film contacted to the resistive film among the detecting electrode films by pressing against. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100078231 | Dual-side integrated touch panel structure - A dual-side integrated touch panel structure is provided. The structure comprises a capacitive touch panel and a resistive touch panel. The backs of the touch panels are adhered together via an adhesive layer so the touch panel structure can be used on two sides and operate two functions. Also, to simplify the structure, conductive layers of different functions are disposed on the two sides of the same substrate. This allows the structure to use one less substrate and one less adhesive layer, and keeps the structure thin. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100206643 | Input Device - A resistive input pad that can be used as a keypad and/or a touchpad comprises a top surface layer with a plurality of resistive sensing pads disposed below the top surface layer. The top surface extends continuous over the surface of the input pad. The number of resistive sensing pads does not need to match the number of keys that are distinguishable by the keypad print on the top surface layer. The grid formed by the resistive sensing pads can be more or less fine than the grid formed by the keys as defined by the keypad print. With a sufficiently fine array of resistive sensing pads the input pad can be used for navigational and drawing purposes similar to a conventional touchpad. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20110005844 | TOUCH PANEL AND MULTI-TOUCH DETECTING METHOD THEREOF - A multi-touch detecting method is adapted for detecting locations of touched points on a touch panel including first and second conductive films, and includes following steps. First measuring points of the first conductive film distributed along X-axis of a Cartesian plane are scanned, and x-components are determined accordingly. Second measuring points of the second conductive film distributed along Y-axis of the Cartesian plane are scanned, and y-components are determined accordingly. A first voltage is applied to the first conductive film, and A second voltage is applied to at least one of the second measuring points with the location on the Y-axis adjacent to or overlapping one of the y-components. Voltages at the first measuring points with the locations on the X-axis adjacent to or overlapping the x-components are measured sequentially and one of the y-components and one of the x-components are outputted. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110011651 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING TERMINAL CONNECTION OF 4-TERMINAL OR 5-TERMINAL RESISTIVE TOUCH PANEL - A device and method for detecting connections of a 4- or 5-terminal resistive touch panel are disclosed. The device includes five terminals and a detecting unit. When the five terminals are connected to the touch panel, the detecting unit provides a high potential and a low potential to first and last of the five terminals, respectively, thereby determining whether the touch panel is a 4- or 5-terminal resistive touch panel by determining if there is a closed circuit between the two terminals. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110067933 | TOUCH-CONTROL APPARATUS - A touch-control apparatus includes a touch-control unit, a sensing unit and an auxiliary voltage supplying unit. The touch-control unit has a touch-control substrate and at least one touch-control electrode layer, which is disposed on a surface of the touch-control substrate. The sensing unit is connected with the touch-control electrode layer of the touch-control unit and outputs a charging signal according to a power signal. The auxiliary voltage supplying unit outputs an auxiliary charging signal to a sensing conductive bar of the touch-control electrode layer, so that the sensing efficiency of the touch-control apparatus can be improved due to the auxiliary charging signal. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20130043081 | MULTI-FUNCTION TOUCH PANEL - A multi-function touch panel includes a transparent substrate and an opaque color frame formed by an edge of the substrate so as to form a visible area and a shelter area on the substrate. A transparent touch sensing unit is formed to the visible area on a surface of the substrate. A signal wiring under the shelter area is formed around the touch sensing unit. The signal wiring is electrically connected between the touch sensing unit and a first signal bus. A flat antenna is insulatedly formed outside the signal wiring under the shelter area. Two ends of the flat antenna are electrically connected to a second signal bus. The color frame is made of insulated material. The first signal bus and the second signal bus are integrated as one signal bus. | 02-21-2013 |
