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Class 178/18.05 - Resistive


Subclass of Class 178 - Telegraphy
Definition: Subject matter wherein position coordinates are determined
No. of applications: 40
Last issue date: 05/24/2012


Application No.Application TitleIssue Date
20120127113FLEXIBLE RESISTIVE TOUCH SENSOR STRUCTURE
A flexible resistive touch sensor structure includes a roll of first and a roll of second flexible transparent substrates, first connection wires, second connection wires, spacer dots and insulation frames. The rolls of first and the second flexible transparent substrat...
05/24/2012
20120007832TOUCH SENSOR DEVICE
A touch sensor device includes first touch pads, each of which is connected with a first bar-type touch pattern and a second bar-type touch pattern by a plurality of bridges and is disposed in a first direction, the first and second bar-type touch patterns being connect...
01/12/2012
20110306303INPUT APPARATUS AND INPUT METHOD USING HUMAN BODY CONTACT
Provided are an input apparatus and an input method using a human body contact in which an electric current at a contacted part of a human body varies at different parts of the human body, and an input corresponding to the measured electric current is sensed....
12/15/2011
20110304585METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SIGNAL DETECTION
A method and device for signal detection is disclosed. At least one detection period is predefined for detecting a signal of a signal source, a differential signal of a pair of signal sources, or a dual-differential signal of three signal sources during at least one clo...
12/15/2011
20110205183TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME
The gap between a first transparent substrate and a second transparent substrate is greater in a terminal region in which a flexible printed circuit and anisotropic conductive films are inserted, than the gap between the first and second transparent substrates in a dete...
08/25/2011
20110148572TOUCH-CONTROL LOCK
A method for operating a touch-control lock system according to a gesture or a figure, comprising steps of: (a) sensing a designated gesture or figure while a user uses his finger touches a touch-control panel of the touch-control lock system and outputting an electroni...
06/23/2011
20110134072RESISTIVE TOUCH PANEL AND DRIVING METHOD THEREFOR
A resistive touch panel includes a first substrate, a second substratem and a driving circuit. A first conductive layer is disposed on the first substrate and includes a first, a second, a third, and a fourth corners which are different from each other. A first, a secon...
06/09/2011
20110067933TOUCH-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 subs...
03/24/2011
20110063245TOUCH APPARATUS AND DISPLAY PANEL THEREOF
A touch apparatus and a display panel thereof are provided. The touch apparatus includes an upper substrate and a lower substrate. The lower substrate at least includes a first selection line, a first readout line intersected with the first selection line, a first condu...
03/17/2011
20110011651METHOD 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...
01/20/2011
20110005844TOUCH 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 pl...
01/13/2011
20110007025TOUCH DEVICE HAVING DIFFERENT POLARIZING DIRECTIONS
A touch device including a first slice and a second slice separated from the first slice is provided. The first slice has a first dielectric layer having conductive properties. The first dielectric layer provides a first polarizing direction. The second slice has a seco...
01/13/2011
20110001720CONDUCTIVE FILM
A conductive film which is excellent in moist heat resistance, conductivity, transparency and coating film strength.

The conductive film comprises a base film and a coating layer formed on the base film by curing a composition comprising: <...

01/06/2011
20100328263RESISTIVE TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR DETECTING TOUCH POINT TYPE
The invention discloses a method for detecting touch point type in a resistive touch panel. The method includes the steps of: connecting the first electrode to a voltage source and connecting the fourth electrode to the ground end when it is determined that a touch poin...
12/30/2010
20100328228TOUCH SENSOR PANEL DESIGN
A touch sensor panel including a plurality of drive lines crossing a plurality of sense lines, forming an array, is disclosed. The plurality of drive lines and the plurality of sense lines are formed by interconnecting a plurality of substantially transparent conductive...
12/30/2010
20100220076Input Device and Display Device Including the Same
An input device includes an insulation layer having a first main surface, and a second main surface positioned on the opposite side of the first main surface, a first detection electrode pattern provided on the first main surface of the insulation layer and arranged alo...
09/02/2010
20100206643Input 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 resist...
08/19/2010
20100182277TOUCH PANEL AND COORDINATES DETECTING METHOD USING TOUCH PANEL
A touch panel includes a lower conductive film, four electrodes disposed in edge portions of four sides of the lower conductive film, and an upper conductive film disposed over the lower conductive film so that the upper and lower conductive films are opposed to each ot...
07/22/2010
20100078231Dual-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 ope...
04/01/2010
20100059293RESISTIVE 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 d...
03/11/2010
20100001977RESISTIVE TOUCH PANEL WITH MULTI-TOUCH RECOGNITION ABILITY
A resistive touch panel with multi-touch recognition ability comprises: a top substrate, configured with at least two conductive electrodes; a bottom substrate, being integrated with the top substrate at a surface where the at least two conductive electrodes are formed;...
01/07/2010
20090314551TOUCH 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 transparen...
12/24/2009
20090283339COORDINATE 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...
11/19/2009
20090266624COORDINATE 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 rem...
10/29/2009
20090256817Method and apparatus for providing input to a processor, and a sensor pad
An apparatus for providing input to a processor includes a sensor pad having a surface and a sensor array for sensing pressure at the surface and producing signals corresponding to the pressure at the surface. The sensor array having columns and rows of electrodes that ...
10/15/2009
20090159343TOUCH 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...
06/25/2009
20090152023HYBRID 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 capac...
06/18/2009
20090120696DEFORMABLE 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.

A deformable sensor 12 comprises an elastic material whose electri...

05/14/2009
20090020343Resistive 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 de...
01/22/2009
20080314654Position Transducer
A position transducer having first and second spaced apart resistive surfaces (22, 24), the first resistive surface (22) being connected to a first pair of spaced apart and substantially parallel electrodes (14) and the second resistive surface (24) being ...
12/25/2008
20080316182Touch Sensor and Method for Operating a Touch Sensor
Touch detection within display devices with a first conductive layer with first and second electrodes, a second conductive layer with third electrodes, a spacer spatially spacing the first conductive layer from the second conductive layer, the first electrodes being arr...
12/25/2008
20080296073METHOD 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 sec...
12/04/2008
20080271933Tactile 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...
11/06/2008
20080185192TOUCH PANEL
A touch panel has a substrate, a touching layer, an interval frame and a moisture resisting assembly. First and second electric conductive layers are formed respectively on opposite surfaces of the substrate and the touching layer. The interval frame is formed between t...
08/07/2008
20080135310POLYTHIOPHENE-BASED LARGE SURFACE DISTRIBUTED PRESSURE SENSORS
The present invention relates to large surface distributed pressure sensors comprising at least two flexible substrates, at least of one of these being entirely or partially coated by a layer of polythiophene containing repetitive structural units with formula (I),

...
06/12/2008
20080073131Control schemes for haptic feedback interface devices
A method is disclosed that includes outputting haptic feedback based on a movement of an object in a first direction from a first position to a second position. The haptic feedback is discontinued when the object is moved in a second direction opposite the first directi...
03/27/2008
20080041641TOUCH SENSOR WITH LINEARIZED RESPONSE
A field linearization pattern and a touch sensor incorporating same are disclosed. The touch sensor includes a polygonal field linearization pattern disposed around a touch sensitive area. The field linearization pattern includes a first side and a second side that inte...
02/21/2008
20070089914Resistive Touch Screen Measurement System
A voltage is generated after a touch screen is touched, and the voltage is transformed into a digital signal for detecting a touch point which the touch screen is touched. A touch sensing system includes a first switch having a first node coupled to a first voltage sour...
04/26/2007
20060279553Force-based input device
Disclosed is an input device comprising (a) a base support, having a periphery and a plurality of apertures formed therein to define a circumscribed or circumscribing input pad configured to displace under the applied force; (b) a plurality of isolated beam segments, de...
12/14/2006
20060207806Anisotropic Touch Screen Element
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 anisotro...
09/21/2006
 
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