Resistive touchscreen with programmable display coversheet
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1. A touchscreen, comprising:
- a substrate having a first conductive region on a top surface thereof; and
a coversheet having a second conductive region on a bottom surface thereof, the coversheet bottom surface facing and spaced apart from the substrate top surface, the coversheet further comprising a programmable display, the coversheet sufficiently flexible that a force applied to the coversheet causes the first and second conductive regions to make electrical contact in a location proximate the applied force.
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Abstract
A resistive touchscreen having a programmable display, such as an emissive display matrix of organic light-emitting diodes, or a reflective electronic paper display, built into the coversheet. The touchscreen may be of any resistive type, including 4-wire, 5-wire, and diode 3-wire. A touch/display system is thus provided in which there is little or no degradation of the displayed image due to image transmission through the internal touch sensor components, and in which the internal touch sensor components may be constructed of opaque materials.
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1. A touchscreen, comprising:
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a substrate having a first conductive region on a top surface thereof; and
a coversheet having a second conductive region on a bottom surface thereof, the coversheet bottom surface facing and spaced apart from the substrate top surface, the coversheet further comprising a programmable display, the coversheet sufficiently flexible that a force applied to the coversheet causes the first and second conductive regions to make electrical contact in a location proximate the applied force. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A touchscreen, comprising:
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a substrate having a top surface;
a coversheet having a bottom surface and a top surface, the coversheet bottom surface facing the substrate top surface;
a first conductive coating provided on the substrate top surface;
a second conductive coating provided on the coversheet bottom surface; and
a programmable display configured to generate images visible from the coversheet top surface, the coversheet sufficiently flexible that a force applied to the coversheet top surface causes the first and second conductive coatings to make electrical contact in a location proximate the applied force. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. A touchscreen, comprising:
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an interior touch sensor; and
an exterior programmable display positioned in registration with the touch sensor such that, when elements displayed by the display are touched, the touch sensor determines a two-dimensional position of the touch on the display. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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