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Touch controlled display device

  • US 20070040810A1
  • Filed: 08/18/2005
  • Published: 02/22/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A display device comprising:

  • a body having an opening to a display receiving area;

    a display joined to the display receiving area;

    a generally transparent contact element positioned between the opening and the display so that at least a part of an image presented by the display is viewed through the contact element;

    at least two force sensitive elements between the contact element and the display receiving area, each force sensitive element adapted to generate a signal when a force has been applied to the contact element;

    a controller to receive the signals and to determine a user input action based upon the signals received; and

    wherein the force sensitive elements are adapted to detect the application of force along different axes and to generate signals that the controller can use to determine when a force has been applied to the contact element and along which of the different axes the force has been applied.

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