Extended Touchscreen Pattern
First Claim
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a touchscreen including a first conductor aligned in a first direction and a second conductor aligned in a second direction; and
wherein;
the first conductor and the second conductor are separated by a dielectric material;
the first conductor includes a first area;
the second conductor includes a second area and an extended second area coupled to the second area; and
the second area and the extended second area are complementarily aligned with the first area.
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Abstract
Extended touchscreen pattern. A conductive pattern implemented within a touchscreen (e.g., using indium tin oxide (ITO) such as may be deposited on a substrate composed of polyester or some other material) provides paths for signals traveling through the touchscreen. By monitoring these signal in accordance with some means (e.g., cross point detection, zone detection, etc.) an estimate may be made as to a location of user'"'"'s interaction with the touchscreen (e.g., finger or stylus touching of the touchscreen). The conductive pattern includes a number of conductors aligned in various directions (e.g., row and column conductors) across the touchscreen, and they may be co-planar or separated by a dielectric material. A conductor aligned in one direction includes one or more extended areas that complementarily align with a conductor aligned in another direction. The extended areas of one conductor may be viewed as filling voids (e.g., holes, notches, etc.) of another conductor.
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31 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a touchscreen including a first conductor aligned in a first direction and a second conductor aligned in a second direction; and
wherein;the first conductor and the second conductor are separated by a dielectric material; the first conductor includes a first area; the second conductor includes a second area and an extended second area coupled to the second area; and the second area and the extended second area are complementarily aligned with the first area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus, comprising:
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a touchscreen including a first conductor aligned in a first direction and a second conductor aligned in a second direction on a common plane; and
wherein;the first conductor includes a plurality of coupled first areas; the second conductor includes a plurality of coupled second areas; and an extended second area, coupled to at least one of the plurality of coupled second areas, that is complementarily extended into the plurality of coupled first areas. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An apparatus, comprising:
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a touchscreen including a first conductor aligned in a first direction and a second conductor aligned in a second direction; and
wherein;the first conductor includes an opening; and the second conductor includes an area whose size and shape are substantially same as the opening and that is axially aligned with the opening. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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