LARGE SIZE CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN PANEL
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1. A capacitive touch screen panel (TSP), comprising:
- a plurality of TSP sections assembled in a planar arrangement to provide a unitary user interface area, wherein each one of the plurality of TSP sections is configured for independent activation/deactivation with respect to other ones of the plurality of TSP sections.
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Abstract
A capacitive touch screen panel (TSP) includes multiple TSP sections assembled in a planar arrangement to provide a unitary user interface area. Each one of the TSP sections is configured for independent activation/deactivation with respect to other TSP sections.
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23 Claims
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1. A capacitive touch screen panel (TSP), comprising:
a plurality of TSP sections assembled in a planar arrangement to provide a unitary user interface area, wherein each one of the plurality of TSP sections is configured for independent activation/deactivation with respect to other ones of the plurality of TSP sections. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A capacitive touch screen panel (TSP) comprising a unitary user interface area having a first width, the capacitive TSP comprising:
a plurality of TSP sections assembled in a planar arrangement to provide the unitary user interface area, wherein each one of the plurality of TSP sections has a second width less than the first width, the second width being substantially equal to or less than a maximum touch sensing signal driving distance for a row line extending across the respective TSP section. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A method of receiving user-defined touch data in a system comprising a capacitive touch screen panel (TSP) incorporating a plurality of TSP sections assembled in a planar arrangement to provide a unitary user interface area, the method comprising:
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receiving input data defining a first region of permissible user touch input within the unitary user interface area; and activating a first TSP section within the plurality of TSP sections in response to the definition of the first region of permissible user touch input. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A large size capacitive touch screen panel (TSP), comprising:
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a plurality of TSP sections assembled in a planar arrangement to provide a unitary user interface area, wherein each one of the plurality of TSP sections is configured for independent activation/deactivation with respect to other ones of the plurality of TSP sections; a plurality of sensing units each respectively associated with one of the plurality of TSP sections and configured to provide sense information responsive to user touch data entered via the associated one of the plurality of TSP sections; a power supply unit applying power to each one of the plurality of TSP sections in response to control signals received from a TSP control unit; an analog-to-digital converter configured to receive sense information from the plurality of sensing units and generate corresponding digital sense data; a signal processing unit configured to receive the sense data and after processing pass the sense data to the TSP control unit.
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