ELECTROOPTIC DEVICE HAVING INPUT FUNCTION

• US 20110227847A1
• Filed: 03/15/2011
• Published: 09/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Japan Display West Incorporated (Japan Display Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Yoshiyama, Atsushi
• Granted Patent: US 8,994,668 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0443 using a single layer of sensing electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0446 using a grid-like structure of electrodes in at least two directions, e.g. using row and column electrodes

Abstract

Disclosed herein is an electrooptic device having an input function including: an electrooptic panel; a touch panel having an input position detecting electrode in an input area aligned to an image display area of the electrooptic panel; and a wiring board connected to any one of the electrooptic panel and the touch panel, the wiring board having a touch sensor located outside the input area of the touch panel as viewed from an input surface of the touch panel.

Claims

1. An electrooptic device having an input function comprising:

an electrooptic panel;

a touch panel having an input position detecting electrode in an input area aligned to an image display area of the electrooptic panel; and

a wiring board connected to any one of the electrooptic panel and the touch panel, the wiring board having a touch sensor located outside the input area of the touch panel as viewed from an input surface of the touch panel.

2. The electrooptic device having an input function according to claim 1, wherein:

the touch panel has a translucent board forming the input surface; and

the input position detecting electrode and the touch sensor are located on the back side of the translucent board opposite to the input surface.

3. The electrooptic device having an input function according to claim 1, wherein the wiring board is connected to the touch panel.

4. The electrooptic device having an input function according to claim 3, wherein the touch sensor includes a first touch sensor and a second touch sensor located outside the input area.

5. The electrooptic device having an input function according to claim 4, wherein:

the first touch sensor is located along one end of the input area; and

the second touch sensor is located along the other end of the input area opposite to the first touch sensor.

6. The electrooptic device having an input function according to claim 4, wherein:

the wiring board includes a first wiring board connected to the touch panel, the first wiring board having the first touch sensor, and a second wiring board connected to the touch panel, the second wiring board having the second touch sensor; and

the first wiring board and the second wiring board are electrically connected to each other through wiring formed on the touch panel.

7. The electrooptic device having an input function according to claim 6, wherein the first wiring board is electrically connected to the input position detecting electrode.

8. The electrooptic device having an input function according to claim 6, wherein the first touch sensor and the second touch sensor are electrically connected to a common driving IC.