TOUCH SCREEN

• US 20120050212A1
• Filed: 11/18/2010
• Published: 03/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Yoo, Dong Sik, Oh, Yong Soo, Lee, Jong Young, Hong, Yun Ki, Lee, Hee Bum, Chae, Kyoung Soo
• Application Number:
  US12/949,599
• Publication Number:
  US 20120050212A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/174
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/045 using resistive elements, e.g. a single continuous surface or two parallel surfaces put in contact

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a touch screen, including: a first transparent electrode formed on a first transparent substrate; a second transparent electrode formed on a second transparent substrate opposite to the first transparent substrate and being in contact with the first transparent electrode when a touched input is generated to sense a change in resistance or voltage; an adhesive layer bonding an outer side of the first transparent substrate to an outer side of the second transparent substrate and having an opening formed therein; and a plurality of dot spacers movably formed in the opening, whereby, it is possible to accurately measure the positions of the touched input due to the movement of the dot spacers by the touched input.

Claims

1. A touch screen, comprising:

a first transparent electrode formed on a first transparent substrate;

a second transparent electrode formed on a second transparent substrate opposite to the first transparent substrate and being in contact with the first transparent electrode when a touched input is generated to sense a change in resistance or voltage;

an adhesive layer bonding an outer side of the first transparent substrate to an outer side of the second transparent substrate and having an opening formed therein; and

a plurality of dot spacers movably formed in the opening.

2. The touch screen as set forth in claim 1, wherein when the touched input is generated, the plurality of dot spacers are moved and closely adhered to each other in the opening and the first transparent electrode is in contact with the second transparent electrode in a touched region that is a space between the plurality of dot spacers.

3. The touch screen as set forth in claim 2, wherein a width of the touched region is 78.5 mm² or less.

4. The touch screen as set forth in claim 1, wherein the dot spacer has a spherical shape.

5. The touch screen as set forth in claim 1, further comprising electrodes formed on each of the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate to apply voltage to the first transparent electrode and the second transparent electrode.

6. The touch screen as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a lubrication member filled in the opening.

7. The touch screen as set forth in claim 1, wherein a diameter of the dot spacer is 20 to 40 μ

m.