Coordinate Input Device And Display Apparatus With Coordinate Input Function

• US 20120075230A1
• Filed: 06/28/2010
• Published: 03/29/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Nagata, Yasunari
• Application Number:
  US13/375,205
• Publication Number:
  US 20120075230A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04111 Cross over in capacitive digitiser, i.e. details of structures for connecting electrodes of the sensing pattern where the connections cross each other, e.g. bridge structures comprising an insulating layer, or vias through substrate
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/045 using resistive elements, e.g. a single continuous surface or two parallel surfaces put in contact

Abstract

According to an embodiment, a coordinate input device includes a translucent substrate, a detection electrode pattern, and an adjustment pattern. The detection electrode pattern includes a plurality of detection electrodes for detecting an input location. The detection electrodes are arranged on or above the translucent substrate in at least one direction. The adjustment pattern is formed between the detection electrodes in a planar view and is electrically insulated from the detection electrodes. The adjustment pattern includes the same material as the detection electrodes.

Claims

1. A coordinate input device comprising:

a translucent substrate;

a detection electrode pattern that includes a plurality of detection electrodes for detecting an input location, the detection electrodes being arranged on or above the translucent substrate in at least one direction; and

an adjustment pattern that is formed between the detection electrodes in a planar view and is electrically insulated from the detection electrodes, the adjustment pattern including the same material as the detection electrodes.

2. The coordinate input device according to claim 1, further comprising;

a conductive layer that is set to the reference potential; and

an insulating layer, the conductive layer and the insulating layer being sequentially laminated on or above the translucent substrate, wherein

the detection electrodes and the adjustment pattern are located on or above the insulating layer, and

the adjustment pattern includes a conductive material and is electrically connected to the conductive layer.

3. The coordinate input device according to claim 2, wherein

the insulating layer has a conduction through-hole that passes through the insulating layer in the thickness direction thereof, and

the adjustment pattern and the conductive layer are connected to each other via the conduction through-hole.

4. The coordinate input device according to claim 1, further comprising;

a conductive layer that is set to the reference potential; and

an insulating layer, the conductive layer and the insulating layer being sequentially laminated on or above the translucent substrate, wherein

the detection electrodes are located on or above the insulating layer, and

the adjustment pattern includes a conductive material and is located on or above the conductive layer.

5. The coordinate input device according to claim 4, wherein

the insulating layer has a through-hole that passes through the insulating layer in the thickness direction thereof, and

the adjustment pattern is formed on or above the conductive layer within the through-hole.

6. The coordinate input device according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of the adjustment pattern is substantially the same as that of the detection electrode.

7. The coordinate input device according to claim 1, wherein

the detection electrode pattern includes a first detection electrode pattern in which first detection electrodes are arranged in a first direction and a second detection electrode pattern in which second detection electrodes are arranged in a second direction, and

the adjustment pattern is located, in a planar view, between the adjacent first detection electrodes, between the adjacent second detection electrodes, and between the adjacent first and second detection electrodes.

10. The coordinate input device according to claim 1, wherein the detection electrode pattern includes a first detection electrode pattern in which first detection electrodes are arranged in a first direction and a second detection electrode pattern in which second detection electrodes are arranged in a second direction,

the first detection electrode pattern and the second detection electrode pattern have an intersection area where the first and second detection electrode patterns intersect with each other, and

the adjustment pattern has a sharp edge that becomes narrow in a planar view as the adjustment pattern approaches the intersection area.

11. The coordinate input device according to claim 1, wherein the adjustment pattern has a circular edge in a planar view.

8. A coordinate input device comprising:

a translucent substrate;

a detection electrode pattern that includes a plurality of detection electrodes for detecting an input location, the detection electrodes being arranged on or above the translucent substrate in at least one direction; and

an adjustment pattern that is formed between the detection electrodes in a planar view and is electrically insulated from the detection electrodes, the adjustment pattern having the same optical translucency as that of the detection electrodes.

9. A coordinate input device comprising:

a translucent substrate;

a detection electrode pattern that includes a plurality of detection electrodes for detecting an input location, the detection electrodes being arranged on or above the translucent substrate in at least one direction; and

an adjustment pattern that is formed between the detection electrodes in a planar view and is electrically insulated from the detection electrodes, the adjustment pattern having the same optical reflectivity as that of the detection electrodes.

12. A display apparatus with a coordinate input function, comprising:

a translucent substrate;

a detection electrode pattern that includes a plurality of detection electrodes for detecting an input location, the detection electrodes being arranged on or above the translucent substrate in at least one direction;

an adjustment pattern that is formed between the detection electrodes in a planar view and is electrically insulated from the detection electrodes, the adjustment pattern including the same material as the detection electrodes; and

a display panel that is opposed to the detection electrodes and the adjustment pattern.