CURVED TOUCH PANEL, METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH THE SAME
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A method for fabricating a capacitive curved touch panel is provided for solving the problems of the conventional methods, i.e., unsuitableness of the methods for mass production and fabricating large touch panels and touch panels of complicated curved surface shapes. The method includes the steps of (a) preparing a patterned plate 13 by forming an electrode layer having a plurality of electrode regions 15 on a thermoplastic resin plate 11 with an electrically-conductive ink comprised of an electrically-conductive substance and a binder, (b) preparing a soft curved product 21 by heating to soften the patterned plate 13 and shaping the softened patterned plate on a die 22, and (c) cooling or allowing to cool the soft curved product to make the touch panel.
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11. A method for fabricating a capacitive touch panel having a curved touch surface, comprising the steps of:
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(a) preparing a patterned plate by forming an electrode layer having a plurality of electrode regions on a thermoplastic resin plate with an electrically-conductive ink comprised of an electrically-conductive substance and a binder; (b) heating and softening said patterned plate, and shaping said patterned plate into a soft curved product; and (c) cooling or allowing to cool said soft curved product to make said touch panel. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A display system comprising:
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a curved capacitive touch panel having a curved touch surface, said touch panel including a patterned plate formed of a light-scattering thermoplastic resin plate; and
an electrode layer having a plurality of electrode regions on the thermoplastic resin plate electrically separated from each other, said electrode regions being formed of an electrically-conductive ink comprised of an electrically-conductive substance and a binder;an image memory unit for storing an image data therein; a computer for transmitting the image data; an image projection unit for producing a projected image from the image data transmitted by the computer; a light-path-reflecting mirror for reflecting the projected image projected from the image projection unit; and a touch panel controller for monitoring a change of a capacitance in the electrode regions, the touch panel controller connecting electrically to the electrode regions of the tough panel, wherein the touch panel displays the projected image reflected by the light-path-reflecting mirror, and the touch panel controller transmits a touch signal to the computer when the change of the capacitance is detected, and the computer executes a predetermined processing when the touch signal is received. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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