TOUCH-SENSITIVE DATA CARRIER AND METHOD

• US 20140354594A1
• Filed: 12/17/2012
• Published: 12/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Touchpac Holdings LLC
• Original Assignee: Touchpac Holdings LLC
• Inventors: Kreutzer, Andr, Meissner, Ronny
• Application Number:
  US14/365,779
• Publication Number:
  US 20140354594A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/174
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/36 by graphic or iconic representation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2153 Using hardware token as a secondary aspect
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/063 the carrier being marginally punched or notched, e.g. having elongated slots
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 21/003 using tactile presentation of the information, e.g. Braille displays

Abstract

The invention relates to a system for triggering at least one touch event on a resistive and/or capacitive input interface. The system comprises at least one layer of an electrically nonconductive medium, and contact surfaces are present on the medium as geometric shapes and/or lines, said medium being in contact with the input interface.

Claims

1. A system for triggering at least one touch event on a device having a capacitive and/or resistive input interface, wherein the system comprises at least one layer of an electrically nonconductive medium, the medium has touch areas present on it in the form of geometrical shapes and the medium is in contact with the input interface, the medium being a material selected from the group comprising plastic, paper, card, glass, textiles or a combination of these.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein a piece of information pertaining to the operator control of the touch areas is present on the medium and/or the appliance.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein the geometrical shapes and/or lines are realized additively or subtractively.

4. The system as claimed in one or more of the preceding claims, wherein the electrically nonconductive medium additionally has regions of electrically conductive regions present on it.

5. The system as claimed in one or more of the preceding claims, wherein a plurality of layers of an electrically nonconductive medium are in contact with the input interface in combination, particularly next to one another and/or above one another.

6. The system as claimed in one or more of the preceding claims, wherein the medium and/or the input interface has operator control elements.

7. The system as claimed in one or more of the preceding claims, wherein at least one positioning means is present on or in the medium.

8. The system as claimed in one or more of the preceding claims, wherein the medium has haptic, visual or tactile operator control elements selected from the group comprising

a. Change in a surface structure of the material of the medium

b. Relief and/or embossment on the medium

c. Different materials

d. Printed regions

e. Cutouts

f. Punchings from the medium and/or

g. Perforations.

9. The system as claimed in one or more of the preceding claims, wherein the operator control elements, positioning means and/or the touch areas have at least one layer of an electrically conductive material.

11. A method for triggering at least one touch event on an input interface comprising the following steps:

a. A layer of the medium as claimed in one or more of claims 1 to 9 is brought into contact with a touch-sensitive area of an input interface,

b. at least one touch event is triggered on the input interface by means of the conductive regions,

c. the conductive regions of the medium are recognized,

d. the operator control elements are aligned on the touch-sensitive area of the input interface,

e. the functionalities of the operator control elements are activated,

f. at least one further touch event is triggered by a user on the touch-sensitive area of the input interface.

13. The method as claimed in one or more of the preceding claims, wherein the touch(es) is/are effected statically, dynamically, once, repeatedly, simultaneously and/or in a manner staggered over time.

14. The method as claimed in one or more of the preceding claims, wherein the touch areas to be touched and an order for the touch are indicated by the input interface and/or the medium.

15. The use of a system as claimed in claims 1 to 9 for triggering an action and/or an event on an electrical appliance that has an input interface.

16. The use as claimed in claim 15, wherein the medium and/or appliance indicates the regions to be touched and the order/type/gesture of the touch.

10. A method for triggering at least one touch event on an input interface comprising the following steps:

a. at least one layer of an electrically nonconductive medium is brought into contace with a touch-sensitive area of an input interface,

b. at least one geometrical shape that is present on the layer is touched using an electrically conductive or nonconductive means, and

c. at least one touch event is triggered on the input interface.

12. The method as claimed in claim 10 or 11 for triggering an action and/or an event on an electrical appliance that has an input interface.