Touch panel integrated type display apparatus

• US 7,123,243 B2
• Filed: 04/01/2003
• Issued: 10/17/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
• Original Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
• Inventors: Nakada, Hitoshi, Kawasaki, Kenichi, Tsuchida, Masami
• Primary Examiner(s): Chang, Kent
• Assistant Examiner(s): PHAM, TAMMY T
• Application Number:
  US10/402,957
• Publication Number:
  US 20030184528A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,295 Days
• Field of Search: 345/691, 345/173, 345/169
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/13338 Input devices, e.g. touch panels
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1637 Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1684 Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/169 the I/O peripheral being an integrated pointing device, e.g. trackball in the palm rest area, mini-joystick integrated between keyboard keys, touch pads or touch stripes G06F1/1643 takes precedence; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

A touch panel integrated type display apparatus has a display portion on one surface and a touch panel on the other surface. An input screen for operating the touch panel is displayed on a display plane of the display portion, and an operating position of the touch panel recognizable on the display plane referring to the input screen.

Claims

1. A touch panel integrated display apparatus comprising:

a display portion provided on one surface of the touch panel integrated display apparatus, the display portion having a first display plane; and

a touch panel provided on the other surface of the touch panel integrated display apparatus,

wherein a first input screen for operating the touch panel is displayed on the first display plane of the display portion, and

an operation position on the touch panel is recognizable on the first display plane referring to the first input screen,

wherein the display portion comprises an organic EL display device, and

wherein the touch panel is provided with a second display plane on the other surface of the touch panel integrated display apparatus for displaying a second input screen, and the touch panel is made operable by touching to the second input screen displayed on the second display plane of the touch panel.

2. A touch panel integrated display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the touch panel and the display portion have optical transparency so that the operation position on the touch panel is visually recognizable from the display portion.

3. A touch panel integrated display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a detector for detecting front and rear orientation of the touch panel and the display portion, wherein one of the touch panel and the display portion is a front surface and the other is a rear surface; and

a switching section for switching an angle of view of an organic EL based on a detection result of the detector.

4. A touch panel integrated display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display portion comprises a liquid crystal display device.

5. A touch panel integrated display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display portion comprises a liquid crystal display device having an illuminating section, and

the illuminating section is disposed at the end portion of the touch panel integrated display apparatus.

6. A touch panel integrated display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an indicator that follows an operation on the touch panel is displayed on the first or second display plane whereby the operation position on the touch panel is recognizable by the indicator.

7. A touch panel integrated display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a changing section for changing the arrangement of the input screen displayed on the first or second display plane according to an operation mode of the touch panel.