Touch panel device
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1. A touch panel device comprising:
- a substrate including a rectangular detection range on which a first pair of two opposing sides, which are parallel to each other, and a second pair of two opposing sides, which are parallel to each other, are provided;
a plurality of excitation elements, arranged only on the first pair of the two opposing sides for respectively exciting surface acoustic waves; and
a plurality of receiving elements, arranged only on the second pair of the two opposing sides for respectively receiving the surface acoustic waves which propagate along straight lines joining between the respective excitation elements and the respective receiving elements, which face one another, in two diagonal directions,said touch panel device being characterized by;
transmitting surface acoustic waves from the respective plurality of excitation elements in the two diagonal directions respectively, and receiving the surface acoustic waves from the two diagonal directions by the respective plurality of receiving elements, thus propagating surface acoustic waves across said substrate, between the facing excitation elements and receiving elements; and
detecting a position of an object in contact with said substrate, based on received results in said receiving elements.
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A plurality of excitation elements are disposed on two facing sides of a quadrilateral detection range in a non-piezoelectric substrate, and a plurality of receiving elements are disposed on the other two sides of the detection range so as to face the excitation elements respectively. Surface acoustic waves are transmitted from the respective plurality of excitation elements in two diagonal directions of the detection range respectively, and the surface acoustic waves from the two diagonal directions are received by the respective receiving elements, so that a position of an object in contact with the substrate is detected based on received results in the receiving elements.
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1. A touch panel device comprising:
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a substrate including a rectangular detection range on which a first pair of two opposing sides, which are parallel to each other, and a second pair of two opposing sides, which are parallel to each other, are provided; a plurality of excitation elements, arranged only on the first pair of the two opposing sides for respectively exciting surface acoustic waves; and a plurality of receiving elements, arranged only on the second pair of the two opposing sides for respectively receiving the surface acoustic waves which propagate along straight lines joining between the respective excitation elements and the respective receiving elements, which face one another, in two diagonal directions, said touch panel device being characterized by; transmitting surface acoustic waves from the respective plurality of excitation elements in the two diagonal directions respectively, and receiving the surface acoustic waves from the two diagonal directions by the respective plurality of receiving elements, thus propagating surface acoustic waves across said substrate, between the facing excitation elements and receiving elements; and detecting a position of an object in contact with said substrate, based on received results in said receiving elements.
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Current AssigneeFujitsu Limited
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Original AssigneeFujitsu Limited
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InventorsMatsuda, Takashi, Satoh, Yoshio, Sano, Satoshi, Nakazawa, Fumihiko
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Primary Examiner(s)Beck; Alexander S.
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Application NumberUS11/401,280Publication NumberTime in Patent Office1,477 DaysField of Search178/18.01, 178/18.04, 257/254, 310/313.R, 310/313.A, 310/313.B, 310/313.C, 310/313.D, 345/173, 345/177US Class Current345/177CPC Class CodesG06F 3/0436 in which generating transdu...
