Touch device and touch projection system using the same

• US 9,213,444 B2
• Filed: 08/16/2012
• Issued: 12/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Young Optics, Inc. (Coretronic Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Young Optics, Inc. (Coretronic Corporation)
• Inventors: Chou, Hung-Chih, Chen, Yung-Hsing, Huang, Chien-Jung, Tsai, Chih-Hsien, Lin, Wei-Szu
• Primary Examiner(s): Bost, Dwayne
• Assistant Examiner(s): MARTINEZ QUILES, IVELISSE
• Application Number:
  US13/587,894
• Publication Number:
  US 20130265245A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,216 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0421 by interrupting or reflecting a light beam, e.g. optical touch-screen

Abstract

A touch device including a light guide unit, a light emitting unit, an invisible light filter and an invisible light detector is provided. The light guide unit has at least one light incident surface and a first surface connected to the light incident surface. The light emitting unit is disposed beside the light incident surface and is capable of emitting an invisible light beam. The invisible light filter is contacted tightly with the first surface. The light guide unit is disposed between the invisible light filter and the invisible light detector. Moreover, a touch projection system including the touch device is also provided.

Claims

1. A touch device, comprising:

a light guide unit having at least one light incident surface and a first surface connected to the light incident surface;

a light emitting unit disposed beside the light incident surface and capable of emitting an invisible light beam, wherein the invisible light beam enters the light guide unit from the light incident surface and is transmitted in the light guide unit;

an invisible light filter contacted tightly with the first surface, corresponding to a size of the first surface, and capable of blocking an ambient light beam from entering the touch device, wherein the ambient light beam has a wavelength distribution which substantially corresponds to a wavelength distribution of the invisible light beam;

an invisible light detector capable of detecting the invisible light beam, and the light guide unit disposed between the invisible light filter and the invisible light detector; and

at least one shading unit located above and at an edge of the first surface without contacting physically the light emitting unit, and the invisible light filter is disposed between the shading unit and the first surface, wherein the shading unit is directly contacted with the invisible light filter.

2. The touch device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the invisible light beam is an infrared light beam, and the invisible light detector is an infrared light image capturing unit.

3. The touch device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a flexible transparent substrate, wherein the invisible light filter is disposed between the flexible transparent substrate and the first surface.

4. The touch device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the light guide unit and the invisible light filter are in a curve shape.

5. The touch device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a transmission rate of the invisible light filter of the ambient light beam with the wavelength distribution between 800 nm and 1100 nm is substantially zero, and a transmission rate of the invisible light filter of visible light is substantially 100%.

6. A touch projection system, comprising:

a projection unit capable of providing an image light beam to a screen and;

a touch device disposed on a transmitting path of the image light beam, comprising;

a light guide unit having at least one light incident surface and a first surface connected to the light incident surface;

a light emitting unit disposed beside the light incident surface and capable of emitting an infrared light beam, wherein the infrared light beam enters the light guide unit from the light incident surface and is transmitted in the light guide unit;

an invisible light filter contacted tightly with the first surface, corresponding to a size of the first surface, and capable of blocking an ambient light beam from entering the touch device, wherein a plurality of optical films are laminated to form the invisible light filter, wherein the ambient light beam has a wavelength distribution, which substantially corresponds to a wavelength distribution of the infrared light beam, a transmission rate of the infrared light beam detected on a surface at the opposite side of the first surface of the light guide unit ranges between substantially 30% and 50% when a user touches the invisible light filter; and

an invisible light detector capable of detecting the infrared light beam, the light guide unit disposed between the invisible light filter and the invisible light detector.

7. The touch projection system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the screen is disposed between the projection unit and the light guide unit.

8. The touch projection system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the invisible light filter is disposed between the projection unit and the screen.

9. The touch projection system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the screen is flexible.

10. The touch projection system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the screen has a second surface and a third surface opposite to each other, and the second surface is disposed between the invisible light filter and the third surface, wherein the third surface is an rough surface, the second surface has a plurality of microstructures protruding toward the invisible light filter, and the screen is supported on the invisible light filter through the microstructures.

11. The touch projection system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the screen has a second surface and a third surface opposite to each other, and the third surface is disposed between the light guide unit and the second surface, wherein the third surface is a rough surface.

12. The touch projection system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the invisible light detector is an infrared light image capturing device.

13. The touch projection system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the touch device further comprises:

at least one shading unit located above and at an edge of the first surface without contacting physically the light emitting unit, and the invisible light filter is disposed between the shading unit and the first surface.

14. The touch projection system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the touch device further comprises:

a flexible transparent substrate, and the invisible light filter is disposed between the flexible transparent substrate and the first surface.

15. The touch projection system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the light guide unit and the invisible light filter are in a curve shape.