Display with touch sensing system

• US 9,432,017 B2
• Filed: 09/25/2012
• Issued: 08/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Ledak, Stephen M, Webb, Steven L, Rossing, David P, Zhou, Xiaoqi
• Primary Examiner(s): Wang, Quan-Zhen
• Assistant Examiner(s): Zheng, Xuemei
• Application Number:
  US13/626,180
• Publication Number:
  US 20140084990A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,435 Days
• Field of Search: 345/173, 345/179
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 17/96 Touch switches specially adapted for electronic time-pieces with no moving parts G04G21/08
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 17/962 Capacitive touch switches
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 17/9645 Resistive touch switches
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 2217/960755 Constructional details of capacitive touch and proximity switches
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 2217/960785 with illumination

Abstract

In one embodiment, a kit for making a touch-sensitive personalized display includes a first medium that is foldable according to score lines to form a cavity. The first medium includes an adhesion surface to receive a personalized second medium, and a back surface opposite the adhesion surface. The second medium includes a personalization surface to receive a user selected-image, and includes a rear surface opposite the personalization surface to adhere to the first medium'"'"'s adhesion surface. The kit includes a conductive touch sensing system to detect a user touch at the personalization surface and to trigger an action at an electronic device responsive to detection of the touch.

Claims

1. A kit for making of a touch-sensitive personalized display, comprising:

a first medium foldable according to score lines to form a cavity, the first medium including;

an adhesion surface to receive a personalized second medium,

a removable liner positioned on the adhesion surface, and

a back surface opposite the adhesion surface;

the personalized second medium including a personalization surface to receive an image, and including a rear surface opposite the personalization surface to be adhered to the first medium'"'"'s adhesion surface after removal of the removable liner;

a conductive touch sensing system to detect a touch at the personalization surface and to trigger an action at an electronic device responsive to detection of the touch, the conductive touch sensing system comprising a number of conductive elements embedded into the first medium;

a support member for insertion into the display adjacent to the back surface and within the cavity; and

a number of spacers placed between the support member and the back surface of the first medium;

wherein the spacers form a space within the cavity between the back surface of the first medium and the support member to prevent the support member from touching the number of conductive elements.

2. The kit of claim 1, wherein the first medium includes a center portion having at least three extensions, and each extension is to be folded at least three times according to the score lines on the extension.

3. The kit of claim 1, wherein the image is to be printed to the personalization surface using a digital printer chosen from a thermal inkjet printer, a piezoelectric inkjet printer, an electrophotographic printer, and a liquid electrophotographic printer.

4. The kit of claim 1, wherein the conductive touch sensing system includes:

a voltage application component and a signal process electronically connected to the number of conductive elements;

the voltage application component, to apply a voltage to the number of conductive elements;

the signal processor, to detect an electrical change within the number of conductive elements caused by a touch, and to interpret the electrical change to identify a command to trigger the action, and to send the command to the device; and

an interface to connect the signal processor with the electronic device.

5. The kit of claim 4, wherein the electrical change is a change in capacitance.

6. The kit of claim 4, wherein the electrical change is a change in resistance or conductance.

7. The kit of claim 4, wherein the electrical change is a change in voltage.

8. The kit of claim 4, wherein the conductive element includes a conductive ink applied to the personalization surface at a command target area.

9. The kit of claim 4, wherein the conductive element includes a conductive ink applied to the personalization surface to form a grid or other pattern that encompasses a plurality of command target areas.

10. The kit of claim 4, wherein the conductive element includes a conductive wire or conductive tape embedded in, attached to, or attachable to the first medium, to detect a touch at a command target area.

11. The kit of claim 4, wherein the conductive element includes a conductive wire or conductive tape embedded in, attached to, or attachable to the first medium to form a grid or other pattern of that encompasses a plurality of command target areas.

12. The kit of claim 4, wherein the signal processor is positioned within the cavity.

13. The kit of claim 4, wherein the electrical change is a first electrical change and the command is a first command;

further comprising a database associating electrical changes with commands to trigger actions at the electronic device; and

wherein the signal processor identifies the first command by associating the first command with the first electrical change via the database.

14. A touch-sensitive personalized display, comprising:

a first medium including;

a front surface and an opposed back surface and at least three sides, and

an extension for each of the sides, with each extension folded towards the back surface at least three times according to score lines to form a cavity;

a second medium adhered to the front surface, the medium including a personalization surface upon which an image has been printed via a digital printer, and including a rear surface opposite the personalization surface that was adhered to the first medium'"'"'s back surface;

a conductive touch sensing system comprising a number of conductive elements positioned at least partially within the cavity, to trigger an action at an electronic device; and

a support member for insertion into the display adjacent to the back surface and within the cavity and separated from the back surface a distance by a number of spacers forming a space into which a portion of the number of conductive elements and associated electrical wires connecting the number of conductive elements to an application component and a signal processor fits.

15. The display of claim 14, wherein the electrical change is a change in capacitance, resistance, conductance, or voltage along the conductive element.

16. The display of claim 14, wherein the conductive element includes a conductive ink, conductive wire, or conductive tape applied to the personalization surface at a command target area.

17. The display of claim 14, wherein the conductive element includes a conductive ink, conductive wire, or conductive tape applied to the personalization surface to form a grid or other pattern that encompasses a plurality of command target areas.

18. The display of claim 14, wherein the personalization surface designates a plurality of command target areas, with each area having an associated conductive element to detect a touch within that area.

19. A kit for making a touch-sensitive personalized display to function as an, comprising:

a first medium foldable according to score lines to form a cavity, the first medium including;

an adhesion surface to receive a personalized second medium, and

a back surface opposite the adhesion surface;

a center portion having at least three extensions, and each extension is to he folded at least three times according to the score lines on the extension;

the second medium including a personalization surface to receive an image, and including a rear surface opposite the personalization surface to be adhered to the first medium'"'"'s adhesion surface;

a conductive touch sensing system to detect a touch at the personalization surface and to trigger an action at an electronic device responsive to detection of the touch, the conductive touch sensing system to be attached to the back surface, and including;

a conductive element electronically connected to or connectable to a voltage application component and a signal processor;

the voltage application component, to apply a voltage to the conductive element;

the signal processor, to detect an electrical change within the conductive element caused by a touch, and to interpret the electrical change to identify a command to trigger the action, and to send the command to the device; and

an interface to connect the signal processor with the electronic device; and

a support member for insertion into the cavity and separated from the back surface of the first medium by a number of spacers, wherein a space is created between the support member and the back surface by a number of spacers that form a cavity into which a portion of the conductive element fits.