Wistron Corporation

Tung-Yang Tang

Hua-Min Tseng

Wen-Hua Chang

Tzu-Chieh Huang

Sweehan J H Yang

Yong-Yu Chen

A touch panel including a substrate and a touch element is provided. The substrate has a first predetermined number of touch areas. Each of the touch areas has a second predetermined number of sub touch areas. The touch element includes a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes, a plurality of third electrodes and the first predetermined number of fourth electrodes. Multiple of the first electrodes arranged along a first direction and corresponding to different sub touch areas are electrically connected, multiple of the second electrodes arranged along a second direction and corresponding to different sub touch areas are electrically connected, and multiple of the third electrodes corresponding to different touch areas are electrically connected.

Touch panel having multiple electrodes with reduced number of pins

A touch panel including a substrate and a touch element is provided. The substrate has a predetermined number of touch areas. The touch element is disposed in the predetermined number of touch areas and includes a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes, and the predetermined number of third electrodes. Each third electrode includes a plurality of third electrode patterns and a plurality of third connection portions. Each third connection portion electrically insulatingly intersects at least one of the first electrodes or at least one of the second electrodes and electrically connects two adjacent third electrode patterns. Several of the first electrodes arranged in a first direction and corresponding to different touch areas are electrically connected, and several of the second electrodes arranged in a second direction and corresponding to different touch areas are electrically connected.

Touch panel for reducing pins required for touch detection

A touch input device includes a planar location sensing board, a depth sensing layer, a first interpretation unit, a second interpretation unit, and a processing unit. The planar location sensing board senses a first electrical variation of different locations in the directions parallel to the planar location sensing board due to an object approaching or touching the planar location sensing board. The depth sensing layer is disposed below the planar location sensing board and separated by a distance from the planar location sensing board. The depth sensing layer senses a second electrical variation corresponding to a degree in which the object presses the planar location sensing board. The first interpretation unit is electrically connected to the planar location sensing board. The second interpretation unit is electrically connected to the depth sensing layer. The processing unit determines a three-dimensional touch location of the object. A touch sensing method is also provided.

Touch input device and touch detecting method

A touch input device including a carrying board, a plurality of first electrode pads, and a plurality of conductive lines is provided. The carrying board includes a plurality of cantilever portions and a plurality of connecting portions. The connecting portions are respectively connected to the cantilever portions. The first electrode pads are respectively disposed on the cantilever portions and configured to sense capacitance variation due to an object approaching or touching the carrying board. The conductive lines extend on the connecting portions and are respectively connected to the first electrode pads. A manufacturing method of a touch input device and a touch sensing method are also provided.

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