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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2007
Applicants:
Shinji Sakurai, Matsumoto, JP;
Satoshi Taguchi, Tottori, JP;
Tsukasa Funasaka, Shiojiri, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); G06F 3/043 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A touch panel includes: a first touch panel substrate having a first surface and having a flexibility; a second touch panel substrate arranged a fixed distance away from the first touch panel substrate via spacers, having a second surface that faces the first surface; a position detecting section formed on the first surface, and detecting a position where the first touch panel substrate is being pressed based on changes in surface acoustic waves generated on the first surface; and a resin film formed on the second surface.