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Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016

Filed:

Jul. 23, 2013
Applicant:

Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin, KR;

Inventors:

Won-ki Hong, Suwon-si, KR;

SeungHo Nam, Seongnam-si, KR;

Jaeho You, Gwangmyeong-si, KR;

Assignee:

Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/042 (2006.01); G06F 3/03 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/042 (2013.01); G06F 3/0321 (2013.01); G06F 3/03542 (2013.01);
Abstract

An optical touch system includes: a coordinate processor; a display device; and an optical element. The optical element is configured to emit light towards the display device and provide information about reflected light corresponding to a portion of the emitted light to the coordinate processor. The display device includes: a display panel configured to display an image, a touch substrate disposed on the display panel, the touch substrate including optical recesses each configured to reflect respectively different amounts of incident light, and a protective layer disposed on the touch substrate. The coordinate processor is configured to determine a touch or near-touch coordinate based on the information received from the optical element.


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