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Acoustic touch position sensor using a low acoustic loss transparent substrate

A touch position, sensor technology, applied in instruments, static indicators, mechanical mode conversion, etc., can solve problems such as difficulty in guaranteeing, the amplitude of the received signal is reduced, and the signal-to-noise ratio is large.

Inactive Publication Date: 2004-08-25
ELO TOUCH SOLUTIONS INC
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However, the resulting longer acoustic path length, together with the acoustic losses caused by the two acoustic diffusers, results in a reduced amplitude of the received signal
With such a small signal amplitude, it is difficult to ensure a sufficiently large signal-to-noise ratio for reliable signal processing in a touch sensor that transmits ultrasonic waves through a glass substrate.

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[0178] Example 1 (Prior Technology)

[0179] Utilize a flat soda-lime glass substrate (manufactured by Chuo Glass Co., Ltd., 488 mm (width) × 403 mm (length) × 3.3 mm (thickness)) to manufacture such as figure 1 An ultrasonic touchpad is shown. A Rayleigh wave is excited and propagated in this sonic touchpad. The performance of the touch panel was observed using a controller (Model 5810E100 manufactured by Touch Panel Systems, Inc.). Soda lime glass consists of 71% SiO 2 , 13% Na 2 O, 1% K 2 O, 11% CaO, 2% MgO and 2% Al 2 o 3 (% are by weight). The first component (Na 2 The total content of O, CaO, MgO) is 26% by weight, and the second component (Al 2 o 3 , ZrO 2 ,TiO 2 , B 2 o 3 , Y 2 o 3 , SnO 2 , PbO 2 , In 2 o 3 , K 2 The total content of O) is 3% by weight.

[0180]In the visible light region, the glass substrate had a light transmittance of 91.8% (measured with a haze computer HGM-2D manufactured by Suga Inspection Instrument Co., Ltd.). The abs...

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[0187] In this example, a flat borosilicate glass substrate (Schott under the trade name Tempax TM Sold in a size of 488 mm (width) x 403 mm (length) x 3.3 mm (thickness)) instead of the soda-lime glass substrate in Example 1. The glass substrate consists of 81% SiO 2 , 3% Na 2 O, 1% K 2 O, 13% B 2 o 3 , and 2% Al 2 o 3 (% by weight); the first component (Na 2 The total content of O, CaO, MgO) is 3% by weight, the second component (Al 2 o 3 , ZrO 2 ,TiO 2 , B 2 o 3 , Y 2 o 3 , SnO 2 , PbO 2 , In 2 o 3 , K 2 The total content of O) is 16% by weight.

[0188] In the visible light region, the light transmittance of the glass substrate measured by the method described in Example 1 was 93.0%. This is about 1% higher than the soda lime glass in Ratio 1. In addition, when viewed from the edge, the glass has a yellowish-green color instead of the dark green of ordinary soda-lime glass; thus, the light transmission of this glass can be improved.

[0189] Using th...

example 3

[0194] Use a flat glass substrate (Schott or Desag company, trade name B270-SUPERWITE or B270 TM , size is 488 millimeters (width) * 403 millimeters (length) * 3.3 millimeters (thickness)), replaces the soda lime glass substrate that example 1 uses. The glass substrate consists of 69% SiO 2 , 8% Na 2 O, 8% K 2 O, 7% CaO, 2% BaO, 4% ZnO, 1% TiO 2 and 1% Sb 2 o 3 (% are all by weight). The first component (Na 2 The total content of O, CaO, MgO) is 15% by weight, the second component (Al 2 o 3 , ZrO 2 ,TiO 2 , B 2 o 3 , Y 2 o 3 , SnO 2 , PbO 2 , In 2 o 3 , K 2 The total content of O) is 9% by weight.

[0195] Using the same method as described in Example 1, it was measured that the light transmittance of the glass substrate was 92.8% in the visible light region. This measurement is 1% higher than the ratio 1 soda lime glass. When viewed from the edge, the same yellowish green color as the borosilicate glass of Example 2 is visible, rather than the dark green...

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Abstract

An acoustic touch panel (100) utilizes acoustic waves within a sensor substrate to determine the position of touch. The substrate (1) is made of a glass having an attenuation coefficient of less than or equal to about 0.6 dB / cm as determined at the substrate surface for 5.53 MHz Rayleigh waves as measured by the slope of a plot of amplitude versus distance for a signal through a pair of facing 0.5 inch wide wedge transducers mounted on the glass under test having sufficient thickness to support Rayleigh wave propagation.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to an acoustic touch position sensor; more particularly, to a touch panel of the type in which acoustic waves are generated within a substrate, the acoustic waves propagating in the substrate have a certain A range of characteristic time lags representing different path lengths for each axial displacement along an axis of the substrate. Touching on the substrate causes a disturbance to the above-mentioned acoustic waves, and measuring the disturbance determines the axial displacement of the touch on the substrate. This form of touchpad can be used as an input device for a computer together with a computer image display device. Background technique [0002] A general touch panel is combined with a display device or part, such as a cathode ray tube (CRT), a liquid crystal display (LCD) or a plasma display panel (PDP), as an input-output device applied in various fields. Currently, the dominant touchpad forms in the market ...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F3/033G06F3/043
CPCG06F3/0436G06F3/043
Inventor 乔尔·肯特津村昌弘
Owner ELO TOUCH SOLUTIONS INC