Multi-Surface Touch Sensitive Apparatus with Wiring Patterns
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current touch-sensitive apparatuses lack efficient multi-surface designs that effectively integrate touch-sensitive layers with drivers to receive touch signals across multiple sides, limiting their interaction capabilities and user experience.
Innovation Solution
A multi-surface touch-sensitive apparatus comprising a touch-sensitive layer with wiring patterns coupled to multiple sides, where the layer is electrically connected to a driver, enabling touch signal detection across opposing sides, enhancing interaction capabilities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a touch-sensitive apparatus uses a single-sided touch design, then the device structure is simple, but the interaction capability is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extends the touch-sensitive functionality from a single surface to multiple surfaces (front, back, and side surfaces) of the apparatus. This dimensional expansion allows users to interact with the device from different orientations and surfaces, significantly enhancing interaction capability while maintaining a relatively integrated structure that doesn't require multiple separate components.
Solution Approach 2:
The touch-sensitive layer is designed to function across multiple surfaces of the apparatus, making each surface capable of receiving touch inputs. This multi-functional design allows the same type of touch-sensitive technology to serve multiple interaction purposes on different surfaces, improving versatility without proportionally increasing structural complexity.
2Reliability
If multiple touch-sensitive layers are used to achieve multi-surface detection, then touch detection capability is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the touch-sensitive functionality into separate touch-sensitive layers, each assigned to detect touches on specific surfaces (front surface, back surface, side surfaces). This segmentation allows each layer to be optimized for its specific surface while maintaining overall system reliability through the combined detection capability of multiple layers.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple touch-sensitive layers are electrically connected to a single driver, merging the control and processing functions into one centralized component. This approach improves touch detection capability across multiple surfaces while avoiding the need for multiple independent control systems, thereby managing manufacturing complexity more effectively.
3Ease of operation
If touch-sensitive layers are extended to multiple surfaces, then user experience is enhanced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The touch-sensitive layer is extended from a single planar surface to wrap around multiple surfaces including front, back, and side surfaces of the apparatus. This three-dimensional expansion of the touch interface allows users to interact with the device in various orientations, significantly enhancing user experience while integrating the touch functionality into the existing device structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The touch-sensitive layer is implemented as a thin, flexible film that can conform to and wrap around multiple surfaces of the apparatus. This flexible film structure allows the touch interface to adapt to complex geometries and multiple surfaces without requiring rigid or bulky structural modifications, thereby enhancing user experience while controlling device complexity.
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AI summary
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus comprises a first side, second side and touch sensitive layer, the touch sensitive layer coupled with the apparatus and comprising a wiring pattern for receiving a touch signal, the touch sensitive layer having a first portion opposing the first side and a second portion opposing the second side.