Touch Input Apparatus With Slit Ground Plate
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing touch input systems experience signal loss and decreased sensitivity due to eddy currents when using electromagnetic signals, particularly when interacting with metal surfaces, leading to reduced performance in recognizing user inputs.
Innovation Solution
The input apparatus incorporates a conductivity tip with a coil and a ground plate that forms an open loop or includes slits to minimize eddy losses, allowing for efficient signal transfer and increased touch sensitivity without the need for additional power sources.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If a closed loop metal shield is used to protect the electromagnetic signal, then electromagnetic shielding is improved, but eddy current loss increases and signal strength decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The ground plate is designed with slits that divide the continuous metal structure into segmented regions. This segmentation interrupts the formation of closed-loop eddy current paths while maintaining the ground plate's electromagnetic shielding function, thereby reducing eddy current loss and improving signal strength.
Solution Approach 2:
The harmful eddy current paths are extracted or removed from the ground plate structure by introducing slits. This allows the ground plate to retain its shielding function while eliminating the continuous conductive loops that cause energy loss through eddy currents.
2Measurement precision
If electromagnetic signal strength is increased to improve recognition, then signal recognition is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The slits in the ground plate convert what would be harmful eddy current paths into beneficial structures that redirect electromagnetic signals. By preventing energy-wasting eddy currents, more energy is available for productive signal transmission, improving recognition without increasing overall energy consumption.
Solution Approach 2:
The ground plate's electrical conductivity distribution is changed by introducing slits, creating regions of high and low conductivity. This parameter change optimizes the electromagnetic field distribution, enhancing signal recognition efficiency while reducing energy loss.
3Reliability
If a continuous ground plate is used to provide grounding, then grounding effectiveness is improved, but eddy current formation is enabled
Solution Approach 1:
The continuous ground plate is segmented by slits into multiple isolated conductive regions. This segmentation maintains grounding effectiveness for each local region while preventing the formation of continuous closed loops that would enable harmful eddy currents.
Solution Approach 2:
The slits create an asymmetric structure in the ground plate that disrupts the symmetry required for eddy current formation. The asymmetric slit patterns break the continuous conductive paths while maintaining adequate grounding coverage through distributed ground contacts.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This design enhances touch sensitivity and reduces energy consumption by minimizing eddy losses, enabling more accurate and efficient electromagnetic signal transfer between the input apparatus and the display device.
Implementation Method 1
The input apparatus transmits the electromagnetic signal to the display device by using an electromagnetic signal generating circuit
Implementation Method 2
The electromagnetic signal may form an eddy current in a metal plate, and may be decreased in the form of an eddy loss
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AI summary
The present invention provides an input apparatus which can include a conductivity tip (512), a coil (522) electrically connected to the tip (512), and a ground plate (536) electrically connected to the coil (522) and forming an open loop in a circumference direction of the coil (522).