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Touch panel

US4990900A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 9, 1988
Grant dateFeb 5, 1991
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Expiry dateJun 9, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/045
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A touch panel having a panel body formed by transparent upper and lower electrodes spaced a predetermined distance. The touch panel is mounted on a front surface of a display device to detect a coordinate at a depressed position on the upper electrode. The improvement comprises a transparent insulating liquid material filled between the upper and lower electrodes and a coloring agent containing pigment or dyestuff dispersed in the liquid material. In another aspect, the improvement comprises a transparent insulating liquid material filled between the upper and lower electrodes and an insulating fine powder dispersed in the liquid material.

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