Pressure and touch sensitive panel, system and touch sensitive processing apparatus and method thereof
AssigneeEgalax_Empia Technology Inc.
InventorsChin-Fu Chang, Shang-Tai Yeh, Shun-Lung Ho
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Abstract
The present invention provides a pressure and touch sensitive panel, comprising: at least one elastic and dielectric element; and an enclosed force sensitive electrode located by one side of the elastic and dielectric element. The enclosed force sensitive electrode comprises multiple electrical wiring points for connecting to a touch sensitive processing apparatus for the pressure and touch sensitive panel.
Claims10
A pressure and touch sensitive panel comprising:
- at least one elastic and dielectric element;
- and
- a ring force sensitive electrode located by one side of the elastic and dielectric element, wherein the ring force sensitive electrode comprises a plurality of electrical wiring points for connecting to a touch sensitive processing apparatus for the pressure and touch sensitive panel,
- wherein the pressure and touch sensitive panel is adjacent to a touch sensitive substrate, the touch sensitive substrate and the ring force sensitive electrode are respectively disposed at two sides of the elastic and dielectric element,
- wherein the touch sensitive substrate comprises a plurality of first electrodes being parallel to a first axis and a plurality of second electrodes being parallel to a second axis, the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes are connected to the touch sensitive processing apparatus,
- wherein a shape of the ring force sensitive electrode is bigger than a projection of a rectangle formed by two outermost of the plurality of first electrodes and two outermost of the plurality of second electrodes of the touch sensitive substrate,
- wherein the two outermost of the plurality of first electrodes and the two outermost of the plurality of second electrodes respectively extend to four corresponding edges of the touch sensitive substrate.
A touch sensitive processing apparatus configured to control a pressure and touch sensitive panel, the pressure and touch sensitive panel comprising at least one elastic and dielectric element, and a ring force sensitive electrode and a touch sensitive substrate respectively disposed at two sides of the elastic and dielectric element, the touch sensitive substrate comprising a plurality of first electrodes being parallel to a first axis and a plurality of second electrodes being parallel to a second axis, the ring force sensitive electrode comprising a plurality of electrical wiring points, the touch sensitive processing apparatus connected to the plurality of first electrodes, the plurality of second electrodes, and the plurality of electrical wiring points included by the ring force sensitive electrode, wherein a shape of the ring force sensitive electrode is bigger than a projection of a rectangle formed by two outermost of the plurality of first electrodes and two outermost of the plurality of second electrodes of the touch sensitive substrate, wherein the two outermost of the plurality of first electrodes and the two outermost of the plurality of second electrodes respectively extend to four corresponding edges of the touch sensitive substrate, the touch sensitive processing apparatus comprising:
- at least one driving circuit;
- at least one measuring circuit;
- and
- a processor configured to perform the following steps comprising:
- directing the driving circuit to emit a driving signal by at least part of the plurality of electrical wiring points;
- directing the measuring circuit to simultaneously measure the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes to obtains two sets of one dimensional sensing information;
- and
- comparing the two sets of one dimensional sensing information to a base one dimensional sensing information respectively in order to calculate a position and a strength of an exerted pressure on the pressure and touch sensitive panel.
A pressure and touch sensitive processing method used to control a pressure and touch sensitive panel, the pressure and touch sensitive panel comprising at least one elastic and dielectric element, and a ring force sensitive electrode and a touch sensitive substrate respectively disposed at two sides of the elastic and dielectric element, the touch sensitive substrate comprising a plurality of first electrodes being parallel to a first axis and a plurality of second electrodes being parallel to a second axis, wherein a shape of the ring force sensitive electrode is bigger than a projection of a rectangle formed by two outermost of the plurality of first electrodes and two outermost of the plurality of second electrodes of the touch sensitive substrate, wherein the two outermost of the plurality of first electrodes and the two outermost of the plurality of second electrodes respectively extend to four corresponding edges of the touch sensitive substrate, the ring force sensitive electrode comprising a plurality of electrical wiring points, the pressure and touch sensitive processing method comprising:
- emitting a driving signal by at least part of the plurality of electrical wiring points;
- measuring the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes at the same time to obtains two sets of one dimensional sensing information;
- and
- comparing the two sets of one dimensional sensing information to a base one dimensional sensing information respectively in order to calculate a position and a strength of an exerted pressure on the pressure and touch sensitive panel.
A pressure and touch sensitive system comprising:
- a pressure and touch sensitive panel, comprising:
- at least one elastic and dielectric element;
- and
- a ring force sensitive electrode and a touch sensitive substrate respectively disposed at two sides of the elastic and dielectric element, the touch sensitive substrate comprising a plurality of first electrodes being parallel to a first axis and a plurality of second electrodes being parallel to a second axis, the ring force sensitive electrode comprising a plurality of electrical wiring points, wherein a shape of the ring force sensitive electrode is bigger than a projection of a rectangle formed by two outermost of the plurality of first electrodes and two outermost of the plurality of second electrodes of the touch sensitive substrate, wherein the two outermost of the plurality of first electrodes and the two outermost of the plurality of second electrodes respectively extend to four corresponding edges of the touch sensitive substrate, and
- a touch sensitive processing apparatus connected to the plurality of first electrodes, the plurality of second electrodes, and the plurality of electrical wiring points included by the ring force sensitive electrode, the touch sensitive processing apparatus comprising:
- at least one driving circuit;
- at least one measuring circuit;
- and
- a processor configured to perform the following steps comprising:
- directing the driving circuit to emit a driving signal by at least part of the plurality of electrical wiring points;
- directing the measuring circuit to simultaneously measure the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes to obtains two sets of one dimensional sensing information;
- and
- comparing the two sets of one dimensional sensing information to a base one dimensional sensing information respectively in order to calculate a position and a strength of an exerted pressure on the pressure and touch sensitive panel.
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