Touch-screen with front-mounted flexible display

Abstract

A display system includes a backing, a touch-screen, and a front-mounted flexible display. The backing provides a rigid substrate or base upon which the other components are mounted. The touch-screen includes a conductive rear panel and a conductive front panel separated from the rear panel by an insulating air gap. The front conductive panel is flexible enough and positioned close enough to the rear panel that touching the front panel causes enough deflection of the front panel to cause it to bridge the air gap locally and to contact the rear panel. Thus, in this way the electrical path (and therefore the resistance of the circuit) can be mapped to the particular location on the touch-screen touched by the user.

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