Panels for touch screens
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsCHUNG HUA KU, KUO-CHIH HUANG, CHI HAO CHANG, KUAN-TING WU
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Abstract
A panel for a touch screen of an electronic device is described. The panel comprises a substrate having a central area for operating the touch screen and a border area at an edge of the central area. The border area comprises a decorative image on the substrate and an outer surface coating overlying the decorative image. The decorative image comprises a non-conductive metallic coating. The outer surface coating comprises a non-conductive, printed layer. A method for manufacturing the panel and an electronic device comprising a touch screen having the panel are also described.
Claims15
A panel for a touch screen of an electronic device, wherein the panel comprises a substrate having a central area for operating the touch screen and a border area at an edge of the central area, wherein the border area comprises:
- a decorative image on the substrate, wherein the decorative image comprises a non-conductive metallic coating, and
- an outer surface coating overlying the decorative image, wherein the outer surface coating comprises a non-conductive, printed layer.
A method for manufacturing a panel for a touch screen of an electronic device, which method comprises:
- applying a non-conductive metallic coating to a border area of a substrate to form a decorative image thereon, wherein the border area is at an edge of a central area of the substrate for operating the touch screen;
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- applying a layer of a non-conductive coating over the decorative image to form an outer surface coating.
An electronic device comprising a touch screen having a panel, wherein the panel comprises a substrate having a central area for operating the touch screen and a border area at an edge of the central area, wherein the border area comprises:
- a decorative image on the substrate, wherein the decorative image comprises a non-conductive metallic coating, and
- an outer surface coating overlying the decorative image, wherein the outer surface coating comprises a non-conductive, printed layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.