IP Library Granted Patent US 8,139,042
Granted Patent B2
US 8,139,042 · App. 12/546,978 · Granted Mar 20, 2012

Input device and display device with input function

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Patent No.
US 8,139,042
App. No.
12/546,978
Granted
Mar 20, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An input device which includes a light-transmissive touch panel, a phase difference plate disposed on the opposite side to an input operation surface of the touch panel, a ¼ wavelength plate disposed on the side of the input operation surface of the touch panel, and a polarizing plate on the touch panel side, which is disposed on the ¼ wavelength plate toward the input operation surface of the touch panel, wherein a ratio R 1 (450 nm)/R 1 (590 nm) of the phase difference value R 1 (450 nm) for the phase difference plate at a wavelength of 450 nm to the phase difference value R 1 (590 nm) for the phase difference plate at a wavelength of 590 nm is greater than a ratio R 0 (450 nm)/R 0 (590 nm) of the phase differences value R 0 (450 nm) for the ¼ wavelength plate at a wavelength of 450 nm to the phase difference value R 0 (590 nm) for the ¼ wavelength plate at a wavelength of 590 nm, the phase difference value R 1 (590 nm) for the phase difference plate at a wavelength of 590 nm is smaller than the phase difference value R 0 (590 nm) for the ¼ wavelength plate at a wavelength of 590 nm, and an absolute value of an angle between the retardation axis of the phase difference plate and the retardation axis of the ¼ wavelength plate is in the range of 60° to 85°.

Claims (22)

1. An input device comprising:

a light-transmissive touch panel,

a phase difference plate disposed on the opposite side to an input operation surface of the touch panel,

a ¼ wavelength plate disposed on the side of the input operation surface of the touch panel, and

a polarizing plate on the touch panel side, which is disposed on the ¼ wavelength plate toward the input operation surface of the touch panel,

wherein a ratio R 1 (450 nm)/R 1 (590 nm) of the phase difference value R 1 (450 nm) for the phase difference plate at a wavelength of 450 nm to the phase difference value R 1 (590 nm) for the phase difference plate at a wavelength of 590 nm is greater than a ratio R 0 (450 nm)/R 0 (590 nm) of the phase difference value R 0 (450 nm) for the ¼ wavelength plate at a wavelength of 450 nm to the phase difference value R 0 (590 nm) for the ¼ wavelength plate at a wavelength of 590 nm,

the phase difference value R 1 (590 nm) for the phase difference plate at a wavelength of 590 nm is smaller than the phase difference value R 0 (590 nm) for the ¼ wavelength plate at a wavelength of 590 nm, and

an absolute value of an angle between the retardation axis of the phase difference plate and the retardation axis of the ¼ wavelength plate is in the range of 60° to 85°.

2. The input device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the touch panel is a resistive film type touch panel in which a pair of light-transmissive insulating substrate is disposed to face each other leaving a gap interposed therebetween and a light-transmissive resistive film is formed on the surfaces of the substrates facing each other.

3. A display device with an input function, which is equipped with the input device according to claim 1 , comprising:

an image forming device provided on the opposite side to the phase difference plate on which the touch panel is disposed.

4. The display device with an input function according to claim 3 ,

wherein the image forming device is equipped with a liquid crystal panel and an upper polarizing plate in the image forming device disposed between the liquid crystal panel and the phase difference plate.

5. The display device with an input function according to claim 4 ,

wherein an absolute value of an angle between the absorption axis of the polarizing plate on the touch panel side and the retardation axis of the ¼ wavelength plate is 45°±10°,

an absolute value of an angle between the absorption axis of the upper polarizing plate of the image forming device and the retardation axis of the phase difference plate is 45°±10°, and

an absolute value of an angle between the absorption axis of the polarizing plate on the touch panel side and the absorption axis of the upper polarizing plate of the image forming device is 5° to 30°.

6. The display device with an input function according to claim 3 ,

wherein a ratio R 1 (450 nm)/R 0 (450 nm) of the phase difference value R 1 (450 nm) for the phase difference plate to the phase difference value R 0 (450 nm) for the ¼ wavelength plate is 0.80 to 1.15.

7. The display device with an input function according to claim 3 ,

wherein the ¼ wavelength plate or/and the phase difference plate is/are formed of a plurality of layers.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 8, 2013
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: JAPAN DISPLAY WEST INC.
Reel/Frame 031378/0226 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2010
From: EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024681/0944 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 25, 2009
From: IIJIMA, CHIYOAKI
To: EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 023142/0339 →