IP Library Granted Patent US 10,459,480
Granted Patent B2
US 10,459,480 · App. 14/321,490 · Granted Oct 29, 2019

Touch-sensitive screen

Inventor: Jens Rasmussen (Ulm, DE)
Assignee: e.Solutions GmbH
G06F1/16G06F3/041B32B2457/208G02B1/14G06F2203/04103
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Patent No.
US 10,459,480
App. No.
14/321,490
Granted
Oct 29, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A touch-sensitive screen, in particular for use in a motor vehicle, is described. The screen comprises a rigid cover layer with a roughened surface, a polarization layer arranged beneath the cover layer, a touch sensor layer arranged beneath the polarization layer, and a display of the touch-sensitive screen.

Claims (21)

1. A touch-sensitive screen comprising:

a rigid cover layer with a roughened surface directly formed thereon, wherein the rigid cover layer is a glass substrate,

a polarization layer arranged beneath the rigid cover layer and bonded to an underside of the rigid cover layer by means of an adhesive layer,

a touch sensor layer arranged beneath the polarization layer, and

a display of the touch-sensitive screen.

2. The touch-sensitive screen according to claim 1 , wherein the surface of the rigid cover layer has an average roughness between Sa=0.1 and 2 micrometers.

3. The touch-sensitive screen according to claim 1 , wherein the surface of the rigid cover layer has an average roughness in accordance with at least one of −2<S sk <2 and 0<S ku <4.0.

4. The touch-sensitive screen according to claim 1 , wherein a profile depth of a surface roughness of the roughened surface is between 2 and 30 micrometers.

5. The touch-sensitive screen according to claim 1 , wherein the roughened surface has a roughness corresponding to a gloss between 15 and 150 gloss units, GU.

6. The touch-sensitive screen according to claim 1 , wherein the rigid cover layer has a depth of layer, DOL, between 20 and 70 micrometers.

7. The touch-sensitive screen according to claim 1 , wherein the rigid cover layer comprises glass and/or laminated glass.

8. The touch-sensitive screen according to claim 1 , wherein the rigid cover layer comprises chemically toughened glass.

9. The touch-sensitive screen according to claim 1 , wherein the polarization layer comprises a circular polarizer.

10. The touch-sensitive screen according to claim 9 , wherein a λ/2 layer for a light wavelength in the visible range is arranged beneath the polarization layer.

11. The touch-sensitive screen according to claim 1 , further comprising a second polarization layer, wherein the second polarization layer is arranged beneath the touch sensor layer.

12. The touch-sensitive screen according to claim 1 , wherein the touch sensor layer is bonded by optical bonding to the polarization layer located above it.

13. The touch-sensitive screen according to claim 1 , wherein the touch sensor layer is bonded by optical bonding to the underlying screen component or is separated therefrom by an air gap.

14. The touch-sensitive screen according to claim 1 , wherein the touch-sensitive screen is part of an instrument or instrument system in a motor vehicle.

15. The touch-sensitive screen according to claim 1 , wherein the touch-sensitive screen is part of a tablet PC for installation in a motor vehicle.

16. Tablet PC comprising a touch-sensitive screen according to claim 1 .

17. The touch-sensitive screen of claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the rigid cover layer is between 0.55 and 1.1 millimeters.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2016
From: E.SOLUTIONS GMBH
To: E.SOLUTIONS GMBH
Reel/Frame 039769/0213 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 3, 2015
From: RASMUSSEN, JENS
To: E.SOLUTIONS GMBH
Reel/Frame 035076/0376 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2014
From: RASMUSSEN, JENS
To: E.SOLUTIONS GMBH
Reel/Frame 033706/0530 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2013 012 110 · Jul 12, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150015808A1 · Jan 15, 2015