IP Library Granted Patent US 10,310,689
Granted Patent B2
US 10,310,689 · App. 15/508,539 · Granted Jun 4, 2019

Sensor sheet and sensor panel

Inventor: Yuta Ohsawa (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: POLYMATECH JAPAN CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,310,689
App. No.
15/508,539
Granted
Jun 4, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a sensor panel and a sensor sheet, in which a conductive fine line and a silhouette of the conductive fine line is difficult to be seen through a display portion during illumination and in which the visibility of the display portion during illumination is good. A light diffusion layer is provided on the sensor sheet, the light diffusion layer diffusing a light of an internal light source L and transmitting the light to sensor electrodes.

Claims (27)

1. A sensor panel, comprising:

a panel substrate;

a decorative layer provided on a first surface side of the panel substrate; and

a sensor sheet provided on a second surface side of the panel substrate opposite from the first surface side;

a display portion that is illuminated by an internal light source; and

an input operation performed from a front surface side of the panel substrate,

wherein the sensor sheet has

a sensor electrode layer including a conductive fine line provided on the back surface side of the panel substrate,

a diffusion layer provided between the sensor electrode layer and the internal light source, the diffusion layer diffusing a light of the internal light source and transmitting the light to the sensor electrode layer, and

an interlayer distance T that is a distance in which the decorative layer and the sensor electrode layer of the sensor sheet are set apart, and a line width W of a conductive fine line satisfies

T≥ 20 W.

2. The sensor panel according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive fine line is a conductive coating film having a line width of 5 μm to 300 μm.

3. The sensor panel according to claim 1 , wherein the light diffusion layer is an uneven layer including an uneven surface on an internal light source side.

4. The sensor panel according to claim 3 , wherein the light diffusion layer is a print layer including an uneven surface on the internal light source side formed by a filling material and a coating film.

5. The sensor panel according to claim 3 , wherein the light diffusion layer is a crimped film including an uneven surface formed by a crimped surface on the internal light source side.

6. The sensor panel according to claim 1 , the conductive fine line located in the diffusion layer.

7. A sensor panel, comprising:

a panel substrate;

a decorative layer provided on a first surface side of the panel substrate; and

a sensor sheet provided on a second surface side of the panel substrate opposite from the first surface side;

a display portion that is illuminated by an internal light source; and

an input operation performed from a front surface side of the panel substrate,

wherein the sensor sheet has

a sensor electrode layer including a conductive fine line provided on the back surface side of the panel substrate,

a diffusion layer provided between the sensor electrode layer and the internal light source, the diffusion layer diffusing a light of the internal light source and transmitting the light to the sensor electrode layer, and

an interlayer distance T that is a distance in which the decorative layer and the sensor electrode layer of the sensor sheet are set apart, and a line width W of a conductive fine line satisfies

T≥ 10 W.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 1, 2018
From: POLYMATECH JAPAN CO., LTD.
To: SEKISUI POLYMATECH CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 045964/0914 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 3, 2017
From: OHSAWA, YUTA
To: POLYMATECH JAPAN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 041884/0780 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-186900 · Sep 12, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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