IP Library Granted Patent US 10,788,933
Granted Patent B2
US 10,788,933 · App. 15/630,011 · Granted Sep 29, 2020

Tactile presentation panel, tactile presentation device and electronic equipment

Inventors: Daisuke Sugimoto (Kawasaki, JP); Hiroshi Haga (Kawasaki, JP)
Assignee: TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
G06F3/0418G06F3/016G06F3/041G06F3/044G06F2203/04111
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Patent No.
US 10,788,933
App. No.
15/630,011
Granted
Sep 29, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A tactile presentation panel includes a support substrate, a drive electrode located on the support substrate, a first insulating film located on the support substrate and covering the drive electrode, a plurality of floating electrodes electrically independent from one another disposed on the first insulating film, and a second insulating film covering the plurality of floating electrodes.

Claims (50)

1. A tactile presentation panel comprising:

a support substrate;

a plurality of drive electrodes located on the support substrate;

a first insulating film located on the support substrate and covering the plurality of drive electrodes;

a plurality of floating electrodes electrically independent from one another disposed on the first insulating film;

a second insulating film covering the plurality of floating electrodes; and

a signal power supply connected to the plurality of drive electrodes and supplying a voltage signal to the plurality of drive electrodes for presenting a tactile sense,

wherein

the plurality of floating electrodes are provided in a layer in which no drive electrode exists,

and

each of the plurality of floating electrodes is aligned with each of the plurality of drive electrodes in one-to-one correspondence in planar view seen from a side of the second insulating film.

2. The tactile presentation panel according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the floating electrodes has a rectangular shape, and the plurality of floating electrodes are disposed in a two-dimensional array on the first insulating film.

3. The tactile presentation panel according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the drive electrodes has an area smaller than an area of each of the floating electrodes that are respectively aligned with the drive electrodes in planar view.

4. The tactile presentation panel according to claim 1 , wherein

the area of each of the floating electrodes is equal to or smaller than 9 mm2.

5. The tactile presentation panel according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the floating electrodes is a conductive particle.

6. The tactile presentation panel according to claim 5 , wherein

the second insulating film and the plurality of floating electrodes constitute an anti-glare layer.

7. The tactile presentation panel according to claim 1 , wherein

each one of the drive electrodes and the plurality of floating electrodes is a transparent electrode.

8. The tactile presentation panel according to claim 1 , wherein

the first insulating film is formed with any one of SiO2, SiN and diamond-like carbon.

9. The tactile presentation panel according to claim 1 , wherein

the second insulating film is formed with any one of SiO2, SiN and diamond-like carbon.

10. An electronic equipment comprising:

a touch panel display device displaying a processing result obtained by a built-in processor, and accepts an operation input corresponding to the processing result; and

the tactile presentation device according to claim 1 presenting a feel of texture corresponding to display of the processing result.

11. A tactile presentation panel comprising:

a support substrate;

a plurality of X drive electrodes located on the support substrate;

a plurality of Y drive electrodes located on the support substrate and insulated from the plurality of X drive electrodes;

a first insulating film located on the support substrate and covering the plurality of X drive electrodes and the plurality of Y drive electrodes;

a plurality of floating electrodes electrically independent from one another disposed on the first insulating film;

a second insulating film covering the plurality of floating electrodes; and

a first signal power supply connected to the plurality of X drive electrodes to supply a first voltage signal and a second signal power supply connected to the plurality of Y drive electrodes to supply a second voltage signal, wherein

the plurality of floating electrodes are provided in a layer in which no X drive electrode and Y drive electrode exist, and

each of the plurality of floating electrodes is aligned with the X drive electrodes and the Y drive electrodes in one-to-one correspondence in planar view seen from a side of the second insulating film.

12. A tactile presentation panel comprising:

a support substrate;

a drive electrode located on the support substrate;

a first insulating film located on the support substrate and covering the drive electrode;

a plurality of floating electrodes electrically independent from one another disposed on the first insulating film;

a second insulating film covering the plurality of floating electrodes; and

a signal power supply connected to the drive electrode and supplying a voltage signal to the drive electrode for presenting a tactile sense, wherein

the drive electrode is a single electrode,

the plurality of floating electrodes are provided in a layer in which no drive electrode exists, and

the plurality of floating electrodes are aligned with the drive electrode in planar view seen from a side of the second insulating film.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 17, 2019
From: TIANMA JAPAN, LTD.
To: TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050395/0931 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 12, 2019
From: NLT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
To: TIANMA JAPAN, LTD.
Reel/Frame 050359/0923 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 22, 2017
From: SUGIMOTO, DAISUKE; HAGA, HIROSHI
To: NLT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 042785/0397 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-125802 · Jun 24, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170371490A1 · Dec 28, 2017
Cited By (1)
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