IP Library Granted Patent US 10,590,030
Granted Patent B2
US 10,590,030 · App. 15/989,252 · Granted Mar 17, 2020

Glass plate, touch pad, and touch panel

Inventors: Misa Inamoto (Chiyoda-ku, JP); Naoki Okahata (Chiyoda-ku, JP); Takashi Shibuya (Chiyoda-ku, JP)
Assignee: AGC Inc.
C03C15/00C03C17/30C03C17/42C03C21/001G06F3/03547G06F3/041C03C2204/08G06F2203/04103
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Patent No.
US 10,590,030
App. No.
15/989,252
Granted
Mar 17, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A glass plate includes a main surface, and a microscopic asperity surface disposed on the main surface, the microscopic asperity surface forming peaks and valleys. When a reference plane is defined as a plane at a center, in a direction of height, of an interval of highest frequency in a histogram of height of shape data of a square region having 2 μm per side in the microscopic asperity surface, the number of peaks that are higher than the reference plane by 20% or more of a maximum height difference in the square region is in a range between 1 or more and 300 or less.

Claims (49)

1. A glass plate comprising:

a main surface; and

a microscopic asperity surface disposed on the main surface, the microscopic asperity surface forming peaks and valleys, wherein

when a reference plane is defined as a plane at a center, in a direction of height, of an interval of highest frequency in a histogram of height of shape data of a square region having 2 μm per side in the microscopic asperity surface,

a number of peaks that are higher than the reference plane by 20% or more of a maximum height difference in the square region is in a range between 1 or more and 300 or less.

2. The glass plate according to claim 1 , wherein

surface roughness Ra of the microscopic asperity surface is in a range of 0.3 to 100 nm.

3. The glass plate according to claim 1 , wherein

haze measured from the microscopic asperity surface side of the glass plate is in a range between 0% or more and 2% or less.

4. A laminate comprising:

the glass plate according to claim 1 ; and

an antifouling layer at least a part of which is formed on the microscopic asperity surface.

5. The laminate according to claim 4 , further comprising:

an intermediate layer between the glass plate and the antifouling layer.

6. The laminate according to claim 5 , wherein

the intermediate layer includes at least one of an oxide layer, a nitride layer, an oxynitride layer, and a metal layer.

7. The laminate according to claim 4 , wherein

visible light reflectance of the laminate measured from the antifouling layer side is in a range of 0 to 3%.

8. A touch pad comprising:

the laminate according to claim 4 ; and

a position detector configured to detect a touch position of a finger on the laminate.

9. A touch panel comprising:

the laminate according to claim 4 ;

a position detector configured to detect a touch position of a finger on the laminate; and

an image display device configured to display an image according to a detection result obtained by the position detector.

10. A glass plate comprising:

a main surface; and

a microscopic asperity surface disposed on the main surface, the microscopic asperity surface forming peaks and valleys, wherein

summit density, obtained after removing a wavelength component of 0.05 μm or less from shape data of a square region having 2 μm per side in the microscopic asperity surface using an S-filter described in the International Standard ISO 16610-61, is in a range between 1/μm 2 or more and 170/μm 2 or less.

11. The glass plate according to claim 10 , wherein

surface roughness Ra of the microscopic asperity surface is in a range of 0.3 to 100 nm.

12. The glass plate according to claim 10 , wherein

haze measured from the microscopic asperity surface side of the glass plate is in a range between 0% or more and 2% or less.

13. A laminate comprising:

the glass plate according to claim 10 ; and

an antifouling layer at least a part of which is formed on the microscopic asperity surface.

14. The laminate according to claim 13 , further comprising:

an intermediate layer between the glass plate and the antifouling layer.

15. The laminate according to claim 14 , wherein

the intermediate layer includes at least one of an oxide layer, a nitride layer, an oxynitride layer, and a metal layer.

16. The laminate according to claim 13 , wherein

visible light reflectance of the laminate measured from the antifouling layer side is in a range of 0 to 3%.

17. A touch pad comprising:

the laminate according to claim 13 ; and

a position detector configured to detect a touch position of a finger on the laminate.

18. A touch panel comprising:

the laminate according to claim 13 ;

a position detector configured to detect a touch position of a finger on the laminate; and

an image display device configured to display an image according to a detection result obtained by the position detector.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 7, 2018
From: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
To: AGC INC.
Reel/Frame 046730/0786 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 25, 2018
From: INAMOTO, MISA; OKAHATA, NAOKI; SHIBUYA, TAKASHI
To: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 045900/0490 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-234217 · Nov 30, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2016085233 · Nov 28, 2016
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