IP Library Granted Patent US 8,603,611
Granted Patent B2
US 8,603,611 · App. 11/795,009 · Granted Dec 10, 2013

Transparent planar body and transparent touch switch

Inventors: Naohiro Wakabayashi (Moriyama, JP); Tsutomu Yamada (Moriyama, JP); Kuniaki Sasaki (Moriyama, JP); Shuji Furukawa (Kameoka, JP); Keiji Tsukamoto (Kameoka, JP)
Assignee: Gunze Limited
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Patent No.
US 8,603,611
App. No.
11/795,009
Granted
Dec 10, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a transparent planar body and a transparent touch switch that can improve visibility. Specifically, the transparent planar body ( 1 ) has a patterned transparent conductive film ( 12 ) on at least one surface of a transparent substrate ( 11 ). This transparent planar body ( 1 ) comprises a transmittance-adjusting layer for equalizing the transmission spectrum of light transmitted through a patterned region wherein the transparent conductive film ( 12 ) is provided via the transparent substrate ( 11 ) with that transmitted through a non-patterned region wherein the transparent conductive film ( 12 ) is not provided via the transparent substrate ( 11 ).

Claims (23)

1. A transparent planar body comprising:

a transparent substrate;

a patterned transparent conductive film provided on at least one surface of the transparent substrate, the patterned transparent conductive film having a thickness within the range of 10 to 25 nm; and

an adjusting laminate for equalizing the reflectance of light that is transmitted through a patterned region where the transparent conductive film is provided via the transparent substrate with that transmitted through a non-patterned region where the transparent conductive film is not provided,

wherein the adjusting laminate is provided with an undercoat laminate comprising a low refractive index layer and a high refractive index layer whose light refractive index is higher than that of the low refractive index layer,

the undercoat laminate lies between the transparent substrate and the transparent conductive film in such a manner that the transparent conductive film is disposed on the low refractive index layer side, and

the high refractive index layer is thinner than the low refractive index layer, and the thickness of the high refractive index layer falls within the range of 10 to 25 nm and that of the low refractive index layer falls within the range of 25 to 45 nm.

2. A transparent planar body according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the high refractive index layer falls within the range of 10 to 20 nm.

3. A transparent planar body according to claim 2 , wherein the high refractive index layer is formed of a silicon-tin oxide and the low refractive index layer is formed of a silicon oxide.

4. A transparent electrostatic capacitive touch switch comprising a plurality of transparent planar bodies of claim 1 ,

the plurality of transparent planar bodies being attached to each other via an adhesive layer.

5. A transparent electrostatic capacitive touch switch comprising a plurality of transparent planar bodies according to claim 1 ,

the plurality of transparent planar bodies being attached to each other via an adhesive layer in such a manner that the transparent conductive films face each other,

the thickness of the transparent conductive film being 20 to 25 nm, and

the refractive index of the adhesive layer being not less than 1.6.

6. A transparent electrostatic capacitive touch switch comprising a plurality of transparent planar bodies according to claim 1 ,

the plurality of transparent planar bodies being attached to each other via an adhesive layer in such a manner that the transparent conductive films face each other,

the thickness of the transparent conductive film being 25 to 30 nm, and

the refractive index of the adhesive layer being not less than 1.7.

7. A transparent touch switch according to any one of claims 4 to 6 , which further comprises a linear polarizing plate on a front side thereof.

8. A transparent touch switch according to any one of claims 4 to 6 , which further comprises a linear polarizing plate and a quarter-wave plate on a front side thereof and a quarter-wave plate on a back side thereof.

9. A transparent touch switch according to claim 7 , wherein the transparent substrate is a quarter-wave plate.

10. A transparent touch switch according to claim 8 , wherein the transparent substrate is a quarter-wave plate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2008
From: WAKABAYASHI, NAOHIRO; YAMADA, TSUTOMU; SASAKI, KUNIAKI; FURUKAWA, SHUJI; TSUKAMOTO, KEIJI
To: GUNZE LIMITED
Reel/Frame 020415/0038 →
Priority Claims (4)
JP 2005-153356 · May 26, 2005 · national
JP 2005-178310 · Jun 17, 2005 · national
JP 2006-73705 · Mar 17, 2006 · national
JP 2006-96980 · Mar 31, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20080138589A1 · Jun 12, 2008