IP Library Granted Patent US 9,256,308
Granted Patent B2
US 9,256,308 · App. 13/901,147 · Granted Feb 9, 2016

Information processing apparatus and method of manufacturing information processing apparatus

Inventors: Kengo Aoki (Nagano, JP); Shuichi Tatemori (Nagano, JP); Nobuyuki Shigeno (Nagano, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
G06F3/041G06F3/044G06F2203/04103Y10T29/49105
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,256,308
App. No.
13/901,147
Granted
Feb 9, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an information processing apparatus, including: a display unit including a display area, the display area being configured to display an image; and a touchscreen unit including a facing area and an outer area, the facing area facing the display area, the outer area being outside of the facing area. An area of the touchscreen unit is attached to the display unit, the area including the facing area and the outer area.

Claims (16)

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a display unit including a display area, the display area being configured to display an image, wherein the display unit includes two boards, each having a predetermined transparency and a predetermined mechanical strength to provide mechanical strength to a liquid crystal display panel of the display unit; and

a touchscreen unit including a facing area and an outer area, the facing area facing the display area, the outer area being outside of the facing area,

wherein an area of the touchscreen unit is attached to the display unit, the area attached to the display unit including the facing area and the outer area.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an exterior unit accommodating the display unit and the touchscreen unit such that the facing area and the outer area of the touchscreen unit are exposed.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a backlight unit arranged at a first surface of the display unit, the first surface being opposite to a second surface to which the touchscreen unit is attached.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the backlight unit is arranged in a first area, the first area substantially facing the facing area of the touchscreen unit, and

a control board is arranged in at least a part of a second area of the first surface of the display unit, the second area excluding the first area occupied by the backlight unit.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the control board is arranged in the second area substantially facing the outer area.

6. A method of manufacturing an information processing apparatus, comprising:

forming a display unit including a surface, the surface including a display area and a non-display area, the display area being configured to display an image, the non-display area being outside of the display area, wherein the display unit includes two boards, each having a predetermined transparency and a predetermined mechanical strength to provide mechanical strength to a liquid crystal display panel of the display unit; and

providing an electrode sheet on the surface of the display unit by means of roll lamination, a predetermined electrode pattern being formed on the electrode sheet, to thereby form a touchscreen unit on the surface of the display unit,

wherein an area of the touchscreen unit is attached to the display unit, the area attached to the display unit including a facing area facing the display area and an outer area outside the facing area.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a light shielding layer of the touch screen unit overlaps a portion of the display area of the display unit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 23, 2013
From: AOKI, KENGO; TATEMORI, SHUICHI; SHIGENO, NOBUYUKI
To: SONY CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-126594 · Jun 1, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130321311A1 · Dec 5, 2013