AU636003B2 - Touch sensing device - Google Patents
Touch sensing deviceInfo
- Publication number
- AU636003B2 AU636003B2 AU70648/91A AU7064891A AU636003B2 AU 636003 B2 AU636003 B2 AU 636003B2 AU 70648/91 A AU70648/91 A AU 70648/91A AU 7064891 A AU7064891 A AU 7064891A AU 636003 B2 AU636003 B2 AU 636003B2
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- AU
- Australia
- Prior art keywords
- touch
- detecting means
- pad
- sensing device
- touch pad
- Prior art date
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Classifications
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
- H03K—PULSE TECHNIQUE
- H03K17/00—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking
- H03K17/94—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking characterised by the way in which the control signals are generated
- H03K17/96—Touch switches
- H03K17/9645—Resistive touch switches
Description
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TOUCH SENSING DEVICE
The invention relates to touch sensing devices.
Touch sensing devices are known in which a single switching arrangement or a multiple selective position sensing arrangement is achieved by touching the device itself or a chosen part of the device respectively. Such devices may make use of membrane switches, optical sensing or electrical capacitive changes. Currently, capacitive touch sensing devices are provided with electrically insulating membranes or resin coatings on their operative or exposed surfaces and generally have the drawbacks of poor reliability and poor sensitivity.
It is an object of the invention to provide a touch sensing device in which such drawbacks are at least reduced.
According to the invention a touch sensing device comprises an electrically conductive touch pad supported on a insulating substrate, and detecting means electrically connected to the touch pad via a capacitive blocking filter to prevent static
electrical charges being applied to the detecting means, wherein' he detecting means detects a change in the impedance at the touch pad caused by a user directly touching the touch pad, in which the detecting means includes an oscillator whose output frequency varies with the change in input impedance.
The capacitive touch sensing device may include two or more touch pads each with a respective capacitive blocking filter, and a multiplexer to sequentially connect each capacitor, and hence each touch pad, to the detecting means.
The touch pads may each be arranged adjacent a grounded pad such that in use the touch pad can be effectively and selectively bridged to ground when the touch pad is touched by the user.
The touch pads may be arranged adjacently in electrically parallel pairs.
A touch sensing device according to the invention will now be described by way of example only with reference to the accompanying drawing in which :
Fig. 1 is a schematic circuit diagram of the device; and
Fig. 2 shows a top view of part of a touch sensing pad. •
Referring to the drawing a touch sensitive pad consists of a number of electrically conductive pads ιo and a surrounding conductive pad 11 supported by an insulating substrate 9. Each pad 10 is electrically connected via a respective blocking capacitor 12 to an analogue multiplexer 13. The surrounding pad 11 is connected to ground. The output of the multiplexer 13 is connected to an oscillator 14. Where it is required to be able to adjust to quiescent frequency of the oscillator 14, a resistor 15, which may be adjustable, and/or a capacitor 16, which may also be adjustable, are connected to the RC ports of the oscillator 14.
In use, whenever a human finger, for example, is touched against the substrate and effectively bridges a gap between a conductor pad 10 and the surrounding conductor pad 11, the net effective impedance applied to the capacitive input port changes and the oscillator 14 responds to vary its output frequency from its quiescent frequency. This variation of frequency represents that the pad has been touched and by simultaneously sensing the sequencing of the multiplexer 13, which of the conductive pads 10 that has been touched by the finger is also determined.
In this way, whenever the pad is touched, that touching and the position of the finger is determined. The body provides an impedance between the pads 10 and 11 which is effective to change the effective input impedance to the oscillator 14. The detector oscillator 14 responds to such changes in impedance in its input circuit.
In an alternative embodiment, a touch pad is formed with one or more exposed conductive pads 10 as above except that the surrounding pad 11 is omitted. Each pad 10 is connected via a respective capacitor to the oscillator. The multiplexer 13 is provided where required. When a finger or other part of the body is touched against the pad or any of the pads, the effective impedance applied to the input of the oscillator alters and so induces a variation of its output frequency as before.
The blocking filters 12 prevent static electricity charges being applied to the input of the oscillator. Such charges may be considerable in use and would otherwise destroy the integrated circuit components of the oscillator 14. The capacitors 12 have a preferred value of 100 to 1000 pF. The oscillator frequency is preferably about 100 KHZ. A suitable oscillator is a multivibrator Model CD 4047 supplied by Record Company of America (RCA) .
The filters 12 are also filter out direct current components and some electrical noise from a finger applied to the touch pad.
It will be noted that the touch sensitive pads described have exposed conductive pads which are touched directly in use; this contrasts to the prior art capacitive touch pads. The described pads are simpler to manufacture and have been found to lead to generally more reliable and sensitive operation.
In a particularly preferred application, the capacitive touch sensing device is used with a display such as a CRT display or, more preferably, a liquid crystal display. The conductive pads are transparent and may be formed, for example, from a deposit of tin oxide laid on the front surface of the display.
In the described embodiments, the device responds in practice to the changes brought about by directly touching the pads which normally result from one or more of the following:-
1. Changes in effective input capacitance;
2. Changes in effective input resistance; and
Application of A.C. signals, primarily mains frequency (50 or 60 c/s) pick-up signals from local power lines.
Claims (3)
1. A touch sensing device comprising a conductive touch pad supported on an insulating substrate, and detecting means electrically connected to the touch pad via a capacitive blocking filter to prevent static electrical charges being applied to the detecting means, wherein the detecting means detects a change in the impedance at the touch pad caused by a user directly touching the touch pad, in which the detecting means includes an oscillator whose output frequency varies with the change in input impedance.
2. A touch sensing device according to claim 1, which includes two or more touch pads each with a respective capacitive blocking filter, and a multiplexer between each capacitive filter and the detecting means to sequentially connect each capacitor to the detecting means.
3. A touch sensing device according to claim 1 or 2, in which the touch pads are each arranged adjacent a grounded pad such that in use the touch pad can be effectively and selectively bridged to ground when the touch pad is touched by the user.
Applications Claiming Priority (4)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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GB909000624A GB9000624D0 (en) | 1990-01-11 | 1990-01-11 | Touch sensing device |
GB9000624 | 1990-01-11 | ||
GB9020766A GB2241064B (en) | 1990-01-11 | 1990-09-24 | Touch sensing device |
GB9020766 | 1990-09-24 |
Publications (2)
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AU7064891A AU7064891A (en) | 1991-08-05 |
AU636003B2 true AU636003B2 (en) | 1993-04-08 |
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AU70648/91A Ceased AU636003B2 (en) | 1990-01-11 | 1991-01-10 | Touch sensing device |
Country Status (4)
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EP (1) | EP0510057A1 (en) |
AU (1) | AU636003B2 (en) |
CA (1) | CA2073676A1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO1991011054A1 (en) |
Families Citing this family (3)
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US5036321A (en) * | 1989-08-31 | 1991-07-30 | Otis Elevator Company | Capacitive sensing, solid state touch button system |
US5511231A (en) * | 1993-06-21 | 1996-04-23 | Nec Corporation | Selective calling receiver capable of stopping a notifying operation by touching a chain clip |
US8424350B2 (en) | 2009-06-19 | 2013-04-23 | Projections Yoogo Inc. | Personal security key holder |
Citations (1)
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US4441034A (en) * | 1981-11-26 | 1984-04-03 | Inventio Ag | Contact-controlled capacitive switching apparatus |
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DE2727522A1 (en) * | 1977-06-18 | 1979-01-04 | Licentia Gmbh | Touch contact for TV receiver - has inner and outer concentric electrodes on insulating board with inner electrode connected through hole to conductor on board rear |
WO1985003820A1 (en) * | 1984-02-16 | 1985-08-29 | Antikidis Jean Pierre | Method for scanning a keyboard with capacitive keys and keyboard provided with means for scanning a keyboard according to this method |
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1991
- 1991-01-10 AU AU70648/91A patent/AU636003B2/en not_active Ceased
- 1991-01-10 EP EP19910902266 patent/EP0510057A1/en not_active Ceased
- 1991-01-10 CA CA 2073676 patent/CA2073676A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 1991-01-10 WO PCT/GB1991/000032 patent/WO1991011054A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
Patent Citations (1)
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US4441034A (en) * | 1981-11-26 | 1984-04-03 | Inventio Ag | Contact-controlled capacitive switching apparatus |
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AU7064891A (en) | 1991-08-05 |
WO1991011054A1 (en) | 1991-07-25 |
EP0510057A1 (en) | 1992-10-28 |
CA2073676A1 (en) | 1991-07-12 |
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