KR20170019552A - Capacitive Touch Module Constructed Paper or Resin Material - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a capacitive touch module including paper or resin material, capable of exposing a plate including a conductive area electrically making contact with a touch unit to the outside. According to the present invention, a capacitive touch module is a touch panel in which a touch is made to a capacitive touch panel formed of paper or paper. The capacitive touch module includes a plurality of touch parts, a contact plate part, a recessed plate part, an adapter part, and an upper support part. The touch parts include a conductive material for inducing an electrostatic touch on the capacitive touch panel and have a restoring force against shrinkage due to external force, and are made with a specified thickness T (T is equal to or greater than 0.01 mm) or more. The contact plate part is made of a paper material or a resin material and includes a contact region for contacting the electrostatic touch panel and a support region for supporting the touch parts. The recessed plate part has recessed holes for arranging the touch parts in a geometric relationship in design, is made of a paper material or a resin material stacked on the support region, and has the thickness equal to or thinner than the thickness T of the touch parts. The adapter part includes a conductive region made of a conductive material on at least one surface. The conducive region includes a contact region electrically making contact with the touch parts recessed in the recess hole of the recess plate part and an exposed region inserted into an insertion hole of an upper support part and thus exposed to the outer portion of the upper support part. The upper support part is made of a paper material or a resin material, has an insertion hole for exposing the exposed region of the adapter part to the outside, and is stacked on the adapter part and the recess plate hole.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a capacitive touch module,

The present invention provides a touch module for processing electrostatically touching a plurality of touch portions arranged in a designed geometrical relationship by designing a plate material made of paper or resin by cutting and laminating them.

There has been provided a touch device which is formed in a coating form so as to provide a designated service by touching an electrostatic touch screen by disposing a plurality of touch portions made of a conductive material in a predetermined geometrical relationship (Patent Registration No. 10-1482667, Patent Registration No. 10-1507058).

Since the geometric relationship formed by the plurality of touch parts in such a touch device is used as an identification device for providing various services, the geometric relationship in which a plurality of touch parts are arranged for each touch device is set to be unique . Therefore, conventionally, in manufacturing a touch-type touch device, on average, a cost of 10,000 yuan or more (for example, a sheet metal manufacturing cost, a laser cutting cost for uniquely arranging a plurality of touch parts for each touch device, . If a touch device is manufactured by disposing a plurality of touch parts in the same geometric relationship, the manufacturing cost of the touch device can be lowered by mass production, but there is a limit to lowering the manufacturing cost. Of course, a touch device that is applied to an environment in which a service is repeatedly touched by hundreds of thousands of times or more may be manufactured as in the prior art.

However, when a touch device used in a toy market, an early childhood education market, a book market, a souvenir market, an advertisement market, or the like is manufactured in a conventional manner, it takes an excessive cost. However, It is difficult to solve the problem.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a method of manufacturing a touch panel, comprising the steps of cutting and stacking a sheet material or a resin material plate into a designed shape, The present invention provides a capacitive touch module made of a paper / resin material, which is manufactured by arranging the electrodes in a designed geometric relationship and exposing a plate including the conductive area electrically in contact with the touch part among the laminated plates to the outside.

The electrostatic touch module according to the present invention is a touch module including a paper material or a resin material and is touched to the electrostatic touch panel. The electrostatic touch module includes a conductive material that induces a capacitive touch on the electrostatic touch panel, (T > 0.01 mm) or more, a contact area contacting the electrostatic touch panel, and a support area supporting the plurality of touch parts A contact plate portion made of a paper material or a resin material; a paper material or a resin material formed on the support region of the contact film portion and formed with embossed holes for arranging the plurality of touch portions in a geometric relationship in the design, (T < / RTI > T) smaller than or equal to the thickness T of the portion, and a conductive plate Wherein the conductive region comprises a contact region electrically in contact with a plurality of taps embedded in the embossed hole of the embossed plate portion and an exposed region inserted into the insertion hole of the upper support portion and exposed to the outside of the upper support portion, And an upper support part formed of a paper material or a resin material and formed with an insertion hole for exposing the exposed area of the adapter part to the outside and stacking the embedded plate part and the adapter part.

According to the present invention, the touch portion can be arranged in a design geometric relationship including at least one of a distance relation and an angular relation predesignated by the embossed hole of the embossed plate portion.

According to the present invention, the touch portion can be maintained in a state of being contracted to a thickness t by an external force applied by an upper support portion stacked on the embossed plate portion and a contact plate portion while being embedded in the embossed hole of the embossed plate portion.

According to the present invention, the touch portion can be contracted to within a thickness t by a pressing force applied by a human hand to touch the touch module to the electrostatic touch panel while the touch module is embedded in the embedding hole of the embossed plate portion. Meanwhile, the touch portion may be electrically connected to the contact region of the adapter portion by the contraction.

According to the present invention, the touch portion can be adhered to the conductive adhesive region of the adapter portion through the conductive adhesive while embedded in the embedded hole of the embedded plate portion. Meanwhile, the touch portion may be electrically connected to the contact region of the adapter portion through the conductive adhesive.

According to the present invention, the touch portion can be adhered to the support region of the contact plate portion through the adhesive in a state embedded in the embedding hole of the embossed plate portion.

According to the present invention, the contact plate portion may be made to have a thickness of 0.5 mm or less to guide the electrostatic touch to the electrostatic touch panel by the touch portion.

According to the present invention, the embossed plate portion may be bonded to the contact plate portion or the upper support portion through an adhesive, excluding the embedding hole.

According to the present invention, the adapter portion may form a conductive region on at least one surface by applying, depositing or coating a conductive material on a paper material or a resin material.

According to the present invention, the adapter portion may form a conductive region on at least one surface by laminating or laminating a conductive material on a paper material or a resin material.

According to the present invention, the adapter portion may be formed to have the contact region come into contact with the touch portion of the north water number buried in the embossed hole of the embossed plate portion, and the exposed region may be inserted into the insertion hole of the upper support portion, 'Can be produced in the form of folding. Meanwhile, the adapter portion may be formed in a shape of 'ㅗ' or 'ㅗ' in order to expose the contact region to the outside of the insertion hole of the upper supporting portion while contacting the contact region with the touch portion of the north- Can be produced in the form of "ㅛ".

According to the present invention, the upper support portion may include two insertion holes into which the two exposed regions of the adapter unit are inserted.

According to the present invention, the upper support may include an embedded space formed to embed a contact area portion of the adapter portion.

According to the present invention, the electrostatic-type touch module further includes a character portion including a conductive region of a conductive material contacting at least one surface of the body, the character portion being formed in a designated character shape, And a coupling groove for electrically coupling the conductive material of the exposed region to the conductive region of the character portion. The character unit may include an engaging groove for physically engaging the exposed region of the adapter unit and electrically coupling the conductive region of the character unit to the conductive material of the exposed region. Meanwhile, the character unit may include a paper material or a resin material coated, deposited or coated with the conductive material.

According to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the manufacturing cost (for example, material cost, processing cost, and labor cost) of the electrostatic touch module that touches the electrostatic touch panel to a plurality of touch portions arranged in the designed geometric relationship to within several hundreds, It has the advantage of manufacturing touch module.

According to the present invention, it is advantageous to provide a low cost electrostatic touch module which can be used and discarded for a certain period of time in a toy market, an early childhood education market, a book market, a souvenir market, and an advertisement market.

1 is a view showing the structure of a touch module made of a paper material or a resin material touching an electrostatic touch panel according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIGS. 2A to 2F are views showing a configuration of a touch module according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIGS. 3A to 3E are views illustrating a manufacturing process of a touch module according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The operation principle of the preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and description. It should be understood, however, that the drawings and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are intended to provide further explanation of the invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

In other words, the following embodiments correspond to the preferred embodiment of the preferred embodiment of the present invention. In the following embodiments, a specific configuration (or step) is omitted, or a specific configuration (or step) (Or steps), or an embodiment that incorporates functions implemented in more than one configuration (or step) into any one configuration (or step), a particular configuration (or step) It will be apparent that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described below. Therefore, it should be clearly stated that various embodiments corresponding to subsets or combinations based on the following embodiments can be subdivided based on the filing date of the present invention.

In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear. The terms used below are defined in consideration of the functions of the present invention, which may vary depending on the user, intention or custom of the operator. Therefore, the definition should be based on the contents throughout the present invention.

As a result, the technical idea of the present invention is determined by the claims, and the following embodiments are merely means for effectively explaining the technical idea of the present invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs Only.

1 is a view showing the structure of a touch module 100 made of a paper material or a resin material touching an electrostatic touch panel according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 illustrates a cross-sectional structure of a side structure of a touch module 100 including a paper material or a resin material. If the person skilled in the art is familiar with the present invention, (E.g., some of the components may be omitted, or broken down or combined) with respect to the structure of the touch module 100, but the present invention is not limited to these embodiments And the technical features thereof are not limited only by the method shown in FIG.

The touch module 100 according to the present invention includes a plurality of touch parts 105 including a conductive material for causing an electrostatic touch to the capacitive touch panel and having a restoring force against contraction due to external force, A contact plate portion 110 including a contact region 200 contacting the electrostatic touch panel and a support region 205 supporting the plurality of touch portions 105; And a conductive layer of a conductive material on at least one side of the conductive layer, wherein the conductive layer is formed on the conductive layer, Is inserted into the insertion hole 245 of the upper support part 125 and the contact area 220 in electrical contact with the plurality of touch parts 105 embedded in the embedding hole 210 of the embossed plate part 115, Exposure to the outside of the upper support portion 125 And an insertion hole 245 for exposing the exposed portion 225 of the adapter unit 120 to the outside is formed in the adapter unit 120. The embedded plate unit 115 and the adapter unit 120, Which is physically and electrically coupled to the conductive exposed region 225 of the adapter portion 120 exposed to the outside of the upper support 125 and includes a predetermined character shape And a character unit 130. The character unit 130 includes a plurality of characters. Hereinafter, for convenience, the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to a portion corresponding to a conductive region including a conductive material in a component portion of the touch module 100 in a blue color.

The touch unit 105 is a general term of a conductive unit including a conductive material that induces an electrostatic touch on the capacitive touch panel. The touch unit 105 includes a material having a restoring force for restoring the original volume before contraction when being contracted by an external force And is disposed in the touch module 100 in a geometric relationship in design including at least one of the designed distance relationship and the angular relationship.

According to the method of the present invention, the touch portion 105 is embedded in the embossing hole 210 of the embossed plate portion 115 so that the touch portion 105 can be disposed in a geometric relationship in design including at least one of the designed distance relationship and the angular relationship For this purpose, the embedding holes 210 of the embossing plate 115 are formed according to the designed distance relationship and the angular relationship. The design geometric relationship includes at least one of a distance relationship and an angle relation formed by line segments connecting the respective middle points of the plurality of touch units 105 or a layout area 215 for arranging the plurality of touch units 105, The distance formed by the line segments connecting the respective middle points of the plurality of touch portions 105 with reference to the reference point (e.g., coordinate origin or a point corresponding to one of the plurality of touch portions 105) And at least one relationship and an angle relationship.

According to the method of the present invention, the touch portion 105 is designed and manufactured to have a predetermined area. Here, the area of the touch portion 105 is passed through the contact plate portion 110 to the electrostatic touching portion 105 where the contact region 200 of the contact plate portion 110 is in contact, thereby causing the electrostatic touching portion 105 Calculated as the required area. For example, when various parameters (e.g., currents flowing in the electrostatic touch panel) applied to cause the electrostatic touch by the touch unit 105 are fixed, Can have a proportional correlation with a ratio specified to the thickness of the substrate 110. That is, the area of the touch part 105 may be designed to be smaller as the thickness of the contact plate part 110 is thinner, and may be designed to be larger as the thickness of the contact plate part 110 becomes thicker . For example, if the thickness of the contact plate 110 is less than 0.1 mm, the area of the touch portion 105 may be designed and manufactured to have a square area of 5 mm in width / If the thickness of the contact plate 110 is more than 0.2 mm but less than 0.3 mm, a square area having a width of 7 mm and a width of 5 mm may be designed and manufactured. Can be designed and manufactured. However, the above example is an example of fixing various variables for determining the area of the touch part 105, and the area of the touch part 105 is used to cause the electrostatic touch by the touch part 105 Which can be varied by various variables. In addition to the square structure, the graphic structure forming the area of the touch part 105 may have various shapes such as a triangle, a pentagon, and a hexagon in addition to a rectangle, an ellipse, and a curved structure.

According to the method of the present invention, the touch portion 105 is designed and manufactured to have a specified thickness T (T? 0.01 mm) or more. The touch portion 105 is made of a material having a restoring force for restoring the original volume before shrinking when it is contracted by an external force. If the thickness t of the embossed plate part 115 is smaller than the thickness T of the touch part 105, the thickness of the touch part 105 embedded in the embossed hole 210 of the embossed plate part 115 may be smaller than the thickness (T < T) of the embossed plate portion 115 by the external force exerted by the contact plate portion 110 and the upper support portion 125 stacked on the support plate portion 115. [ In this case, even though the touch unit 105 does not adhere to the conductive contact area 220 of the adapter unit 120 through the conductive adhesive, the contact area of the conductive contact area 220 of the adapter unit 120 Or in a state of being electrically connected to the conductive contact region 220 of the adapter unit 120. If the thickness t of the embossed plate portion 115 is equal to the thickness T of the touch portion 105, the touch portion 105 is bonded to the conductive contact region 220 of the adapter portion 120 through the conductive adhesive agent. The conductive contact region 220 of the adapter unit 120 can be maintained electrically connected. When the thickness t of the embossed plate 115 is equal to the thickness T of the touch part 105, even if the touch part 105 is not bonded to the conductive contact area 220 of the adapter part 120, When the pressing force applied by the hand of the user is transmitted to the adapter unit 120 at the time of touching the module 100 to the electrostatic touch panel, an external force for contracting the touch unit 105 by the biasing force is applied So that the touch part 105 can be in contact with the conductive contact area 220 of the adapter part 120 to be electrically connected.

According to the method of the present invention, the touch part 105 is bonded to the support area 205 of the contact plate part 110 through the adhesive in the state of being embedded in the embedding hole 210 of the embossed plate part 115 . Meanwhile, according to the method of operation, the touch portion 105 can be maintained in a state of being supported through the designated region of the contact plate portion 110 by the restoring force even if it is not adhered to the contact plate portion 110.

The contact plate 110 contacts the electrostatic touch panel while blocking the geometric relationship of the plurality of touch parts 105 from being exposed to the outside, and contacts the electrostatic touches by the plurality of touch parts 105 with the electrostatic touch panel The contact portion 200 includes a non-conductive paper material or a resin material. The contact region 200 is in contact with the electrostatic touch panel. The contact region 200 supports the plurality of touch portions 105 Area 205 as shown in FIG.

According to the method of the present invention, the contact plate 110 can guide the electrostatic touch to the electrostatic touch panel in contact with the contact area 200 by the touch part 105 supported through the designated area It is manufactured to the specified thickness. As the thickness of the contact plate 110 becomes thinner, the electrostatic touch by the touch unit 105 can be more effectively transmitted to the electrostatic touch panel. However, even if the thickness of the contact plate 110 is too small, even if the touch units 105 supported through the support area 205 are not exposed to the viewer, the touch unit 105 ) May be exposed. If the thickness of the contact plate 110 is too small, if the contact plate 110 is made of a paper material, the contact plate 110 can be easily damaged even if the contact plate 110 is wetted with water. For example, if the area of the touch part 105 is a square area of 5 mm or 6 mm in width, the contact plate part 110 may have a thickness of 0.1 mm to 0.5 mm if the material of the contact plate part 110 is paper. And may be manufactured to a thickness of about 0.2 mm. On the other hand, when the contact plate 110 is made of a resin material under the same conditions, the thickness of the contact plate 110 may be within 0.5 mm or within 0.1 mm. However, it is apparent that the thickness of the contact plate 110 is not limited to the above-described numerical values, and may be 0.5 mm or more depending on the area of the touch part 105. [

According to the method of the present invention, when the contact plate 110 is manufactured using a paper material, a predetermined thickness of paper material is lapped with a predetermined thickness, and then cut into a pre-designed geometrical structure to form the contact plate 110 ) Can be produced.

The embossed plate portion 115 is a collective term of a constituent portion having embossed holes 210 for disposing the plurality of touch portions 105 in a geometrical relationship in design, and preferably includes a nonconductive paper material or a resin material , And is deposited on the support region 205 of the contact film portion.

According to the method of the present invention, the embedding plate portion 115 is formed with a plurality of embossed holes 210 for precisely arranging the plurality of touch portions 105 in a designed geometrical relationship in advance. That is, the geometric relationship (for example, the distance relation and / or the angle relation) formed by the plurality of embedding holes 210 formed in the embossed plate portion 115 is matched with the geometrical relationship formed by the plurality of touch portions 105 .

According to the method of the present invention, when the embossed plate portion 115 is manufactured using a paper material, a paper material having a predetermined thickness is formed by laminating a predetermined thickness of the material t and then cut into a pre-designed geometric structure, The embedding plate 115 can be manufactured by forming a plurality of embedding holes 210 in the embossing plate 115.

According to the method of the present invention, the embedding plate portion 115 is laminated in such a manner that an area excluding the embedding hole 210 is adhered to the contact plate portion 110 or adhered to the upper support portion 125 through an adhesive . If the embossing plate 115 is made of a resin material, the embossing plate 115 may be thermally compressed so that a region excluding the embossing hole 210 may be laminated on the contact plate 110 or the upper supporter 125 have.

According to the modified embodiment of the present invention, the embedding plate portion 115 and the contact plate portion 110 can be integrally formed (for example, a contact / embossed plate portion), and thus the present invention is not limited thereto.

The adapter unit 120 includes a conductive region of conductive material on at least one surface thereof to electrically connect the plurality of touch units 105 embedded in the embedding hole 210 of the embedding plate unit 115 to the human body The conductive region preferably includes a contact region 220 in electrical contact with a plurality of touch portions 105 embedded in the embedding hole 210 of the embossed plate portion 115, And an exposed region 225 which is inserted into the insertion hole 245 of the upper support portion 125 and is exposed to the outside of the upper support portion 125.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the adapter unit 120 may form a conductive region on at least one surface by applying, depositing, plating, or coating a conductive material onto a sheet of paper or resin. Alternatively, the adapter unit 120 may form a conductive region on at least one side by laminating or laminating a conductive material on a sheet of paper or resin. For example, the adapter unit 120 may include at least one of a silver paper, a forbidden paper, a pearl paper, and a holographic paper including a conductive material on at least one surface.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, when the adapter part 120 is manufactured using paper material, the paper material having a predetermined thickness is prepared by laminating paper materials of predetermined thickness, and then cut into a pre-designed geometric structure, ) Can be produced.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the adapter part 120 contacts the conductive contact area 220 with the touch part 105 of the north-water number embedded in the embedding hole 210 of the embossed plate part 115 The conductive exposed region 225 may be folded into a U-shape in order to insert the conductive exposed region 225 into the insertion hole 245 of the upper support portion 125 and expose the conductive exposed region 225 to the outside. Here, the adapter unit 120 is formed in a U-shape, and a bottom portion including a conductive material is electrically connected to a plurality of touch units 105 embedded in the embossed hole 210 of the embossed plate 115 Both the arm portions including the conductive material in the state of being bent in the U shape are inserted into the insertion holes 245 of the upper support portion 125 and are exposed to the outside, (225) can be formed.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the adapter portion 120 contacts the conductive contact region 220 with the touch portion 105 of the north-water number embedded in the embedding hole 210 of the embossed plate portion 115 And at the same time, the conductive exposed region 225 is inserted into the insertion hole 245 of the upper support portion 125 and is exposed to the outside, or may be manufactured in the shape of 'ㅗ' or in the shape of '.'. The adapter portion 120 includes a plurality of touch portions 105 buried in the embossed hole 210 of the embossed plate portion 115 and a bottom portion formed of a conductive material such as' And one or two column portions formed in a vertical direction to the bottom portion in the 'ㅗ' shape or 'ㅛ' shape are formed in the insertion hole 245 of the upper support portion 125, Thereby forming a conductive exposed region 225 which is exposed to the outside. The adapter portion 120 of the present invention includes a conductive contact region 220 in electrical contact with a plurality of touch portions 105 embedded in an embedded hole 210 of an embedded plate portion 115, And a conductive exposed region 225 is formed to be exposed to the outside by being inserted into the through hole 245. However, the structure is not limited to a specific structure.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the adapter unit 120 is physically coupled to the character unit 130 and electrically connects the conductive material of the exposed region 225 with the conductive region of the character unit 130 And an engaging groove 230 for engaging with the engaging recess 230.

The upper support part 125 exposes the conductive exposed area 225 of the adapter part 120 to the outside while the conductive contact area 220 of the adapter part 120 contacts the upper surface of the embedded plate part 115 A plurality of touch parts 105 embedded in the embossing hole 210 and configured to support the plurality of touch parts 105. Preferably, the non-conductive material includes a paper material or a resin material, An insertion hole 245 for inserting the insertion hole 225 and exposing the insertion hole 245 is formed and is stacked on the embedded plate portion 115 and the adapter portion 120.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the upper support part 125 includes two insertion holes 245 into which two conductive exposed areas 225 of the adapter part 120 are inserted, The number of the insertion holes 245 may be one or more than three, so that the present invention is not limited thereto.

According to the method of the present invention, the upper support part 125 may be made of a paper material or a resin material and have a specified thickness D (D? 0.01 mm) or more. If the upper support part 125 is manufactured using a paper material, the upper support part 125 may be manufactured by laminating a paper material having a predetermined thickness to a designed thickness D, and cutting the upper support part 125 into a pre-designed geometric structure.

According to the method of the present invention, the upper support 125 may include an embedded space 250 formed to embed a portion of the conductive contact region 220 of the adapter unit 120, 250 can prevent the area of the upper support part 125 from contacting the adapter part 120 from protruding upward. If the thickness of the upper support part 125 is D, the thickness of the upper support part 125 corresponding to the embedded space 250 may be d (d <D). At this time, the thickness Dd should be at least equal to the thickness of the adapter portion 120 so that an external force is applied to shrink the touch portion 105 which is in contact with the conductive contact region 220 of the adapter portion 120 . The area of the upper support part 125 that contacts with the adapter part 120 may protrude upward or shrink the touch part 105 that is in contact with the conductive contact area 220 of the adapter part 120 The buried space 250 of the upper support part 125 may be omitted.

The character unit 130 includes a conductive region of a conductive material on at least one surface thereof and is electrically and physically coupled to the adapter unit 120, Is a collective term for a constituent part for electrically connecting a plurality of touch parts 105 buried in the embossed hole 210 to a human body to form a circuit. Preferably, the character unit 130 is formed in a designated character shape. If the conductive exposed region 225 of the adapter unit 120 is in direct contact with the human body (for example, the exposed region 225 of the adapter unit 120 is formed as a character or the exposed region of the adapter unit 120 225) performs the function of the handle portion, the character portion 130 can be omitted.

The character unit 130 is physically coupled to the conductive exposed region 225 of the adapter unit 120 and electrically connects the conductive region of the character unit 130 to the exposed region 225 The adapter unit 120 may be physically coupled to the character unit 130 and may include a conductive material of the exposed region 225. The conductive material may be a conductive material, And an engaging groove 230 for electrically coupling the conductive member 130 with the conductive region of the character unit 130.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the character unit 130 may form a conductive region on at least one surface by applying or depositing, plating, or coating a conductive material onto a sheet of paper or resin. Alternatively, the character unit 130 may form a conductive region on at least one surface by laminating or laminating a conductive material on a sheet of paper or resin. For example, the character unit 130 may include at least one of silver paper, black paper, pearl paper, and holographic paper including a conductive material on at least one side thereof.

According to the method of the present invention, when the character part 130 is manufactured using paper material, a predetermined thickness of paper material is lapped with a designed thickness, and then cut into a pre-designed character shape to form the character part 130 ) Can be produced.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, when the character part 130 is manufactured in a specific character shape, the geometric shape of the touch parts 105 formed by embedding a plurality of touch parts 105 in the embossed hole 210 of the embossed plate The relationship may be mapped to a command for causing the device connected to the capacitive touch panel to which the touch module 100 is touched to output content related to the character shape or to generate an event related to the character shape.

FIGS. 2A to 2F are views showing a configuration of a touch module 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2a through 2f illustrate the contact plate 110, the embedding plate 115, the touch portion 105, the adapter portion 120, the upper support portion 125 And the character unit 130 of the touch module 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIGS. 2a through 2f, It will be appreciated that various implementations of the configuration (e.g., some configuration portions may be omitted, or subdivided, or a combined implementation) may be deduced, but the present invention encompasses all such contemplated embodiments, The technical features thereof are not limited only by the method shown in FIG. 2f.

2a shows an embodiment of the contact plate 110 in the configuration of the touch module 100. FIG. 2a shows a side view of the contact plate 110, and FIG. 2a (b) And a plan view of the contact plate portion 110. As shown in Fig.

2A, when the touch module 100 is touched to the electrostatic touch panel, the contact plate 110 includes a contact area 200 in direct contact with the electrostatic touch panel, And a support region 205 for supporting a plurality of touch portions 105 buried in the embossed hole 210 of the embossed plate portion 115 in an area opposite to the contact region 200.

According to the method of the present invention, the contact plate portion 110 is provided on the plurality of touch portions 105 supported through the support region 205 in a state where the contact region 200 is in contact with the electrostatic touch panel The electrostatic touch panel can be guided to the electrostatic touch panel. For example, the contact plate 110 may have a thickness of 0.5 mm or less.

2B shows an embodiment of the embossed plate portion 115 in the structure of the touch module 100. FIG. 2B shows a side view of the embossed plate portion 115, and FIG. And a plan view of the embossed plate portion 115.

Referring to FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b), the embossed plate 115 is fabricated with a pre-designed thickness t, and a plurality of touch portions 105 are placed in a previously designed geometric relationship (e.g., Or angular relationship) are formed on the inner circumferential surface.

According to the embodiment of the embedding plate part of the present invention, the embedding plate part 115 is formed by a predetermined designing tool such that the area of the embedding hole 210 for arranging the plurality of touch parts 105 in the calculated geometric relationship, Holes are designed and printed on a plate made of a paper material or a resin through a designated printing machine, and then the plate of the paper material or the resin material is cut into a pre-designed geometric structure The position of the embedding hole 210 on the embedding hole design drawing can be formed by punching through the punch tool having the same structure as that of the embedding hole 210 on the printed embedding hole design drawing. Preferably, a layout area 215 for arranging the plurality of touch parts 105 may be printed together with the embossed hole design drawing to be printed.

Meanwhile, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the embossed plate portion 115 is formed of a sheet material or a resin material plate through a predetermined cutting tool on the basis of a geometric relationship calculated using a predetermined design tool The present invention is not limited to a tool for manufacturing the embossed plate 115. The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments.

2C shows an embodiment of the touch part 105 of the touch module 100. FIG 2C shows a side view of the touch part 105 and FIG. And a top view of the touch portion 105. [

Referring to FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b), when the touch unit 105 is contracted by an external force, the touch unit 105 is manufactured to a predetermined thickness T including a material having a restoring force for restoring the original volume before shrinkage (E.g., a distance relationship and / or an angle relationship) by embedding in the embedding hole 210 of the embossing plate fabricated as shown in FIG. 2b.

According to the first touch part of the present invention, the touch part 105 can be manufactured by forming a metal film (or a metal mesh) of a metallic material on the outside of a cushioning material of an elastic material having a restoring force. The cushioning material may be formed of a foamable material such as sponge or polyurethane. The metal film (or metal mesh) may be fabricated by plating a metal material on the buffer material and / or by yarn or cotton on a metallic material. For example, the touch portion 105 formed by forming the metal film of the cushioning material may have a structure of an EMI shielding gasket.

According to the second touch unit of the present invention, the touch unit 105 can be manufactured using at least one conductive material of a conductive rubber material, a conductive plastic material, or a conductive silicon material having a restoring force. For example, when the touch portion 105 is made of a conductive rubber material, the conductive rubber may be prepared by mixing electrically conductive carbon (including conductive carbon or metal powder) and rubber in a calculated ratio, And resilience.

According to the third touch part of the present invention, the touch part 105 may be made of a carbon fiber material including a carbon nanotube material or a single wall carbon nanotube material.

According to the fourth touch part of the present invention, the touch part 105 can be manufactured using a dielectric material including a solid dielectric material or a liquid dielectric material and a container for housing the dielectric material.

According to the method of the present invention, the touch portion 105 is embedded in the embossing hole 210 of the embossing plate portion 115 of FIG. 2B to be arranged in a geometric relationship in design including at least one of the designed distance relationship and the angular relation . The design geometric relationship includes at least one of a distance relationship and an angle relation formed by line segments connecting the respective middle points of the plurality of touch units 105 or a layout area 215 for arranging the plurality of touch units 105, The distance formed by the line segments connecting the respective middle points of the plurality of touch portions 105 with reference to the reference point (e.g., coordinate origin or a point corresponding to one of the plurality of touch portions 105) And at least one relationship and an angle relationship.

2d illustrate an embodiment of the adapter unit 120 in the configuration of the touch module 100. FIGS. 2d and 3d show side views of the adapter unit 120, (B) and (D) show a plan view of the adapter unit 120.

Referring to FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b), the adapter unit 120 includes a conductive region of conductive material on at least one surface thereof, and the conductive region of the adapter unit 120 includes a conductive plate A conductive contact area 220 in electrical contact with the plurality of touch parts 105 embedded in the embossing hole 210 of the upper support part 125 and a lower support part 125 inserted into the insertion hole 245 of the upper support part 125, And a conductive exposed region 225 exposed to the outside of the photoresist pattern. Preferably, the conductive region of the adapter portion 120 is electrically connected to the conductive portion 222 of the conductive portion 222 and the conductive portion 222 of the conductive portion 222, A conductive region of the character section 130) is formed.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the adapter unit 120 is formed by cutting a paper material or a resin material plate made of a conductive material on at least one surface with a specified thickness The conductive contact region 220 and the conductive exposed region 225 are formed so as to form the conductive contact region 220 and the conductive exposed region 225 in a 'U' shape as shown in (D) or (D) of FIG. 2D, Can be produced.

Referring to (b) of FIG. 2d, the adapter unit 120 includes a first adapter unit 120, as shown in (b) of FIG. 2d, A bending guide groove 235 or a bending induction hole 240 may be formed in order to easily bend the bending guide groove 235 or the bending guide hole 240. The bending inducing groove 235 is formed on the adapter portion 120 of the first stage as shown in (b) of FIG. 2d by forming a predetermined groove on the conductive contact region 220 and the conductive exposed region 225 The adapter part 120 is bent along the bending guide groove 235 to clearly separate the conductive contact area 220 from the conductive exposure area 225 and to fix the conductive contact area 220 on one surface of the adapter part 120 The conductive material can be protected from being damaged by the bending. The bending induction hole 240 is formed in a shape of a straight line in a portion separated by the conductive contact region 220 and the conductive exposure region 225 on the adapter unit 120 manufactured as shown in FIG. The adapter portion 120 can be bent along the linear portion of the bending induction hole 240 to clearly distinguish the conductive contact region 220 from the conductive exposure region 225.

2e shows an embodiment of the upper support 125 of the touch module 100. Figure 2e shows a side view of the upper support 125 and Figure 2e A top view of the upper support 125 is shown.

Referring to FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b), the upper supporter 125 has a U-shaped conductive exposed region of the adapter unit 120 as shown in FIG. 2d or FIG. And two insertion holes 245 into which the two conductive exposed regions 225 of the adapter portion 120 bent in U 'shape are inserted are inserted into the insertion holes 245, .

Referring to FIG. 2e, the upper support 125 may include an embedded space 250 formed to embed a portion of the conductive contact region 220 of the adapter portion 120. If the thickness of the upper support part 125 is D, the thickness of the upper support part 125 corresponding to the embedded space 250 may be d (d? D).

2f shows an embodiment of the character part 130 in the configuration of the touch module 100. FIG 2f shows a side view of the character part 130, And a character unit 130 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b), the character unit 130 includes a conductive region of a conductive material on at least one surface thereof. (230) for electrically coupling the conductive region of the character unit (130) and the conductive region of the conductive exposed region (225) of the adapter unit (120) . The user's hand touches the conductive area of the character unit 130 and the engaging groove 230 of the character unit 130 contacts the conductive area of the character unit 130. [ And the coupling groove 230 formed in the conductive exposed region 225 of the adapter unit 120. The touch portion 105 and the conductive portion 220 electrically contact the conductive contact region 220 of the adapter unit 120, Thereby forming an electric circuit.

When the touch plate 110 of FIG. 2a is placed on the electrostatic touch panel while holding the character unit 130 as shown in FIG. 2f or FIG. 2b with the user's hand (human body) An electrostatic touch is generated between the touch portion 105 of the touch panel 105 and the human body by the plurality of touch portions 105 arranged in the geometric relationship designed in the electrostatic touch panel. Even if a part of the electric circuit is short-circuited, if a predetermined pushing force is applied to the user's hand, the electric circuit is connected to the plurality of touch parts 105 arranged in the geometric relation designed in the electrostatic touch panel Thereby causing a capacitive touch.

FIGS. 3A through 3E are views illustrating a manufacturing process of the touch module 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3A through 3E illustrate a contact plate 110, an embedded plate 115, a touch portion 105, an adapter portion 120, an upper support portion 125 (see FIG. 1) of the touch module 100 shown in FIG. And the character unit 130 are assembled to fabricate the touch module 100. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention can be applied to any of the above- It is possible to refer to and / or modify various implementations of the touch module 100 (e.g., some components may be omitted, or subdivided, or combined) All the methods of implementation are included, and the technical features thereof are not limited only by the method shown in FIGS. 3A to 3E.

Referring to FIG. 3A or FIG. 3B, the embossing plate 115 manufactured as shown in FIG. 2B is laminated on the support region 205 of the contact plate 110 manufactured as shown in FIG. 2A. At this time, the contact plate portion 110 and the embossed plate portion 115 may be laminated through an adhesive.

Referring to (a) or (b) of FIG. 3b, the embedding hole 210 of the embossed plate 115 stacked in the designated area of the contact plate 110 as shown in (a) or (b) By embedding a plurality of touch portions 105, the plurality of touch portions 105 are arranged in a pre-designed geometric relationship as shown in FIG. 2c. If the thickness t of the embossed plate part 115 and the thickness T of the touch part 105 are in the relationship of &quot; t &quot;, the plurality of touch parts 105 are arranged in the embedment hole 210 of the embossed plate part 115 (Tt) above the embossed plate portion 115 in the embedded state.

Referring to (a) or (b) of FIG. 3c, the adapter portion 242 formed as shown in FIG. 2d or FIG. 4d is inserted into the insertion hole 245 of the upper support portion 125, The conductive exposed region 225 of the conductive layer 120 is inserted. At this time, the upper support part 125 and the adapter part 120 may be in contact with each other through an adhesive agent, and may not be adhered to each other according to an embodiment method.

Referring to (a) or (b) of FIG. 3d, the (a) or (b) of FIG. 3c is formed on the embedded plate part 115 and the touch part 105, The touch module 100 is manufactured by stacking the upper support part 125 and the adapter part 120 manufactured as shown in FIG.

When the character unit 130 is coupled to the touch module 100, the adapter unit 120 exposed to the outside through the insertion hole 245 of the upper support unit 125 as shown in (a) or (b) The engaging groove 230 of the character unit 130 formed as shown in Figure 2f is engaged with the engaging groove 230 formed in the conductive exposed region 225 of the character unit 130, The touch module 100 including the character unit 130 can be manufactured by electrically and physically coupling the conductive exposed region 225 of the touch panel 120 to the touch panel 100. [

The contact area of the contact plate 110 of the touch module 100 in the state of holding the character part 130 of the touch module 100 manufactured as shown in (a) or (b) The plurality of touch portions 105 arranged in a predetermined design geometrical relationship, as shown in (a) or (b) of FIG. 3b, are formed in the electrostatic touch panel, Which causes electrostatic multi-touch on the touch panel.

100: touch module 105: touch part
110: contact plate part 115:
120: adapter part 125: upper support
130: Character section

Claims (19)

1. A touch module comprising a paper material or a resin material and being touched by an electrostatic touch panel,
A plurality of touch parts including a conductive material which induces an electrostatic touch on the electrostatic touch panel, a plurality of touch parts having a restoring force against contraction caused by an external force, and having a specified thickness T (T? 0.01 mm) or more;
A touch plate made of a paper material or a resin material and including a contact area for contacting the electrostatic touch panel and a support area for supporting the plurality of touch parts;
(T &lt; / = T) smaller than or equal to the thickness T of the touching portion and made of a paper material or a resin material which is embedded in a supporting region of the contact film portion and has embedded holes for arranging the plurality of touching portions in a geometric relationship in design, );
Wherein the conductive region includes a contact region electrically in contact with a plurality of touch portions embedded in the embossed hole of the embossed plate portion and a contact region inserted into the insertion hole of the upper support portion, An adapter portion including an exposed region exposed to the outside of the support portion; And
And an upper support part made of a paper material or a resin material and having an insertion hole for inserting an exposed area of the adapter part and exposing the adapter part to the outside, and being laminated on the embedding plate part and the adapter part.
The touch panel according to claim 1,
Wherein the at least one conductive plate is disposed in a geometrical relationship in design including at least one of a distance relationship and an angular relationship preliminarily designed by the embedding holes of the embossed plate portion.
The touch panel according to claim 1,
Wherein a state of being held in a contracted state by a thickness t is maintained by an external force exerted by an upper support portion stacked on the embossed plate portion and a contact plate portion while being embedded in the embossed hole of the embossed plate portion.
The touch panel according to claim 1,
Wherein the touch module is contracted within a thickness t by a pressing force applied by a human hand to touch the touch module to the electrostatic touch panel while the touch module is embedded in the embedding hole of the embossed plate portion.
The touch panel according to claim 3 or 4,
And is electrically connected to the contact area of the adapter part by the contraction.
The touch panel according to claim 1,
And is adhered to the conductive adhesive region of the adapter portion through the conductive adhesive while being embedded in the embedded hole of the embedded plate portion.
The touch panel according to claim 6,
And electrically connected to a contact area of the adapter through the conductive adhesive.
The touch panel according to claim 1,
And is adhered to a supporting region of the contact plate portion through an adhesive in a state embedded in an embedded hole of the embedded plate portion.
The contact plate according to claim 1,
Wherein the thickness of the touch module is less than 0.5 mm to induce the electrostatic touch to the electrostatic touch panel by the touch part.
The stapler according to claim 1,
Wherein an area excluding the buried hole is adhered to the contact plate portion or the upper support portion through an adhesive.
[2] The apparatus of claim 1,
Wherein the conductive region is formed on at least one surface by applying, vaporizing or coating a conductive material to the paper material or the resin material.
[2] The apparatus of claim 1,
Wherein a conductive region is formed on at least one surface of the conductive material by laminating or laminating a conductive material on a paper material or a resin material.
[2] The apparatus of claim 1,
The contact area is contacted with the touch portion of the north water number embedded in the embossed hole of the embossed plate portion and the exposed region is inserted into the insertion hole of the upper supporter and is formed in a U shape in order to expose it to the outside. A capacitive touch module.
[2] The apparatus of claim 1,
The contact area is brought into contact with the touch part of the north water embedded in the embossed hole of the embossed plate part and the exposed area is inserted into the insertion hole of the upper support part so as to be exposed to the outside, Wherein the first and second electrodes are electrically connected to each other.
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the upper support comprises:
And two insertion holes into which the two exposed regions provided in the adapter unit are inserted.
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the upper support comprises:
And an embedded space formed to embed a contact area portion of the adapter portion.
The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising a character portion formed in a designated character shape and including at least a conductive region of a conductive material in contact with a human body on one side,
Wherein the adapter portion comprises an engaging groove for physically engaging with the character portion and electrically coupling the conductive material of the exposed region to the conductive region of the character portion.
18. The apparatus according to claim 17,
And an engaging groove for physically engaging with the exposed region of the adapter portion and electrically coupling the conductive region of the character region to the conductive material of the exposed region.
18. The apparatus according to claim 17,
Wherein the electrostatic touch module comprises a paper material or a resin material coated, vapor-deposited or coated with the conductive material.

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