US20180088704A1 - Arrangement for spatially resolving projected-capacitive touch detection with improved locally deformed electrode structure - Google Patents

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US20180088704A1 US15/562,592 US201615562592A US2018088704A1 US 20180088704 A1 US20180088704 A1 US 20180088704A1 US 201615562592 A US201615562592 A US 201615562592A US 2018088704 A1 US2018088704 A1 US 2018088704A1
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  • the present disclosure relates generally to an assembly for the spatially resolving projected capacitive touch detection, in particular to a touchpad with projected capacitive technology
  • Cap touch Projected capacitive technology
  • Cap touch recognizes touches by measuring the electrical capacitance on each addressable electrode. If a finger or conductive pen approaches an electrode, its electromagnetic field is disturbed and its electrical capacitance changed. This change can be measured by the electronics and converted into X-Y-coordinates, which can then be used for touch recognition by the system.
  • the methods for touch recognition are divided into two main types, which are referred to as self capacitance and mutual capacitance.
  • the first touch recognition method is based on self capacitance.
  • the electronics measure the current present on each electrode in relation to the ground level.
  • the electrodes may either be arranged as a multi pad or in lines and columns.
  • each electrode, or each “pad” can be individually addressed by the electronics, which is why an individual connection between the electrode and the controller is required.
  • a multi-touch control process is possible in self capacitance systems with a multi pad, but since each pad has to be addressed individually, the implementation is very difficult for touchpads with a diagonal of more than 3.5 inches.
  • each line and each column constitutes an electrode and is individually addressed by the evaluation unit.
  • the evaluation unit is capable of acquiring only individual electrodes, but not each individual point of intersection. Therefore, these systems are limited to single and dual touch recognition, with so-called “ghost points” possibly posing a problem. The latter are the result of imaginary or false points of intersection at points that do not correspond to the touching point.
  • Mutual capacitance is understood to be the intended or unintended electrical capacitance between two charged items.
  • pcap touch a mutual capacitance is deliberately established between the elements of the lines and columns located in the vicinity of the individual points of intersection. In this way, the system electronics are able to measure each node (point of intersection) individually and thus acquire several touches on the touchpad with a single scanning process.
  • the touchpad is touched close to a point of intersection, a part of the mutual capacitance between the line and the column is coupled to the finger, and the electrical capacitance of the point of intersection measured by the evaluation unit is reduced.
  • the reduced electrical capacitance exceeds the “touch threshold” set by the evaluation unit and signals to the system that a touch has occurred.
  • the electrode structure which is provided for touch detection and disposed in rows and columns, is characterized by an alternating, strictly regular pattern of electrode surfaces, which are usually referred to as “pads”, and hereinafter also, in short, as “surfaces”.
  • the density of the assembly determines the resolving power.
  • the surfaces are rhombic, snowflake-shaped, triangular or round, wherein the shape or outer circumference of the surfaces of the electrodes connected in rows usually, but not necessarily, differs from the shape or outer circumference of the electrodes connected in columns.
  • Local geometric deviations from the regular pattern usually result in a disturbance of the resolving power at the respective local point and are therefore avoided.
  • the electrode structure is provided directly behind a layer forming the touch surface, if possible, through-holes passing through the electrode structure and its substrate for fastening means or orientation aids or symbols that can be backlit, particularly in the case of a substrate through which light cannot be transmitted, are only disposed outside the touch surface in order not to affect the resolving power.
  • through-holes passing through the electrode structure and its substrate for fastening means or orientation aids or symbols that can be backlit particularly in the case of a substrate through which light cannot be transmitted, are only disposed outside the touch surface in order not to affect the resolving power.
  • the inventors set themselves the task of compensating geometric deviations from the strictly regular pattern, in particular through-holes through the electrode structure, in order to still obtain a resolving power of the touch detection which comes close to the strictly regular pattern, in order to create a user-friendly, space-saving and clearly structured operating surface for use in motor vehicles.
  • the assembly for the spatially resolving projected capacitive touch detection comprises an electrically insulating substrate (hereinafter only referred to as substrate), with several electrically conductive, for example metallic, surfaces of a first type and a second type disposed side-by-side on the substrate.
  • the surfaces have a regular, uniform surface configuration; for example, the surfaces are rhombic, triangular, snowflake-shaped or round.
  • the geometric shapes of the surfaces are configured in such a way that the density of the surfaces is optimized with respect to the intended resolving power of the touch detection.
  • Surfaces having a regular, uniform surface configuration corresponding to the respective type are referred to as type-related.
  • the surfaces of the first type are preferably electrically connected to one another in rows in order to form several transmitting electrodes.
  • the surfaces of the second type are electrically connected to one another in columns in order to form several receiving electrodes.
  • the terms in columns and in rows only serve for the functional differentiation of the surface types and are not to be understood to be limiting as regards the spatial orientation.
  • the surfaces of the first and second types are disposed in a type-alternating manner.
  • the term alternating is to be understood to mean that the surfaces closest in space to a surface of one type are surfaces of the respective other type, and the next-but-one surfaces are surfaces of the respective same type.
  • a substantially regular pattern is formed by this type-alternating arrangement, so that the surface of the one type is surrounded by several surfaces of the other type, in each case maintaining a minimum distance.
  • the minimum distance is to be understood to mean the minimum distance between the respective next long side of the adjacent surfaces of the first and second types. According to one embodiment, the distance is kept constant across opposite flanks of the most closely adjacent surfaces.
  • a pattern in which the distance between the geometric center points of the placed surfaces of the first and second types remains constant over the extension range of the pattern, for example, is considered a regular pattern.
  • Surfaces that are arranged in accordance with the regular patterns are configured in a rule-compliant manner.
  • a through-hole is formed in the electrically insulting substrate, wherein at least one first surface of the first or the second type adjacent to the through-hole is provided, which, with respect to its type-related surface configuration and/or type-related positioning, is configured in a non-rule-compliant manner, wherein the predefined minimum distance from at least two most closely adjacent surfaces of the other type is obtained.
  • a non-type-conformable, rule-compliant positioning is considered a non-type-conformable, rule-compliant positioning.
  • a substantial, possibly exclusive, deviation in the respective surface from the type-related, rule-compliant surfaces of the remaining regular pattern is considered a non-type-related rule-compliant surface configuration.
  • surfaces of the first and second types may be deformed, i.e. stretched or contracted in the direction of the columns and/or rows, wherein the deformation relates to the outer circumference of the surface.
  • deviations within surfaces that are otherwise rule-compliant with regard to their outer circumference are not considered a deformed and thus non-rule-compliant surface configuration.
  • the positioning of the deformed surface may also deviate from the position corresponding to the regular pattern.
  • At least one of the two surfaces of the other type, which are most closely adjacent to the non-rule-compliant first surface, is also configured in a non-rule-compliant manner with respect to its type-related surface configuration.
  • At least one second surface of the same type adjacent to an opposite side of the through-hole is configured in a non-rule-compliant manner in the direction of the first surface.
  • the non-rule-compliant surface with regard to its outer circumference, is not congruent in some areas with the outer circumference of a corresponding rule-compliant surface of the same type.
  • the outer circumference of the through-hole substantially corresponds to the outer circumference of a symbol, for example of a letter, a digit or an arrow, or even a combination of several letters, or a combination of at least one letter with at least one digit.
  • the through-hole may also correspond to the shape of a fastening device or of an alternative operating member, such as, for example, a switch knob.
  • the through-hole in the direction orthogonal to the extending direction of the columns or rows, has a maximum clearance which is in the range of 0.2 to 2 times, for example, 0.5 to 1.5 times, the distance between the columns or the distance between the rows of the regular pattern.
  • the through-hole may have an extent exceeding the above-stated range in the remaining perpendicular direction of the direction of the column or the direction of the row; thus, for example, 3 to 5 times the distance between the columns is possible if the distance between the rows is within the range defined above.
  • the non-rule-compliant surface is smaller than the rule-compliant surface of the same type. Possible effects of the smaller surface on the touch sensitivity are compensated, for example, also by the evaluation process provided in the evaluation unit.
  • the compensation which is preferably software-based, is in this case carried out depending on the loss of resolving power of the touch detection to be compensated; in particular, the method used for the software-based compensation is determined by the geometry of the through-hole.
  • the geometric center point of the through-hole is disposed within a column and/or row defined by the regular pattern.
  • the through-hole thus characterized, in particular in the case of through-holes in the above-defined preferred range, reduces the number of deformed surfaces, so that the loss of resolving power of the touch detection to be compensated is smaller, and a constant sensitivity in the area of the though-hole can be obtained.
  • the surfaces of the first and second types may be disposed in a coplanar manner on the substrate or, with respect to their affiliation with a type, on different sides or layers of the substrate.
  • the substrate is an opaque substrate.
  • the substrate is a circuit board.
  • An embodiment of the assembly has an electrical conductor disposed on an additional layer of the substrate for electrically connecting, in a manner bypassing the through-hole, one of the non-rule-compliant surfaces to at least one further surface of the transmitting electrode or of the receiving electrode; among other things, this enables the realization of larger through-holes which cannot be bypassed by a non-rule-compliant surface configuration.
  • the assembly further comprises a surface structure disposed over the substrate and defining an input surface, which is configured in an at least translucent manner in the area adjacent to the through-hole, and wherein a lighting means for transmitting light through the through-hole is provided underneath the substrate.
  • a user-friendly operating surface equipped with orientation aids can be designed by the integration of lighting means according to the present disclosure.
  • the orientation aids can be placed on the operating surface in an optimum manner due to the assembly according to the present disclosure.
  • a compact construction of the operating member can be achieved.
  • a user-friendly, in particular clearly structured, space-saving operating member is extremely advantageous particularly for use in a vehicle. For example, this advantage of the present disclosure is also the result of the concentration of the driver not being disrupted by a confusing operating member.
  • the through-hole is used for passing a fastening means of the surface structure through the substrate.
  • the assembly can be equipped with an electrical evaluation unit electrically connected to the transmitting electrodes.
  • the evaluation unit may be disposed on the rear side of the substrate facing away from the surface structure, whereas the electrically conductive surfaces of the first and second types are located on the front side of the substrate facing towards the surface structure.
  • the evaluation unit is configured for detecting a touch by means of the transmitting and receiving electrodes in accordance with the mutual capacitance principle.
  • the mutual capacitance principle is advantageous in that a simultaneous multiple touch (multi touch) is can be detected as a specific input.
  • the evaluation unit is configured to amplify the measured signal between a receiving electrode and a transmitting electrode, in which at least one of the electrode surfaces in the intersecting area of the two electrodes is a deformed surface, by a predefined gain factor.
  • the gain factor is in this case designed such that the loss of the resolving power of the touch detection is compensated.
  • the resolving power of the touch detection can also be further increased by using software-based methods in the area of the through-hole. For example, capacitance losses produced by software-based gain factors may thus be compensated.
  • a Gaussian filter in analogy to blur tools in image processing, may compensate a possible loss of resolving power of the touch detection in the area of the through-holes.
  • a software-based compensation of through-holes with different geometries in an assembly according to the present disclosure may also be carried out by means of a combination of different software-based methods in accordance with the geometry of the through-hole.
  • the assembly according to the present disclosure is, for example, provided for use in a motor vehicle.
  • FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a type-related rule-compliant assembly with snow-flake-shaped surfaces of a first type.
  • FIG. 2 shows an enlarged section of FIG. 1 .
  • FIG. 3 shows a schematic detailed view of an assembly according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 in the vicinity of a smaller through-hole.
  • FIG. 4 shows a schematic detailed view of an assembly according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 in the vicinity of a larger through-hole.
  • FIG. 5 shows an embodiment of a type-related rule-compliant assembly with rhombic surfaces.
  • FIG. 6 shows an enlarged section of FIG. 5 .
  • FIG. 7 shows a schematic detailed view of an assembly according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 5 in the vicinity of a smaller through-hole.
  • FIG. 8 shows a schematic detailed view of an assembly according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 5 in the vicinity of a larger through-hole.
  • FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of snowflake-shaped surfaces of the second type 2 and the surfaces of the first type 1 interwoven with the snowflake-shaped surfaces for the spatially resolving projected capacitive touch detection on an electrically insulating substrate 5 .
  • the surfaces of the first type 1 and second type 2 shown are disposed in a rule-compliant manner.
  • the surfaces of the first type 1 and second type 2 differ with regard to their size and shape.
  • the surfaces of the first type 1 are larger than the surfaces of the second type 2 ; in addition, the surfaces of the first type 1 are interwoven with the surfaces of the second type 2 , so that, for example, a surface 6 of the second type 2 is predefined by, in each case, four closest surfaces 7 of the first type 1 .
  • the surfaces of the first type 1 are disposed on a deeper layer of the substrate 5 below the surfaces of the second type 2 ; the connection 11 in rows between the surfaces of the first type 1 is emphasized by a hatched area.
  • the surfaces of the first type 1 disposed in this manner form a total of ten transmitting electrodes 15 .
  • the surfaces of the second type 2 are connected to one another in columns and form a total of six receiving electrodes 14 .
  • an electrical field or a capacitance is established between the surfaces of the first type 1 and second type 2 .
  • the surfaces of the first type 1 and second type 2 shown here are configured in such a way that the common boundary surface 12 is of maximum size.
  • the capacitance between the surfaces, electrodes, of the first type 1 and the second type 2 is maximized by a maximized boundary surface 12 between the surfaces, electrodes, of the first type 1 and the second type 2 .
  • the distance of the surfaces of the first type 1 and the second type 2 in the regular pattern 13 shown here is a minimum distance 3 . Due to the interwoven configuration of the surfaces of the first type 1 with the surfaces of the second type 2 , the charge-carrying surfaces achieve a maximum coverage of the surface area available on the substrate 5 .
  • the capacitance is inversely proportional to the distance between the charge-carrying surfaces, electrodes, of the first type 1 and the second type 2 .
  • the capacitance is maximized in relation to the distance.
  • the minimum distance 3 is depicted by a black line.
  • the black line also marks the common boundary surface 12 .
  • the minimum distance 3 can be seen particularly clearly in the schematic detailed view of FIG. 2 .
  • FIG. 3 shows a schematic detailed view of an assembly with a partially non-rule-compliant snowflake-shaped surface configuration of the second type 2 and corresponding surfaces of the first type 1 in the vicinity of a through-hole 4 .
  • the through-holes 4 shown here have a maximum clearance and have the shape of the digits 1 , 2 or 3 .
  • the respective through-hole 4 has about 1 times the size of the distance between the columns or rows of the regular pattern 13 .
  • Surfaces of the second type 2 a are provided adjacent to the through-hole, which, with respect to their type-related surface configuration, are configured in a non-rule-compliant manner, wherein the predefined minimum distance 3 from three most closely adjacent surfaces of the other type is obtained.
  • all three ( 1 a, 1 a ′, 1 a ′′) surfaces most closely adjacent to the non-rule-compliant first surface 2 a are also configured in a non-rule-compliant manner with respect to their surface configuration.
  • the non-rule-compliant configuration of the most closely adjacent surfaces makes it possible, for example, to maintain the minimum distance 3 , to maximize the common boundary surfaces between the respective surface 1 a, 1 a ′ or 1 a ′′ and the surface 2 a, and/or to enlarge the charge-carrying surface.
  • the capacitance between the surface 2 a directly adjacent to the through-hole 4 and the respective surface 1 a, 1 a ′ or 1 a ′′ changes relative to the changed common boundary surface 12 and the charge quantity on the charge-carrying surface, but not relative to the minimum distance 3 .
  • the common boundary surface 12 of the non-rule-compliant surfaces is reduced.
  • the surfaces are deformed from a previously rectilinear profile into a curved profile.
  • the curved profile is, for example, curved convexly; for example, the center of curvature 9 is situated within the through-hole 4 .
  • the loss of capacitance produced by the reduction of the common boundary surface can be compensated by the enlargement of the charge-carrying surface.
  • the reduction of the common boundary surface may be different between the respective non-rule-compliant surfaces.
  • the common boundary surface of the surfaces 1 a ′ and 2 a is larger than the common boundary surface of the surfaces 1 a and 2 a.
  • the charge-carrying surface 2 a in the area of the common boundary surface 1 a ′ to 2 a is smaller than the charge-carrying surface 2 a in the area of the common boundary surface 1 a to 2 a.
  • this minimized capacitance loss can be compensated in a software-based manner, for example.
  • the capacitance loss on the non-rule-compliant surfaces can be compensated by, for example, a software-based gain factor in the evaluation unit not shown in the Figures, for example, in accordance with the reduced common boundary surface 12 , taking into account the charge quantity corresponding to the charge-carrying surface.
  • the capacitance can be increased, in the vicinity of the through-hole 4 , by enlarging the common boundary surface 12 and the charge quantity corresponding to the charge-carrying surface, between the surface 1 b and 2 b and 1 b and 2 b ′.
  • such an increase of the capacitance causes the sensitivity of the touch detection on the corresponding boundary surface to be increased. This may compensate the missing common boundary surface between the surfaces 2 a and 1 b, and thus the missing capacitance, for example.
  • FIG. 4 shows a schematic detailed view of an assembly with a partially non-rule-compliant snowflake-shaped surface configuration of the second type 2 and corresponding surfaces of the first type 1 in the vicinity of a through-hole 4 .
  • the through-holes 4 shown here have a maximum clearance and correspond to a combination of letters forming the word “Back” and a bent arrow.
  • the respective through-hole 4 has approximately 1 times the size of the distance between the rows of the regular pattern 13 , but about 5 times the size of the distance between the columns on the whole.
  • Surfaces of the first type 1 b or of the second type 2 a are provided adjacent to the through-hole 4 , which, with respect to their type-related surface configuration, are configured in a non-rule-compliant manner, wherein the predefined minimum distance 3 from in each case at least two most closely adjacent surfaces ( 1 a, 1 a ′) of the other type is obtained.
  • the through-hole 4 shown here it is not possible to connect all of the receiving electrodes 14 by a non-rule-compliant surface configuration with the respective receiving electrodes 14 separated by the through-hole 4 ; therefore, the respective receiving electrodes 14 were electrically connected to each other by means of a shielded layer of the circuit board.
  • the center line 11 of the larger through-hole 4 shown here approximately lies on the connecting line between the geometric center points of the surfaces of the second type 2 .
  • FIG. 5 shows an embodiment of rhombic surfaces for the spatially resolving projected capacitive touch detection on an electrically insulating substrate 5 .
  • the rhombic surfaces shown are rule-compliant and disposed in a type-alternating manner.
  • the surfaces of the first type 1 are electrically connected to one another in rows in order to form several transmitting electrodes 15
  • the surfaces of the second type 2 are electrically connected to one another in columns in order to form several receiving electrodes 14 .
  • a substantially regular pattern 13 is formed by this type-alternating arrangement.
  • the minimum distance 3 is to be understood to mean the distance between the respective next long side of the adjacent surfaces of the first type 1 and the second type 2 .
  • the minimum distance 3 is illustrated by distance arrows.
  • both the minimum distance 3 between all surfaces and the distance between the geometric center points of the respective surfaces are maintained.
  • the surfaces of the first type 1 and second type 2 are not deformed.
  • the surfaces of the first type 1 and the second type 2 do not differ with respect to their size and shape.
  • the surfaces of the first type 1 are disposed on a deeper layer of the substrate 5 below the surfaces of the second type 2 .
  • FIG. 7 shows a schematic detailed view, an assembly with a partially non-rule-compliant rhombic surface configuration of the first type 1 and second type 2 in the vicinity of a through-hole 4 .
  • the through-holes 4 shown here have a maximum clearance and have the shape of the digits 1 , 2 or 3 .
  • the respective through-hole 4 has about 1 times the size of the distance between the columns or rows of the regular pattern 13 .
  • Surfaces of the first type 1 b or of the second type 2 a are provided adjacent to the through-hole 4 , which, with respect to their type-related surface configuration, are configured in a non-rule-compliant manner, wherein the predefined minimum distance 3 from in each case at least two most closely adjacent surfaces of the other type is obtained.
  • At least one 1 a of the two ( 1 a, 1 a ′) surfaces of the other type, which are most closely adjacent to the non-rule-compliant first surface 2 a, is also configured in a non-rule-compliant manner with respect to its type-related surface configuration.
  • FIG. 8 shows a schematic detailed view of an assembly with a partially non-rule-compliant rhombic surface configuration of the first type 1 and second type 2 in the vicinity of a through-hole 4 .
  • the through-holes 4 shown here have a maximum clearance and correspond to a combination of letters forming the word “Back” and a bent arrow.
  • the respective through-hole 4 has approximately 1 times the size of the distance between the rows of the regular pattern, but about 5 times the size of the distance between the columns on the whole.

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