WO2014136455A1 - 表示装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a display device including a touch screen.
- a touch panel is widely known as a device that detects and outputs a position on a touch screen (hereinafter also referred to as “touch position”) indicated by an indicator such as a user's finger or a pen.
- touch position a position on a touch screen
- a plurality of detection methods are known as touch position detection methods on the touch panel.
- One of the capacitive touch panels is a projected capacitive touch panel.
- the projected capacitive touch panel is covered with a protective plate such as a glass plate with a thickness of about several millimeters, the surface on the user side of the touch screen (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “front side”) The touch position can be detected.
- the projected capacitive touch panel has advantages such as excellent robustness because the protective plate can be arranged on the front side and long life because there is no moving part.
- a touch screen of a projected capacitive touch panel includes a detection column wiring that detects the coordinates of the touch position in the column direction and a detection row wiring that detects the coordinates of the touch position in the row direction.
- detection column wiring and the detection row wiring may be collectively referred to as “detection wiring”.
- Patent Document 1 discloses a touch pad system corresponding to a touch panel.
- the touchpad system disclosed in Patent Document 1 is a first series of conductors formed on a thin dielectric film as a detection wiring for detecting capacitance (hereinafter, sometimes simply referred to as “capacitance”). And a second series of conductor elements formed on the first series of conductor elements with an insulating film therebetween. There is no electrical contact between the conductor elements, and one of the first series conductor elements and the second series conductor elements as seen from the normal direction of the front side surface overlaps the other, but there is no electrical contact A part is formed.
- a member in which a detection column wiring and a detection row wiring are arranged on a transparent dielectric substrate is referred to as a “touch screen”, and a device in which a detection circuit is connected to the touch screen is referred to as a “touch panel”.
- An area where the touch position can be detected on the touch screen is referred to as an “operation area”.
- the detection wiring In order to detect all the touch positions of the indicator in the operation area of the touch screen, it is necessary to densely arrange the detection wiring on the operation area. Thus, when the detection wiring is densely arranged on the operation region, it is necessary to avoid the problem that the detection wiring is visually recognized by the user.
- the detection wiring is made of a transparent conductive film such as indium tin oxide (abbreviation: ITO), the possibility of the detection wiring being visually recognized by the user is reduced.
- a transparent conductive film such as ITO has a problem that it is disadvantageous for increasing the size of a touch screen because it has a relatively high electric resistance (hereinafter sometimes simply referred to as “resistance”).
- a transparent conductive film such as ITO has a light transmittance (hereinafter, sometimes simply referred to as “transmittance”) that is not so high, so a liquid crystal display element (Liquid Crystal Display; abbreviated name: LCD) or the like can be used as a touch screen.
- LCD liquid crystal display element
- the material for the detection wiring for example, a low-resistance metal material such as silver or aluminum can be used.
- a wiring made of a metal material hereinafter sometimes referred to as “metal wiring”
- the resistance of the detection wiring can be lowered, but the metal wiring is opaque. There is a problem that it is easily visible. In order to reduce the visibility of the metal wiring and increase the transmittance of the touch screen, it is necessary to make the metal wiring thin.
- the parasitic capacitance between the detection column wiring and the detection row wiring (hereinafter referred to as “line capacitance” is sometimes referred to as “line capacitance”).
- line capacitance the parasitic capacitance between the detection column wiring and the detection row wiring
- Patent Document 2 discloses a technique for reducing wiring resistance in order to reduce wiring delay.
- the detection column wiring and the detection row wiring are made to have a zigzag pattern in which straight and thin line metal wirings are connected to each other, thereby reducing resistance and reducing line capacitance. To achieve both.
- a plurality of detection row wirings extending in the row direction are electrically connected to form a bundle wiring in the row direction.
- a plurality of detection column wirings extending in the column direction are electrically connected to form a bundle wiring in the column direction. Accordingly, it is possible to uniformly detect a touch capacitance including a capacitance between an indicator such as a finger and the detection row wiring and a capacitance between the indicator and the detection column wiring.
- the transmittance is locally reduced in the portion where the fine-line metal wiring is arranged. Therefore, when the touch screen is used in combination with a display element arranged to face the back side of the touch screen, display unevenness such as brightness unevenness or moire occurs on the display screen of the display element. As easily visible. Further, when a picture is placed facing the back side of the touch screen and used as a digitizer or a tablet, uneven brightness occurs in the picture, and it is easy for the user to visually recognize the problem.
- Patent Document 3 discloses a technique for reducing luminance unevenness and display unevenness (hereinafter collectively referred to as “display unevenness”).
- display unevenness is reduced by providing an isolated wiring that is not connected to the detection wiring in a region surrounded by the zigzag detection wiring.
- the touch panel is configured to detect a touch position instructed by the user while viewing the touch screen.
- the touch screen may be used under the illumination of external light so that the user can see it.
- metal wiring is used as in the techniques disclosed in Patent Documents 2 and 3, sufficient visibility may not be obtained. Even if the metal wiring is thin, it reflects light on its surface. Therefore, when the touch screen is used under illumination of external light, reflected light of external light is generated by the metal wiring. In particular, when the external light is sunlight, light from a light bulb, or the like, and the touch screen is illuminated in a spot shape by these lights, strong reflected light is generated.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a display device including a touch screen that is excellent in detection accuracy and display quality and can realize excellent visibility even under illumination of external light.
- the display device of the present invention is directed by a pointer based on a display element having pixels, a touch screen arranged on the display screen side of the display element, and a capacitance formed between the pointer and the touch screen. And a touch position detecting circuit for detecting a position on the touch screen, wherein the touch screen extends in a predetermined column direction and extends in a row direction intersecting the column direction.
- a transparent substrate that is electrically insulated from the row wiring and disposed so as to cross three-dimensionally.
- the column wiring and the row wiring are made of a light-reflective conductive material, and are formed in a plurality of columns.
- the wiring consists of a plurality of predetermined books. Are electrically connected to form a plurality of column-direction bundle wirings, and a plurality of row wirings are electrically connected in a plurality of predetermined numbers to form a plurality of row-direction bundle wirings,
- the material is provided with a plurality of reflected light distribution patterns made of a material having light reflectivity, and the reflected light distribution pattern is viewed from a direction perpendicular to the surface of the transparent substrate facing the user.
- a curved portion formed in a curved line, and is arranged so that the normal of the curved portion is directed in all directions, and the plurality of reflected light distribution patterns are portions of the curved portion that are parallel to the long side direction of the pixel. Are arranged so as not to overlap each other in the short side direction of the pixel.
- the present invention by configuring as described above, it is possible to realize a display device that is excellent in display quality and can realize excellent visibility even under illumination of external light.
- FIG. 2 is an enlarged projection view showing a region A in FIG. 1.
- It is sectional drawing which shows the structure of the touch screen 1 which is the 1st Embodiment of this invention.
- It is a projection figure which shows the structure of the touch screen 20 which has a diagonal cross-shaped wiring pattern.
- It is a projection figure which shows an example of the pattern for reflected light distribution comprised by the curvilinear thin line which is not closed.
- FIG. 27 is an enlarged projection view of a region B in FIG. 26.
- FIG. 1 is a projection view showing the configuration of the touch screen 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 is a projection view seen from the normal direction of the front side surface of the transparent substrate 19.
- the front side surface of the transparent base material 19 is a surface facing the user of the transparent base material 19, and the normal direction of the front side surface of the transparent base material 19 is perpendicular to the surface of the transparent base material 19 facing the user.
- the “projection diagram” refers to a projection diagram viewed from this direction, that is, the normal direction of the front side surface of the transparent substrate 19. Also, consider the case where the surface of the transparent substrate 19 on which the detection wirings 2 and 3 are arranged is planar.
- FIG. 2 is an enlarged projection view showing a region A in FIG.
- FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing the configuration of the touch screen 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 3, a portion where the detection column wiring 2 and the detection row wiring 3 intersect is shown in an enlarged manner.
- the touch screen 1 of this embodiment is a projected capacitive touch screen.
- the touch screen 1 includes a plurality of detection column wirings 2 and a plurality of detection row wirings 3.
- the detection column wiring 2 and the detection row wiring 3 may be collectively referred to as “detection wirings 2 and 3”.
- FIG. 1 corresponds to a view seen from the normal direction of the front side surface of the transparent substrate 19.
- An insulating layer 18 is interposed between the detection column wiring 2 and the detection row wiring 3.
- the plurality of detection column wirings 2 are repeatedly arranged in the row direction at a predetermined first pitch, and in the left-right direction (x direction) in FIG.
- the plurality of detection row wirings 3 are repeatedly arranged in the column direction at a predetermined second pitch, and in the vertical direction (y direction) in FIG.
- the detection wirings 2 and 3 are illustrated with straight lines for easy understanding, but the detection wirings 2 and 3 may actually take various shapes.
- the arrangement interval of the detection wirings 2 and 3 is in the range of 0.1 mm to 1 mm. If the arrangement interval of the detection wires 2 and 3 is less than 0.1 mm and is too narrow, the transmittance of the touch screen 1 is lowered. If the arrangement interval of the detection wirings 2 and 3 exceeds 1 mm and is too wide, the arrangement interval of the intersecting portion between the detection column wiring 2 and the detection row wiring 3 also becomes wide, so that the position detection accuracy of the touch position decreases. . Therefore, the arrangement interval of the detection wirings 2 and 3 is desirably in the range of 0.1 mm to 1 mm as described above.
- the arrangement interval of the detection wirings 2 and 3 is set to an integral multiple of the display pixel pitch of a display element such as a liquid crystal display (Liquid Crystal Display; abbreviated as LCD) as will be described later, moiré is very likely to occur. . Accordingly, when the display element disposed on the back side surface of the touch screen 1 or the pictorially illustrated diagram has a periodic structure, the arrangement interval of the detection wirings 2 and 3 is not an integral multiple of the period of the periodic structure. It is desirable to make it.
- the detection wirings 2 and 3 are made of a conductive material having light reflectivity.
- a conductive material having light reflectivity for example, a material obtained by imparting conductivity to a metal such as silver and aluminum, an alloy thereof, or an oxide such as ITO can be given.
- the detection wirings 2 and 3 may be made of a paste in which a conductive material is dispersed in a resin, for example, a silver paste in which silver is dispersed in a resin.
- “having light reflectivity” means that the reflectance in the regular reflection of the portion where the target material is arranged is larger than the reflectance in the same condition of the portion where the material is not arranged.
- the “reflectance at regular reflection” is a reflectance evaluated by taking the incident angle and the reflection angle of light equally.
- the incident angle and the reflection angle are respectively angles in the traveling direction of the incident light and the reflected light, and the angles are evaluated according to the same definition.
- an angle represented by an angle between the normal of the surface of the measurement target and the traveling direction of light in the range of 0 ° to 90 ° is used.
- the reflectance is evaluated by a luminance reflectance (a value obtained by dividing the luminance of light regularly reflected from the measurement target by the luminance of light regularly reflected from an arbitrary standard surface).
- a luminance reflectance a value obtained by dividing the luminance of light regularly reflected from the measurement target by the luminance of light regularly reflected from an arbitrary standard surface.
- the spectral reflectance at an appropriate wavelength for example, the spectral reflectance at a wavelength of 555 nm at which the visibility in a bright place is maximized (spectral radiation of light regularly reflected from the measurement object)
- the value obtained by dividing the luminance by the spectral radiance of light specularly reflected from an arbitrary standard surface), the spectral reflectance at a wavelength of 507 nm at which the visibility in a dark place is maximized, or the like may be used.
- the surface of the object to be measured is the surface of the part where the material of interest is arranged, the standard surface of the object The surface of the portion where no material is arranged can be determined based on whether the reflectance is larger or smaller than 1.
- the detection wirings 2 and 3 are arranged on the front side surface of the transparent base material 19, a protective plate or a protective film made of a transparent dielectric material may be further installed on the user side, or the detection wiring 2, 3 may be arranged on the back side surface of the transparent substrate 19. This is because the projected capacitive touch panel can detect the touch position even if a protective plate or the like exists between the touch screen and the user.
- the plurality of detection column wirings 2 are divided into a predetermined number to constitute a plurality of column-direction bundle wirings 6.
- a predetermined number of detection column wirings 2 are electrically connected in common by column connection wirings 4 at one end and the other end, and in FIG. Configure.
- the predetermined number of detection column wirings 2 may be connected only at one end.
- the “electrical connection” means that the wiring is physically directly connected by a low resistance (low impedance) wiring such as the metal wiring mentioned above.
- the connection through the detection circuit is not considered to be electrically connected. Further, the fact that they are not electrically connected is expressed as “insulated” or “electrically isolated”.
- the plurality of detection row wirings 3 are divided into a predetermined number to constitute a plurality of row direction bundle wirings 7.
- a predetermined number of detection row wirings 3 are electrically connected in common by row connection wirings 5 at one end and the other end, in FIG. Configure.
- the predetermined number of detection row wirings 3 may be connected only at one end.
- the column-direction bundle wiring 6 and the row-direction bundle wiring 7 may be collectively referred to as “bundle wiring 6, 7”.
- the wiring material when an opaque material such as metal or a material that is light-reflective and does not have high transmittance is used as the wiring material as in this embodiment, the wiring Since the portion shields light or the transmittance of the wiring portion becomes low, the transmittance of the touch screen decreases when the wiring area is widened. This decrease in transmittance can be suppressed by using a thin wire, but if you try to make the wire as thin as possible to increase the transmittance, the thin wire may break. Increase.
- the wiring material will be described as an opaque material such as metal.
- the plurality of detection wires 2 and 3 are electrically connected to form bundle wires 6 and 7.
- the touch position can be detected. That is, by using the bundle wirings 6 and 7, it is possible to obtain an effect that the touch capacitance can be detected uniformly while suppressing the influence of the disconnection which is a defect when the detection wirings 2 and 3 are thinned. it can. Further, since a gap without wires is provided between the plurality of detection wires 2 and 3 constituting the bundle wires 6 and 7, it is possible to suppress a decrease in transmittance.
- a predetermined number of bundles of column-direction bundle wires 6 are arranged in parallel to the row direction x.
- a predetermined number of bundled row-direction bundle wires 7 are arranged in parallel to the column direction y.
- the touch screen 1 is divided into a predetermined number of regions by a portion where the column-direction bundle wiring 6 and the row-direction bundle wiring 7 intersect.
- One of the predetermined number of regions is represented by a rectangle indicated by reference numeral “A” in FIG.
- the region indicated by the reference sign “A” may be referred to as “region A”.
- This area A is a detection unit when detecting the touch position.
- the touch position between the area A and the area A is obtained by interpolation.
- the column-direction bundle wiring 6 and the row-direction bundle wiring 7 are arranged in rectangular regions, respectively, and the touch position is detected by a coordinate system along the row direction x and the column direction y in the figure.
- the column-direction bundle wiring 6 and the row-direction bundle wiring 7 may have other shapes.
- the column-direction bundle wiring 6 and the row-direction bundle wiring 7 may be constituted by, for example, an arc-shaped bundle wiring and a radial bundle wiring extending from the center of the arc. By using these bundle wirings, the touch position can be detected in the polar coordinate system.
- the column-direction bundle wiring 6 and the row-direction bundle wiring 7 are connected to the terminal 10 by lead-out wirings 8 and 9, respectively. Specifically, the column-direction bundle wiring 6 is electrically connected to the terminal 10 by the column lead-out wiring 8. The row-direction bundle wiring 7 is electrically connected to the terminal 10 by the row lead-out wiring 9.
- FIG. 1 a portion where the detection column wiring 2 and the detection row wiring 3 intersect (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “intersection”) is viewed three-dimensionally as shown in FIG. Is electrically insulated.
- the insulating layer 18 may be provided only at the intersection between the detection column wiring 2 and the detection row wiring 3 or may be provided so as to cover the entire detection row wiring 3.
- the insulating layer 18 is preferably formed of a transparent dielectric material made of silicon nitride or silicon oxide. In FIG. 3 to be described later, the detection column wiring 2 and the detection row wiring 3 may be interchanged.
- a transparent base material (hereinafter sometimes simply referred to as “base material”) 19 is made of a transparent dielectric material.
- the base material 19 may be a highly rigid member such as a glass substrate, or may be a flexible member such as a resin film.
- the base material 19 has a rectangular flat plate shape.
- the substrate 19 may have a shape other than a rectangle or may be curved.
- a region A in FIG. 1 which is a unit for detecting a touch position includes a column-direction bundle wiring 6 and a row-direction bundle wiring 7.
- the column-direction bundle wiring 6 is composed of three detection column wirings 2
- the row-direction bundle wiring 7 is composed of three detection row wirings 3.
- the number of the detection wirings 2 and 3 constituting each bundle wiring 6 and 7 may be plural, and can be changed as appropriate.
- each detection row wiring 3 is shown by a double line, but each detection row wiring 3 is actually constituted by one thin line.
- a portion surrounded by a two-dot chain line indicated by reference symbol “C” indicates an intersection where the detection column wiring 2 and the detection row wiring 3 intersect via the insulating layer 18.
- a portion surrounded by a two-dot chain line indicated by a reference symbol “D” indicates a portion where the detection column wiring 2 is divided (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “divided portion”). In the divided portion D, the detection column wiring 2 and the detection row wiring 3 do not intersect.
- the crossing state of the detection wirings 2 and 3 is determined by the crossing part C and the dividing part D.
- the divided thin wires 12 and 14 are left on the detection wires 2 and 3.
- the linear portions 13 and 15 of the detection wirings 2 and 3 are extended in the direction of ⁇ 45 ° with respect to the row direction x or the column direction y.
- the touch screen 1 is combined with a display element having rectangular pixels composed of sides parallel to the row direction x and the column direction y in FIG. 1, paper with ruled lines such as graph paper, or a plate surface. When used, moire can be made difficult to occur.
- wiring pattern The installation pattern of the detection wires 2 and 3 shown in FIG. 2 (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “wiring pattern”) is an example, and the wiring pattern is not limited to this, and may be another wiring pattern.
- the wiring pattern that is the installation pattern of the detection wirings 2 and 3 is configured by repeatedly spreading a certain basic pattern in the operation area. Thereby, the uniformity of the detection accuracy of the touch position in the operation area can be improved.
- the “operation area” refers to an area where the touch position can be detected on the touch screen.
- a rectangular area B surrounded by a two-dot chain line is a basic pattern.
- This rectangular basic pattern area B is desirable because it can fill the rectangular operation area adopted by many touch panels and is suitable for detection of a touch position in an orthogonal coordinate system. Even when the touch position is detected in another coordinate system, the operation area can be filled as a rectangular basic pattern having a size equal to or smaller than the position detection accuracy. You may employ
- a region E indicated by a chain line ellipse in the basic pattern of the region B is a wiring region having many components parallel to the long side direction of the pixel of the display device to which the touch panel of the present invention is mounted in the wiring pattern including a curve. Is shown.
- the above-described “wiring region with many components parallel to the long side direction of the pixel” can be rephrased as “wiring region including a portion where the normal line is perpendicular to the long side direction of the pixel”.
- the width of the wiring area is a general viewing distance when using the touch screen, centering on the part where the normal is perpendicular to the long side direction of the pixel. This is considered to be the size of a region (minimum separation threshold) in which a viewing angle is 1 minute (an angle of 1/60 of 1 degree) at a certain 300 to 500 mm.
- the width of the wiring region is about 1/80 to 1/50 of the diameter of the circle of the curved thin wire 11.
- the basic pattern is not limited to the pattern shown in FIG. 2, and various patterns can be taken. If necessary, the basic pattern may be connected by another thin wire.
- FIG. 4 is a projection view showing the configuration of the touch screen 20 having a diagonal cross-shaped wiring pattern.
- the detection column wiring 22 and the detection row wiring 23 are inclined at 45 ° with respect to the row direction x and the column direction y, respectively, and are extended in an oblique cross shape. Yes.
- the projection diagram of FIG. 4 when a straight line is drawn in the oblique cross direction, most of the detection wirings 22 and 23 are placed on the straight line in the oblique cross direction.
- the spot image appears to have a tail in the oblique cross direction, which is the extending direction of the detection wirings 22 and 23, as if it passed through a cross filter. . Therefore, the visibility is further lowered, and it becomes easy for the user to feel discomfort such as glare.
- the basic pattern of the region B includes a straight thin line portion (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “straight thin line”) and a curved line shape. And a thin line portion (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “curved thin line”) 11.
- a curved thin line corresponds to a curved portion.
- the curved thin line 11 is a circular thin line.
- the curved thin line 11 is referred to as a “reflected light distribution pattern”. The detailed definition of the reflected light distribution pattern will be described later.
- reflected light distribution pattern 11 When a straight line is drawn from the center of the circle constituting the reflected light distribution pattern 11, a wiring is placed on the straight line drawn in any direction. Therefore, reflected light and reflected diffracted light (hereinafter referred to as reflected light distribution pattern 11). , Collectively referred to as “reflected light”) heads in all directions. Therefore, in the touch screen 1 according to the present embodiment, the reflected light in a specific direction as described above is emitted as compared with the touch screen 20 provided with the wiring pattern without the reflected light distribution pattern as shown in FIG. Can be reduced.
- the “reflected light distribution pattern” is generally a thin wire made of a conductive material having light reflectivity including at least a portion of a curved thin wire when the detection wirings 2 and 3 are viewed in a projection view. As shown in the circular thin line 11 shown in FIG. 2, the normal line of the thin line is a thin line facing all directions.
- the normal obtained at each point on the reflected light distribution pattern 11 faces in all directions.
- the entire detection wirings 2 and 3 including the reflected light distribution pattern 11 are composed of thin lines.
- the reflected light distribution pattern 11 is not included in the detection wiring, that is, the reflected light distribution pattern 11 may not be electrically connected to the detection wirings 2 and 3 and may be isolated. It is assumed that the reflected light distribution pattern 11 is composed of thin lines as shown in FIG. Terms such as “width” and “length” are described below as parameters representing the characteristics of the shape of the thin line.
- contour lines The lines that form the edges of the thin lines as seen in the projection diagram are generally called contour lines.
- one thin line having a finite length without a branch that is, a thin line that is two (straight or curved) line segments that face each other, the two facing each other
- a portion corresponding to a region connecting a contour line of a book and its end points is considered as one fine line (a wiring composed of thin lines as in FIG. 2 is considered to be composed of a plurality of fine lines). If there is a branch in the thin line, the branch part is considered as another thin line.
- a thin line in which two opposing contours of a single thin line are linear (the curvature is 0 and the radius of curvature is infinite) is defined as a “straight thin line”. To do. Also, a thin line in which at least one of the two opposing contour lines is curved (the curvature is not 0) is defined as a “curved thin line”.
- width line is a representative distance of the longer wiring and “width” is a representative distance of the shorter one. May be regarded as a structure having a very short width compared to the length.
- width and length are in detail in accordance with the definitions described below.
- a point P is taken on the contour line having the smaller radius of curvature among the two contour lines opposed to the curved thin line.
- An intersection point between the normal line nP, which is a straight line perpendicular to the tangent line of the contour line at the point P, and the other contour line is defined as a point Q
- a midpoint between the point P and the point Q is defined as a point R.
- the point closest to the point P is set as the point Q.
- the distance between the point P and the point Q is defined as the width of the thin line.
- a line segment connecting the width distribution and the midpoint R can be obtained.
- the part where the line segment connecting the midpoints R is discontinuous is the point R from the two end points of the discontinuous part.
- a series of connected lines can be obtained by using a part of the line on which is placed and connecting them by an interpolation method using a curve such as spline interpolation. This series of connected lines is defined as the middle line of the curved thin line. Further, a normal line at each point on the middle line is defined as a normal line at each point of the curved thin line.
- the tangent direction at each point of the middle line is defined as the extending direction at each point of the curved thin line.
- the length of the middle line is defined as the length of the curved portion of the curved thin line. If there is an end point on the midline, in other words, it is not closed, the end point of the midline is defined as the end point of the curved thin line.
- the two opposing contour lines are both straight lines, and the curved thin line connected to both ends of the straight thin line.
- the point P is taken at two intersections of the contour line on which the point P is taken and the outline of the straight thin line connected to the contour line.
- the midpoint R at the two end points is determined.
- the straight line connecting the midpoint R at the two end points is defined as the midline of the straight thin line
- the normal of this midline is defined as the normal of the straight thin line
- the direction of the midline is defined as the straight line It is defined as the extending direction of the thin line.
- the midpoint R at the two end points is defined as the end point of a straight thin line that is a part of the thin line.
- the distance between the two end points is defined as the length of the straight thin line.
- the point R ′ is taken on the middle line of the straight thin line, and the intersection of the normal line passing through R ′ and the two contour lines is defined as a point P ′ and a point Q ′.
- the distance between the point P ′ and the point Q ′ is defined as a width, and the width distribution is obtained by moving the point R ′ throughout the center line.
- the straight thin line connected to the curved thin line is the point of the curved line part of the connected thin line
- the center line, width, etc. are obtained by the above procedure.
- the straight thin line connected to the straight thin line replace the above-mentioned “curved thin thin line” with “the connected straight thin line defining the point P”, and follow the same procedure. Find line and width.
- the reflected light distribution pattern is a thin line made of a conductive material having light reflectivity including at least a portion of a curved thin line. Therefore, when considering a reflected light distribution pattern, the reflected light distribution pattern is connected to the curved thin line. There is no need to think of no fine lines.
- the midline, width, length, etc. obtained by the above procedure mean these general terms when the normals of the tangent lines at the point P and the point Q coincide with each other and the contour lines are similar. Match the one. That is, the distance between the two intersections of the normal line and the contour line at the point on the contour line is the width, and is a constant value, so-called equal width, anywhere on the thin line.
- a line connecting the midpoints of the two intersections is a middle line, and the length of the middle line is the length of the thin line.
- a branch line extends from the considered thin line
- a curve that is interpolated by an interpolation method such as a spline interpolation method using a part of the thin line outline from the two intersections of the considered thin line and the branch line outline Is considered as the outline of the thin line.
- the “branch thin line” refers to a thin line branched from a focused thin line.
- an interpolation method an interpolation method is preferable in which, from the end of the section to be interpolated, the original contour line outside the section and at least the second order differentiation are continuous.
- the width, middle line, and normal line of the thin line are defined in the same procedure as described above for the portion where the branch line extends.
- the width, middle line, normal line, and length can be obtained for the curved thin line and the straight thin line that are part of the thin line. If the middle line of the thin line is not closed, the end point can be obtained.
- thin line is a branch thin line. Since the purpose is to describe the condition as to whether or not the pattern is a reflected light distribution pattern, when a plurality of curved or linear thin lines are connected, branch lines other than any one curved or linear thin line are connected. Then, assuming that the selected single thin line is connected, it may be determined whether or not a curved thin line described later is a reflected light distribution pattern.
- the detection column wiring 2 and the detection row wiring 3 indicated by reference numeral “C” in FIG. 2 appear to be connected in a projection view such as an intersection where the insulating layer 18 intersects. The parts are considered connected.
- a fine line that meets the following conditions is defined as a reflected light distribution pattern for the fine line in the basic pattern of wiring.
- Select one arbitrary curved thin line in the basic pattern of wiring select if there is a curved or straight thin line connected to it, and select if there is a further connecting thin line (repeated selection)
- the thin line that is not selected is treated as a branch thin line), and when the normal line of the selected thin line is oriented in all directions, the selected plurality (or one) of thin lines are candidates for the reflected light distribution pattern.
- the “azimuth angle” refers to an azimuth angle on the projection map.
- the thin line is counted as a reflected light distribution pattern twice. Without being done, all the reflected light distribution patterns in the basic pattern of the wiring can be selected.
- the projection diagram is a diagram seen from the normal direction of the front side of the transparent base material 19, that is, a diagram projected on a surface perpendicular to the normal, but the above-mentioned condition is satisfied on this projection surface
- Even projections onto a plane that is not parallel to this plane will hold unless the new plane is perpendicular to the original plane.
- a circular thin line is projected onto another non-parallel surface in a projection diagram, it becomes an ellipse, but its normal line is not changed in all directions. Therefore, this condition may be satisfied by the projection view used in the above description, that is, the view seen from the normal direction of the front side surface facing the user of the transparent base material 19.
- the surface of the transparent base 19 and the surfaces of the detection wirings 2 and 3 and the surface of the fine wires constituting the reflected light distribution pattern are approximately parallel. Choosing a parallel projecting surface is convenient for understanding reflected light. Even if the transparent base material 19 is curved, for example, if it has a curved surface, it can be considered to be approximated as reflection of light from a plane parallel to the normal if the radius of curvature is large.
- cases (a) to (d) are given as specific cases where the condition that the normal line of the selected thin line is oriented in all directions is satisfied.
- a case satisfying the case (a) is examined, then the case (b) is examined, and the case (c) and the case (d) are examined in the following order.
- the selected middle line of any curvilinear line is a curved line except for a smoothly connected straight line (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “middle line is simply a curve”), and the entire middle line is closed. If it is a closed curve. In this case, the normal line of the closed curve faces in all directions, so that the pattern for reflected light distribution is obtained.
- the middle line of the circular thin line 11 in FIG. 2 is an arc, it is a reflected light distribution pattern as defined above.
- the reflected light distribution pattern is not limited to a circle, but may be an ellipse, an egg shape, a bowl shape, or the like whose middle line is a closed curve.
- FIG. 5 is a projection view showing another example of the reflected light distribution pattern.
- the circular thin line 11 which is a reflected light distribution pattern also serves as at least one of the detection column wiring 2 and the detection row wiring 3, but in the wiring pattern of the touch screen 21 shown in FIG. It is electrically insulated from the wirings 22 and 23 for use.
- the detection wirings 22 and 23 and the reflected light distribution pattern 11 may be electrically insulated. Even in this case, the reflected light distribution pattern 11 may have branch lines.
- FIG. 6 to FIG. 8 are projection diagrams showing an example of a reflected light distribution pattern composed of curved thin lines that are not closed.
- the thin lines constituting the reflected light distribution pattern are represented by thick solid lines. Examples are shown in FIGS.
- the reflected light distribution pattern 100 shown in FIG. 6 has a shape having two semicircles having different radii as a middle line, a contour line having a concentric circle shape, and an arc having a central angle of 180 ° (hereinafter simply referred to as “semicircle”).
- the two portions 101 and 102 of the “circle” may be one of the end portions 103 and 104, the tangent lines of the contour line are continuous and smoothly connected, and are not closed.
- a thin line is formed.
- the reflected light distribution pattern 120 shown in FIG. 8 has two semicircular portions 101 and 102 having different radii connected by one end portions 103 and 105, and has an S-shape.
- the left and right are asymmetrical. Therefore, when these reflected light distribution patterns 100 and 120 are used, In the region B, it is desirable to include a thin line having a shape obtained by horizontally inverting these reflected light distribution patterns 100 and 120.
- the reflected light distribution patterns 100, 110, 120 shown in FIGS. 6 to 8 may be used by being electrically connected to at least one of the detection column wiring 2 and the detection row wiring 3, It may be used in isolation.
- the reflected light distribution patterns 100, 110, and 120 shown in FIGS. 6 to 8 may have branch lines.
- the reflected light distribution pattern (b) may have another shape.
- the semicircular thin lines 101, 102, and 111 are changed to semi-elliptical or semi-oval thin lines. Also good.
- the shape of the reflected light distribution pattern is not limited to these. Even if the middle line of the thin line is not closed, if the normal line is oriented in all directions, the thin line is used for reflected light distribution. Acts as a pattern.
- FIG. 9 to 11 are projection views showing other examples of the reflected light distribution pattern.
- the curved thin line is represented by a thick solid line
- the straight thin line is represented by a thick broken line.
- the reflected light distribution pattern 130 shown in FIG. 9 has a shape in which two semicircular thin wires 131 and 132 having the same radius are connected by two short linear thin wires 133 and 134 having the same length. Formed.
- the reflected light distribution pattern 140 shown in FIG. 10 has a shape in which two semicircular thin wires 131 and 132 having the same radius are connected by a single short straight thin wire 133, forming a hook-like shape. is doing.
- the reflected light distribution pattern 150 shown in FIG. 11 has a shape in which an arc having a central angle of 90 ° is a middle line, a contour line is concentric, and an arc having a central angle of 90 ° (hereinafter referred to as “90 ° circle”).
- the four thin lines 151 to 154 (referred to as arcs) are connected by four short straight thin lines 155 to 158 having the same length, and form a quadrangular shape with rounded corners.
- an arc having a center angle of ⁇ ° as a center line, a contour line being concentric and having a center angle of ⁇ ° may be referred to as a “ ⁇ ° arc shape”.
- ⁇ ° represents an angle exceeding 0 ° and less than 360 ° (0 ° ⁇ ⁇ 360 °).
- the reflected light distribution patterns 130, 140, and 150 shown in FIGS. 9 to 11 are used while being electrically connected to at least one of other thin lines, for example, the detection column wiring 2 and the detection row wiring 3. Alternatively, it may be used in isolation.
- the reflected light distribution patterns 130, 140, and 150 shown in FIGS. 9 to 11 may have branch lines.
- the reflected light distribution pattern may have another shape.
- the semicircular thin lines 131 and 132 may be changed to semi-elliptical or semi-oval thin lines.
- it may be a shape of the symbol “ ⁇ ” representing infinity connected by a straight thin line that crosses two arcuate thin lines, or may be a polygon other than a rectangle with rounded corners.
- the shape of the reflected light distribution pattern is not limited to these, and it is a thin line that connects a plurality of curved thin lines with straight thin lines. The thin line that is facing functions as a reflected light distribution pattern.
- (D) In the basic pattern of the wiring, for example, in the region B, when the normals of a plurality of isolated curved thin lines are aligned, they face all directions. A part of the isolated curved thin line may be connected by a straight thin line.
- the one with the smaller number of end points of the selected thin line is regarded as having a higher priority.
- the number of end points is equal, the shorter the distance between the end points, the higher the priority.
- a pair of two end points having the smallest distance between the two points is selected, the set is excluded, and a pair of two end points having the smallest distance between the two points is selected again. The sum of the distances between the selected endpoints is taken as the sum of the distances between the endpoints.
- FIG. 12 and 13 are projection views showing other examples of the reflected light distribution pattern.
- the fine lines constituting the reflected light distribution pattern are represented by thick solid lines.
- the reflected light distribution pattern 160 shown in FIG. 12 includes two semicircular thin wires 161 and 162 that are circular together.
- the reflected light distribution pattern 170 shown in FIG. 13 is composed of four 90 ° arc-shaped thin wires 171 to 174 that are circular together.
- At least one of the plurality of curved thin lines 161, 162, 171 to 174 constituting the reflected light distribution patterns 160, 170 shown in FIGS. 12 and 13 is electrically connected to other thin lines, for example, the detection wirings 2, 3 However, the remaining curved thin wires may be electrically connected to other thin wires.
- the curved thin lines 161, 162, 171 to 174 constituting the reflected light distribution patterns 160, 170 shown in FIGS. 12 and 13 may have branch thin lines.
- the reflected light distribution pattern (d) may have another shape.
- the shape of the reflected light distribution pattern is not limited to these, and when the normal lines of a plurality of curved thin lines are combined, the fine line facing in all directions functions as a reflected light distribution pattern.
- the wiring pattern is a repetition of the basic pattern, so the thin line becomes a reflection type diffraction grating, and other than regular reflection
- the reflected light goes in the direction.
- the wiring is extended in a cross shape, the user sees the reflected light in the shape of a cross wire as if it has passed through a cross filter, and the visibility is further lowered, giving an unpleasant feeling.
- the function required for the reflected light distribution pattern is not to generate such strong reflected light only in a specific direction, in other words, to make the reflected light inconspicuous when viewing the touch screen.
- the condition of the thin line forming the reflected light distribution pattern is one or a plurality of curved lines in the basic pattern of the wiring, which are defined as the reflected light distribution pattern according to the above definition.
- the area which is a value obtained by integrating the widths of the fine lines along the middle line is larger than the area of the straight fine lines in the basic pattern of the wiring.
- This condition is a condition that the thin line forming the reflected light distribution pattern needs to satisfy at least.
- the curved thin line formed as the reflected light distribution pattern under the above conditions and the straight thin line connected to the curved thin line are candidates for the reflected light distribution pattern.
- the length of the linear thin lines included in the thin lines constituting the reflected light distribution pattern is preferably as short as possible, but the display unevenness such as brightness unevenness and moire in the image or picture on the back side of the touch screen, It is possible to use short straight thin wires in consideration of electrical characteristics such as wiring resistance.
- the condition of the thin line having the shortest length in the present invention is the same as the length of the thin line A considered as a target, and the thin line having a constant width equal to the maximum value of the width of the thin line A.
- the wiring B has the same length as the considered fine wire A, the outline is a concentric circle, and has a width equal to the maximum value of the width of the fine wire A.
- the width and length are determined by the same method as defined in the thin line of the present invention. If the radius of the middle line of the thin line B is “r” and the width is “2a”, the above condition is satisfied if r> a (r / a> 1).
- the aspect ratio which is the ratio between the length and the maximum value of the width
- ⁇ the circumference ratio
- block-like wiring with a small aspect ratio is arranged with a small gap, for example on a circle, or more than one of them, so that the gaps are staggered, like a dart Even if they are arranged in a pattern, they appear to be equivalent to the reflected light distribution pattern.
- the gaps are aligned, it functions as a diffraction grating, and the reflected light is distributed in directions other than regular reflection. Visibility deteriorates. In this case, since the gaps are closely arranged, the diffraction efficiency toward the high angle side is high, which is not good.
- the diffracted light is reflected from the thin wire.
- monochromatic light that can be approximated by a plane wave is incident from the normal direction of the front side surface of the transparent substrate 19.
- the repetition cycle of the basic pattern of the detection wirings 2 and 3 is set so as to satisfy the position detection accuracy of the touch position, usually the position accuracy that is indicated by a finger or a pen, and approximately several mm or less. Compared to the distance (approximately 10 cm or more) at which the user looks at the touch screen, the diffraction of light is small enough to approximate that of Franhofer diffraction.
- the diffraction pattern of vertically incident light can be approximated by the square (intensity) of the magnitude of the Fourier transform of the wiring pattern.
- This approximation is strictly true when the distance from the front surface of the touch screen to the surface of the thin wire is uniform and no reflected light is generated from the part without wiring, but it is easily qualitative even if it is outside this situation. It is an approximation that is sufficient for a reasonable discussion.
- FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a basic pattern of wiring and the vicinity of the DC component of the Fourier transform.
- the electrical connection as the wiring is ignored so that the above approximation is established and the behavior of the reflected diffracted light is easily understood.
- FIG. 14A is a diagram showing an example of a simplified basic pattern of wiring
- FIG. 14B is an enlarged view near the DC component of the Fourier transform of the basic pattern of FIG. 14A.
- a white part represents a part with a thin line
- a black part represents a part without a thin line.
- Monochromatic light that can be approximated by a plane wave from the normal direction of the front side surface of the transparent base material 19 in a state where the front side surface of the transparent base material 19 on the plane is filled by repeating the basic pattern of FIG.
- the light distribution of the reflected diffracted light is as shown in the Fourier transform diagram of FIG.
- the Fourier transform diagram of FIG. 14 (b) shows that the white one is strong in reflected light and the black one is weak. Specifically, it is a gray scale in which the intensity 0 is black and the maximum intensity excluding the upper 1% (99 / 100th percentile, the intensity of the upper 1 percent point) is white.
- the lower left corner (origin) of the Fourier transform diagram corresponds to specular reflection
- the vertical axis and the horizontal axis of the Fourier transform diagram of FIG. 14B represent the diffraction angle and are proportional to the reciprocal of the wavelength. Therefore, as the distance from the origin increases, the diffraction angle increases with a large diffraction angle, the right direction of the horizontal axis is the right direction, the upward direction of the vertical axis is the upward direction, and between the horizontal axis and the vertical axis (inside of the figure) is the upper right direction. Is reflected. From the symmetry of the basic pattern, directions other than the upper right are rotationally symmetric with the lower left corner of the Fourier transform diagram of FIG.
- the Fourier transform diagram in FIG. 14B corresponds to the case where light composed of a monochromatic (single wavelength) plane wave is incident.
- the diffraction angle changes, but the direction of diffraction does not change.
- the diffracted light is reflected in the 45 ° direction, but is cut off halfway, and it can be seen that the monochromatic light has a diffraction angle at which the diffracted light does not reflect even in the 45 ° direction.
- FIG. 14 (a) imitates an oblique 45 ° linear basic pattern with a break, and it can be seen that strong diffracted light is reflected in the 45 ° direction, which is the extending direction of the thin line.
- the basic pattern shown in FIG. 14A fills the paper surface, a portion having a thin line and a portion having no thin line periodically appear on a straight line having an arbitrary inclination. That is, since fine lines periodically exist in any direction, in principle, diffracted light is generated in any direction, but strong reflected diffracted light is generated in the extending direction of the thin line.
- FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of the basic wiring pattern and the vicinity of the DC component of the Fourier transform.
- FIG. 15A is a diagram showing an example of a simplified basic pattern of wiring
- FIG. 15B is an enlarged view near the DC component of the Fourier transform of the basic pattern of FIG. 15A.
- a white part represents a part with a thin line
- a black part represents a part without a thin line.
- FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram of a basic pattern in which straight thin lines are connected to circular thin lines, which are reflected light distribution blocks, as shown in FIG. However, since the diffracted light from the circular thin line portion is also reflected in other directions, it is possible to reduce the occurrence of strong reflected light only in a specific direction and improve visibility.
- the Fourier transform diagram of FIG. 15 (b) is a fan-shaped bone, but actually reflected diffracted light is generated in all directions. It appears that the reflected diffracted light is generated from the circular thin line in the normal direction. Actually, it occurs in the extending direction of the thin line, but the extending direction of the thin line is the tangential direction of the middle line of the thin line, and is orthogonal to the normal direction, which is the condition of the reflected light distribution pattern. A thin line whose line direction faces all azimuth directions also has its extending direction all directions. Therefore, there is no problem in determining the conditions of the reflected light distribution pattern in the normal direction. In the present invention, the reflected light distribution pattern is defined in the normal direction from the visual impression of the reflected diffracted light from the circular thin line. If necessary, it can be read in the extending direction.
- the reflected light with a small diffraction angle close to regular reflection is directed in all directions, that is, when the spot-like illumination is given, the image on the touch screen is viewed in regular reflection.
- the boundary of the image looks blurred, that is, the same effect as the anti-glare (anti-glare) process can be obtained.
- the Fourier transform diagram of FIG. 15B is shaped like a fan, which is an apparent phenomenon due to the fact that the calculation unit cell and the calculation area when calculating the Fourier transform have a finite size. .
- the calculation unit cell is 1 mm square and the calculation area is 10 mm square
- the minimum period that can be expressed is 2 mm in the vertical or horizontal direction (monochrome repetition every 1 mm)
- the maximum period is 10 mm in the vertical or horizontal direction.
- FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of a basic pattern of wiring and the vicinity of the DC component of the Fourier transform.
- FIG. 16A is a diagram illustrating an example of a simplified basic pattern of wiring
- FIG. 16B is an enlarged view near the DC component of the Fourier transform of the basic pattern of FIG.
- a white portion represents a portion with a fine line
- a black portion represents a portion without a thin line.
- FIG. 16 is a simulation of a basic pattern composed of 60 ° arc-shaped fine lines, with a convex arc-shaped thin line on the lower right and the upper left of the adjacent basic pattern (not shown). These arc-shaped thin wires are connected to each other and extend approximately vertically. Similarly, the upper and lower arcuate thin wires extend approximately to the left and right. Since there is no reflected light distribution pattern, the diffracted light does not reflect in the range of 45 ° ⁇ 15 ° (width 30 °). As described above, when there is a gap in a certain angle range in the direction of the normal line of the thin line (if there is no thin line having a normal line in the angle range), the diffracted light does not reflect in that direction.
- the reflected light is directed in all directions, and this is the condition for the reflected light distribution pattern. That is, it is most desirable to be strictly oriented in all omnidirectional directions like a circular thin line, but it is not necessarily required to be oriented in all omnidirectional directions. If the reflected light from one point on the touch screen always enters the left or right eye of the user, the presence or absence of the reflected light will not be sensed sharply, which is sufficient in practical use.
- the viewing distance is 20 cm (for example, when a portable terminal held in front of the user is operated with a finger), 50 cm (for example, a ticket vending machine, etc.)
- 80 cm for example, when a digitizer on a desk is operated with a pen
- it is about 16.7 °, 6.8 °, and 4.3 °, respectively.
- the angle range that is acceptable even if the diffracted light does not reflect that is, the fine line
- it is at least 16.7 °, preferably 6.8 ° or less, more preferably 4.3 ° or less. If so, it is sufficient for practical use.
- the wiring is composed of thin wires with a width of 10 ⁇ m or less, such as a black matrix of a monitor using an LCD, it is difficult to see with light transmitted through the touch screen.
- the width of the fine line is narrow.
- the resistance increases and the risk of disconnection
- the width of all wirings, except for the intersections and the connecting parts of the branch lines is an optimum value considering trade-off, at least in the same process.
- the widths of the thin lines in the same layer to be manufactured are desirably set to certain equal values.
- the crossing portion may have a small area in a narrow wiring, and the area may be adjusted with priority given to securing a touch capacitance necessary for detection.
- the connection portion particularly the portion that is cut so that the contour lines of different thin lines are in contact with each other, often cannot be processed into a desired shape depending on the processing accuracy of the manufacturing process, and may have a shape that prioritizes the manufacturing process.
- the wiring has a low reflectance surface by forming a metal oxide or nitride film on the surface.
- the reflectance cannot be reduced to 0 over the entire visible wavelength range, but there is an effect of reducing the brightness of the reflected light.
- the touch screen 1 has the reflected light distribution pattern as described above. Therefore, when the touch screen 1 is illuminated in a spot shape by external light such as the sun or a light bulb, the conventional technology has strong reflection. While light is generated in the extending direction of the linear wiring, reflected light from the reflected light distribution pattern is generated in all directions. Thereby, the reflected light is not generated only in a specific direction and the effect of the anti-glare treatment is given, so that the visibility is excellent.
- the touch screen 1 is a touch screen of a projected capacitive touch panel as described above, and has a problem in that the capacitance between the lines is increased because the thin line wirings are densely arranged. .
- a detection method called a mutual capacitance detection method if the line capacitance between the detection column wiring and the detection row wiring is large, the column-direction bundle wiring as the detection electrode The electric field coupling with the row-direction bundle wiring becomes strong, and the electric field change when touched by an indicator such as a finger, that is, the mutual capacitance change becomes small. Therefore, a characteristic problem that the detection sensitivity is lowered is caused.
- the line-to-line capacitance is mainly (1) the coupling capacity in the vicinity of the intersection between the detection column wiring 2 and the detection row wiring 3, and (2) the detection column wiring 2 and the detection row wiring 3 run in parallel. And the coupling capacity in the vicinity of the portion.
- the coupling capacitance (2) it is effective to increase the distance between the detection column wiring 2 and the detection row wiring 3 in a portion where the detection column wiring 2 and the detection row wiring 3 run in parallel.
- the middle line of the thin line is a right angle, that is, 90 at the portion where the thin line constituting the detection column wiring 2 and the thin line constituting the detection row wiring 3 intersect, for example, the intersection C surrounded by the broken line in FIG. If the detection column wiring 2 and the detection row wiring 3 are separated from each other so that they are separated from each other in the vicinity of the intersection and away from the intersection, the detection column wiring 2 and the detection row wiring 3 The distance can be increased.
- the wiring pattern is constituted by straight thin lines as shown in FIG. 4, and as in the present invention, it has a reflected light distribution pattern as shown in FIG.
- the distance between the detection column wiring 2 and the detection row wiring 3 is reflected light distribution.
- the shape is almost the same, but a conventional wiring pattern is liable to display unevenness because the density of fine lines is reduced.
- the human eye is more likely to visually recognize a periodic luminance change when the period is longer, in other words, a region having a wide and uniform luminance and a region having a narrow different luminance. It is for having.
- the density of fine lines can be increased and display unevenness can be reduced.
- the resistance of the detection wirings 2 and 3 is as in the conventional wiring pattern. It can be kept low. Further, for example, as shown in FIG. 2, even when the reflected light distribution pattern is electrically connected to at least one of the detection column wiring 2 and the detection row wiring 3 and is a part thereof, By electrically connecting the reflected light distribution patterns with straight thin lines, the resistance of the detection wirings 2 and 3 can be kept low.
- FIG. 17 is a projection view showing a modification of the touch screen 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 18 is a projection view when the touch screen 1 of the present invention is mounted on a display device.
- the long side direction of a rectangular pixel for each of Red, Green, and Blue in the display device matches the column direction (y direction) of the touch panel, and the short side direction matches the row direction (x direction).
- the positions of the circles forming the reflected light distribution pattern 11 are arranged so that the positions in the x direction are shifted for each column.
- the reflected light distribution pattern 11 and the detection row wiring 3 that also serve as the detection column wirings 2 are arranged at different y-direction positions.
- the reflected light distribution pattern 11 that also serves as is arranged so that the positions in the x direction coincide with each other in FIG. 2, but not arranged in FIG.
- FIG. 18 shows a red pixel 191, a green pixel 192, a blue pixel 193, and a black matrix 194 of a display device on which the touch screen 1 according to the present invention is mounted.
- the region E having a large amount of components parallel to the long side direction of the pixel of the display device on which the touch screen is mounted is displayed in the short side direction of the pixel. It is the structure which distributed and arranged so that it might not overlap. With this configuration, the variation in the short side direction of the aperture ratio in the long side direction of the pixels of the display device, which is easily visible such as display unevenness, is improved.
- FIG. 19A shows the improvement effect of the change in the aperture ratio
- FIG. 19B shows a conceptual diagram showing the calculation method of the aperture ratio fluctuation in the long side direction of the pixel and the factor of the improvement effect.
- the aperture ratio is a unit area, that is, an area defined here by the length in the long side direction and the division width in the short side direction of the pixels of the basic pattern.
- the detection wiring of the touch panel This is a value obtained by calculating the ratio of non-existing areas.
- the aperture ratio is low, light from the display device is shielded and darkened, which causes display unevenness and the like.
- the division width in the short side direction depends on the brightness and resolution of the display device on which the touch screen 1 of the present invention is mounted, and the distance to the user. If is selected, it is easy to deal with actual display unevenness.
- an area indicated by reference symbol “AP” is a unit area for calculating an aperture ratio in the pixel long side direction.
- a thick broken line indicated by a reference symbol “E1” indicates a change in the aperture ratio in the pixel long side direction of the touch screen 1 according to the first embodiment.
- a thin solid line indicated by “E1a” indicates a change in the aperture ratio in the pixel long side direction in the modification of the touch screen 1 of the first embodiment.
- the correspondence between the unit areas included in the basic pattern of the touch screen 1 of the first embodiment and the modification thereof and the aperture ratios E1 and E1a at the position of the dark portion with the aperture ratio E1 is indicated by dotted and solid arrows. Show. The unit area corresponding to the position of the dark part with the aperture ratio E1 is shaded. As shown in FIG. 19A, an opening in the pixel long side direction is obtained by dispersing a region with many components parallel to the pixel long side direction (y direction) of the reflected light distribution pattern in the pixel short side direction (x direction). It can be seen that the rate fluctuation range becomes smaller.
- FIG. 19B The left side of FIG. 19B is a basic pattern of the touch screen 1 of the first embodiment, and the right side is an enlarged view of a basic pattern of a modification of the touch screen 1 of the first embodiment. is there.
- the unit area where the curved portions parallel to the long side direction of the pixels overlap is indicated by reference symbol “W” and is shaded.
- the touch screen 1 according to the first embodiment there are four regions where curved portions parallel to the long side direction of the pixels overlap.
- the region with many components parallel to the pixel long side direction (y direction) of the reflected light distribution pattern is the pixel short side direction (x direction).
- the area where the curved portions parallel to the long side direction of the pixels overlap is reduced to two places.
- a non-transparent material such as metal or a light-reflective material
- a thin-line wiring is used to reduce the transmittance at the wiring portion. Decrease in transmittance can be suppressed.
- a predetermined number of detection column wirings 2 and a predetermined number of detection row wirings 3 are formed into a bundle of column-direction bundle wirings 6 and a bundle of row-direction bundle wirings 7, respectively. It is possible to suppress the influence of the disconnection, suppress a decrease in the transmittance of the touch screen, and make the electrical characteristics uniform over a wider area. As a result, the touch capacitance can be detected uniformly.
- the reduction in transmittance can be suppressed by thinning, the fine line density can be increased and display unevenness can be reduced.
- the distance between the detection column wiring 2 and the detection row wiring 3 is shortened, there is a problem that the parasitic capacitance between them, specifically, the line capacitance increases.
- the fine line density can be increased and the distance between the detection column wiring 2 and the detection row wiring 3 can be increased. Can be suppressed.
- the reflected light and the reflected diffracted light from the reflected light distribution pattern 11 composed of curved thin lines are directed in all directions, the reflected light is generated only in a specific direction when illuminated in a spot shape. Absent. Therefore, visibility can be improved.
- a predetermined number of detection column wirings 2 and a predetermined number of detection row wirings 3 are respectively connected to a bundle of column-direction bundle wirings 6 and a bundle of row-direction bundle wirings. 7 and a reflected light distribution pattern 11 composed of fine lines including curved fine lines is arranged.
- a reflected light distribution pattern 11 composed of fine lines including curved fine lines is arranged.
- the reflected light distribution pattern 11 has a shape in which fine lines including curved fine lines are closed as shown in FIG. As a result, it is possible to realize a reflected light distribution pattern in which the normal line of the curved portion is directed in all directions.
- the reflected light distribution pattern 11 may be included in at least one of the detection column wiring 2 and the detection row wiring 3. As shown in FIG. 2, the detection column wiring 2 and the detection row wiring 3 may be included.
- the reflected light distribution pattern 11 may be provided so as to be electrically isolated from the detection column wiring 2 and the detection row wiring 3, that is, insulated.
- the reflected light distribution pattern 11 is included in at least one of the detection column wiring 2 and the detection row wiring 3 and in a case where the reflected light distribution pattern 11 is insulated and provided as described above.
- the reflected light distribution pattern 11 is insulated and provided as described above.
- one region where the column-direction bundle wiring and the row-direction bundle wiring intersect is configured by repeating a reflected light distribution pattern including a curved portion and a basic pattern including column wiring and row wiring.
- a reflected light distribution pattern including a curved portion In the basic pattern, areas of the reflected light distribution pattern that are parallel to the long side direction of the pixel of the display device to which the touch screen is attached do not overlap with each other in the short side direction of the pixel. May be arranged as follows. With this configuration, when mounted on a display device, fluctuations in the aperture ratio that occur between the pixel openings of the display device are reduced, and display unevenness such as moire is less visible.
- FIG. 20 is a projection view showing a wiring pattern in the touch screen 40 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. Also in the present embodiment, the detection wirings 42 and 43 are configured to function as a reflected light distribution pattern. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 20, the detection wirings 42 and 43 are configured not to use a closed thin line, that is, a thin line whose middle line is closed.
- the detection wirings 42 and 43 are not linear, but are wavy curved thin lines having concavities and convexities that connect 90 ° arcuate thin lines, and the convex part and the concave part are It is arranged to face each other.
- two thin lines having a waveform connected in a substantially bowl shape at the center of the region B are It is selected by the number of end points of case (d).
- the branch thin lines 44 and 45 are portions that divide the thin line as surrounded by a broken line circle D in FIG. 20, and the center angle of the arc is smaller than 90 °. Must not. However, by using a 90 ° arc thin wire having a small radius, the branch wires 44 and 45 can also function as a reflected light distribution pattern. Thus, as in the case of using the closed reflected light distribution pattern 11 as in the first embodiment described above, the length of the thin line at the portion where the detection column wiring 42 and the detection row wiring 43 come close to each other. The distance between the average detection column wiring 42 and the detection row wiring 43 can be increased.
- the repeating unit is a part of the reflected light distribution pattern, but in general, the repeating unit is considered even if it is not.
- the point p is taken on the contour of the thin line under consideration, and the point p passes through the point p, and has an outline intersecting with a straight line perpendicular to the average direction of the extending direction, and is electrically connected to the thin line on which the point p rides. Take the intersection q on the outline of another thin line that is not. While maintaining the inclination of the straight line, the intersection point p ′ with the outline of the fine line on which the point p rides when the straight line is translated, the intersection point q ′ with the outline of the fine line on which the point q rides, and the intersection point p ′ The distance from the intersection point q ′ is obtained. Next, a section Zp of the intersection point p ′ and a section Zq of the corresponding intersection point q ′ are obtained in which the distance does not change even when the straight line is translated.
- section Zp of the thin line on which the intersection point p ′ rides and the section Zq of the thin line on which the intersection point q ′ rides are parallel.
- the parallel section When the parallel section is long between adjacent thin lines, the distance between the thin lines in the parallel section, specifically, the distance between the point p and the point q when the point p is taken in the section is increased. If it takes, the wiring density between the parallel areas of the adjacent wiring will fall.
- the detection wirings 42 and 43 function as a reflected light distribution pattern, in order to increase the average distance between adjacent thin lines and suppress the decrease in the wiring density between them, the parallel sections Is preferably shorter than the average distance between adjacent thin lines, and most preferably there are no parallel sections.
- the average distance between adjacent thin lines refers to the average of the distances between the points p and q when the first point p is moved in the range where the same thin lines are adjacent.
- the wiring pattern shown in FIG. 20 is an example in which there are no parallel sections.
- the average value in the extending direction of the portion of the waveform rising to the right of the adjacent detection column wiring 42 and detection row wiring 43 is 45 °, but the distance therebetween is not constant and varies.
- the lower right portions of the adjacent detection column wirings 42 and the detection row wirings 43 have a constant distance between them as in the case of the right upwards except that the average value in the extending direction is both ⁇ 45 °. Change without.
- FIG. 21 is a diagram showing an example of a basic pattern of wiring in the case where the wiring is formed only by curves and the vicinity of the DC component of the Fourier transform. Even when the spot light is irradiated, the reflected light is dispersed and the visibility can be suppressed from being lowered.
- FIG. 21A is a diagram showing an example of a simplified basic pattern of wiring
- FIG. 21B is an enlarged view near the DC component of the Fourier transform of the basic pattern of FIG. 21A.
- a white portion represents a portion with a thin line
- a black portion represents a portion without a thin line.
- the wiring pattern shown in FIG. 21 is an approximately saddle-shaped thin line having the same size as the basic pattern, and four thin lines having a waveform that is smaller than half the size of the basic pattern in the matrix direction and has irregularities. Are connected to each other at the end points, and formed into a closed thin line. Moreover, the closed thin wire has four recesses when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the surface of the transparent substrate facing the user.
- a branch line or an isolated thin line can be arranged.
- the arranged branch line or the isolated thin line function as a reflected light distribution pattern.
- the basic pattern of repeated wiring does not include a straight thin line. Therefore, when the touch screen 40 is illuminated in a spot shape by external light such as the sun or a light bulb, In contrast, while strong reflected light is generated in the extending direction of the straight wiring, the reflected light is not generated only in a specific direction, and the effect of anti-glare processing is given. Therefore, the touch screen 40 of this embodiment is excellent in visibility. Further, the capacitance between the lines is small, the wiring delay can be reduced and the response can be improved, and the electrical characteristics are excellent.
- the touch screen 40 does not include isolated thin lines that are not electrically connected to the detection wirings 42 and 43, although the thin lines constituting the detection wirings 42 and 43 have branch thin lines.
- the present invention is not limited to this, and the touch screen 40 may be provided with one or both of branch lines, isolated thin lines that are not electrically connected to the detection wirings 42 and 43, or both. Thereby, the arrangement density of the fine lines can be increased.
- the reflected light distribution pattern 11 is a thin line in which the normal line at each point on the reflected light distribution pattern 11 is directed in all directions. There is no need to face all directions.
- the reflected light distribution pattern 11 does not mean that an effect is not obtained if even a portion of the normal direction at each point of the reflected light distribution pattern is missing, and is closer if the normal direction is close to all directions. The greater the effect. Therefore, when the split part is provided in a part of the reflected light distribution pattern, such as the branch lines 44 and 45, that is, the direction of the normal line at each point on the thin line is not completely omnidirectional. However, a certain effect can be expected.
- the size of the divided portion is 300 to 500 mm, which is a general viewing distance when using a touch screen, and the viewing angle is 1 minute (an angle of 1/60 of 1 degree) or less (minimum separation threshold). Then, since it is not visually recognized as a discontinuous part by human eyes, it is considered that an effect equivalent to that obtained when there is no divided part can be obtained.
- FIG. 22 is a projection view showing a modification of the touch screen 40 according to the second embodiment.
- the positions crossing the column wirings and the row wirings are the positions shown in FIG. This is an example in which the regions E that are parallel to the long-side direction of the column wiring and the row wiring consisting of only the curved portion are dispersed so as not to overlap in the short-side direction of the pixel.
- FIG. 22 is a diagram in which a portion where the column-direction bundle wiring intersects with the row-direction bundle wiring, that is, a region defined by the column-direction bundle wiring width 46 and the row-direction bundle wiring width 47 is extracted.
- region parallel to the long side direction of the pixel is rephrased as “a wiring region including a portion where the normal line is perpendicular to the long side direction of the pixel”. be able to.
- FIG. 23 is a projection view when the touch screen 40 of the present modification is mounted on a display device.
- FIG. 23 shows a Red pixel 421, a Green pixel 422, a Blue pixel 423, and a black matrix 424 of a display device on which the touch screen 40 according to the present invention is mounted.
- FIG. 24 shows another modification of the second embodiment.
- this modification by alternately arranging wirings formed with curved portions having different periods in the basic pattern, the curved portions parallel to the long side direction of the pixel do not overlap in the short side direction of the pixel. This is an example of dispersively arranged.
- FIG. 25 is a graph showing the effect of the modification of the second embodiment in which curved regions E having many components parallel to the long side direction of the pixel are distributed in the short side direction of the pixel.
- the change in the aperture ratio in the pixel long side direction in the direction is shown.
- the aperture ratio was calculated by the method described in the first embodiment.
- the change in aperture ratio AA in the embodiment shown in FIG. 20 the change in aperture ratio BB in another modification of the embodiment 2 shown in FIG. 24, and the embodiment 2 shown in FIG.
- the change CC of the aperture ratio in other modified examples is shown.
- regions having many components parallel to the long side direction of the pixel overlap in the short side direction of the pixel.
- Distributing and arranging curved regions with many components parallel to the long side direction of the pixel reduces the change in aperture ratio to 5% or less, and the variation cycle is also reduced to 0.1 mm or less. Indicates that it is not visually recognized.
- the touch screen 40 is made of a material having light reflectivity, and is composed of only a curved portion when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the surface facing the user of the transparent substrate.
- a wiring pattern arranged so that the normal line of the curved portion is omnidirectional is formed on the transparent substrate, and the region where the column-direction bundle wiring and the row-direction bundle wiring intersect is composed of a plurality of column wirings and row wirings.
- the basic pattern consists of repetitions.
- the portion parallel to the short side direction of the pixel of the display device on which the normal line of the column line and the row line is mounted is the short side of the pixel of the display device. You may arrange
- the detection column wiring 2 and the detection row wiring 3 are combined one by one in a grid pattern.
- Such a configuration can increase the arrangement density of the intersections and increase the position detection accuracy of the touch position, but tends to increase the capacitance between the lines.
- the fine line density is increased in order to reduce display unevenness, the line-to-line capacitance tends to increase.
- a method for improving the visibility by reflected light and further increasing the fine line density but suppressing the capacitance between lines will be described.
- FIG. 26 is a projection view showing a wiring pattern on the touch screen 50 according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 26 shows a case where the detection wirings 52 and 53 are divided into two regions.
- FIG. 27 is an enlarged projection view of region B in FIG.
- the area B of the basic pattern of the wiring is a rectangular area (hereinafter referred to as “first area”) 64 indicated by a thick broken line and a rectangle indicated by a double broken line.
- first area a rectangular area
- second area a rectangle indicated by a double broken line.
- the first region 64 does not include the detection row wiring 53 but includes the detection column wiring 52 and an isolated fine line (hereinafter referred to as “first isolated fine line”) 66.
- the second region 65 does not include the detection column wiring 52 but includes a detection row wiring 53 and an isolated thin line (hereinafter referred to as “second isolated thin line”) 67.
- the first isolated thin line 66 and the second isolated thin line 67 may be collectively referred to as “isolated thin line”.
- the thin lines in the first and second regions 64 and 65 shown in FIG. 27 are not shown.
- the first and second regions 64 and 65 include the isolated thin lines 66 and 67, respectively, but may be configured not to include the isolated thin lines 66 and 67.
- first regions 64 are electrically connected to each other with a short fine line (hereinafter referred to as “first connection thin line”) 62, and the second regions 65 are connected to each other with a short thin line (hereinafter referred to as “second connection thin line”). It is electrically connected at 63).
- first connection thin line a short fine line
- second connection thin line a short thin line
- the same kind of regions are electrically connected to each other to form the detection column wiring 52 and the detection row wiring 53.
- the line capacity can be suppressed and the fine line density can be increased.
- connection thin wire 62 and the second connection thin wire 63 may be collectively referred to as “connection thin wire”.
- the intersecting portion C is formed by intersecting two types of connecting thin wires 62 and 63 that electrically connect the same type of regions with an appropriate density through the insulating layer 18.
- the detection row wiring 53 and the second connection thin wire 63 are shown by double lines, but the detection row wiring 53 and the connection thin wire 63 are actually shown in FIG. Is a single thin line.
- the first and second connection thin lines 62 and 63 are shown outside the first and second regions 64 and 65. However, if necessary for reducing display unevenness, branch lines or An isolated fine line may be arranged.
- FIG. 26 for ease of understanding, it is described that there is a space between the first region 64 and the second region 65, but this space is for making the drawing easier to see.
- the first region 64 and the second region 65 may be shown so as to be provided close to each other as shown in FIG. Therefore, also in FIG. 26, as shown in FIG. 27, a dividing line that separates the first region 64 and the second region 65 may be drawn so that there is no gap.
- the operation region is divided into two types of regions, the first region 64 and the second region 65, and one of the two regions has a detection column wiring 52.
- One of the detection row wirings 53 and, if necessary, an isolated fine line are arranged, and the other of the two regions is necessary for the other of the detection column wiring 2 and the detection row wiring 3. If there is, an isolated fine line is arranged.
- the portion where the detection column wiring 2 and the detection row wiring 3 approach each other can be made only the boundary portion between the intersecting portion and the two regions, and most of the first and second regions 64 and 65 can be formed. Can prevent the detection column wiring 2 and the detection row wiring 3 from approaching each other. Therefore, the line density can be suppressed while increasing the fine line density.
- isolated thin lines 66 and 67 are provided in addition to the detection lines 52 and 53. Thereby, the fine line density can be further increased.
- the first isolated fine line 66 is electrically insulated from the detection column wiring 52 via the insulating layer 18.
- the second isolated thin wire 67 is electrically insulated from the detection row wiring 53 through the insulating layer 18.
- the wiring patterns inside the first and second regions 64 and 65 have a reflected light distribution pattern 11 as shown in FIG.
- circular thin wires 11 that are reflected light distribution patterns are connected by linear thin wires 13 and 15.
- fine lines 12 and 14 are provided which extend linearly from the circular fine line 11 and whose end points are not connected anywhere.
- These linear thin lines 12 to 15 may be curved thin lines.
- the touch screen 50 has the reflected light distribution pattern 11, and therefore, when illuminated in the spot shape by outside light such as the sun or a light bulb, strong reflected light is linear in the related art. Reflected light from the reflected light distribution pattern is generated in all directions, whereas it is generated in the extending direction of the wiring. As a result, the reflected light is not generated only in a specific direction, and the effect of anti-glare processing is given. Therefore, the touch screen 50 excellent in visibility can be realized.
- the operation area is divided into two types of areas, a first area 64 and a second area 65, and one of the two types of areas includes a detection column wiring 52 and a detection row wiring.
- One of 53 and an isolated fine line are arranged if necessary, and the other of the two types of areas is provided with the other of the detection column wiring 52 and the detection row wiring 53 and an isolated thin line if necessary. And so on.
- the line-to-line capacitance is reduced, the wiring delay can be reduced and the responsiveness can be improved, and the touch screen 50 having excellent electrical characteristics can be realized.
- the detection column wiring 2 and the detection row wiring 3 are provided on one surface of the transparent substrate 19 as shown in FIG.
- An insulating layer 18 is interposed between the detection column wiring 2 and the detection row wiring 3.
- the transparent substrate 19 may also serve as the insulating layer 18.
- FIG. 28 is a cross-sectional view showing another example of the layer structure of the touch screen.
- the detection row wiring 3 is provided on one surface of the transparent base material 19, and the detection column wiring 2 is provided on the other surface of the transparent base material 19. Since the transparent substrate 19 is made of a transparent dielectric material, it can function as the insulating layer 18. In this case, the step of forming the insulating layer 18 can be omitted.
- the touch screen 80 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention is configured such that the area of the opening formed surrounded by the detection column wirings 82 and 83 is uniform in the basic pattern B. 22 is different from the touch screen 40 of the modification of the second embodiment shown in FIG.
- FIG. 29 is a projection view showing a wiring pattern on the touch screen 80 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 29 shows a part where the column-direction bundle wiring 6 and the row-direction bundle wiring 7 intersect from the operation area of the touch screen, that is, the width 86 of the column-direction bundle wiring 6 and the width 87 of the row-direction bundle wiring 7. It is the figure which extracted the area
- the detection column wiring 82 and the detection row wiring 83 of the touch screen 80 are composed of only a curved portion, and two two 90 ° arc-shaped thin lines are connected. Consists of repeated thin lines with concave right-up or right-down waveforms. Therefore, the detection column wiring 82 and the detection row wiring 83 of the touch screen 80 function as a reflected light distribution pattern.
- the fine line of the waveform rising right or falling right is parallel to the long side direction of the pixel of the display device at a portion connecting the 90 ° arc thin line. Further, the normal direction of the fine line of the waveform rising right or falling right is perpendicular to the long side direction of the pixel at a portion where the 90 ° arc thin line is connected.
- the arrangement of the detection column wiring 82 and the detection row wiring 83 is formed by shifting the intersecting position from the position shown in FIG. 22 of the second embodiment.
- the detection wirings 82 and 83 are similar to the first and second embodiments, in the basic pattern B including the plurality of detection wirings 82 and 83, The region E parallel to the long side direction is shifted so as not to overlap in the short side direction of the pixel, and the areas of the openings a1, b1, c1, d1 formed by being surrounded by the thin lines are made uniform. Arranged by shifting.
- the detection wiring is not limited to a shape including only a curved portion, and may have various shapes such as a configuration including a linear portion as in the first embodiment.
- the opening is formed by being surrounded by a thin line made of a light-reflective material.
- the fine line forming the opening blocks light from the display element when viewed from the normal direction of the front side surface of the display element.
- the openings a1, b1, c1, and d1 do not include thin lines that block light such as the detection wirings 82 and 83.
- openings a 1, b 1, c 1, and d 1 which are four regions formed by being surrounded by two detection column wirings 82 and two detection row wirings 83, are formed in the basic pattern B. included.
- the shapes of the openings a1, b1, c1, and d1 are different, but the area is uniform.
- a region A where the column-direction bundle wiring and the row-direction bundle wiring intersect each other is configured by repeating a basic pattern B including a plurality of detection column wirings 82 and detection row wirings 83.
- the thin line surrounding the opening does not necessarily have to be closed.
- the size of the divided portion is 300 to 500 mm, which is a general viewing distance when using a touch screen, and the viewing angle of a person with a visual acuity of 1.0 is 1 minute (an angle of 1 / 60th of a degree). If it is below the region (minimum separation threshold), the divided portion cannot be visually recognized by human eyes. Therefore, the fine line surrounding the opening may include a divided portion that is less than the minimum separation threshold.
- the thin line forming the opening is not limited to the detection wiring.
- it may be a thin line made of a material having light reflectivity provided on a transparent substrate, such as a reflected light distribution pattern insulated from the detection wiring, an isolated thin line, or the like.
- FIG. 30 is a graph showing the areas of the openings of the touch screen 40 shown in FIG. 22 of the second embodiment and the touch screen 80 shown in FIG. 29 of the present embodiment.
- the area of the opening at the position corresponding to the openings a1, b1, c1, d1 of the touch screen 80 shown in FIG. 29 is shown.
- the reference symbol “SE2” is the opening area of the touch screen 40 shown in FIG. 22 of the second embodiment
- the reference symbol “SE4” is the touch screen 80 shown in FIG. 29 of the fourth embodiment. Each opening area is shown.
- FIG. 31 shows a result of two-dimensional analysis of the aperture ratio when the touch screen 40 shown in FIG. 22 of the second embodiment and the touch screen 80 shown in FIG. 29 of the present embodiment are mounted on a display element. It is a histogram which shows.
- the aperture ratio is a ratio of a region where no detection wiring exists in the unit area of the display screen. The higher the aperture ratio, the brighter the display screen.
- the unit area has the same size in the row direction and the column direction.
- the length of one side of the unit area is preferably at least three times the width of the wiring pattern of the touch screen, and is about 10 times here.
- the reference numeral “FE2” indicates the frequency distribution of the touch screen 40 shown in FIG. 22 of the second embodiment
- the reference numeral “FE4” indicates the touch screen 80 shown in FIG. 29 of the fourth embodiment. Each frequency distribution is shown.
- the touch screen 40 shown in FIG. 22 was 14.1 and the touch screen 80 shown in FIG. 29 was 3.9. . That is, in the touch screen 80 of FIG. 29, the variation in the area of the opening is caused by shifting the intersection position of the detection wirings 82 and 83 so that the areas of the openings a1, b1, c1, and d1 are uniform. Diminished.
- the aperture ratio distribution of the touch screen 80 shown in FIG. 29 is more continuous than the aperture ratio distribution of the touch screen 40 shown in FIG.
- the aperture ratio distribution of the touch screen 40 shown in FIG. 22 there are two portions where the frequency is continuous, that is, two discontinuous portions.
- the discontinuous portion is reduced to one place.
- the aperture ratio distribution of the display screen becomes continuous by reducing the variation in the area of the opening formed surrounded by the detection wirings 82 and 83. Further, when the aperture ratio distribution on the display screen becomes continuous, the difference in aperture ratio between adjacent unit areas provided on the display screen can be predicted to be smaller than when the aperture ratio distribution is discrete.
- Human visual characteristics are characterized in that the brightness and color perceived by humans are more dependent on the relative amount of change from their surroundings than on the absolute amount of light. This is generally known as brightness constancy, and cones (photocells that identify color and brightness under photopic vision) are concentrated locally near the center of the viewpoint. This is a major factor. Furthermore, it is said that the perceptual amount (perceptual dynamic range amount) of the human eye that has adapted to ambient brightness is about 1/100 of the perceptual amount before adaptation. Therefore, if the difference in brightness between the center of the viewpoint in the display screen and the periphery thereof is 1% or less, it is less than the perceptual amount of the human eye, so the brightness distribution in the display screen is difficult to be visually recognized as display unevenness. I can say. From these perceptual characteristics, it can be said that the brightness distribution in the display screen is preferably changed more continuously in terms of making it difficult to visually recognize display unevenness.
- the distribution of the aperture ratio of the touch screen 40 shown in FIG. 22 includes a discontinuous portion having a range of about 5%. Therefore, the display screen using the touch screen 40 shown in FIG. It seems that there are many regions where the difference in aperture ratio exceeds 5%.
- the aperture ratio distribution of the touch screen 80 shown in FIG. 29 has only a discontinuous portion with a range of less than 5%, the display screen using the touch screen 80 shown in FIG. There seems to be almost no region where the difference in aperture ratio in the vicinity exceeds 5%. Therefore, even if the aperture ratio distribution is discrete, display unevenness is considered to be reduced if the difference in aperture ratio between the center of the viewpoint and the periphery thereof is 5% or less.
- portions parallel to the long side direction of the pixel of the display element are mutually in the short side direction of the pixel.
- the openings are arranged so as not to overlap, and are arranged so that the area of the opening formed by being surrounded by a thin line made of a light-reflective material provided on the transparent substrate is uniform.
- a portion of the curved portion of the reflected light distribution pattern that is parallel to the long side direction of the pixel can be rephrased as a portion whose normal is perpendicular to the long side direction of the pixel.
- “uniform” means “substantially equal”, and means that even if they are not exactly the same, there may be a difference to the extent that fluctuations in the aperture ratio can be suppressed within a satisfactory range. .
- the pixel of the display element among the curved portions of the plurality of reflected light distribution patterns included in the basic pattern is also the same.
- the openings are arranged so that the portions parallel to the long side direction of the pixel do not overlap with each other in the short side direction of the pixel and are surrounded by fine lines made of a light-reflective material provided on the transparent base material.
- the positions of the intersections formed by the intersection of the detection column wirings 92 and 93 are in the row direction x and the column direction y in the basic pattern B.
- the touch screens 40 and 80 of the second and fourth embodiments shown in FIGS. 22 and 29 are different in that they are arranged so as not to overlap each other.
- FIG. 32 is a projection view showing a wiring pattern on the touch screen 90 of the present embodiment.
- FIG. 32 is a diagram in which a portion where the column-direction bundle wiring intersects with the row-direction bundle wiring, that is, a region A defined by the column-direction bundle wiring width 96 and the row-direction bundle wiring width 97 is extracted. is there.
- the detection column wiring 92 and the detection row wiring 93 of the touch screen 90 are composed of only a curved portion, and two two 90 ° arc-shaped thin lines are connected. Consists of repeated thin lines with concave right-up or right-down waveforms. Therefore, the detection column wiring 92 and the detection row wiring 93 of the touch screen 90 function as a reflected light distribution pattern.
- the detection column wiring 92 and the detection row wiring 93 are arranged by shifting the position where the detection column wiring 92 and the detection row wiring 93 intersect from the position shown in FIG. 22 of the second embodiment.
- the detection wirings 92 and 93 are regions in the basic pattern B that are parallel to the long side direction of the pixels in the basic pattern B, as in the first and second embodiments. E is arranged by shifting so as not to overlap in the short side direction of the pixel.
- the detection wirings 92 and 93 overlap each other in the row direction x and the column direction y so that the positions of the intersections formed by the detection column wirings 92 and the detection row wirings 93 intersect with each other.
- the detection wiring is not limited to a shape including only a curved portion, and may have various shapes such as a configuration including a linear portion as in the first embodiment.
- the intersecting portion is formed by a thin line made of a light reflective material.
- the fine lines forming the intersecting portion shield light from the display element when viewed from the normal direction of the front side surface of the display element.
- intersections a1, b2, c2, d2, e2, f2, g2, and h2 formed by the intersection of the detection wirings 92 and 93 are included in the basic pattern B.
- the intersecting portions a1, b2, d2, and f2 are formed when the detection column wiring 92 and the detection row wiring 93 intersect.
- the intersecting portions c2 and h2 are formed when the two detection column wirings 92 intersect.
- the intersecting portions e2 and g2 are formed by the intersection of the two detection row wirings 93.
- the arrangement positions of the intersecting portions a1 to h2 included in the basic pattern B in the row direction x and the column direction y are different from each other.
- a region A where the column-direction bundle wiring and the row-direction bundle wiring intersect each other is configured by repeating a basic pattern B including a plurality of detection column wirings 92 and detection row wirings 93.
- the thin line forming the intersection is not limited to the detection wiring.
- it may be a thin line made of a material having light reflectivity provided on a transparent substrate, such as a reflected light distribution pattern insulated from the detection wiring, an isolated thin line, or the like.
- the interval between the center lines is constant. You may comprise so that it may become. By equalizing the distance between adjacent center lines, the wiring density becomes uniform, and display unevenness can be suppressed while maintaining detection sensitivity.
- FIG. 33 shows the change in the pixel short side direction of the aperture ratio in the pixel long side direction of the touch screen 40 shown in FIGS. 20 and 22 of the second embodiment and the touch screen 90 shown in FIG. 32 of the present embodiment. It is a graph which shows.
- the aperture ratio was calculated by the method described in the first embodiment. 33, the change in the aperture ratio of the touch screen 40 shown in FIG. 20 is AA (broken line), the change in the aperture ratio of the touch screen 40 shown in FIG. 22 is CC (solid line), and the aperture ratio of the touch screen 90 shown in FIG. Is indicated by DD (thick solid line).
- the touch screen 40 shown in FIG. 20 is arranged in the basic pattern B so that the intersecting portions of the detection wirings 42 and 43 overlap each other in the row direction x and the column direction y. Therefore, regions of the detection wirings 42 and 43 that are parallel to the long side direction of the pixel of the display element overlap in the short side direction of the pixel. As a result, in the aperture ratio AA shown in FIG. 33, dark portions where the aperture ratio greatly decreases (locations at which the aperture ratio becomes a minimum value) periodically appear.
- the touch screen 40 shown in FIG. 22 is arranged such that the region E of the detection wirings 42 and 43 that is parallel to the long side direction of the pixel does not overlap in the short side direction of the pixel. Therefore, the change of the aperture ratio CC (difference between the maximum value and the minimum value) is reduced as compared with the aperture ratio AA, but still exceeds 3%.
- the touch screen 90 is arranged in a distributed manner so that the intersecting portions a2 to h2 of the detection wirings 92 and 93 included in the basic pattern B are not aligned in the row direction x and the column direction y. ing. As a result, regions of the detection wirings 92 and 93 that are parallel to the long side direction of the pixel of the display element are arranged more dispersedly. As a result, the change in the aperture ratio DD is reduced to 3% or less, and display unevenness is not visually recognized.
- the dark portions L1 to L7 having the aperture ratio DD shown in FIG. 33 have different aperture ratios.
- the difference ⁇ L in the aperture ratio between the dark portion L1 having the highest aperture ratio and the dark portion L6 having the lowest aperture ratio is 1% or less, and cannot be identified by human eyes. Therefore, the dark period of the aperture ratio DD has a repetition period of 0.1 mm or less.
- the size that can be visually recognized with the naked eye is said to be about 0.1 mm, and therefore, the dark portion with the aperture ratio DD is not visually recognized as moire.
- dark portions having different aperture ratios appear with a repetition period of 0.1 mm or more.
- L1, L3, L5, and L6 shown in FIG. 33 are dark portions having a first aperture ratio
- L2, L4, and L7 are dark portions having a second aperture ratio.
- the repetition period of each dark part is 0.1 mm or more.
- the repetition period of the dark part of the aperture ratio DD is up to 0.1 mm or less. You may think that it has become smaller. Therefore, the dark part of the aperture ratio DD is not visually recognized as moire.
- regions parallel to the long side direction of the pixel of the display element do not overlap each other in the short side direction of the pixel.
- intersecting portions formed by thin wires made of a light-reflective material provided on the transparent substrate are dispersed so as not to overlap each other in the row direction x and the column direction y.
- a region parallel to the long side direction of the pixel can be rephrased as a region where the normal line is perpendicular to the long side direction of the pixel.
- the pixel of the display element among the curved portions of the plurality of reflected light distribution patterns included in the basic pattern is also the same.
- the portions parallel to the long side direction of the pixel are arranged so as not to overlap each other in the short side direction of the pixel, and the intersecting portion formed by a thin line made of a material having light reflectivity provided on the transparent base
- the basic pattern by dispersively arranging so as not to overlap with each other in the row direction x and the column direction y, fluctuations in the aperture ratio that occur between the pixel openings when mounted on the display element are reduced, and moire and the like The display unevenness becomes difficult to be visually recognized.
- the area of the opening formed by being surrounded by fine lines made of a light-reflective material provided on the transparent substrate is made uniform.
- FIG. 34 is a plan view schematically showing the configuration of the touch panel 70.
- the touch panel 70 includes the touch screen 1 according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 described above, a flexible printed board 71, and a controller board 72.
- a corresponding terminal of the flexible printed circuit board 71 is mounted on each terminal 10 of the touch screen 1 by using an anisotropic conductive film (abbreviation: ACF) or the like.
- ACF anisotropic conductive film
- the touch screen 1 is used as a main component of the touch panel 70 by electrically connecting the ends of the detection wirings 2 and 3 of the touch screen 1 and the controller board 72 via the flexible printed circuit board 71. Function.
- a detection processing circuit 73 is mounted on the controller board 72.
- the detection processing circuit 73 detects a touch capacitance composed of an electrostatic capacitance formed between the column-direction bundle wiring 6, the row-direction bundle wiring 7, and the indicator by applying a signal voltage, and instructs based on the detection result.
- the touch position calculation process on the touch screen 1 of the body touch position is performed.
- the detection processing circuit 73 can employ a projection type capacitive detection logic.
- the controller board 72 also includes an external connection terminal 74 for outputting the result of the touch coordinate calculation process by the detection processing circuit 73 to an external processing device.
- the touch panel 70 according to the present embodiment includes the touch screen 1 according to the first embodiment described above.
- the touch screen 1 has excellent visibility as described above, and can increase the wiring density without increasing the line-to-line capacitance. By using such a touch screen 1, it is possible to provide a projected capacitive touch panel 70 that can be increased in size without lowering the detection sensitivity of the touch capacitance.
- the touch panel 70 includes the touch screen 1 of the above-described first embodiment, but instead of this, the touch screens 40, 50, 80, of the above-described second to fifth embodiments. Any of 90 may be provided. Further, the detection processing circuit 73 and the like on the controller board 72 may be directly formed on the transparent base material 19 instead of on the controller board 72.
- the display device includes the touch panel 70 and the display element shown in FIG.
- the display element is, for example, a liquid crystal display element (LCD), a plasma display panel (abbreviation: PDP), an organic light-emitting display (abbreviation: OLED), or the like.
- the touch panel 70 is disposed closer to the user side than the display screen of the display element.
- a display device with a touch panel having a function of detecting a touch position instructed by the user can be configured.
- FIG. 35 is a perspective view schematically showing the configuration of the display device 200 of the present embodiment.
- the display device 200 includes the display element 195 and the touch panel 70 of the above-described sixth embodiment.
- the touch panel 70 includes any one of the touch screens 1, 40, 50, 80, 90 of the first to fifth embodiments described above.
- a Red pixel 191, a Green pixel 192, a Blue pixel 193, and a black matrix 194 are arranged.
- FIG. 35 for convenience, only a part of the Red pixel, the Green pixel, the Blue pixel, and the black matrix is illustrated.
- the display device of the present embodiment includes the touch panel 70 including the touch screen 1 having excellent visibility as described above. Therefore, a display device with a projected capacitive touch panel with excellent visibility can be provided.
- the electronic apparatus includes the touch panel 70 shown in FIG. 34 and a signal processing element that is an electronic element.
- the signal processing element receives the output from the external connection terminal 74 of the touch panel 70 and outputs it as a digital signal.
- an electronic device with a touch position detection function such as a digitizer that outputs the detected touch position indicated by the user to an external signal processing device such as a computer can be configured. .
- the signal processing element may be built in the controller board 72.
- the signal processing element has an output function that satisfies a bus standard such as USB (Universal Serial Bus)
- a bus standard such as USB (Universal Serial Bus)
- USB Universal Serial Bus
- the electronic device includes the touch screen 1 having excellent visibility as described above. Therefore, it is possible to provide an electronic device with a touch-capacitance-type touch position detection function that has excellent visibility.
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図1は、本発明の第1の実施の形態であるタッチスクリーン1の構成を示す射影図である。図1は、透明基材19の表側面の法線方向から見た射影図である。透明基材19の表側面は、透明基材19の使用者に面する表面であり、透明基材19の表側面の法線方向は、透明基材19の使用者に面する表面に垂直な方向である。以下、「射影図」は、この方向、すなわち透明基材19の表側面の法線方向から見た射影図を指すものとする。また、検出用配線2,3が配置されている透明基材19の表面が平面状である場合で考える。透明基材19の表面が曲面状であった場合は、考える箇所、つまりスポット状の外光が入射する箇所での透明基材19の表面の法線に垂直な平面への射影を考える。図2は、図1の領域Aを拡大して示す射影図である。図3は、本発明の第1の実施の形態であるタッチスクリーン1の構成を示す断面図である。図3では、検出用列配線2と検出用行配線3とが交差する部分を拡大して示す。
図20は、本発明の第2の実施の形態のタッチスクリーン40における配線パターンを示す射影図である。本実施の形態においても、検出用配線42,43は、反射光配光用パターンとして機能するように構成される。本実施の形態では、図20に示すように、検出用配線42,43は、閉じた細線、すなわち中線が閉じている細線を使用しない構成となっている。
これによって、細線の配置密度を高くすることができる。
前述の第1~第2の実施の形態では、図1などに示すように、検出用列配線2と検出用行配線3とが1本ずつ格子状に組み合わされている。このような構成は、交差部分の配置密度が高くでき、タッチ位置の位置検出精度を上げられる反面、線間容量が大きくなりやすい。特に、表示ムラを軽減するために、細線密度を高くすると、線間容量が大きくなりやすい。本実施の形態では、反射光による視認性を向上し、さらに細線密度を大きく取るが、線間容量を抑える方法を説明する。
本発明の第4の実施の形態であるタッチスクリーン80は、検出用列配線82,83で囲まれて形成される開口部の面積が基本パターンB内で均一になるように構成される点において、図22に示す第2の実施の形態の変形例のタッチスクリーン40と異なる。
本発明の第5の実施の形態であるタッチスクリーン90は、検出用列配線92,93が交差することで形成される交差部分の位置が、基本パターンB内で行方向xおよび列方向yに互いに重ならないように配置される点において、図22,29に示す第2,4の実施の形態のタッチスクリーン40,80と異なる。
図34は、タッチパネル70の構成を模式的に示す平面図である。タッチパネル70は、前述の図1に示す第1の実施の形態のタッチスクリーン1と、フレキシブルプリント基板71と、コントローラ基板72とを備える。
本発明の第7の実施の形態である表示装置は、前述の図34に示すタッチパネル70と表示素子とを備える。表示素子は、たとえば、液晶表示素子(LCD)、プラズマ表示素子(Plasma Display Panel;略称:PDP)、または有機発光ディスプレイ(Organic Light-Emitting Display;略称:OLED)などである。タッチパネル70は、表示素子の表示画面よりも使用者側に配置される。このようにタッチパネル70を表示素子の表示画面の使用者側に装備することによって、使用者が指示するタッチ位置を検出する機能を有するタッチパネル付きの表示装置を構成することができる。
本発明の第8の実施の形態である電子機器は、前述の図34に示すタッチパネル70と、電子素子である信号処理素子とを備える。信号処理素子は、タッチパネル70の外部接続端子74からの出力を入力とし、デジタル信号として出力する。信号処理素子を、タッチパネル70に接続することによって、検出した使用者が指示するタッチ位置を、コンピュータなどの外部信号処理装置へ出力するデジタイザなどのタッチ位置検出機能付き電子機器を構成することができる。
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- 画素を有する表示素子と
前記表示素子の表示画面側に配置されるタッチスクリーンと、
指示体と前記タッチスクリーンとの間に形成される静電容量に基づいて、前記指示体によって指示された前記タッチスクリーン上の位置を検出するタッチ位置検出用回路とを備えることを特徴とする表示装置であって、
前記タッチスクリーンは、
予め定める列方向に延設され、前記列方向に交差する行方向に間隔をあけて配列される複数本の列配線と、
前記行方向に延設され、前記列方向に間隔をあけて配列される複数本の行配線と、
透光性を有する材料から成り、前記列配線と前記行配線とが電気的に絶縁されて立体的に交差するように配設される透明基材とを備え、
前記列配線および前記行配線は、光反射性を有する導電性材料から成り、
前記複数本の列配線は、予め定める複数の本数が電気的に接続されて、複数の列方向束配線を構成し、
前記複数本の行配線は、予め定める複数の本数が電気的に接続されて、複数の行方向束配線を構成し、
前記透明基材には、光反射性を有する材料から成る複数の反射光配光用パターンが設けられ、
前記反射光配光用パターンは、前記透明基材の使用者に面する表面に垂直な方向から見たときに曲線状に形成される曲線部分を含み、前記曲線部分の法線が全方位を向くように配置され、
前記複数の前記反射光配光パターンは、曲線部分のうち前記画素の長辺方向と平行となる部分が前記画素の短辺方向で互いに重ならないように配置されることを特徴とする表示装置。 - 前記反射光配光用パターンは、前記曲線部分を含む細線が閉じた形状を有することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の表示装置。
- 前記反射光配光用パターンは、閉じた形状を有する細線から成り、前記透明基材の使用者に面する表面に垂直な方向から見たときに、凹部を有することを特徴とする請求項2に記載の表示装置。
- 前記反射光配光用パターンは、前記列配線および前記行配線の少なくともいずれか一方に含まれることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の表示装置。
- 前記反射光配光用パターンは、前記列配線および前記行配線の少なくともいずれか一方から絶縁されて設けられることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の表示装置。
- 前記列配線および前記行配線の振幅の中心線は、等間隔に配置されることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の表示装置。
- 前記透明基材に設けられ光反射性を有する材料から成る細線により囲まれて形成される開口部の面積は、均一となることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の表示装置。
- 前記透明基材に設けられ光反射性を有する材料から成る細線により形成される交差部分は、前記行方向および前記列方向で互いに重ならないように配置されることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の表示装置。
- 前記列方向束配線および前記行方向束配線の交差する領域は、複数の前記反射光配光用パターンを含む基本パターンの繰り返しで構成されることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の表示装置。
- 画素を有する表示素子と
前記表示素子の表示画面側に配置されるタッチスクリーンと、
指示体と前記タッチスクリーンとの間に形成される静電容量に基づいて、前記指示体によって指示された前記タッチスクリーン上の位置を検出するタッチ位置検出用回路とを備えることを特徴とする表示装置であって、
前記タッチスクリーンは、
予め定める列方向に延設され、前記列方向に交差する行方向に間隔をあけて配列される複数本の列配線と、
前記行方向に延設され、前記列方向に間隔をあけて配列される複数本の行配線と、
透光性を有する材料から成り、前記列配線と前記行配線とが電気的に絶縁されて立体的に交差するように配設される透明基材とを備え、
前記列配線および前記行配線は、光反射性を有する導電性材料から成り、
前記複数本の列配線は、予め定める複数の本数が電気的に接続されて、複数の列方向束配線を構成し、
前記複数本の行配線は、予め定める複数の本数が電気的に接続されて、複数の行方向束配線を構成し、
前記透明基材には、光反射性を有する材料から成る反射光配光用パターンが設けられ、
前記反射光配光用パターンは、前記透明基材の使用者に面する表面に垂直な方向から見たときに曲線状に形成される曲線部分を含み、前記曲線部分の法線が全方位を向くように配置され、
前記列方向束配線および前記行方向束配線の交差する領域は、複数の前記反射光配光パターンを含む基本パターンの繰り返しで構成され、
前記基本パターンに含まれる複数の前記反射光配光パターンは、曲線部分のうち前記画素の長辺方向と平行となる部分が前記画素の短辺方向で互いに重ならないように配置されることを特徴とする表示装置。 - 前記反射光配光用パターンは、前記曲線部分を含む細線が閉じた形状を有することを特徴とする請求項10に記載の表示装置。
- 前記反射光配光用パターンは、閉じた形状を有する細線から成り、前記透明基材の使用者に面する表面に垂直な方向から見たときに、凹部を有することを特徴とする請求項11に記載の表示装置。
- 前記反射光配光用パターンは、前記列配線および前記行配線の少なくともいずれか一方に含まれることを特徴とする請求項10に記載の表示装置。
- 前記反射光配光用パターンは、前記列配線および前記行配線の少なくともいずれか一方から絶縁されて設けられることを特徴とする請求項10に記載の表示装置。
- 前記列配線および前記行配線の振幅の中心線は、等間隔に配置されることを特徴とする請求項10に記載の表示装置。
- 前記透明基材に設けられ光反射性を有する材料から成る細線により囲まれて形成される開口部の面積は、前記基本パターンにおいて、均一となることを特徴とする請求項10に記載の表示装置。
- 前記透明基材に設けられ光反射性を有する材料から成る細線により形成される交差部分は、前記基本パターンにおいて、前記行方向および前記列方向で互いに重ならないように配置されることを特徴とする請求項10に記載の表示装置。
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