发明名称 LIGHT GUIDE ASSEMBLY FOR OPTICAL TOUCH SENSING, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A TOUCH
摘要 A light guide assembly (2) for use in a touch sensitive area (3) of an optical touch sensing device (1) for touch screens is configured to receive light, to allow the light thereby received to propagate in the light guide assembly, and to deliver the light thereby propagated in the light guide assembly further out of the light guide assembly. The light guide assembly comprises a plurality of light guide stripes (4, 5) for controlling the propagation of light. The optical touch sensing device is configured to detect the presence of an external object (10) on the basis of changes in the light delivered further out of the light guide assembly due to interaction of the light with the external object. According to the invention, the light guide assembly comprises an interaction arrangement (8, 9) configured to define at least one restricted interaction area (11) within the touch sensitive area for interaction between the light and the external object, the interaction arrangement comprising a two-way coupling arrangement (8, 9; 12; 14; 15) configured to couple light out of the light guide assembly, out of one light guide stripe (4), and to couple a portion of the thereby out-coupled light, after reflection from the external object (10), back to the light guide assembly into a second light guide stripe (5).
申请公布号 EP3019902(A1) 申请公布日期 2016.05.18
申请号 EP20140747405 申请日期 2014.07.14
申请人 MULTITOUCH OY 发明人 ILMONEN, TOMMI;ÄYRÄS, PEKKA;HYVÄRINEN, HEIKKI;VÄLIMÄKI, MARCO
分类号 G02B6/35;G06F3/042 主分类号 G02B6/35
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