ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND TOUCH SCREEN HAVING DISCRETE TOUCH-SENSITIVE AREAS

摘要

An electronic device includes a base, a touch screen display, and operation al components. The touch screen display is connected to the base and includes a display device and a touch-sensitive overlay disposed on the display device. The touch-sensitive overlay comprises at least one capacitive touch sensor circu it layer disposed on a substrate and patterned with discrete circuits. Ones of the discrete circuits provide associated discrete touch-sensitive areas on an outer touch surface of the touch screen display. The operational components includ e a controller connected to the touch-sensitive overlay and a processor connecte d to the controller and the display device for providing a graphical user interface.