Touch operation wearing gloves · Sharp develops a touch panel system capable of inputting pen 2 mm ahead of industry's smallest diameter pen

ByMichael Kwan (Freelancer)

Compared to the current sequential driving method which detects and processes the sensor line by line,S / N ratioIs developing a touch panel system equipped with high sensitivity technology realizing high sensitivity of about 8 times, it is said that it will start selling. This means that the processing capacity is high because it drives many sensors simultaneously.

Development and release of touch panel system | News release: Sharp
http://www.sharp.co.jp/corporate/news/121210-a.html

Touch panel system (20 type) [Touch panel controller]


Touch panel system (20 type) [sensor sheet]


Touch panel system (type 20), left: touch panel controller, right: sensor sheet


Touch panel system (60 type)


The technology developed this time is a capacitance type (a method of forming a matrix of a vertical axis and a horizontal axis on a screen with a conductive film and the like and detecting a change in capacitance due to approach of a finger or the like on the screen) Multi-touch operation which can recognize input of a small diameter pen of about 2 mm ahead and multiple points at the same time, touch operation wearing gloves, etc. are possible, the user interface for touch panel can be shared from 5 types to 60 types, software development We can reduce the burden. Sample shipment is from 7th, 20th, and 60th on Saturday, December 15th, 2012, type 5 from January 31st (Thursday) in 2013, and mass production time is 2013 3 On the 15th of February, the monthly production volume is 600,000 units.

From the time of mass production, as soon as possible from the spring model and summer model of 2013, it is expected that touch-panel loaded smart phones and tablets equipped with this new technology will appear, and around 2013 winter special handcrafted gloves A model that allows you to touch and operate the screen without applying it may be appearing, and furthermore it may be possible to draw more delicately.