| US 7,483,016 B1 | ||
| Compact integrated touch panel display for a handheld device | ||
| Shawn Gettemy, San Jose, Calif. (US); Huy P. Nguyen, San Jose, Calif. (US); Bill Webb, Redwood City, Calif. (US); Lawrence Lam, San Jose, Calif. (US); and Kean Wong, Menlo Park, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Palm, Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 07, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/863,312. | ||
| Application 10/863312 is a division of application No. 09/844557, filed on Apr. 27, 2001, granted, now 6,965,375. | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. G09G 5/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 345—173 [178/18.03; 361/683] | 15 Claims |
| 1. A touch panel display for a handheld device comprising:
a) at least one electrically active transparent element having a first surface and a second surface;
b) a transparent conductive coating disposed on a portion of said first surface;
c) a non-transparent conductive pattern disposed on said first surface wherein said non-transparent conductive pattern is
electrically coupled to said transparent conductive coating;
d) a dielectric material disposed on at least a portion of said first surface adjacent to said non-transparent conductive
pattern; and
wherein said non-transparent conductive pattern and said dielectric material have an approximately equal visual homogeneous
appearance when viewing through said at least one electrically active transparent element from a second surface to said first
surface.
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