US 11,809,665 B2
Electronic device
Ming-Cheng Hsieh, Miao-Li County (TW); and Li-Wei Sung, Miao-Li County (TW)
Assigned to INNOLUX CORPORATION, Miao-Li County (TW)
Filed by InnoLux Corporation, Miao-Li County (TW)
Filed on Aug. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/820,973.
Claims priority of application No. 202111158653.9 (CN), filed on Sep. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0111498 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); H03K 17/96 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0443 (2019.05) [G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); H03K 17/96 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a functional layer;
a touch layer, comprising at least one touch electrode; and
a protective layer, wherein the touch layer is disposed between the functional layer and the protective layer, and the protective layer comprises:
a bottom surface, facing the touch layer; and
a top surface, opposite to the bottom surface and comprising:
an inner region;
an outer region; and
a virtual knob portion, disposed between the inner region and the outer region and corresponding to the touch electrode, wherein at least a portion of the virtual knob portion protrudes from the outer region or is depressed relative to the outer region, wherein the virtual knob portion surrounds the inner region, and the inner region is coplanar with the outer region.