Abstract: A touch panel includes a substrate, a first adhesive layer stacked on the substrate, a first conductive layer stacked on the first adhesive layer and having a first electrode pattern, a second adhesive layer stacked on the first adhesive layer and the first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer stacked on the second adhesive layer and having a second electrode pattern. The first electrode pattern includes first island-like electrode portions and first connecting portions electrically interconnecting the first island-like electrode portions. The second electrode pattern includes a plurality of second island-like electrode portions formed in a spaced apart relationship in a second direction intersecting a first direction so as not to be overlapped with the first electrode pattern, and second connecting portions electrically interconnecting the second island-like electrode portions over via the first connecting portions.

Abstract: A touch input device of a resistance film system having a structure in which a plastic supporting plate (10), made from a polycarbonate resin or an acrylic resin, is bonded to an entire lower surface of a lower electrode film (7). An adhesive material (10g) is interposed between the lower electrode film and the plastic supporting plate. Also, a water-vapor barrier film (11), which is superior in moisture dimensional stability, is bonded with an adhesive material (11g) to the entire surface of the plastic supporting plate on the side opposite to the surface that is bonded to the lower electrode film.

Abstract: A touch panel includes a substrate, a first adhesive layer stacked on the substrate, a first conductive layer stacked on the first adhesive layer and having a first electrode pattern, a second adhesive layer stacked on the first adhesive layer and the first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer stacked on the second adhesive layer and having a second electrode pattern. The first electrode pattern includes first island-like electrode portions and first connecting portions electrically interconnecting the first island-like electrode portions. The second electrode pattern includes a plurality of second island-like electrode portions formed in a spaced apart relationship in a second direction intersecting a first direction so as not to be overlapped with the first electrode pattern, and second connecting portions electrically interconnecting the second island-like electrode portions over via the first connecting portions.

Abstract: A capacitance-type touch sensor and a display device equipped with this sensor are provided in which the detection of the transparent conductive portions can be suppressed without employing a technique using a dummy electrode. The capacitance-type touch sensor of the present invention includes a resin sheet and a plurality of transparent conductive portions formed in parallel on the resin sheet. In this capacitance-type touch sensor, the difference between the maximum and minimum retardation values of a resin sheet equipped with transparent conductive portions is 3 nm or less.

Abstract: A capacitance-type touch sensor and a display device equipped with this sensor are provided in which the detection of the transparent conductive portions can be suppressed without employing a technique using a dummy electrode. The capacitance-type touch sensor of the present invention includes a resin sheet and a plurality of transparent conductive portions formed in parallel on the resin sheet. In this capacitance-type touch sensor, the difference between the maximum and minimum retardation values of a resin sheet equipped with transparent conductive portions is 3 nm or less.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a capacitive curved touch panel is provided for solving the problems of the conventional methods, i.e., unsuitableness of the methods for mass production and fabricating large touch panels and touch panels of complicated curved surface shapes. The method includes the steps of (a) preparing a patterned plate 13 by forming an electrode layer having a plurality of electrode regions 15 on a thermoplastic resin plate 11 with an electrically-conductive ink comprised of an electrically-conductive substance and a binder, (b) preparing a soft curved product 21 by heating to soften the patterned plate 13 and shaping the softened patterned plate on a die 22, and (c) cooling or allowing to cool the soft curved product to make the touch panel.

Abstract: Provided is a capacitive touch sensor, in which an adhesion layer can be prevented from being whitened by water vapor, while deterioration of optical characteristics is prevented. A transparent base material sheet (312), a transparent conductive-film layer (313), and a transparent adhesion layer (314) are formed on a protection sheet (311). The adhesion layer (314) is formed on the transparent conductive-film layer (313) so as to cover the transparent conductive-film layer (313). The protection sheet (313) has a water vapor transmission rate of 1 g/(m2·day·atm) or smaller, and an in-plane direction retardation value of 20 nm or smaller at a wavelength of 550 nm. The base material sheet (312) has an in-plane direction retardation value of 20 nm or smaller at a wavelength of 550 nm.

Abstract: A touch input device of a resistance film system having a structure in which a plastic supporting plate, made from a polycarbonate resin or an acrylic resin, is bonded to the entire lower surface of a lower electrode film, with an adhesive material being interposed therebetween, is provided with a water-vapor barrier film that is superior in moisture dimensional stability and bonded to the entire surface of the plastic supporting plate on the side opposite to the surface thereof bonded to the lower electrode film with an adhesive material being interposed therebetween.

Abstract: An upper electrode plate has a 0.15 to 0.8 mm thick optically isotropic heat-resistant transparent resin plate having a glass transition temperature characteristic of not less than 150° C. The heat-resistant transparent resin plate is laminated directly or indirectly on a quarter wave plate all over their surfaces.

Abstract: A transparent mounting sheet has a structure in which a one-sided re-peelable sheet, provided with a core member of a plastic film, a silicone rubber sheet that is laminated on a primer treated surface formed by one surface of the core member having been subjected to a primer treatment, and an acrylic adhesive agent layer that is laminated on the other surface of the core member, is bonded to at least one of surfaces of a gel sheet by the acrylic adhesive agent layer, and this transparent mounting sheet is used so that a protective panel for an electronic apparatus display window is mounted on a surface of a display in a manner so as to be re-peelable.

Abstract: In an analog resistive-film touch panel, a lower electrode member has a transparent electrode on a top face of a transparent insulating base member, a pair of bus bars on parallel sides of the transparent electrode, and routing circuits connected to the bus bars for external connection on a portion other than the transparent electrode. Further, an upper electrode member has a transparent electrode on a bottom face of a flexible transparent insulating base, a pair of bus bars on parallel sides of the transparent electrode, and routing circuits connected to the bus bars for external connection on a portion other than the transparent electrode. The lower and upper electrode members face each other in a square pattern via an insulative spacer and are bonded at peripheral portions. The bus bars and the routing circuits are formed from metal thin wires with a diameter of 30 to 100 ?m.

Abstract: A touch-input type liquid crystal display device comprises an upper and lower polarizer, a transparent touch panel disposed between the polarizers and a liquid crystal display. The transparent touch panel comprises upper and lower optical phase difference films, a movable electrode portion and a stationary electrode portion. A space is interposed between the optical phase difference films. The transparent touch panel is disposed between the upper polarizer and the liquid crystal display. The liquid crystal display is disposed between the transparent touch panel and the lower polarizer. The optical phase difference films are capable of providing a ¼ wavelength phase delay to light, incident thereon, having a center wavelength within a visible region. The movable electrode portion is disposed on a lower surface of the upper optical phase difference film. The stationary electrode portion is disposed on an upper surface of the lower optical phase difference film.

Abstract: In an analog resistive-film type touch panel, a lower-side electrode member having a transparent electrode on a part of a top face of a transparent insulating base member, a pair of bus bars on two parallel sides of the transparent electrode, and routing circuits connected to the bus bars for external terminal connection on a portion other than the transparent electrode, and an upper-side electrode member having a transparent electrode on a part of a bottom face of a transparent insulating base member having flexibility, a pair of bus bars on two parallel sides of the transparent electrode, and routing circuits connected to the bus bars for external terminal connection on a portion other than the transparent electrode are disposed facing each other in a square pattern via an insulative spacer and are bonded at peripheral portions, in which the bus bars and the routing circuits are respectively formed from metal thin wires with a diameter of 30 to 100 ?m.

Abstract: An upper electrode plate has a 0.15 to 0.8 mm thick optically isotropic heat-resistant transparent resin plate having a glass transition temperature characteristic of not less than 150° C. The heat-resistant transparent resin plate is laminated directly or indirectly on a quarter wave plate all over their surfaces.

Abstract: The sides of a touch panel are entirely covered with and sealed in an outer package. The touch panel includes a transparent insulating liquid that is sealed in a space formed by adhering an upper electrode film and a lower electrode body at edges thereof. The transparent insulating liquid transparently shows or exposes at least an operation area of the touch panel.