US 12,189,896 B2
Touch sensor and touch input device comprising same
Seyeob Kim, Seongnam-si (KR); and Bonkee Kim, Seongnam-si (KR)
Assigned to HiDeep Inc.
Appl. No. 18/686,458
Filed by HiDeep Inc., Seongnam-si (KR)
PCT Filed Sep. 16, 2022, PCT No. PCT/KR2022/013923
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 26, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/043281, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 23, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0125092 (KR), filed on Sep. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0264700 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0418 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0446 (2019.05)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A touch sensor comprising:
a plurality of driving electrodes each having a shape extending in a first direction and having a plurality of openings arranged along the first direction; and
a plurality of reception electrodes comprising a plurality of reception electrode patterns arranged in the plurality of openings of the plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of connection patterns arranged along a second direction different from the first direction to electrically connect the plurality of reception electrode patterns;
wherein the plurality of reception electrode patterns of at least one reception electrode among the plurality of reception electrodes comprise one group of reception electrode patterns and the other group of reception electrode patterns, which are electrically isolated from each other,
the one group of reception electrode patterns and the other group of reception electrode patterns are alternately arranged one by one along the second direction, and
the plurality of connection patterns of the at least one reception electrode comprise first connection patterns configured to electrically connect the one group of reception electrode patterns and second connection patterns configured to electrically connect the other group of reception electrode patterns.