US 11,886,651 B2
Touch screen liquid crystal display
Steve Porter Hotelling, Los Gatos, CA (US); Wei Chen, Palo Alto, CA (US); Christoph Horst Krah, Cupertino, CA (US); John Greer Elias, Townsend, DE (US); Wei Hsin Yao, Palo Alto, CA (US); Andrew Bert Hodge, Palo Alto, CA (US); Brian Richards Land, Woodside, CA (US); Willem den Boer, Brighton, MI (US); and John Z. Zhong, Saratoga, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/454,039.
Application 15/424,712 is a division of application No. 14/985,283, filed on Dec. 30, 2015, granted, now 9,575,610, issued on Feb. 21, 2017.
Application 14/985,283 is a division of application No. 14/174,760, filed on Feb. 6, 2014, granted, now 9,244,561, issued on Jan. 26, 2016.
Application 14/174,760 is a division of application No. 11/760,080, filed on Jun. 8, 2007, granted, now 8,654,083, issued on Feb. 18, 2014.
Application 17/454,039 is a continuation of application No. 16/250,467, filed on Jan. 17, 2019, granted, now 11,175,762.
Application 16/250,467 is a continuation of application No. 15/424,712, filed on Feb. 3, 2017, granted, now 10,191,576, issued on Jan. 29, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/883,979, filed on Jan. 8, 2007.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/804,361, filed on Jun. 9, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2022/0057880 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G09G 3/36 (2006.01); G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); G02F 1/1343 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); G02F 1/1362 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0412 (2013.01) [G02F 1/1362 (2013.01); G02F 1/13338 (2013.01); G02F 1/133514 (2013.01); G02F 1/133528 (2013.01); G02F 1/134309 (2013.01); G02F 1/134363 (2013.01); G06F 3/0443 (2019.05); G06F 3/0444 (2019.05); G06F 3/0445 (2019.05); G06F 3/0446 (2019.05); G06F 3/04166 (2019.05); G06F 3/04184 (2019.05); G09G 3/3614 (2013.01); G09G 3/3648 (2013.01); G02F 2201/124 (2013.01); G06F 3/04164 (2019.05); G06F 2203/04103 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04104 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04111 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04112 (2013.01); G09G 2300/0426 (2013.01); G09G 2300/0439 (2013.01); G09G 2300/0456 (2013.01); G09G 2300/0478 (2013.01); G09G 2310/0205 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A touch-sensitive surface, comprising:
a first substrate; and
a conductive black mask layer disposed below the first substrate;
wherein the conductive black mask layer is patterned into a plurality of separate touch sensing electrodes and configured to perform capacitive touch sensing.