Patents, Copyright and Know-how
Binstead Designs has been designing and manufacturing
Projected Capacitance Keypads and Touchscreens since 1983,
and has built up a wealth of
knowledge and know-how, especially in the fields of:
1) Designing Projected Capacitance
Products,
2) Designing
manufacturing processes.
3) Improving Projected Capacitance Technology.
Binstead Designs has also developed a Portfolio of
Patents:
1)
to protect their Intellectual Property,
2) to manufacture Projected Capacitance
Products,
3) to allow exploitation through Licences , Joint Ventures , Contract
Manufacturing , and Direct Sales.
Below is a list of some of the Patents
owned by Binstead Designs. 1)
Patent 1 Describes the
invention of the first Projected Capacitance keypad, with an extension
describing the first touchscreen applications.
2)
Patent 2 Describes the use of fine wire and ITO in the
first multiplexed touchscreen applications.
3)
Patent 3 Describes methods for
improving touch sensing in the Second Patent.
4)
Patent 4 Describes an improvement in the
Second Patent that allows multiple fingers, possibly hundreds, to be detected and tracked
simultaneously.
5)
Patent 5 Describes a simple touch-screen with all sensing elements
running in one direction (x) only.
6)
Patent 6 Describes a simple method for manufacturing touch-screens with fine wire
embedded in a clear film.
7)
Patent 7 Describes a way of reducing the number of terminations in a touch-screen and eliminating
any connecting tracks along three sides.
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