CN209928407U - Touch module device and electronic equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a touch module device, including: a panel and a touch sensor; the touch sensor comprises a first straight part and a bent part, and the first straight part and the bent part are of an integral structure; the upper surface of the first straight portion of the touch sensor is joined to the lower surface of the panel. The present disclosure also provides a touch module device, including: the touch panel comprises a panel and a touch sensor, wherein the length of the touch sensor in a first direction is larger than that of the panel, the touch sensor comprises a first part and a second part in the first direction, and the upper surface of the first part of the touch sensor is jointed with the lower surface of the panel; the second portion of the touch sensor can be bent to form a curved portion, or the second portion of the touch sensor can be bent to form a curved portion and a straight portion. The present disclosure also provides an electronic device.

Description

Touch module device and electronic equipment

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to a touch module device and an electronic apparatus including the same.

Background

With the technical development of electronic devices (smart phones, smart watches, etc.), more and more electronic devices integrate a touch module device (e.g., a touch screen).

In the prior art, a Flexible circuit board (FPC for short) of a Touch module device of an electronic device is bound to a Touch screen Sensor (Touch Panel Sensor) of the Touch module device, and the area occupied by the FPC is large, resulting in a small visible area of the Touch module device. In the prior art, the FPC is yellow or black, and the FPC cannot be included in a visual area.

Moreover, when the touch module device is configured in a small-sized electronic device (e.g., a watch, a bracelet, etc.), the FPC needs to be bent and then connected to a main board (configured with a processing chip) of the electronic device, fig. 1 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view of a stacked structure of a touch module device 10 in the prior art, the top layer is a panel 11 (e.g., a transparent glass panel), a touch screen sensor 14 is fixed to the panel 11 through an optical cement 12, a flexible circuit board 13 is bound to the panel 11 and the touch screen sensor 14 through an optical cement which is thinner than the optical cement 12, and the flexible circuit board 13 in fig. 1 is not yet bent. Fig. 2 is a top perspective view of the touch module device 10 of fig. 1, the flexible circuit board 13 of fig. 2 is not bent, and it can be seen from fig. 2 that the width L1 of the tape fixing area is approximately 2 times the width L2 of the binding area. Assembling the touch module device 10 to the electronic device, the flexible circuit board 13 needs to be bent, as shown in fig. 3, when the flexible circuit board 13 is bent, a downward pulling force F may be generated due to insufficient fixing force to stretch and break a binding region, which results in poor touch function of the touch module device 10.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In order to solve at least one of the above technical problems, the present disclosure provides a touch module device and an electronic device including the same, which are implemented by the following technical solutions.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a touch module apparatus includes:

the touch sensor comprises a first straight part and a bent part, and the first straight part and the bent part are of an integral structure; and

and the upper surface of the first straight part of the touch sensor is jointed with the lower surface of the panel.

According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the touch module device further includes a second straight portion, the first straight portion, the curved portion and the second straight portion being an integral structure; the curved portion is formed between the first straight portion and the second straight portion.

According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, an upper surface of the first straight portion of the touch sensor and a lower surface of the panel are bonded by an optical adhesive layer.

According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the curved portion of the touch sensor narrows in a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the first straight portion to the curved portion with respect to the first straight portion of the touch sensor, the extending direction and the direction perpendicular to the extending direction being located in a plane in which the first straight portion extends to the curved portion.

According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the second straight portion and the curved portion of the touch sensor are narrowed in a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the first straight portion toward the curved portion with respect to the first straight portion of the touch sensor, the extending direction and the direction perpendicular to the extending direction being located in a plane in which the first straight portion extends toward the curved portion.

According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the touch module device further includes a processing chip, and an end of the bent portion is used to be electrically connected with the processing chip.

According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, an end of the second straight portion is for electrical connection with a processing chip.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a touch module apparatus includes: a panel and a touch sensor;

the length of the touch sensor in a first direction is greater than the length of the panel in the first direction, and the touch sensor comprises a first part and a second part in the first direction;

the upper surface of the first portion of the touch sensor is bonded to the lower surface of the panel;

the second portion of the touch sensor can be bent to form a curved portion, or the second portion of the touch sensor can be bent to form a curved portion and a straight portion.

According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, an upper surface of the first portion of the touch sensor is bonded to a lower surface of the panel by an optical adhesive layer.

According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the second portion of the touch sensor narrows in a second direction relative to the first portion of the touch sensor, the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction and the first and second directions are located in a plane in which the first portion extends towards the second portion.

According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the panel is a transparent panel.

According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the panel is a transparent glass panel.

According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the touch sensor is a capacitive touch screen sensor.

According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the touch sensor is a resistive touch screen sensor.

According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the touch screen sensor is a surface acoustic wave touch screen sensor.

According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the touch screen sensor is an infrared type touch screen sensor.

According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the touch screen sensor is an OLED touch screen sensor.

According to another aspect of the disclosure, an electronic device includes any one of the touch module devices of the above aspects.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the disclosure and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate exemplary embodiments of the disclosure and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.

Fig. 1 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view of a stack structure of a related art touch module device.

Fig. 2 is a top perspective view of the touch module device of fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view of the flexible circuit board of the touch module device of fig. 1 after being bent.

Fig. 4 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view of a touch module device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 5 is a top perspective view of the touch module device shown in fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view of the touch module device shown in fig. 4 including a processing chip.

Fig. 7 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view of a touch module device according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 8 is a top perspective view of the touch module device shown in fig. 7.

Fig. 9 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view of the touch module device shown in fig. 7 including a processing chip.

Fig. 10 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view of a touch module device according to still another embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 11 is a top perspective view of the touch module device shown in fig. 10.

Detailed Description

The present disclosure will be described in further detail with reference to the drawings and embodiments. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are for purposes of illustration only and are not to be construed as limitations of the present disclosure. It should be further noted that, for the convenience of description, only the portions relevant to the present disclosure are shown in the drawings.

It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments in the present disclosure may be combined with each other without conflict. Technical solutions of the present disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings in conjunction with embodiments.

Unless otherwise indicated, the illustrated exemplary embodiments/examples are to be understood as providing exemplary features of various details of some ways in which the technical concepts of the present disclosure may be practiced. Accordingly, unless otherwise indicated, features of the various embodiments may be additionally combined, separated, interchanged, and/or rearranged without departing from the technical concept of the present disclosure.

The use of cross-hatching and/or shading in the drawings is generally used to clarify the boundaries between adjacent components. As such, unless otherwise noted, the presence or absence of cross-hatching or shading does not convey or indicate any preference or requirement for a particular material, material property, size, proportion, commonality between the illustrated components and/or any other characteristic, attribute, property, etc., of a component. Further, in the drawings, the size and relative sizes of components may be exaggerated for clarity and/or descriptive purposes. While example embodiments may be practiced differently, the specific process sequence may be performed in a different order than that described. For example, two processes described consecutively may be performed substantially simultaneously or in reverse order to that described. In addition, like reference numerals denote like parts.

When an element is referred to as being "on" or "on," "connected to" or "coupled to" another element, it can be directly on, connected or coupled to the other element or intervening elements may be present. However, when an element is referred to as being "directly on," "directly connected to" or "directly coupled to" another element, there are no intervening elements present. For purposes of this disclosure, the term "connected" may refer to physically, electrically, etc., and may or may not have intermediate components.

For descriptive purposes, the present disclosure may use spatially relative terms such as "below … …," "below … …," "below … …," "below," "above … …," "above," "… …," "higher," and "side (e.g., as in" side walls ") to describe one component's relationship to another (other) component as illustrated in the figures. Spatially relative terms are intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use, operation, and/or manufacture in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures. For example, if the device in the figures is turned over, elements described as "below" or "beneath" other elements or features would then be oriented "above" the other elements or features. Thus, the exemplary term "below … …" can encompass both an orientation of "above" and "below". Further, the devices may be otherwise positioned (e.g., rotated 90 degrees or at other orientations) and the spatially relative descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments and is not intended to be limiting. As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Furthermore, when the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising" and variations thereof are used in this specification, the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components and/or groups thereof are stated but does not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components and/or groups thereof. It is also noted that, as used herein, the terms "substantially," "about," and other similar terms are used as approximate terms and not as degree terms, and as such, are used to interpret inherent deviations in measured values, calculated values, and/or provided values that would be recognized by one of ordinary skill in the art.

Fig. 4 shows a longitudinal sectional view of the touch module apparatus 100 of this embodiment, and the touch module apparatus 100 includes: a panel 101 and a touch sensor 103; the touch sensor 103 includes a first straight portion 1031 and a curved portion 1032, the first straight portion 1031 and the curved portion 1032 being of an integral structure (the first straight portion 1031 and the curved portion 1032 are demarcated by an illustrated broken line);

an upper surface of the first straight portion 1031 of the touch sensor 103 is joined to a lower surface of the panel 101.

Preferably, an upper surface of the first straight portion 1031 of the touch sensor 103 and a lower surface of the panel 101 are bonded together by the optical glue layer 102.

As can be seen from fig. 4, the right end of the touch sensor 103 is preferably not aligned with the right end of the panel 101, but the present embodiment is not particularly limited as to whether the right end of the touch sensor 103 and the right end of the panel 101 are aligned.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the panel 101 can at least cover the touch sensor 103.

The thickness of the panel 101 in fig. 4 is only an exemplary thickness, and a person skilled in the art can select the thickness of the panel 101 in the light of the present embodiment, and the present embodiment does not particularly limit the thickness of the panel 101. Similarly, the thickness of the optical adhesive layer 102 in fig. 4 is also only an exemplary thickness, and the thickness of the touch sensor 103 is also only an exemplary thickness. The schematic thickness of the panel 101, the thickness of the optical glue layer 102, and the thickness of the touch sensor 103 in fig. 4 do not reflect the actual thickness ratios of the three.

In the present embodiment, the panel 101 is a transparent panel, and preferably, the panel 101 is a transparent glass panel. The touch sensor 103 is a capacitive touch screen sensor, a resistive touch screen sensor, a surface acoustic wave touch screen sensor, or an infrared touch screen sensor. In the present embodiment, the touch sensor 103 is preferably a capacitive touch panel sensor. More preferably, the touch screen sensor 103 is preferably an OLED capacitive touch screen sensor.

Fig. 5 is a top perspective view of the touch module device 100 shown in fig. 4, i.e., a perspective view looking down from the upper surface of the panel 101. As can be seen from fig. 5, the touch sensor 103 and the panel 101 have matching shapes, and preferably, the curved portion 1032 of the touch sensor 103 is narrowed with respect to the first straight portion 1031 of the touch sensor 103 in a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the first straight portion 1031 toward the curved portion 1032, the extending direction and the direction perpendicular to the extending direction being located in a plane in which the first straight portion 1031 extends toward the curved portion 1032. Illustratively, the curved portion 1032 of the touch sensor 103 is narrowed in the width direction with respect to the first straight portion 1031 of the touch sensor 103 such that the first straight portion 1031 forms a shoulder. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the "width direction" refers to a direction perpendicular to the plane of the paper in fig. 4, and correspondingly, the "width direction" in fig. 5 refers to a horizontal direction.

The touch sensor 103 in this embodiment is described by taking a capacitive touch screen sensor as an example, and the capacitive touch screen sensor can be divided into a self-capacitance structure and a mutual capacitance structure according to the touch detection principle.

In the self-capacitance model, a finger is considered as a grounded capacitance, before the finger touches, the capacitive touch screen sensor has a parasitic capacitance, and after the finger touches, the total grounded capacitance of the capacitive touch screen sensor is considered to be increased. Therefore, by detecting a change in the capacitance to ground of the capacitive touch panel sensor, it is possible to detect whether or not a finger touches the capacitive touch panel sensor.

In the mutual capacitance structure, a mutual capacitance is arranged between a driving line and a sensing line of the capacitive touch screen sensor, when a finger touches, a part of current flows into the finger, which is equivalent to the change of the mutual capacitance, so that a detection signal at the sensing line end changes, and whether the finger touches or not is detected.

As one example, a mutual capacitive touch screen sensor may include: the device comprises a driving layer, a sensing layer and an insulating layer positioned between the driving layer and the sensing layer.

The driving layer may have a plurality of parallel driving lines, the driving lines may include a plurality of driving electrodes and driving connection portions connected to the driving electrodes, and the sensing layer may have a plurality of parallel sensing lines, wherein the sensing lines may be perpendicular to the driving lines. The sensing line may include a plurality of sensing electrodes and a sensing connection part connecting the sensing electrodes.

In an equivalent circuit at the intersection point of each driving line and each sensing line, each intersection point is equivalently coupled with a mutual capacitance which is the sum of a dead-facing capacitance formed at the dead-facing overlapped part of the driving line and the sensing line and a fringe capacitance formed by the pattern edge on the driving line and the pattern edge on the sensing line. When a finger touches, the finger can be equivalently changed into a resistor and capacitor network, coupling capacitance can be generated when the finger exists, the finger can be understood as a bridge, and a capacitor is connected in parallel with a mutual capacitor, so that the mutual capacitance is equivalently increased, current change on an induction line is caused, and voltage of a detection signal is changed. The touch control of the user is judged by the voltage change of the detection signal.

Further, as shown in fig. 6, in the present embodiment, the touch module device 100 further includes a processing chip 104, and an end of the bending portion 1032 is electrically connected to the processing chip 104. The processing chip 104 can detect a change in a signal (e.g., a change in voltage) output by the touch sensor 103.

The processing chip 104 may be a conventional micro-processing chip, and the structure of the processing chip 104 is not particularly limited in this embodiment.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the panel 101 can cover at least the touch sensor 103 and the processing chip 104.

It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the touch module apparatus 100 shown in fig. 4 may be configured as a single product in an electronic device, preferably, the panel 101 of the touch module apparatus 100 is used as a panel of the electronic device, and the shape of the panel 101 may be adaptively adjusted according to the type of the electronic device, and accordingly, the shape of the first straight portion 1031 of the touch sensor 103 of the touch module apparatus 100 is also adaptively adjusted according to the type of the electronic device. The touch module apparatus 100 shown in fig. 6 may also be configured as a single product in an electronic device, preferably, the panel 101 of the touch module apparatus 100 is configured as a panel of the electronic device, and the shape of the panel 101 may be adaptively adjusted according to the type of the electronic device, and accordingly, the shape of the first straight portion 1031 of the touch sensor 103 of the touch module apparatus 100 is also adaptively adjusted according to the type of the electronic device. Fig. 5 may be understood as a view of a portion of a watch (or bracelet) that includes the touch module apparatus 100 of fig. 4 or 6.

Fig. 7 shows a longitudinal sectional view of a touch module device 200 of this embodiment, the touch module device 200 including: a panel 201 and a touch sensor 203; the touch sensor 203 includes a first straight portion 1031, a curved portion 2032, and a second straight portion 2033, the first straight portion 2031, the curved portion 2032, and the second straight portion 2033 being of an integral structure (the first straight portion 2031 and the curved portion 2032 are demarcated by dotted lines shown in the drawing, and the curved portion 2032 and the second straight portion 2033 are demarcated by dotted lines shown in the drawing); a curved portion 2032 is formed between the first straight portion 2031 and the second straight portion 2033.

The upper surface of the first straight portion 2031 of the touch sensor 203 is bonded to the lower surface of the panel 201.

Preferably, the upper surface of the first straight portion 2031 of the touch sensor 203 and the lower surface of the panel 201 are bonded together by the optical cement layer 202.

As can be seen from fig. 7, the right end of the touch sensor 203 is preferably not aligned with the right end of the panel 201, but the present embodiment is not particularly limited to whether the right end of the touch sensor 203 and the right end of the panel 201 are aligned.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the panel 201 can at least cover the touch sensor 203.

Similar to fig. 4, the thickness of the panel 201 in fig. 7 is only a schematic thickness, and a person skilled in the art can select the thickness of the panel 201 in the light of the present embodiment, and the present embodiment does not particularly limit the thickness of the panel 201. Similarly, the thickness of the optical adhesive layer 202 in fig. 7 is also only an exemplary thickness, and the thickness of the touch sensor 203 is also only an exemplary thickness. The schematic thickness of the panel 201, the thickness of the optical glue layer 202 and the thickness of the touch sensor 203 in fig. 7 do not reflect the actual thickness ratio of the three. Similarly, the length of the first straight portion 2031 and the length of the second straight portion 2033 in fig. 7 are both schematic lengths, and the lengths of the two portions shown in fig. 7 do not reflect the actual length ratio of the two portions, but the length of the first straight portion 2031 needs to be longer than the length of the second straight portion 2033.

In the present embodiment, the panel 201 is a transparent panel, and preferably, the panel 201 is a transparent glass panel. The touch sensor 203 is a capacitive touch screen sensor, a resistive touch screen sensor, a surface acoustic wave touch screen sensor, or an infrared touch screen sensor. In the present embodiment, the touch sensor 203 is preferably a capacitive touch panel sensor. More preferably, the touch screen sensor 203 is preferably an OLED capacitive touch screen sensor.

Fig. 8 is a top perspective view of the touch module device 200 shown in fig. 7, i.e., a perspective view looking down from the upper surface of the panel 201. As can be seen from fig. 7, the touch sensor 203 and the panel 201 have matching shapes, and preferably, the curved portion 2032 and the second straight portion 2033 of the touch sensor 203 are narrowed with respect to the first straight portion 2031 of the touch sensor 203 in a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the first straight portion 2031 toward the curved portion 2032, the extending direction and the direction perpendicular to the extending direction being in a plane in which the first straight portion 2031 extends toward the curved portion 2032. Illustratively, the curved portion 2032 and the second straight portion 2033 of the touch sensor 203 are narrowed in the width direction relative to the first straight portion 2031 of the touch sensor 203 such that the first straight portion 2031 forms a shoulder. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the "width direction" refers to a direction perpendicular to the plane of the paper in fig. 7, and accordingly, the "width direction" in fig. 8 refers to a horizontal direction.

Further, as shown in fig. 9, in the present embodiment, the touch module device 200 further includes a processing chip 204, and an end portion of the second straight portion 2033 is electrically connected to the processing chip 204. The processing chip 204 can detect a change in the signal (e.g., a change in voltage) output by the touch sensor 203.

The processing chip 204 may be a conventional micro processing chip, and the structure of the processing chip 204 is not particularly limited in this embodiment.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the panel 201 can cover at least the touch sensor 203 and the processing chip 204.

It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the touch module apparatus 200 shown in fig. 7 can be configured in an electronic device as a single product, preferably, the panel 201 of the touch module apparatus 200 is used as a panel of the electronic device, and the shape of the panel 201 can be adaptively adjusted according to the type of the electronic device, and accordingly, the shape of the first straight portion 2031 of the touch sensor 203 of the touch module apparatus 200 can also be adaptively adjusted according to the type of the electronic device. The touch module apparatus 200 shown in fig. 9 may also be configured as a single product in an electronic device, preferably, the panel 201 of the touch module apparatus 200 is configured as a panel of the electronic device, and the shape of the panel 201 may be adaptively adjusted according to the type of the electronic device, and accordingly, the shape of the first straight portion 2031 of the touch sensor 203 of the touch module apparatus 200 is also adaptively adjusted according to the type of the electronic device. Fig. 8 may be understood as a view of a portion of a watch (or bracelet) that includes the touch module apparatus 200 of fig. 7 or 9.

According to still another embodiment of the present disclosure, fig. 10 shows a longitudinal sectional view of a touch module apparatus 300 of the embodiment, the touch module apparatus 300 including: a panel 301 and a touch sensor 303; in the first direction, the touch sensor 303 includes a first portion 3031 and a second portion 3032, with the first portion 3031 and the second portion 3032 being a unitary structure (the first portion 3031 and the second portion 3032 are demarcated with dashed lines as shown).

In a first direction (i.e., the horizontal direction as shown), the length of the touch sensor 303 is greater than the length of the panel 301;

the upper surface of the first portion 3031 of the touch sensor 303 is bonded to the lower surface of the panel 301, and preferably, the upper surface of the first portion 3031 of the touch sensor 303 is bonded to the lower surface of the panel 301 through the optical cement layer 302.

The second portion 3032 of the touch sensor 303 can be bent to form a curved portion, or the second portion 3032 of the touch sensor 303 can be bent to form a curved portion and a straight portion.

As can be seen from fig. 10, the right end of the touch sensor 303 is preferably not aligned with the right end of the panel 301, but the present embodiment is not particularly limited to whether the right end of the touch sensor 303 and the right end of the panel 301 are aligned.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the panel 301 can cover at least the touch sensor 303 after the second portion 3032 is bent.

Similar to fig. 4, the thickness of the panel 301 in fig. 10 is only a schematic thickness, and a person skilled in the art can select the thickness of the panel 301 in the light of the present embodiment, and the present embodiment does not particularly limit the thickness of the panel 301. Similarly, the thickness of the optical adhesive layer 302 in fig. 10 is also only an exemplary thickness, and the thickness of the touch sensor 303 is also only an exemplary thickness. The schematic thickness of the panel 301, the thickness of the optical glue layer 302, and the thickness of the touch sensor 303 in fig. 10 do not reflect the actual thickness ratios of the three. Similarly, the length of the first portion 3031 and the length of the second portion 3032 in fig. 10 are both schematic lengths, the lengths of the two portions shown in fig. 10 do not reflect the actual length ratio of the two portions, and preferably, the length of the first portion 3031 is greater than the length of the second portion 3032.

In the present embodiment, the panel 301 is a transparent panel, and preferably, the panel 301 is a transparent glass panel. The touch sensor 303 is a capacitive touch screen sensor, a resistive touch screen sensor, a surface acoustic wave touch screen sensor, or an infrared touch screen sensor. In the present embodiment, the touch sensor 303 is preferably a capacitive touch panel sensor. More preferably, the touch screen sensor 303 is preferably an OLED capacitive touch screen sensor.

Fig. 11 is a top perspective view of the touch module device 300 shown in fig. 10, i.e., a perspective view looking down from the upper surface of the panel 301. As can be seen in fig. 11, the touch sensor 303 and the panel 301 have matching shapes, and preferably, the second portion 3032 of the touch sensor 303 narrows in a second direction relative to the first portion 3031 of the touch sensor 303, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction and the first and second directions lying in a plane in which the first portion 3031 extends towards the second portion 3032. Illustratively, the second portion 3032 of the touch sensor 303 narrows in the width direction relative to the first portion 3031 of the touch sensor 303 such that the first portion 3031 forms a shoulder. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the "width direction" refers to a direction perpendicular to the plane of the paper in fig. 10, and correspondingly, the "width direction" in fig. 11 refers to a horizontal direction.

It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the touch module apparatus 300 shown in fig. 10 can be a single product, preferably, the panel 301 of the touch module apparatus 300 is a panel of an electronic device, and the shape of the panel 301 can be adaptively adjusted according to the type of the electronic device, and accordingly, the shape of the first portion 3031 of the touch sensor 303 of the touch module apparatus 300 can also be adaptively adjusted according to the type of the electronic device. Fig. 11 may be understood as a view of a portion of a watch (or bracelet) that includes the touch module apparatus 100 of fig. 10. Unlike the previous embodiments, when the touch module apparatus 300 shown in fig. 10 is disposed in an electronic device, the second portion 3032 of the touch sensor 303 needs to be bent to form a bent portion similar to that shown in fig. 4, or to form a bent portion and a second straight portion similar to that shown in fig. 7.

The electronic device including one of the touch module devices may be a watch, a bracelet, a mobile phone, or the like.

The touch module device of this disclosure is through the flexible circuit board of cancelling touch module device among the prior art to redesign touch module device's touch sensor's structure, overcome touch module device among the prior art exist because the visual area of touch module device that flexible circuit board leads to is less, the technical problem of touch function is bad.

In the description herein, reference to the description of the terms "one embodiment/mode," "some embodiments/modes," "example," "specific example," or "some examples," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment/mode or example is included in at least one embodiment/mode or example of the present disclosure. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above are not necessarily intended to be the same embodiment/mode or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more of the embodiments or examples. Furthermore, the various embodiments/aspects or examples and features of the various embodiments/aspects or examples described in this specification can be combined and combined by one skilled in the art without conflicting therewith.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present disclosure, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless explicitly specifically limited otherwise.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing embodiments are merely for clarity of illustration of the disclosure and are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure. Other variations or modifications may occur to those skilled in the art, based on the foregoing disclosure, and are still within the scope of the present disclosure.

Claims (10)

1. A touch module device, comprising:

the touch sensor comprises a first straight part and a bent part, wherein the first straight part and the bent part are of an integral structure; and

a panel, an upper surface of the first straight portion of the touch sensor being joined to a lower surface of the panel.

2. The touch module device of claim 1, further comprising a second straight portion, wherein the first straight portion, the curved portion and the second straight portion are an integral structure; the curved portion is formed between the first straight portion and the second straight portion.

3. The touch module device of claim 1 or 2, wherein the upper surface of the first straight portion of the touch sensor is bonded to the lower surface of the panel by an optical adhesive layer.

4. The touch module apparatus of claim 1, wherein the curved portion of the touch sensor narrows in a direction perpendicular to a direction of extension of the first straight portion to the curved portion relative to the first straight portion of the touch sensor, the direction of extension and the direction perpendicular to the direction of extension lying in a plane in which the first straight portion extends to the curved portion.

5. The touch module apparatus of claim 2, wherein the second straight portion and the curved portion of the touch sensor narrow relative to the first straight portion of the touch sensor in a direction perpendicular to a direction of extension of the first straight portion to the curved portion, the direction of extension and the direction perpendicular to the direction of extension lying in a plane in which the first straight portion extends to the curved portion.

6. The touch module device of claim 1, further comprising a processing chip, wherein an end of the bending portion is configured to be electrically connected to the processing chip.

7. A touch module device, comprising: a panel and a touch sensor;

a length of the touch sensor in a first direction in which the touch sensor includes a first portion and a second portion is greater than a length of the panel in the first direction;

an upper surface of the first portion of the touch sensor is bonded to a lower surface of the panel;

the second portion of the touch sensor can be bent to form a curved portion, or the second portion of the touch sensor can be bent to form a curved portion and a straight portion.

8. The touch module assembly of claim 7, wherein the upper surface of the first portion of the touch sensor is bonded to the lower surface of the panel by an optical adhesive layer.

9. A touch module arrangement according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the second portion of the touch sensor narrows in a second direction relative to the first portion of the touch sensor, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction and the first and second directions lying in a plane in which the first portion extends towards the second portion.

10. An electronic device, characterized by comprising the touch module device of any one of claims 1 to 9.

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