1. A touch sensor assembly comprising:
a touch sensor overlay comprising a plurality of touch sensitive elements and a plurality of conductors connected to the touch sensitive elements arranged on the touch sensor periphery; and
a frame subassembly affixed to the touch sensor periphery, the frame subassembly comprising a frame and one or more circuit boards held in place by the frame, the one or more circuit boards electrically connected to the plurality of conductors,
wherein the circuit boards include circuitry for conditioning signals communicated by the touch sensitive elements due to a touch on the touch sensor overlay.
2. The touch sensor assembly of claim 1, wherein the touch sensor overlay comprises one or more flexible films laminated to a rigid substrate, the plurality of touch sensitive elements and the plurality of conductors being formed on the flexible film.
3. The touch sensor assembly of claim 2, wherein the frame has a coefficient of thermal expansion that falls within a range bounded by the coefficients of thermal expansion of the one or more flexible films and the rigid substrate.
4. The touch sensor assembly of claim 1, wherein the frame comprises a glass filled liquid crystal polymer or a glass filled polycarbonate.
5. The touch sensor assembly of claim 1, wherein frame subassembly is affixed to the touch sensor by a pressure sensitive adhesive, the pressure sensitive adhesive having apertures in each of which is placed a conductive material to electrically connect the one or more circuit boards to the plurality of conductors.
6. The touch sensor assembly of claim 1, wherein frame subassembly is affixed to the touch sensor by a z-axis conductive adhesive that functions to electrically connect the one or more circuit boards to the plurality of conductors.
7. The touch sensor assembly of claim 1, wherein the frame subassembly further comprises self-fixturing features.
8. The touch sensor assembly of claim 7, wherein the self-fixturing features include alignment tabs extending from the plane of the frame.
9. The touch sensor assembly of claim 7, wherein the self-fixturing features determine a spacing between one or more of the frame and a part of the touch sensor, the frame and the one or more circuit boards, and the one or more circuit boards and a part of the touch sensor.
10. A method of bonding electronics to a touch sensitive overlay comprising the steps of:
providing a touch sensor comprising a plurality of touch sensitive elements and a plurality of conductors connected to the touch sensitive elements arranged on the touch sensor periphery;
providing one or more circuit boards that include circuitry for conditioning signals communicated by the touch sensitive elements due to a touch on the touch sensor, each circuit board having a plurality of conductive contact areas;
dispensing an insulative adhesive on the touch sensor periphery and forming apertures in the adhesive to individually expose the plurality of conductors on the touch sensor;
placing a conductive material on the plurality of conductors; and
positioning the one or more circuit boards on the touch sensor periphery so that the conductive material electrically connects each of the conductive contact areas to one of the plurality of conductors, and the adhesive bonds the circuit board to the touch sensor.
11. The method of claim 10, further comprising using a frame to aid in the positioning of the one or more circuit boards.
12. The method of claim 11, further comprising providing self-fixturing features on the frame to control a spacing of one or more of:
a. the one or more circuit boards and a part of the touch sensor;
b. the frame and part of the touch sensor; and
c. the frame and the one or more circuit boards.
13. The method of claim 11, wherein the frame has a coefficient of thermal expansion that closely matches the coefficient of thermal expansion of the touch sensor materials.
14. The method of claim 10, wherein the step of dispensing and forming apertures in the adhesive is performed prior to placing the conductive material on the plurality of conductors.
15. The method of claim 10, wherein the step of placing the conductive material on the plurality of conductors is performed prior to dispensing and forming apertures in the adhesive.
16. The method of claim 10, wherein the step of dispensing and forming apertures in the adhesive comprises forming the apertures in a pressure sensitive adhesive layer and adhering the pressure sensitive adhesive layer to the touch sensor periphery.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A 3D image reproduction apparatus, comprising:
an acquisition section that acquires video image data configured from a right eye image and a left eye image for displaying a 3D image, image capture shortest distance data representing an image capture shortest distance during image capture of the video image data, image capture data for computing distance, and parallax data representing a setting parallax that is set for the right eye image and the left eye image;
a computation section that detects a predetermined main imaging subject in each frame of the video image data, that computes a main imaging subject parallax for each of the frames based on the detected main imaging subject, and that employs the image capture data and the setting parallax to compute a relationship between the main imaging subject parallax and a main imaging subject distance; and
an adjustment section that, when the image capture shortest distance data has been acquired by the acquisition section, adjusts the setting parallax acquired by the acquisition section such that a maximum parallax of the main imaging subject is within a predetermined permissible range when image capture was at the image capture shortest distance, using the relationship between the main imaging subject parallax and the main imaging subject distance that has been computed by the computation section.
2. The 3D image reproduction apparatus of claim 1, wherein the computation section performs computation of the main imaging subject parallax and computation of the relationship between the main imaging subject parallax and the main imaging subject distance at least on a first frame containing the main imaging subject.
3. The 3D image reproduction apparatus of claim 1, wherein, when the image capture shortest distance data is not acquired by the acquisition section, the adjustment section adjusts the setting parallax such that the maximum parallax is in the permissible range even when an imaging subject approaches to immediately in front of an image capture device for capturing the video image.
4. The 3D image reproduction apparatus of claim 1, wherein the adjustment section shifts horizontal direction display positions of a right eye image and a left eye image of each of the frames such that the maximum parallax is within the permissible range.
5. A parallax adjustment method for a 3D image reproduction apparatus, the method comprising:
acquiring video image data configured from a right eye image and a left eye image for displaying a 3D image, image capture shortest distance data representing an image capture shortest distance during image capture of the video image data, image capture data for computing distance, and parallax data representing a setting parallax that is set for the right eye image and the left eye image;
computing a main imaging subject parallax for each of the frames based on a main imaging subject detected by detecting a predetermined main imaging subject in each frame of the video image data, and computing a relationship between the main imaging subject parallax and a main imaging subject distance by employing the image capture data and the setting parallax; and
when the image capture shortest distance data has been acquired, adjusting the acquired setting parallax such that a maximum parallax of the main imaging subject is within a predetermined permissible range for image capture at the acquired image capture shortest distance, using the computed relationship between the main imaging subject parallax and the main imaging subject distance.
6. The parallax adjustment method for a 3D image reproduction apparatus of claim 5, wherein computation of the relationship between the main imaging subject and the main imaging subject distance is performed at least on a first frame containing the main imaging subject.
7. The parallax adjustment method for a 3D image reproduction apparatus of claim 5, wherein when the image capture shortest distance data is not acquired, the setting parallax is adjusted such that the maximum parallax is in the permissible range even when an imaging subject approaches to immediately in front of an image capture device for capturing the video image.
8. The parallax adjustment method for a 3D image reproduction apparatus of claim 5, wherein, in parallax adjustment, horizontal direction display positions of a right eye image and a left eye image of each of the frames are shifted such that the maximum parallax is within the permissible range.
9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores a parallax adjustment program that causes a computer to function as:
an acquisition section that acquires video image data configured from a right eye image and a left eye image for displaying a 3D image, image capture shortest distance data representing an image capture shortest distance during image capture of the video image data, image capture data for computing distance, and parallax data representing a setting parallax that is set for the right eye image and the left eye image;
a computation section that detects a predetermined main imaging subject in each frame of the video image data, that computes a main imaging subject parallax for each of the frames based on the detected main imaging subject, and that employs the image capture data and the setting parallax to compute a relationship between the main imaging subject parallax and a main imaging subject distance; and
an adjustment section that, when the image capture shortest distance data has been acquired by the acquisition section, adjusts the setting parallax acquired by the acquisition section such that a maximum parallax of the main imaging subject is within a predetermined permissible range when image capture was at the image capture shortest distance, using the relationship between the main imaging subject parallax and the main imaging subject distance that has been computed by the computation section.
10. An image capture device equipped with the 3D image reproduction apparatus of claim 1.