Patent ID: 8619039

Claim:
A translucent touch screen device, comprising: a first housing positionable adjacent to a second housing, the first housing including a display screen configured to display indicia and the second housing including a touch screen, wherein the touch screen comprises: a mesh composed of a low resistive material; pattern traces formed in the mesh, the pattern traces configured to receive input and to generate touch signals; virtual buttons formed on the pattern traces of a full XY touch screen, wherein the full XY touch screen includes a bias direction of the mesh parallel to horizontal and vertical directions; and circuitry to receive touch signals, the circuitry coupled to a controller to control at least one function of an electronic device incorporating the touch screen device according to the touch signals, wherein the indicia displayed on the display screen of the first housing is visible through the touch screen so that input received by the touch screen is responsive to the indicia displayed on the display screen of the first housing.