Patent ID: 7463248

Claim:
An electronic device, comprising: an optical touch panel (OTP); a housing having an opening disposed therein for receiving the OTP; a substrate having mounted on a central portion thereof at least a screen portion of the OTP; the screen portion having a top surface raised a distance “h” above the substrate; and the substrate comprising peripheral portions upon which are mounted light emitting devices and light detecting devices, each of the peripheral portions having a width greater than the dimension “h” such that the light emitting devices and the light detecting devices are initially mounted outwardly from the dimension “h” on the peripheral portions, and wherein when the peripheral portions are folded upwardly the light emitting devices and the light detecting devices are operably configured and aligned respecting one another to communicate light from the light emitting devices to the light detecting devices above the surface of the screen such that a location of a user's finger placed on the screen can be determined.