Patent ID: 8077161

Claim:
A screen-input image display device, comprising: a touch panel for outputting signals of touched locations of a finger or the like of a user in contact with a display panel screen, the panel being superimposed via touch areas on the screen; and a sensing circuit for sensing coordinates of the touched locations based on the output of the touch panel, wherein the touch panel has a transparent conductor film which is single layer on a transparent substrate, the transparent conductor film being patterned into numerous electrode pads arranged in rows and columns of a two-dimensional matrix, surface areas of the electrode pads vary depending on the location of the touch area, and coordinates of the touch locations are sensed based on a proportion of charge signals of the touch locations due to differences in the surface areas of the electrode pads, wherein: the electrode pads arranged in a row direction and a column direction of the matrix of the touch panel comprise three groups that are repeating every three rows parallel in the row direction, and, viewing the matrix planarly, surface areas of a first row of electrode pads corresponding to one of the three groups decrease from the left to the right in the row direction and decrease from the bottom to the top in the column direction; surface areas of a second row of electrode pads corresponding to another one of the three groups are constant going laterally in the column direction and decrease from the top to the bottom of the rows; and surface areas of a third row of electrode pads corresponding to another one of the three groups increase from the left to the right in the column direction and increase from the top to the bottom in the row direction.