Custom Product Enhancements
With such varied touch panel applications,
product performance requirements vary just as much. Dignity has a wide range of
product enhancements to provide improved and bespoke touch panel assemblies to
meet those performance needs, no matter the standards set or the end
application. From sun readability to customized cover lens design to panel
sealing and ruggedization for the toughest environments, with more than 1500
different product solutions in our database, Dignity can offer valuable advice
on how to optimize a touch solution for your needs. Here are some of the
product enhancements we have on offer:
Material Selections
• Plastic Cover Lens – we offer a variety
of plastic cover lens in order to reduce assembly weight and to improve product
safety.
• Heat & Chemical Strengthening – our
standard glass can be strengthened through heat tempering or through an ion
exchange process; this will increase surface hardness and impact resistance
(from 3 – 5 times normal glass).
• Gorilla Glass – We offer Corning’s
Gorilla Glass® as well as the equivalent product from Asahi (Dragontrail glass)
for exceptional strength, impact resistance and surface hardness (≥9H)
Cover Lens Customization
• Screen Printing – from 1-10 color screen
printing of logos, company names and icons on the cover lens.
• CNC & Laser Cutouts – we can create
cutouts for placement of hard buttons, membrane switches or other assemblies
• CNC Shaping – we can customize cover lens
shape, bezel design and other aspects.
Screen Enhancements
• Anti-Reflection – an optical coating
applied to the surface of the screen to reduce reflections. This improves
display brightness, increases transmittance and can eliminate “ghost” ghost
images. Essential for outdoor displays or those indoor displays with a high
level of ambient light (for example point of information kiosks or digital
signage).
• Anti-Glare – ideal for displays that
require high resolution in poor conditions; reduces haze and improves display
resolution. The most common screen enhancement, it is used for a wide variety
of applications (ATMs, POS units, vehicles, etc.).
• Anti-Fingerprint – makes fingerprints
less visible and easier to wipe off, as well as offering some scratch and water
resistance. Ideal for touch screens with
lots of handling (for example POS terminals).
• Anti-Shatter – A film that forms a nearly
invisible protective coating on the glass surface. Pressure sensitive adhesives
adhere glass shards together in case of breakage. Ideal for applications that
require additional safety precautions.
• Anti-Fingerprint – makes fingerprints
less visible and easier to wipe off, as well as offering some scratch and water
resistance. Ideal for touch screens with
lots of handling (for example POS terminals).
Dignity has an in-house team dedicated to
firmware tuning in order to optimize your PCAP touch screen for its final
application. Through tuning the IC’s firmware we can ensure optimal performance
in a variety of conditions:
• Gloved Touch – touch panel will register
touches even when the user is wearing gloves
• Presence of Water or Other Liquids– touch
screen will operate even in the presence of liquid, which can confuse the IC
and create false touches
• LCD Noise – by adjusting the IC to ignore
the LCD’s electronic noise, we can ensure maximum touch sensitivity.
• Palm Rejection – the touch screen will
reject “touches” by a user’s palm to present accidental inputs