Sharp develops a new LCD touch screen system

Sharp develops a new LCD touch screen system

Sharp has developed an LCD equipped with touch screen and scanner functions. Each pixel of the new LCD panel has a built-in optical sensor, eliminating the currently used technique to bond film to the panel. The technology results in a thinner, beautifully clear screen display, and allows recognition based on simultaneously touching multiple points on the screen. The scanner function can be used to scan in a business card placed on top of the LCD screen, and further improvements are expected to enable fingerprint authentication in the future...