Title : 
New touch technology from time reversal acoustics: A history
         
        
        
            Author_Institution : 
Touch Solutions, Tyco Electron. Corp., Menlo Park, CA, USA
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Based on principles from time reversal acoustics, a new acoustics based touchscreen technology has entered the marketplace. Based on accounts of key contributors, this paper presents a history of the developments behind the invention, development and commercialization of this new touchscreen technology. This illustrates innovation from lab to marketplace.
         
        
            Keywords : 
acoustics; history; touch sensitive screens; history; time reversal acoustics; touchscreen technology; Acoustics; Commercialization; Companies; Fingers; Patents; Technological innovation; Transducers; APR; ReverSys; Time reversal acoustics; touch;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), 2010 IEEE
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
San Diego, CA
         
        
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4577-0382-9
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ULTSYM.2010.5935502