Touch display device and driving method thereof

• US 10,318,081 B2
• Filed: 09/05/2016
• Issued: 06/11/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co Ltd. (BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.), BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co Ltd. (BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.), BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Wang, Haisheng, Dong, Xue, Xue, Hailin, Chen, Xiaochuan, Wang, Shengji, Ding, Xiaoliang, Liu, Yingming, Zhao, Weijie, Li, Changfeng, Liu, Wei, Wang, Pengpeng, Xu, Rui
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Gene W
• Application Number:
  US15/516,072
• Publication Number:
  US 20190064955A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,009 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0445 using two or more layers of sensing electrodes, e.g. using two layers of electrodes separated by a dielectric layer

Abstract

A touch display device and a driving method are disclosed. The touch display device includes a liquid crystal display panel having a plurality of self-capacitive electrodes and an electroluminescent display panel arranged under the liquid crystal display panel. The self-capacitive electrodes in the liquid crystal display panel and a cathode in the electroluminescent display panel constitute capacitive structures. The driving method includes in a touch detection time period, applying a first touch detection signal to the self-capacitive electrodes and the cathode simultaneously, and detecting change of a capacitance value of a self capacitance corresponding to each self-capacitive electrode so as to determine a touch position; and in a pressure detection time period, applying a second touch detection signal to the self-capacitive electrodes or the cathode, and detecting changes of capacitance values of capacitances formed between the self-capacitive electrodes and the cathode to determine a pressure at the touch position.

Claims

1. A driving method of a touch display device, wherein the touch display device comprises a liquid crystal display panel having a plurality of self-capacitive electrodes for performing black and white display, and an electroluminescent display panel arranged under the liquid crystal display panel for performing color display, the self-capacitive electrodes in the liquid crystal display panel and a cathode in the electroluminescent display panel constitute capacitive structures;

the driving method comprising;

in a touch detection time period, applying a first touch detection signal to the self-capacitive electrodes and the cathode simultaneously, and detecting change of a capacitance value of a self capacitance corresponding to each self-capacitive electrode so as to determine a touch position;

in a pressure detection time period, applying a second touch detection signal to the self-capacitive electrodes or the cathode, and detecting changes of capacitance values of capacitances formed between the self-capacitive electrodes and the cathode so as to determine a pressure at the touch position.

2. The driving method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

in the touch detection time period, applying a synchronization signal of a same amplitude as the first touch detection signal to a gate line and a data line in the liquid crystal display panel, and applying a synchronization signal of a same amplitude as the first touch detection signal to a pixel circuit in the electroluminescent display panel.

3. The driving method as claimed in claim 1, wherein applying a second touch detection signal to the self-capacitive electrodes or the cathode comprises applying a second touch detection signal to the cathode, and applying a fixed value signal to the self-capacitive electrodes simultaneously;

and

detecting changes of capacitance values of capacitances formed between the self-capacitive electrodes and the cathode comprises detecting change of signal amount of each of the self-capacitive electrodes.

4. The driving method as claimed in claim 3, further comprising:

in the pressure detection time period, applying a same fixed value signal to the gate line and the data line in the liquid crystal display panel as the self-capacitive electrodes.

5. The driving method as claimed in claim 3, further comprising:

in the pressure detection time period, applying a synchronization signal of a same amplitude as the second touch detection signal to a pixel circuit in the electroluminescent display panel.

6. The driving method as claimed in claim 3, wherein determining a touch pressure comprises determining the touch pressure based on a difference between the change of signal amount of the self-capacitive electrode detected in the pressure detection time period and the change of signal amount of the self-capacitive electrode detected in the touch detection time period.

7. The driving method as claimed in claim 1, wherein applying a second touch detection signal to the self-capacitive electrodes or the cathode comprises applying a fixed value signal to the cathode, and applying a second touch detection signal to the self-capacitive electrodes simultaneously;

and

detecting changes of capacitance values of capacitances formed between the self-capacitive electrodes and the cathode comprises detecting change of signal amount of each of the self-capacitive electrodes.

8. The driving method as claimed in claim 7, further comprising:

in the pressure detection time period, applying a synchronization signal of a same amplitude as the second touch detection signal to the gate line and the data line in the liquid crystal display panel.

9. The driving method as claimed in claim 7, further comprising:

in the pressure detection time period, applying a same fixed value signal to a pixel circuit in the electroluminescent display panel as the cathode.

10. The driving method as claimed in claim 7, wherein determining a touch pressure comprises determining the touch pressure based on a difference between the change of signal amount of the self-capacitive electrode detected in the pressure detection time period and the change of signal amount of the self-capacitive electrode detected in the touch detection time period.

11. The driving method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cathode in the electroluminescent display panel is a plurality of block electrodes;

and the block electrodes and the self-capacitive electrodes are in one-to-one correspondence, and their orthographic projections on a horizontal plane overlap with each other; and

wherein,

applying a second touch detection signal to the self-capacitive electrodes or the cathode comprises applying a second touch detection signal to the self-capacitive electrodes, and applying a fixed value signal to the cathode simultaneously; and

detecting changes of capacitance values of capacitances formed between the self-capacitive electrodes and the cathode comprises detecting change of signal amount of each of the block electrodes.

12. The driving method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising:

in the pressure detection time period, applying a synchronization signal of a same amplitude as the second touch detection signal to the gate line and the data line in the liquid crystal display panel.

13. The driving method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising:

in the pressure detection time period, applying a same fixed value signal to a pixel circuit in the electroluminescent display panel as the cathode.

14. The driving method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cathode in the electroluminescent display panel is a plurality of block electrodes;

and the block electrodes and the self-capacitive electrodes are in one-to-one correspondence, and their orthographic projections on a horizontal plane overlap with each other; and

wherein,

applying a second touch detection signal to the self-capacitive electrodes or the cathode comprises applying a fixed value signal to the self-capacitive electrodes, and applying a second touch detection signal to the cathode simultaneously; and

detecting changes of capacitance values of capacitances formed between the self-capacitive electrodes and the cathode comprises detecting change of signal amount of each of the block electrodes.

15. The driving method as claimed in claim 14, further comprising:

in the pressure detection time period, applying a same fixed value signal to the gate line and the data line in the liquid crystal display panel as the self-capacitive electrodes.

16. The driving method as claimed in claim 14, further comprising:

in the pressure detection time period, applying a synchronization signal of a same amplitude as the second touch detection signal to a pixel circuit in the electroluminescent display panel.

17. A touch display device comprising:

a liquid crystal display panel having a plurality of self-capacitive electrodes for performing black and white display;

an electroluminescent display panel arranged under the liquid crystal display panel for performing color display, wherein the self-capacitive electrodes in the liquid crystal display panel and a cathode in the electroluminescent display panel constitute capacitive structures;

a touch detection chip configured to in a touch detection time period, apply a first touch detection signal to the self-capacitive electrodes and the cathode simultaneously, and detect change of a capacitance value of a self capacitance corresponding to each self-capacitive electrode so as to determine a touch position;

in a pressure detection time period, apply a second touch detection signal to the self-capacitive electrodes or the cathode, and detect changes of capacitance values of capacitances formed between the self-capacitive electrodes and the cathode so as to determine a pressure at the touch position.

18. The touch display device as claimed in claim 17, wherein the cathode in the electroluminescent display panel is a plurality of block electrodes;

and the plurality of block electrodes and the self-capacitive electrodes are in one-to-one correspondence, and their orthographic projections on a horizontal plane overlap with each other.