Touch panel
First Claim
1. A touch panel comprising:
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a display area comprising a plurality of display pixels disposed on the substrate, each of the display pixels comprising a light emitting circuit;
a plurality of photosensor circuits disposed in the display area;
a horizontal driving circuit and a vertical driving circuit that drive the light emitting circuits and the photosensor circuits; and
a comparison circuit that is connected with the horizontal driving circuit and compares an output of one of the photosensor circuits with a predetermined standard.
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Abstract
A photosensor and a display unit are fabricated on the same substrate. Input coordinates are identified by comparing the light quantities at positions (pixels) which is and is not touched by a finger or the like by use of a comparison circuit. Thus, TFTs to form the photosensor can be fabricated on the same substrate in the same process, and also reductions in manufacturing cost and the number of parts can be realized. A region required for disposing a sensor in the circumference becomes unnecessary, thus realizing the miniaturization of the device. Moreover, since a region to be a blind spot is eliminated in the display unit, it is possible to utilize the display unit effectively. It is possible to improve the precision of an input recognition and to uniformly perform detection all over the display unit. Furthermore, since the photosensor is constituted of a photoreceptor circuit which is capable of adjusting the sensitivity of receiving light, it is possible to make the sensitivity of receiving light (detection) uniform in the display unit.
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34 Claims
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1. A touch panel comprising:
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a substrate;
a display area comprising a plurality of display pixels disposed on the substrate, each of the display pixels comprising a light emitting circuit;
a plurality of photosensor circuits disposed in the display area;
a horizontal driving circuit and a vertical driving circuit that drive the light emitting circuits and the photosensor circuits; and
a comparison circuit that is connected with the horizontal driving circuit and compares an output of one of the photosensor circuits with a predetermined standard. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A touch panel comprising:
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a substrate;
a plurality of data output lines disposed on the substrate;
a plurality of gate lines disposed on the substrate so as to intersect the data output lines;
a display area comprising a plurality of display pixels disposed on the substrate, each of the display pixels comprising a light emitting circuit and being disposed adjacent a corresponding intersection of the data output lines and the gate lines;
a plurality of photosensor circuits disposed in the display area, each of the photosensor circuits being disposed adjacent a corresponding intersection of the data output lines and the gate lines;
a horizontal driving circuit selecting sequentially the data output lines;
a vertical driving circuit supplying scan signals to the gate lines; and
a comparison circuit that is connected with the horizontal driving circuit and compares an output of one of the photosensor circuits with a predetermined standard. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A touch panel comprising:
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a substrate;
a plurality of data output lines disposed on the substrate;
a plurality of gate lines disposed on the substrate so as to intersect the data output lines;
a display area comprising a plurality of display pixels disposed on the substrate, each of the display pixels comprising a light emitting circuit and being disposed adjacent a corresponding intersection of the data output lines and the gate lines; and
a plurality of photosensor circuits disposed in the display area, wherein the photosensor circuits are configured to be scanned so as to identify positions of the display area in which corresponding photosensor circuits do not detect external light incident on the display area. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A touch panel comprising:
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a substrate;
a plurality of data output lines disposed on the substrate;
a plurality of gate lines disposed on the substrate so as to intersect the data output lines;
a display area comprising a plurality of display pixels disposed on the substrate, each of the display pixels comprising a light emitting circuit comprising a drive transistor, an organic electroluminescent element and a selection transistor;
a plurality of photosensor circuits disposed in the display area, each of the photosensor circuits comprising thin film transistors each connected with a corresponding data output line or a corresponding gate line, and a sensitivity adjustment circuit provided for each of the photosensor circuits and adjusting a light detecting sensitivity of a corresponding photosensor circuit, wherein the photosensor circuits are configured to be scanned so as to identify positions of the display area in which corresponding photosensor circuits do not detect external light incident on the display area. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A touch panel comprising:
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a substrate;
a display area comprising a plurality of display pixels disposed on the substrate;
a plurality of photosensor circuits disposed in the display area;
a horizontal driving circuit and a vertical driving circuit that drive the photosensor circuits; and
a comparison circuit that is connected with the horizontal driving circuit and compares an output of one of the photosensor circuits with a predetermined standard.
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34. A touch panel comprising:
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a substrate;
a plurality of data output lines disposed on the substrate;
a plurality of gate lines disposed on the substrate so as to intersect the data output lines;
a display area comprising a plurality of display pixels disposed on the substrate, each of the display pixels being disposed adjacent a corresponding intersection of the data output lines and the gate lines; and
a plurality of photosensor circuits disposed in the display area, wherein the photosensor circuits are configured to be scanned so as to identify positions of the display area in which corresponding photosensor circuits do not detect external light incident on the display area.
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