LCD touchscreen panel with scanning backlight
First Claim
1. A liquid crystal display (LCD) device, comprising:
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a transparent touchscreen surface held into place by the casing;
a liquid crystal (LC) layer disposed within the casing behind the touchscreen surface; and
at least one probe light sensor disposed within the casing behind the LC layer and configured to detect light transmitted through the touchscreen surface,wherein the probe light sensor is configured to detect user contact with a touchscreen key based on a light sensing operation.
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Abstract
A liquid crystal display (LCD) device (100) having an integrated touchscreen, includes a touchscreen surface and LC layer (20) that are partitioned according to the touchscreen keys (200). A corresponding probe light source (82) and sensor (92) positioned behind each partition is assigned to the corresponding touchscreen key. Each probe light sensor is configured to detect user contact on the touchscreen surface by sensing a reflection of the probe light. To further distinguish between different keys, each key may be made active according to a scanning or timesharing process. In this process, when a particular key is active, the neighboring keys are inactive. The scanning/timesharing process may be performed during a touchscreen mode of operation, which is interleaved with a normal display mode.
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22 Claims
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1. A liquid crystal display (LCD) device, comprising:
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a casing; a transparent touchscreen surface held into place by the casing; a liquid crystal (LC) layer disposed within the casing behind the touchscreen surface; and at least one probe light sensor disposed within the casing behind the LC layer and configured to detect light transmitted through the touchscreen surface, wherein the probe light sensor is configured to detect user contact with a touchscreen key based on a light sensing operation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A liquid crystal display (LCD) device, comprising:
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a casing; a transparent touchscreen surface held into place by the casing, at least part of the touchscreen surface being partitioned according to touchscreen keys; a liquid crystal (LC) layer disposed within the casing behind the touchscreen surface, at least part of the LC layer being partitioned according to the touchscreen keys; and a plurality of probe light sources and probe lights sensor disposed within the casing behind the LC layer, such that each touchscreen key is matched up with a corresponding probe light source and probe light sensor, wherein user contact with a particular touchscreen key is detected when the corresponding light source transmits a probe light and the corresponding probe light sensor senses a reflection of the probe light from the corresponding partition of the touchscreen surface. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A liquid crystal display (LCD) device, which is configured to operate according to a normal display mode and a touchscreen mode in an interleaving manner, the LCD device comprising:
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a casing; a transparent touchscreen surface held into place by the casing, at least part of the touchscreen surface being partitioned according to touchscreen keys; a liquid crystal (LC) layer disposed within the casing behind the touchscreen surface, at least part of the LC layer being partitioned according to the touchscreen keys; and a plurality of probe light sources and probe lights sensor disposed within the casing behind the LC layer, such that each touchscreen key is matched up with a corresponding probe light source and probe light sensor, wherein a probe light opening is selectively provided for each touchscreen key during touchscreen mode by switching the corresponding partition in the LC layer from an opaque state to a transparent state, and user contact with a particular touchscreen key is detected when the corresponding probe light source transmits a probe light through the probe light opening and the corresponding probe light sensor senses a reflection of the probe light from the corresponding partition of the touchscreen surface.
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