Display having infrared edge illumination and multi-touch sensing function
First Claim
1. A touch-sensing display screen comprising:
- an upper transparent substrate;
a lower substrate opposite the upper substrate;
an infrared light source configured to illuminate a portion of the upper transparent substrate;
a light converting layer disposed between the upper and lower substrates configured to convert the infrared light received by the upper transparent substrate to visible light;
a pixel area on the lower substrate having a thin-film transistor configured to activate a pixel electrode; and
a light-sensing thin-film transistor in the pixel area configured to sense the visible light provided by the light converting layer and output a light-sense signal in response thereto.
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Abstract
A touch-sensing display screen includes an upper transparent substrate, a lower substrate opposite the upper substrate and an infrared light source configured to illuminate a portion of the upper transparent substrate. A light converting layer is disposed between the upper and lower substrate and is configured to convert the infrared light received by the upper transparent substrate to visible light. A pixel thin-film transistor on the lower substrate is configured to activate a pixel electrode, and a light-sensing thin-film transistor is configured to sense the visible light provided by the light converting layer. A light-sense signal is output in response to activation of the light-sensing thin-film transistor.
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25 Claims
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1. A touch-sensing display screen comprising:
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an upper transparent substrate; a lower substrate opposite the upper substrate; an infrared light source configured to illuminate a portion of the upper transparent substrate; a light converting layer disposed between the upper and lower substrates configured to convert the infrared light received by the upper transparent substrate to visible light; a pixel area on the lower substrate having a thin-film transistor configured to activate a pixel electrode; and a light-sensing thin-film transistor in the pixel area configured to sense the visible light provided by the light converting layer and output a light-sense signal in response thereto. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A display having a multi-touch sensing function, comprising:
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an infrared light source that radiates an infrared light; and a display panel that includes a first transparent substrate which guides the infrared light, an infrared ray-to-visible ray converting layer formed on the first transparent substrate to convert the infrared light from the first transparent substrate into a visible ray, and an optical sensor located under the first transparent substrate to sense the visible ray. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of driving a display having a multi-touch sensing function comprising:
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irradiating a first transparent substrate with an infrared light; converting the infrared light reflected from a surface of the first transparent substrate into a visible ray using an infrared ray-to-visible ray converting layer formed on the first transparent substrate; and sensing the visible ray using an optical sensor located under the first transparent substrate. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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