DISPLAY APPARATUS
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1. A display apparatus comprising:
- a first substrate;
an optical layer on the first substrate, the optical layer comprising a plurality of pixels for displaying an image and an array of optical sensors for detecting a contact location on the display apparatus; and
a contact detector detecting whether or not the display apparatus is touched.
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Abstract
An embodiment of the present invention provides a display apparatus including: a first substrate; an optical layer on the first substrate, the optical layer comprising a plurality of pixels for displaying an image and an array of optical sensors for detecting a contact location on the display apparatus; and a contact detector detecting whether or not the display apparatus is touched.
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32 Claims
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1. A display apparatus comprising:
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a first substrate; an optical layer on the first substrate, the optical layer comprising a plurality of pixels for displaying an image and an array of optical sensors for detecting a contact location on the display apparatus; and a contact detector detecting whether or not the display apparatus is touched. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A display apparatus comprising:
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a display panel comprising; a plurality of pixels displaying an image; a plurality of optical sensors for detecting a contact location of an object on the display panel; and a contact detecting layer for detecting whether or not the display panel is touched; and a contact location determining unit for determining the contact location on the display panel in accordance with a signal output by the optical sensors. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method of determining a contact location on a display apparatus that comprises a display panel comprising a plurality of pixels, an array of optical sensors and a contact detecting layer, a sensor array driving unit, a sensor information reading unit, and a contact location determining unit, the method comprising:
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detecting contact information of an object on the display panel utilizing the contact detecting layer; if there is no contact, deactivating the sensor array driving unit and the sensor information reading unit; and if there is a contact, activating the sensor array driving unit and the sensor information reading unit to read sensed signals from the optical sensors. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31)
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32. A display apparatus comprising:
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an image display unit comprising a display region; a contact detection unit for determining whether or not the display apparatus is touched; and a contact location identifying unit for determining a location on the display region that is touched.
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