TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD OF THE SAME

• US 20100020029A1
• Filed: 05/21/2009
• Published: 01/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Sung-Woo, PARK, Jong-Woung
• Granted Patent: US 8,174,505 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/045 using resistive elements, e.g. a single continuous surface or two parallel surfaces put in contact
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/047 using sets of wires, e.g. crossed wires

Abstract

A touch screen display device and a driving method of the same are provided. The touch screen display device includes a touch screen display panel including a plurality of first sensing lines that extend in a first direction, a plurality of second sensing lines that extend in a second direction and cross the first direction, and a plurality of touch sensing elements respectively arranged at areas where the first sensing lines and the second sensing lines cross each other; and a read-out unit that receives output signals of the respective first sensing lines and second sensing lines, reading at least one sensing position, and outputting one of the at least one read sensing positions as a touch position, wherein if the number of sensing positions of the current frame is equal to or greater than two, the read-out unit compares the at least two sensing positions of the current frame with a touch position of the previous frame, and outputs the sensing position that is closest to the touch position of the previous frame as a touch position of the current frame.

Claims

1. A touch screen display device, comprising:

a touch screen display panel comprising a plurality of first sensing lines that extend in a first direction, a plurality of second sensing lines that extend in a second direction that crosses the first direction, and a plurality of touch sensing elements respectively arranged at areas where the first sensing lines and the second sensing lines cross each other; and

a read-out unit that receives output signals of the first sensing line and the second sensing line, that reads at least one sensing position, and that outputs at least one of the read sensing position as a touch position,

wherein if the number of the sensing position of the current frame is equal to or greater than two, the read-out unit compares the at least two sensing positions of the current frame with a touch position of the previous frame, and outputs the sensing position that is closest to the touch position of the previous frame as the touch position of the current frame.

2. The touch screen display device of claim 1, wherein:

The plurality of first sensing lines comprises first active lines which correspond to positions of external stimuli;

The plurality of second sensing lines comprises second active lines which correspond to positions of external stimuli; and

The at least one sensing position corresponds to combinations of the first active lines and the second active lines.

3. The touch screen display device of claim 2, wherein the read-out unit designates at least one first position value that corresponds to the first active lines and at least one second position value that corresponds to the second active lines, and reads the at least one sensing position based on combinations of the at least one first position value and the at least one second position value.

4. The touch screen display device of claim 3, wherein the read-out unit counts numbers of the at least one first position value and the at least one second position value, respectively, and outputs the sensing position as the touch position if the counted numbers of the first position value and the second position value are one, respectively, and one of the at least two sensing positions as the touch position if the counted numbers of the first position value and the second position value are equal to or greater than two.

5. The touch screen display device of claim 4, wherein if the number of first position values that correspond to the at least two sensing positions is equal to or greater than two, the read-out unit compares distances between the at least two first position values and the first position value of the touch position of the previous frame, and outputs a sensing position comprising the first position value which is a smaller distance, as the touch position of the current frame, and

if the number of second position values that correspond to the at least two sensing positions is equal to or greater than two, the read-out unit compares distances between the at least two second position values and the second position value of the touch position of the previous frame, and outputs the sensing position comprising the second position value which is a smaller distance as the touch position of the current frame.

6. The touch screen display device of claim 4, wherein if a distance between the at least two sensing positions is smaller than a reference distance, the at least two sensing positions are ignored.

7. The touch screen display device of claim 3, wherein the read-out unit designates the number of reference lines for intervals of first neighboring active lines and second neighboring active lines,

if the interval of the first neighboring active lines or the second neighboring active lines is greater than the number of reference lines, the read-out unit recognizes the at least one sensing position using a first representative position value that represents the first position values of the first neighboring active lines or a second representative position value that represents the second position values of the second neighboring active lines, and

if the interval of the first neighboring active lines and the second neighboring active lines are equal to or smaller than the number of reference lines, the read-out unit ignores the first neighboring active lines and the second neighboring active lines.

8. The touch screen display device of claim 7, wherein

if there is an external stimulus, voltage levels of the first sensing line and the second sensing line are a first level, while if there is no external stimulus, voltage levels of the first sensing line and the second sensing line are a second level,

the first representative position value is a mean value of two of the first position values that correspond to the sensing lines each having an output signal making a transition from the first level to the second level, and an output signal making a transition from the second level to the first level, and

the second representative position value is a mean value of two of the second position values that correspond to the sensing lines each having an output signal making a transition from the first level to the second level and an output signal making a transition from the second level to the first level.

9. The touch screen display device of claim 2, wherein the read-out unit comprises a first sensor unit that senses the first active lines among the plurality of first sensing lines, a second sensor unit the that senses the second active lines among the plurality of second sensing lines, and a touch position determination unit that determines the touch position that corresponds to the first active lines and the second active lines.

10. The touch screen display device of claim 9, wherein the touch position determination unit comprises a sensing position recognition unit that recognizes at least one sensing position of the current frame using the first active lines and the second active lines, and a filtering unit that keeps one sensing position which is closest to a touch position of the previous frame as the sensing position of the current frame, and outputs the sensing position as the touch position of the current frame.

11. The touch screen display device of claim 9, wherein the touch position determination unit comprises a touch signal generator, which is enabled responsive to generation of the touch position of the current frame, wherein the touch signal generator generates a touch signal that indicates that an external stimulus is applied to the touch screen display panel, and transmits the touch signal to an application connected to the touch screen display panel.

12. A method of driving a touch screen display device comprising a plurality of first sensing lines that extend in a first direction, a plurality of second sensing lines that extend in a second direction and cross the first direction, and a plurality of touch sensing elements respectively formed at areas where the first sensing lines and the second sensing lines cross each other, the method comprising:

receiving output signals of the first sensing lines and the second sensing lines and reading at least one sensing position; and

outputting one of the at least one read sensing positions as a touch position,

wherein if there are at least two sensing positions of the current frame, the at least two sensing positions of the current frame are compared with a touch position of the previous frame, and the sensing position of the at least two sensing positions that is closest to the touch position of the previous frame is output as the touch position of the current frame.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein among the plurality of first sensing lines, first sensing lines that correspond to positions of external stimuli are first active lines, and among the plurality of second sensing lines, second sensing lines that correspond to positions of external stimuli are second active lines, and the at least one sensing position corresponds to combinations of the first active lines and the second active lines.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the reading of the at least one sensing position comprises designating at least one first position value that corresponds to the first active lines and at least one second position value that corresponds to the second active lines, and recognizing the at least one first position value based on combinations of the at least one first position value and the at least one second position value.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the outputting of the touch position of the current frame comprises, defining the number of reference lines for intervals of the first neighboring active lines and second neighboring active lines,

if the interval of the first neighboring active lines or the second neighboring active lines is greater than the number of reference lines, recognizing the at least one sensing position using a first representative position value that represents the first position values of the first neighboring active lines or a second representative position value that represents the second position values of the second neighboring active lines, and

if the interval of the first neighboring active lines and the second neighboring active lines are equal to or smaller than the number of reference lines, ignoring the first neighboring active lines and the second neighboring active lines.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein if the number of first position values that correspond to the at least two sensing positions is equal to or greater than two, distances between the at least two first position values are compared with the first position value of the touch position of the previous frame, and a sensing position comprising the first position value, which is a smaller distance, is output as the touch position of the current frame, and

if the number of second position values that correspond to at least two sensing positions is equal to or greater than two, distances between the at least two second position values are compared with the second position value of the touch position of the previous frame, and the sensing position comprising the second position value, which is a smaller distance, is output as the touch position of the current frame,

wherein if the distance between the at least two sensing positions is smaller than a reference distance, the at least two sensing positions are ignored.

17. The method of claim 14, after outputting the touch position of the current frame, further comprising generating a touch signal that indicates that an external stimulus is applied to the touch screen display panel and transmitting the touch signal to an application connected to the touch screen display pane.