SURFACE CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME

• US 20110216035A1
• Filed: 03/02/2011
• Published: 09/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
• Original Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
• Inventors: PAN, HSUAN-LIN, CHAO, CHIH-HAN, CHENG, CHIEN-YUNG, SHIH, PO-SHENG, CHENG, JIA-SHYONG, CHEN, PO-YANG
• Application Number:
  US13/039,267
• Publication Number:
  US 20110216035A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/174
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0443 using a single layer of sensing electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0445 using two or more layers of sensing electrodes, e.g. using two layers of electrodes separated by a dielectric layer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0446 using a grid-like structure of electrodes in at least two directions, e.g. using row and column electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/045 using resistive elements, e.g. a single continuous surface or two parallel surfaces put in contact

Abstract

A surface capacitive touch panel, a driving method thereof, a display apparatus using the same, and an electronic apparatus using the same are provided. The surface capacitive touch panel includes a substrate, a conductive film, and a plurality of driving sensing electrodes. The conductive film is formed on the substrate. The conductive film has an anisotropy of impedance to define a lower impedance direction and a higher impedance direction. The driving sensing electrodes are disposed on at least one side of the conductive film and the at least one side is substantially perpendicular to the lower impedance direction. The surface capacitive touch panel of the invention has high positioning accuracy. The touch sensing accuracy of the display apparatus and the electronic apparatus using the surface capacitive touch panel is also desirable.

Claims

1. A surface capacitive touch panel, comprising:

a substrate;

a conductive film formed on the substrate having an anisotropy of impedance to define a lower impedance direction and a higher impedance direction; and

a plurality of driving sensing electrodes disposed on at least one side of the conductive film and the at least one side being substantially perpendicular to the lower impedance direction.

2. The surface capacitive touch panel according to claim 1, wherein a length of each of the driving sensing electrodes along the higher impedance direction is from 1 mm to 5 mm.

3. The surface capacitive touch panel according to claim 1, wherein a pitch of the driving sensing electrodes is from 3 mm to 5 mm.

4. The surface capacitive touch panel according to claim 1, wherein the conductive film comprises a carbon nanotube film.

5. The surface capacitive touch panel according to claim 1, wherein the driving sensing electrodes comprises a plurality of first driving sensing electrodes and a plurality of second driving sensing electrodes, and the first driving sensing electrodes and the second driving sensing electrodes are respectively located at two opposite sides of the conductive film.

6. The surface capacitive touch panel according to claim 5, wherein a straight line connected from each of the first driving sensing electrodes to any of the second driving sensing electrodes is substantially interlaced with the lower impedance direction.

7. The surface capacitive touch panel according to claim 5, wherein a straight line connected from each of the first driving sensing electrodes to a most adjacent one of the second driving sensing electrodes is substantially parallel to the lower impedance direction.

8. The surface capacitive touch panel according to claim 7, wherein each of the first driving sensing electrodes and the most adjacent one of the second driving sensing electrodes are scanned simultaneously.

9. The surface capacitive touch panel according to claim 1, further comprising a driving circuit connected to at least one portion of the driving sensing electrodes to sequentially scan the at least one portion of the driving sensing electrodes.

10. The surface capacitive touch panel according to claim 9, wherein the driving circuit comprises a grounding unit and a scanning unit, each of the scanned driving sensing electrodes is connected to the scanning unit, and the un-scanned driving sensing electrodes are connected to the grounding unit.

11. The surface capacitive touch panel according to claim 10, wherein the scanning unit comprises a charge circuit, a storage circuit, and a read-out circuit, the charge circuit and the storage circuit are connected in parallel, and the read-out circuit is connected to the storage circuit.

12. A driving method for driving the surface capacitive touch panel according to claim 1, the driving method comprising:

sequentially scanning at least one portion of the driving sending electrodes; and

receiving the signals of the scanned driving sensing electrodes.

13. The driving method according to claim 12, further comprising comparing the signals of three adjacent driving sensing electrodes to calculate a position of a touch point in a direction perpendicular to the lower impedance direction.

14. The driving method according to claim 12, further comprising determining a position of a touch point in the lower impedance direction according to values of the signals of the driving sensing electrodes.

15. An electronic apparatus, comprising a display apparatus, the display apparatus comprising:

a surface capacitive touch panel and a display panel, the surface capacitive touch panel comprising;

a substrate, the display panel configured at a side of the substrate;

a conductive film formed on the substrate having an anisotropy of impedance to define a lower impedance direction and a higher impedance direction; and

a plurality of driving sensing electrodes disposed on at least one side of the conductive film and the at least one side being substantially perpendicular to the lower impedance direction.

16. The electronic apparatus according to claim 15, further comprising an input unit coupled to the display apparatus and providing an input function to the display apparatus so that the display apparatus displays an image.

17. The electronic apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the electronic apparatus comprises a mobile phone, a digital camera, a personal digital assistant, a notebook, a desk-top computer, a television, a display in automobiles, or a portable DVD player.