TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SENSING CAPACITANCE THEREOF

• US 20150042597A1
• Filed: 10/03/2013
• Published: 02/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corporation (Novatek Microelectronics Corp Limited)
• Original Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corporation (Novatek Microelectronics Corp Limited)
• Inventors: Wang, Shun-Li
• Application Number:
  US14/044,882
• Publication Number:
  US 20150042597A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/174
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0418 for error correction or compensation, e.g. based on parallax, calibration or alignment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04184 Synchronisation with the driving of the display or the backlighting unit to avoid interferences generated internally
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/044 by capacitive means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0443 using a single layer of sensing electrodes

Abstract

A touch display device and a method for sensing capacitance thereof are provided. The touch display device includes a display panel having a plurality of liquid crystal pixels, a source driver, a touch panel having a plurality of touch areas, a touch sensing circuit and a crosstalk compensation unit. The source driver writes a plurality of pixel voltages into the liquid crystal pixels according to a plurality of display data. The touch panel is disposed and overlapped with the display panel. The touch sensing circuit senses a capacitance variation amount corresponding to each of the touch areas. The crosstalk compensation unit is coupled to the touch sensing circuit to receive the capacitance variation amount corresponding to each of the touch areas and corrects the capacitance variation amounts according to a plurality of capacitance crosstalk values corresponding to the liquid crystal pixels so as to provide a plurality sensing signals.

Claims

1. A touch display device, comprising:

a display panel, having a plurality of liquid crystal pixels;

a source driver, coupled to the display panel and receiving a plurality of display data to write a plurality of pixel voltages to the liquid crystal pixels according to the display data;

a touch panel, disposed and overlapped with the display panel and having a plurality of touch areas, wherein each of the touch areas corresponding to a portion of the liquid crystal pixels;

a touch sensing circuit, coupled to the touch panel and sensing a capacitance variation amount corresponding to each of the touch areas;

a crosstalk compensation unit, coupled to the touch sensing circuit, receiving the capacitance variation amount corresponding to each of the touch areas and correcting the capacitance variation amount corresponding to each of the touch areas according to a plurality of capacitance crosstalk values respectively corresponding to the liquid crystal pixels so as to provide a plurality sensing signals.

2. The touch display device according to claim 1, wherein the crosstalk compensation unit corrects the capacitance variation amount corresponding to each of the touch areas according to the capacitance crosstalk values of the liquid crystal pixels corresponding to each of the touch areas and the capacitance crosstalk values of liquid crystal pixels neighboring with each of the touch areas.

3. The touch display device according to claim 2, wherein the crosstalk compensation unit calculate a sum of the capacitance crosstalk values of the liquid crystal pixels corresponding to each of the touch areas respectively multiplied by a corresponding weighted value and the capacitance crosstalk values of the liquid crystal pixels neighboring with each of the touch areas respectively multiplied by a corresponding weighted value to obtain a reference capacitance crosstalk value and corrects the capacitance variation amount corresponding to each of the touch areas according to the reference capacitance crosstalk value.

4. The touch display device according to claim 3, wherein the weighted value corresponding to each of the liquid crystal pixels located in a center in each of the touch areas is greater than the weighted value corresponding to each of the liquid crystal pixels located at the outside of each of the touch areas.

5. The touch display device according to claim 1, wherein the crosstalk compensation unit corrects the capacitance variation amount corresponding to each of the touch areas according to the capacitance crosstalk values of the liquid crystal pixels corresponding to each of the touch areas.

6. The touch display device according to claim 5, wherein the crosstalk compensation unit calculates a sum of the capacitance crosstalk values of the liquid crystal pixels corresponding to each of the touch areas respectively multiplied by a corresponding weighted value to obtain a reference capacitance crosstalk value and corrects the capacitance variation amount corresponding to each of the touch areas according to the reference capacitance crosstalk value.

7. The touch display device according to claim 6, wherein the weighted value corresponding to each of the liquid crystal pixels located in a center in each of the touch areas is greater than the weighted value corresponding to each of the liquid crystal pixels located in a periphery of each of the touch areas.

8. The touch display device according to claim 1, wherein the crosstalk compensation unit corrects the capacitance variation amount corresponding to each of the touch areas according to a portion of the capacitance crosstalk values of the liquid crystal pixels corresponding to each of the touch areas.

9. The touch display device according to claim 8, wherein the crosstalk compensation unit calculate a sum of the portion of the capacitance crosstalk value of the liquid crystal pixels corresponding to each of the touch areas respectively multiplied by a corresponding weighted value to obtain a reference capacitance crosstalk value and corrects the capacitance variation amount corresponding to each of the touch areas according to the reference capacitance crosstalk value.

10. The touch display device according to claim 9, wherein the weighted value corresponding to each of the liquid crystal pixels located in a center in each of the touch areas is greater than the weighted value corresponding to each of the liquid crystal pixels located in a periphery of each of the touch areas.

11. The touch display device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a crosstalk estimation unit, receiving the display data to calculate the capacitance crosstalk value corresponding to each of the liquid crystal pixels according to a grayscale value of the display data corresponding to each of the liquid crystal pixels.

12. The touch display device according to claim 11, wherein the crosstalk estimation unit further receives at least one of a vertical synchronization signal and a horizontal synchronization signal to determine the display data corresponding to each of the liquid crystal pixels according to the received at least one of the vertical synchronization signal and the horizontal synchronization signal.

13. The touch display device according to claim 11, further comprising:

a memory unit, coupled to the crosstalk estimation unit and the crosstalk compensation unit and configured to receive and provide the capacitance crosstalk value corresponding to each of the liquid crystal pixels.

14. A method for sensing capacitance of a touch display device, comprising:

sensing a capacitance variation amount of each of a plurality of touch areas of a touch panel by using a touch sensing circuit; and

correcting the capacitance variation amount corresponding to each of the touch areas touch areas according to a plurality of capacitance crosstalk values respectively corresponding to a plurality of liquid crystal pixels of the display panel by using a crosstalk compensation unit.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the step of correcting the capacitance variation amount corresponding to each of the touch areas according to the capacitance crosstalk values respectively corresponding to the liquid crystal pixels of the display panel by using the crosstalk compensation unit comprises:

correcting the capacitance variation amount corresponding to each of the touch areas according to the capacitance crosstalk values of the liquid crystal pixels corresponding to each of the touch areas and the capacitance crosstalk values corresponding to the liquid crystal pixels neighboring with each of the touch areas by using the crosstalk compensation unit.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the step of correcting the capacitance according to the capacitance crosstalk values of the liquid crystal pixels corresponding to each of the touch areas and the capacitance crosstalk values of the liquid crystal pixels neighboring with each of the touch areas by using the crosstalk compensation unit comprises:

calculating a sum of the capacitance crosstalk values of the liquid crystal pixels corresponding to each of the touch areas respectively multiplied by a corresponding weighted value and the capacitance crosstalk values of the liquid crystal pixels neighboring with each of the touch areas respectively multiplied by a corresponding weighted value by using the crosstalk compensation unit to obtain a reference capacitance crosstalk value and correcting the capacitance variation amount corresponding to each of the touch areas according to the reference capacitance crosstalk value.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the weighted value corresponding to each of the liquid crystal pixels located in a center in each of the touch areas is greater than the weighted value corresponding to each of the liquid crystal pixels located at the outside of each of the touch areas.

18. The method according to claim 14, wherein the step of correcting the capacitance variation amount corresponding to each of the touch areas according to the capacitance crosstalk values corresponding to the liquid crystal pixels of the display panel by using the crosstalk compensation unit comprises:

correcting the capacitance variation amount corresponding to each of the touch areas according to the capacitance crosstalk values of the liquid crystal pixels corresponding to each of the touch areas by using the crosstalk compensation unit.

19. The method according to claim 18, wherein the step of correcting the capacitance variation amount corresponding to each of the touch areas according to the capacitance crosstalk values of the liquid crystal pixels corresponding to each of the touch areas by using the crosstalk compensation unit comprises:

calculating a sum of the capacitance crosstalk values of the liquid crystal pixels corresponding to each of the touch areas respectively multiplied by a corresponding weighted value by using the crosstalk compensation unit to obtain a reference capacitance crosstalk value and correcting the capacitance variation amount corresponding to each of the touch areas according to the reference capacitance crosstalk value.

20. The method according to claim 19, wherein the weighted value corresponding to each of the liquid crystal pixels located in a center in each of the touch areas is greater than the weighted value corresponding to each of the liquid crystal pixels located in a periphery of each of the touch areas.

21. The method according to claim 14, wherein the step of correcting the capacitance variation amount corresponding to each of the touch areas according to the capacitance crosstalk values corresponding to the liquid crystal pixels of the display panel by using the crosstalk compensation unit comprises:

correcting the capacitance variation amount corresponding to each of the touch areas according to a portion of the capacitance crosstalk values of the liquid crystal pixels corresponding to each of the touch areas by using the crosstalk compensation unit.

22. The method according to claim 21, wherein the step of correcting the capacitance variation amount corresponding to each of the touch areas according to the portion of the capacitance crosstalk value of the liquid crystal pixels corresponding to each of the touch areas by using the crosstalk compensation unit comprises:

calculating a sum of the portion of the capacitance crosstalk value of the liquid crystal pixels corresponding to each of the touch areas respectively multiplied by a corresponding weighted value by using the crosstalk compensation unit to obtain a reference capacitance crosstalk value and correcting the capacitance variation amount corresponding to each of the touch areas according to the reference capacitance crosstalk value.

23. The method according to claim 22, wherein the weighted value corresponding to each of the liquid crystal pixels located in a center in each of the touch areas is greater than the weighted value corresponding to each of the liquid crystal pixels located in a periphery of each of the touch areas.

24. The method according to claim 14, further comprising:

calculating the capacitance crosstalk value corresponding to each of the liquid crystal pixels according to a grayscale value of display data corresponding to each of the liquid crystal pixels by using a crosstalk estimation unit.