ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY

• US 20160098133A1
• Filed: 12/10/2015
• Published: 04/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: PAREKH, Premal, SINGH, Amit Pal
• Granted Patent: US 9,594,449 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04166 Details of scanning methods, e.g. sampling time, grouping of sub areas or time sharing with display driving Synchronisation with the driving of the display or the backlighting unit to avoid interferences generated internally G06F3/04184
• 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 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/00 Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/0287 having an universal lay-out, e.g. pad or land grid patterns or mesh patterns
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/0289 having a matrix lay-out, i.e. having selectively interconnectable sets of X-conductors and Y-conductors in different planes

Abstract

A method includes detecting a touch on a touch-sensitive display, determining a time of a display update of the touch-sensitive display, and adjusting a scanning rate of scanning electrodes of the touch-sensitive display based on the time of the display update.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

beginning a scan of a touch-sensitive display, the scan including a plurality of frames in which drive electrodes are driven while signals are received from sense electrodes such that a respective drive electrode is driven in each frame while signals are received from the sense electrodes;

in response to detecting a touch during the scan of the touch-sensitive display and prior to completion of the scan;

determining a length of time until a next display update; and

decreasing a time of remaining frames of the scan to complete the scan and report the scan prior to a time of a next display update of the touch-sensitive display,

wherein each first frame of the scan completed prior to detecting the touch is completed in a first length of time and each second frame of the scan completed after detecting the touch is completed in a second length of time that is less than the first length of time.

2. The method according to claim 1, comprising utilizing a scan rate for a subsequent scan such that the subsequent scan is completed and touch data from the subsequent scan is reported prior to a time of a subsequent display update immediately following the next display update.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein decreasing the time of remaining frames of the scan comprises reducing a number of pulses applied to the drive electrodes that are driven in the remaining frames of the scan such that drive electrodes driven prior to detecting the touch are driven by applying a first number of pulses and the drive electrodes that are driven after detecting the touch are driven by a second number of pulses that is less than the first number of pulses.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein determining the length of time until the next display update comprises determining a time based on a Vertical Synchronization signal from the touch-sensitive display.

5. The method according to claim 1, comprising reporting touch data for the scan and a confidence bit to a processor.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the confidence bit is determined based on the number of pulses applied to the electrodes after detecting the touch.

7. The method according to claim 6, comprising determining whether or not to utilize the touch data based on the confidence bit and based on the function performed utilizing the touch data.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable code executable by at least one processor of a portable electronic device to:

begin a scan of a touch-sensitive display, the scan including a plurality of frames in which drive electrodes are driven while signals are received from sense electrodes such that a respective drive electrode is driven in each frame while signals are received from the sense electrodes;

in response to detecting a touch during the scan of the touch-sensitive display and prior to completion of the scan;

determine a length of time until a next display update; and

decrease a time of remaining frames of the scan to complete the scan and report the scan prior to a time of a next display update of the touch-sensitive display,

wherein each first frame of the scan completed prior to detecting the touch is completed in a first length of time and each second frame of the scan completed after detecting the touch is completed in a second length of time that is less than the first length of time.

9. An electronic device comprising:

a touch-sensitive display;

a controller coupled to the touch-sensitive display and configured to;

begin a scan of a touch-sensitive display, the scan including a plurality of frames in which drive electrodes are driven while signals are received from sense electrodes such that a respective drive electrode is driven in each frame while signals are received from the sense electrodes;

in response to detecting a touch during the scan of the touch-sensitive display and prior to completion of the scan;

determine a length of time until a next display update; and

decrease a time of remaining frames of the scan to complete the scan and report the scan prior to a time of a next display update of the touch-sensitive display,

wherein each first frame of the scan completed prior to detecting the touch is completed in a first length of time and each second frame of the scan completed after detecting the touch is completed in a second length of time that is less than the first length of time.

10. The electronic device according to claim 9, wherein the controller is configured to utilize a scan rate for a subsequent scan such that the subsequent scan is completed and touch data from the subsequent scan is reported prior to a time of a subsequent display update immediately following the next display update.

11. The electronic device according to claim 9, wherein the controller is configured to decrease the time of remaining frames of the scan by reducing a number of pulses applied to the drive electrodes that are driven in the remaining frames of the scan such that the drive electrodes driven prior to detecting the touch are driven by applying a first number of pulses and the drive electrodes that are driven after detecting the touch are driven by a second number of pulses that is less than the first number of pulses.

12. The electronic device according to claim 9, wherein the controller is configured to report touch data for the scan and a confidence bit to a processor.

13. The electronic device according to claim 12, wherein the controller is configured to determine the confidence bit based on the number of pulses applied to the electrodes after detecting the touch.

14. The electronic device according to claim 13, comprising a processor coupled to the controller, wherein the processor is configured to determine whether or not to utilize the touch data based on the confidence bit and based on a function performed utilizing the touch data.

15. The electronic device according to claim 9, wherein the controller comprises a touch controller, and a display controller is coupled to the touch controller to send a Vertical Synchronization signal from the display controller to the touch controller.

16. The electronic device according to claim 15, wherein the touch controller is configured to determine the length of time until the next display update by determining a time based on the Vertical Synchronization signal from the display controller.