Touch sensor-equipped display device
First Claim
1. A touch sensor-equipped display device, comprising:
- a display panel that has an active matrix substrate having a plurality of pixel electrodes, a display medium layer, and an opposite substrate having an opposite electrode that faces the plurality of pixel electrodes;
a display panel driver circuit that supplies a display signal voltage to the plurality of pixel electrodes, the display panel driver circuit also supplying a common voltage that exhibits a periodic polarity reversal to the opposite electrode;
a touch sensor part that is disposed on a surface of the display panel on a side of the opposite substrate, the touch sensor part having a plurality of sensor electrodes that exhibit a change in electrical characteristics when a contacting body comes into contact;
a sensor output read circuit that is sequentially connected to the sensor electrodes, the sensor output read circuit outputting a signal voltage based on the electrical characteristic of the sensor electrode connected thereto;
a sensor control circuit that supplies a control signal to the sensor output read circuit; and
a coordinate calculation circuit that detects a position where the contacting body has come into contact in the touch sensor part based on the signal voltage outputted from the sensor output read circuit,wherein the control signal includes a signal that sequentially connects each of the sensor electrodes in the touch sensor part to the sensor output read circuit during one period of a vertical synchronization signal supplied to the display panel driver circuit, andwherein the coordinate calculation circuit comprises;
an averaging circuit that calculates an average value of signal voltage values outputted from the sensor output read circuit over two periods of the vertical synchronization signal; and
a contact position detection circuit that detects the position where the contacting body has come into contact in the touch sensor part based on said average value.
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Abstract
Provided is a touch sensor-equipped display device that is not susceptible to the effect of noise caused by the reversal of polarity of the common voltage of the display device, without using special circuits. The touch sensor-equipped display device includes: a touch sensor unit 7 having a plurality of sensor electrodes; a sensor output read circuit 21 that is sequentially connected to the respective sensor electrodes and that outputs a signal voltage corresponding to the electrical characteristics of the sensor electrode connected thereto; a sensor control circuit 23 that supplies a control signal to the sensor output read circuit 21; and a coordinate calculation circuit 22 that detects a contact position on the basis of the signal voltage. The coordinate calculation circuit 22 includes: an averaging circuit 221 that calculates an average value for the signal voltage values outputted from the sensor output read circuit 21 over two cycles of the vertical synchronizing signal; and a contact position detection circuit 222 that detects the contact position on the basis of the average value.
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7 Claims
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1. A touch sensor-equipped display device, comprising:
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a display panel that has an active matrix substrate having a plurality of pixel electrodes, a display medium layer, and an opposite substrate having an opposite electrode that faces the plurality of pixel electrodes; a display panel driver circuit that supplies a display signal voltage to the plurality of pixel electrodes, the display panel driver circuit also supplying a common voltage that exhibits a periodic polarity reversal to the opposite electrode; a touch sensor part that is disposed on a surface of the display panel on a side of the opposite substrate, the touch sensor part having a plurality of sensor electrodes that exhibit a change in electrical characteristics when a contacting body comes into contact; a sensor output read circuit that is sequentially connected to the sensor electrodes, the sensor output read circuit outputting a signal voltage based on the electrical characteristic of the sensor electrode connected thereto; a sensor control circuit that supplies a control signal to the sensor output read circuit; and a coordinate calculation circuit that detects a position where the contacting body has come into contact in the touch sensor part based on the signal voltage outputted from the sensor output read circuit, wherein the control signal includes a signal that sequentially connects each of the sensor electrodes in the touch sensor part to the sensor output read circuit during one period of a vertical synchronization signal supplied to the display panel driver circuit, and wherein the coordinate calculation circuit comprises;
an averaging circuit that calculates an average value of signal voltage values outputted from the sensor output read circuit over two periods of the vertical synchronization signal; and
a contact position detection circuit that detects the position where the contacting body has come into contact in the touch sensor part based on said average value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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