Display device with touch sensor, potential control method, and program
First Claim
1. A display device with a touch sensor, comprising:
- a plurality of display pixel electrodes;
a common electrode configured to be provided opposed to the display pixel electrodes;
a display function layer configured to have an image display function;
a display control circuit configured to apply a display voltage between the display pixel electrodes and the common electrode based on an image signal and carry out image display control so that the display function of the display function layer be exerted; and
a touch detection electrode configured to be provided opposed to the common electrode and form capacitance between the touch detection electrode and the common electrode,wherein a display drive voltage having a fixed voltage amplitude, applied to the common electrode by the display control circuit is utilized as a touch sensor drive signal,wherein a predetermined voltage is applied through a gate buffer to a gate of a thin-film transistor circuit connected to the display pixel electrode,wherein during application of the touch sensor drive signal, a potential of the gate is set to a floating state in which the gate and the gate buffer are in an electrically open state,wherein the gate buffer includes a switch that is configured to set the potential of the gate in the floating state,wherein the gate is set to an ON state when a first gate voltage is applied to the gate through the gate buffer,wherein the gate is set to an OFF state when a second gate voltage is applied to the gate through the gate buffer,during the application of the touch sensor drive signal the gate is set to the floating state, when the switch is opened and the gate is electrically disconnected from the gate buffer,wherein the switch is arranged between the gate buffer and a second wiring which supplies the second voltage to the gate buffer, andwherein the gate buffer is connected to a first wiring which supplies the first voltage to the gate buffer.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a display device with a touch sensor, including: a plurality of display pixel electrodes; a common electrode configured to be provided opposed to the display pixel electrodes; a display function layer configured to have an image display function; a display control circuit configured to apply a display voltage between the display pixel electrodes and the common electrode based on an image signal and carry out image display control so that the display function of the display function layer be exerted; and a touch detection electrode configured to be provided opposed to the common electrode and form capacitance between the touch detection electrode and the common electrode.
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5 Claims
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1. A display device with a touch sensor, comprising:
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a plurality of display pixel electrodes; a common electrode configured to be provided opposed to the display pixel electrodes; a display function layer configured to have an image display function; a display control circuit configured to apply a display voltage between the display pixel electrodes and the common electrode based on an image signal and carry out image display control so that the display function of the display function layer be exerted; and a touch detection electrode configured to be provided opposed to the common electrode and form capacitance between the touch detection electrode and the common electrode, wherein a display drive voltage having a fixed voltage amplitude, applied to the common electrode by the display control circuit is utilized as a touch sensor drive signal, wherein a predetermined voltage is applied through a gate buffer to a gate of a thin-film transistor circuit connected to the display pixel electrode, wherein during application of the touch sensor drive signal, a potential of the gate is set to a floating state in which the gate and the gate buffer are in an electrically open state, wherein the gate buffer includes a switch that is configured to set the potential of the gate in the floating state, wherein the gate is set to an ON state when a first gate voltage is applied to the gate through the gate buffer, wherein the gate is set to an OFF state when a second gate voltage is applied to the gate through the gate buffer, during the application of the touch sensor drive signal the gate is set to the floating state, when the switch is opened and the gate is electrically disconnected from the gate buffer, wherein the switch is arranged between the gate buffer and a second wiring which supplies the second voltage to the gate buffer, and wherein the gate buffer is connected to a first wiring which supplies the first voltage to the gate buffer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A potential control method of a display device with a touch sensor, the display device including
a plurality of display pixel electrodes, a common electrode provided opposed to the display pixel electrodes, a display function layer having an image display function, a display control circuit that applies a display voltage between the display pixel electrodes and the common electrode based on an image signal and carries out image display control so that the display function of the display function layer be exerted, and a touch detection electrode that is provided opposed to or in juxtaposition with the common electrode and forms capacitance between the touch detection electrode and the common electrode, the potential control method comprising: -
utilizing a display drive voltage having a fixed voltage amplitude, applied to the common electrode by the display control circuit as a touch sensor drive signal; and applying a predetermined voltage through a gate buffer to a gate of a thin-film transistor circuit connected to the display pixel electrode, and during application of the touch sensor drive signal, setting a potential of the gate to a floating state in which the gate and the gate buffer are in an electrically open state, wherein the gate buffer includes a switch that is configured to set the potential of the gate in the floating state, wherein the gate is set to an ON state when a first gate voltage is applied to the gate through the gate buffer, wherein the gate is set to an OFF state when a second gate voltage is applied to the gate through the gate buffer, during the application of the touch sensor drive signal the gate is set to the floating state, when the switch is opened and the gate is electrically disconnected from the gate buffer, wherein the switch is arranged between the gate buffer and a second wiring which supplies the second voltage to the gate buffer, and wherein the gate buffer is connected to a first wiring which supplies the first voltage to the gate buffer.
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5. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions for causing a computer that controls a display device with a touch sensor to execute processing, the display device including
a plurality of display pixel electrodes, a common electrode provided opposed to the display pixel electrodes, a display function layer having an image display function, a display control circuit that applies a display voltage between the display pixel electrodes and the common electrode based on an image signal and carries out image display control so that the display function of the display function layer be exerted, and a touch detection electrode that is provided opposed to the common electrode and forms capacitance between the touch detection electrode and the common electrode, the processing being executed for carrying out a process comprising: -
utilizing a display drive voltage having a fixed voltage amplitude, applied to the common electrode by the display control circuit as a touch sensor drive signal; applying a predetermined voltage through a gate buffer to a gate of a thin-film transistor circuit connected to the display pixel electrode; and during application of the touch sensor drive signal, setting a potential of the gate to a floating state in which the gate and the gate buffer are in an electrically open state, wherein the gate buffer includes a switch that is configured to set the potential of the gate in the floating state, wherein the gate is set to an ON state when a first gate voltage is applied to the gate through the gate buffer, wherein the gate is set to an OFF state when a second gate voltage is applied to the gate through the gate buffer, during the application of the touch sensor drive signal the gate is set to the floating state, when the switch is opened and the gate is electrically disconnected from the gate buffer, wherein the switch is arranged between the gate buffer and a second wiring which supplies the second voltage to the gate buffer, and wherein the gate buffer is connected to a first wiring which supplies the first voltage to the gate buffer.
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