Display device

• US 10,372,261 B2
• Filed: 01/03/2017
• Issued: 08/06/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Japan Display Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Japan Display Incorporated
• Inventors: Doi, Koji, Nagata, Koji
• Primary Examiner(s): Lao, Lunyi
• Assistant Examiner(s): Casarez, Benjamin X
• Application Number:
  US15/397,248
• Publication Number:
  US 20170153755A1
• Time in Patent Office: 945 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04106 Multi-sensing digitiser, i.e. digitiser using at least two different sensing technologies simultaneously or alternatively, e.g. for detecting pen and finger, for saving power or for improving position detection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04164 Connections between sensors and controllers, e.g. routing lines between electrodes and connection pads
• 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 3/0445 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 3/0447 Position sensing using the local deformation of sensor cells

Abstract

A touch panel of capacitance type includes plural X-electrodes, plural Y-electrodes, and a Z-electrode. Each of the X-electrode and the Y-electrode is formed to have pad portions and thin line portions alternately arranged in an extending direction. The pad portion of the X-electrode and the pad portion of the Y-electrode are arranged without being overlapped in a planar view. The Z-electrode is electrically in a floating state, and formed to be overlapped with both the adjacent X-electrode and the Y-electrode in a planar view. The touched position is calculated based on a local minimal point as an intersection with the interelectrode capacitance value that is equal to or smaller than each of the interelectrode capacitance values of four peripheral intersections among those at the intersections between the plural X-electrodes and the plural Y-electrodes.

Claims

1. A touch panel of capacitance type comprising:

a plurality of X-electrodes;

a plurality of Y-electrodes intersecting with the plurality of X-electrodes;

a measurement circuit;

a data storage circuit including a two-dimensionally arranged data table; and

a control circuit;

wherein

the measurement circuit is configured to measure an interelectrode capacitance value at each intersection between the plurality of X-electrodes and the plurality of Y-electrodes by applying a pulse signal sequentially to one of the X-electrode and the Y-electrode, and detecting a signal from the other electrode,

the two-dimensionally arranged data table is configured to store an interelectrode capacitance value measured by the measurement circuit at each of the intersections between the plurality of X-electrodes and the plurality of Y-electrodes,

the control circuit is configured to calculate a touched position on the touch panel of capacitance type based on a local minimal point and a local maximal point,

the local minimal point is an intersection where the interelectrode capacitance value is equal to or smaller than each of interelectrode capacitance values of all four adjacent peripheral intersections of the two-dimensionally arranged data table,

the local maximal point is an intersection where the interelectrode capacitance value is equal to or bigger than each of interelectrode capacitance values of all four adjacent peripheral intersections of the two-dimensionally arranged data table,

the control circuit is configured to determine that the touch panel of capacitance type is touched with a conductive object when the touched position is calculated based on the local minimal point,

the control circuit is configured to determine that the touch panel of capacitance type is touched with an insulating object when the touched position is calculated based on the local maximal point,

the control circuit is configured to calculate a signal value from the interelectrode capacitance value of the local minimal point, and

the signal value of the local minimal point is inverted and stored in the two-dimensionally arranged data table.

2. The touch panel according to claim 1, wherein:

the control circuit adds eight adjacent peripheral intersections which are stored in the two-dimensionally arranged data table as a search area of the local minimal point when the eight adjacent peripheral intersections have the interelectrode capacitance value which is equal to or smaller than the predetermined value.

3. The touch panel according to claim 1, wherein:

the control circuit adds eight adjacent peripheral intersections which are stored in the two-dimensionally arranged data table as a search area of the local maximal point when the eight adjacent peripheral intersections have the interelectrode capacitance value which is equal to or bigger than the predetermined value.

4. The touch panel according to claim 1, wherein:

the control circuit calculates a touched position of the conductive object based on the local minimal point, and of the insulating object based on the local maximal point.

5. The touch panel according to claim 1, wherein:

the control circuit searches the intersections adjacent to the local minimal point as a start point in four directions sequentially among the interelectrode capacitance values at the respective intersections stored in the data storage circuit;

when the searched intersection has the interelectrode capacitance value that is equal to or larger than the interelectrode capacitance value at a present intersection by a predetermined threshold value or larger, the searched data are added to a touched region to be extracted.

6. A touch panel of capacitance type comprising:

a plurality of X-electrodes;

a plurality of Y-electrodes intersecting with the plurality of X-electrodes;

a measurement circuit;

a data storage circuit including a two-dimensionally arranged data table; and

a control circuit;

wherein

the measurement circuit is configured to measure a capacitance value at each intersection between the plurality of X-electrodes and the plurality of Y-electrodes,

the two-dimensionally arranged data table is configured to store the capacitance value measured by the measurement circuit at each of the intersections between the plurality of X-electrodes and the plurality of Y-electrodes,

the control circuit is configured to calculate a touched position on the touch panel of capacitance type based on a local minimal point and a local maximal point,

the local minimal point is an intersection where the capacitance value is equal to or smaller than each of capacitance values of all four adjacent peripheral intersections of the two-dimensionally arranged data table,

the local maximal point is an intersection where the capacitance value is equal to or bigger than each of capacitance values of all four adjacent peripheral intersections of the two-dimensionally arranged data table,

the control circuit is configured to determine that the touch panel of capacitance type is touched with a conductive object when the touched position is calculated based on the local minimal point,

the control circuit is configured to determine that the touch panel of capacitance type is touched with an insulating object when the touched position is calculated based on the local maximal point,

the control circuit is configured to calculate a signal value from the capacitance value of the local minimal point, and

the signal value of the local minimal point is inverted and stored in the two-dimensionally arranged data table.

7. The touch panel according to claim 6, wherein:

the control circuit adds eight adjacent peripheral intersections which are stored in the two-dimensionally arranged data table as a search area of the local minimal point when the eight adjacent peripheral intersections have the capacitance value which is equal to or smaller than the predetermined value.

8. The touch panel according to claim 6, wherein:

the control circuit adds eight adjacent peripheral intersections which are stored in the two-dimensionally arranged data table as a search area of the local maximal point when the eight adjacent peripheral intersections have the capacitance value which is equal to or bigger than the predetermined value.

9. The touch panel according to claim 6, wherein:

the control circuit calculates a touched position of the conductive object based on the local minimal point, and of the insulating object based on the local maximal point.

10. The touch panel according to claim 6, wherein:

the control circuit searches the intersections adjacent to the local minimal point as a start point in four directions sequentially among the capacitance values at the respective intersections stored in the data storage circuit;

when the searched intersection has the capacitance value that is equal to or larger than the capacitance value at a present intersection by a predetermined threshold value or larger, the searched data are added to a touched region to be extracted.