Driving method of visual interface system

• US 10,438,558 B2
• Filed: 09/30/2011
• Issued: 10/08/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Slim HMI Technology
• Original Assignee: Slim HMI Technology
• Inventors: Tsai, Hsiung-Kuang
• Primary Examiner(s): Matthews, Andre L
• Application Number:
  US14/348,592
• Publication Number:
  US 20140306917A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,930 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/08 Active matrix structure, i.e. with use of active elements, inclusive of non-linear two terminal elements, in the pixels together with light emitting or modulating elements
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/20 for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3648 using an active matrix G09G3/367 - G09G3/3696 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/003 Details of a display terminal, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto specific for a CRT G09G1/165; for a flat panel G09G3/2092

Abstract

A driving method of a visual interface system is disclosed. The visual interface system includes an operation apparatus and a matrix display apparatus having a display surface and a matrix substrate. The matrix substrate has a substrate and a matrix disposed at one side of the substrate while the display surface is located at another side of the substrate. The driving method includes steps of: transmitting a plurality of encoded signals and a plurality of display signals by the matrix substrate of the matrix display apparatus; and receiving at least one of the encoded signals by the operation apparatus operating on the display surface. This approach allows the visual interface system to be equipped with display and communication functions without configuring an additional touch input panel, so that the products can be lighter and thinner and have lower manufacturing cost.

Claims

1. A driving method of a visual interface system, comprising steps of:

transmitting a plurality of encoded signals for signal transmission to an operation apparatus of the visual interface system and a plurality of display signals for image display by at least one of row electrodes and column electrodes of a display matrix of a TFT matrix substrate of a matrix display apparatus of the visual interface system, wherein a display surface of the matrix display apparatus is disposed on one side of a TFT-formed-on substrate of the TFT matrix substrate, wherein the row electrodes, the column electrodes, pixel electrodes and thin film transistors (TFTs) of the display matrix are formed on the other side of the TFT-formed-on substrate of the TFT matrix substrate of the matrix display apparatus, wherein the encoded signals comprise identification information, transaction information, or file information; and

receiving at least one of the encoded signals by the operation apparatus operating on the display surface disposed on the one side of the TFT-formed-on substrate of the matrix substrate of the matrix display apparatus,

wherein the encoded signals are simultaneously transmitted through the row electrodes or column electrodes of the matrix substrate, and several column electrodes and several row electrodes are set as a group for transmitting the same encoded signals;

wherein the encoded signals transmitted through the row electrodes and the encoded signals transmitted through the column electrode are encoded by different coding methods.

2. The driving method of claim 1, wherein the encoded signals are capacitively coupled to the operation apparatus from the matrix substrate.

3. The driving method of claim 1, wherein the encoded signals are modulated by frequency modulation, amplitude modulation, phase modulation, time modulation, or code division multiple access modulation.

4. The driving method of claim 1, wherein part of the column electrodes transmits the same encoded signals.

5. The driving method of claim 1, wherein the encoded signals and the display signals are alternately transmitted.

6. The driving method of claim 5, wherein the encoded signals are transmitted during the breaking time of the display signals.

7. The driving method of claim 5, wherein the encoded signals are transmitted within a display scene.

8. The driving method of claim 1, wherein the encoded signal comprises a start code.

9. The driving method of claim 1, wherein the encoded signal comprises an end code.

10. The driving method of claim 1, wherein the waveform of the encoded signals is an AC (Alternating Current) signal.

11. The driving method of claim 1, further comprising:

enabling the matrix display apparatus into a transmission mode so as to transmit the encoded signals by triggering a transmission mode switch.

12. The driving method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining a touch input information according to the encoded signals; and

activating the matrix display apparatus according to the touch input information.

13. The driving method of claim 1, further comprising:

activating a transmission mode switch to enable the matrix display apparatus into a transmission mode.

14. A visual interface system, comprising:

a matrix display apparatus, comprising;

a TFT-formed-on substrate, having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side;

a display surface, disposed on the first side of the TFT-formed-on substrate; and

a display matrix, formed on the TFT-formed-on substrate at the second side of the TFT-formed-on substrate, wherein the display matrix comprises a plurality of row electrodes, a plurality of column electrodes and a plurality of pixel units formed on the second side of the TFT-formed-on substrate, wherein each pixel unit comprises a pixel electrode and a thin film transistor (TFT) formed on the second side of the TFT-formed-on substrate, wherein the row electrodes and column electrodes of the display matrix formed on the second side of the TFT-formed-on substrate are configured to transmit a plurality of display signals to pixel units for displaying images, and at least one of the row electrodes and the column electrodes of the display matrix formed on the second side of the TFT-formed-on substrate is configured to transmit a plurality of encoded signals for signal transmission to the operation apparatus, wherein the encoded signals comprise identification information, transaction information, or file information; and

an operation apparatus, configured to receive at least one of the encoded signals by the operation apparatus operating on the display surface disposed on the first side of the TFT-formed-on substrate, wherein the encoded signals are simultaneously transmitted through the row electrodes or column electrodes of the matrix substrate, and several column electrodes and several row electrodes are set as a group for transmitting the same encoded signals;

wherein the encoded signals transmitted through the row electrodes and the encoded signals transmitted through the column electrode are encoded by different coding methods.

15. The visual interface system of claim 14, wherein the TFT of each pixel unit is electrically connected to the pixel electrode of each pixel unit, one of the row electrodes and one of the column electrodes.