Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Samsung Display Co., Ltd.

Jong-Woung Park

Kee-Han Uh

Joo-Hyung Lee

Man-Seung Cho

Young-Ok Cha

Hyung-Guel Kim

Young-Jun Choi

Sang-jin Park

Myung-Woo Lee

Sang-Jin Pak

Young-Bae Jung

Jong-Whan Cho

Sung-Woo Lee

Zhi-Feng Zhan

Byung-Ki Jeon

A method of driving a display device having a plurality of pixels, a plurality of sensing units, and a plurality of sense data lines to which the plurality of sensing units are connected, includes: reading sense signals from the sense data lines; determining whether or not the display has been touched and the number of touches, generating X-axis and Y-axis position data based on the sense signals, and determining, when the quantity of touches is plural, whether a plurality of touches are sequentially generated, and the touch position of each.

Display device and method of driving the same

A display device includes a display panel having a plurality of pixels, a plurality of sensing units formed in row and column directions in the display panel, each of the sensing units generating a first sense data signal based on a contact on the display panel, a sense signal processor generating second sense data signals based on the first sense data signals, and a contact determiner generating first deviation data based on the second sense data signal of a predetermined frame and the second sense data of a sample frame group, in the second sense data signals with respect to a predetermined sensing unit of the second sense data signals in a plurality of frames, generating second deviation data based on the first deviation data of a predetermined sensing unit and the first deviation data of a sample sensing unit, in the first deviation data of a predetermined frame, and determining whether a contact occurs and a contact position based on the second deviation data.

Display device and driving method thereof

A display panel includes a plurality of pixels; a plurality of detection units formed in row and column directions that generate an element output signal when the display panel is touched; a detection signal processor that generates detection data based on the element output signal; and a touch determination unit that classifies the detection data in a row or column direction, that converts a row or column coordinate of a touch position or sustains a previous coordinate by comparing a reference value of each direction with the detection data, and that determines whether the touch has occurred according to the conversion number of the row or column coordinate. When the screen is continuously touched along a row or column direction, the touch or lack thereof and its position can be accurately determined by using the previous touch position information as current touch position information.

A liquid crystal display includes a first panel, a second panel facing the first panel and spaced apart from the first panel, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first panel and the second panel, a variable capacitor having a capacitance that varies by a touch and generating a control voltage that has a magnitude depending on the capacitance, and a sensing element disposed on the second panel and generating a sensing signal based on the control voltage.

Liquid crystal display device including sensing element

A touch screen display device includes; a touch screen display panel including; first sensing lines which extend in a first direction, second sensing lines which extend in a second direction, and a plurality of touch sensors located at a plurality of sensing positions, each of which provides touch data or untouch data, a readout unit which reads the touch data or the untouch data and outputs the read data as sensing data corresponding to each of the sensing positions, and a sensing unit which groups the sensing positions into at least one pre-touch areas using the sensing data and which recognizes at least one touch positions using the pre-touch areas, wherein when first and third sensing positions from among first through third sensing positions provide the touch data while the second sensing position provides the untouch data, the sensing unit recognizes the untouch data as the touch data.

Touch screen display device and method of driving the same

The present invention relates to a touch sensitive display device, the display device including a display panel unit, a sensing unit formed on the display panel unit, receiving a sensor control signal, and generating a sensor data signal based on a touch exerted on the display panel unit, an output unit generating a sensing signal based on the sensor data signal from the sensing unit, and a compensation unit adjusting the sensor control signal such that the sensing signal is bounded in a predetermined range.

Touch sensitive display device and method thereof

A display device includes a display panel, a plurality of pixels formed on the display panel, a plurality of sensing units formed on the display panel and generating sensor output signals in response to a touch exerted on the display panel, a sensing signal processor receiving and processing an analog sensor data signal originated from the sensor output signals to generate a digital sensor data signal, a first touch-determination unit detecting whether a touch exists based on the digital sensor data signal for a plurality of frames, and operating in a power saving mode, and a second touch-determination unit detecting whether and where a touch exists based on the digital sensor data signal for the plurality of frames, and operating in a normal mode. The display device includes hardwired logic units for detecting the touch, it detects the touch using the hardwired logic units in the power saving mode and converts the operation mode to the normal mode when the touch is detected, thus reducing power consumption.

Touch sensitive display device and driving apparatus and method thereof

A display device includes: a plurality of sensing data lines; a plurality of sensing units that output sensing signals through the plurality of sensing data lines; a signal selector that selects one sensing signal among the plurality of sensing signals; an automatic voltage adjusting unit that, when one sensing signal is selected by the signal selector, performs a controlling operation so as to allow a magnitude of the selected sensing signal to be in a predetermined range; and a voltage generator that adjusts the magnitude of the voltage applied to the sensing data lines based on a control signal output from the automatic voltage adjusting unit. According to the voltage adjusting operation, the sensing signal output through the sensing data line is always in an appropriate range. As a result, the touch determining operation on the sensing units can be accurately performed, so that it is possible to improve reliability of the sensing units.

Display device and voltage adjusting method therefor

A touch screen display device and a driving method of the same are provided. The touch screen display device includes a touch screen display panel including a plurality of first sensing lines that extend in a first direction, a plurality of second sensing lines that extend in a second direction and cross the first direction, and a plurality of touch sensing elements respectively arranged at areas where the first sensing lines and the second sensing lines cross each other; and a read-out unit that receives output signals of the respective first sensing lines and second sensing lines, reading at least one sensing position, and outputting one of the at least one read sensing positions as a touch position, wherein if the number of sensing positions of the current frame is equal to or greater than two, the read-out unit compares the at least two sensing positions of the current frame with a touch position of the previous frame, and outputs the sensing position that is closest to the touch position of the previous frame as a touch position of the current frame.

Touch screen display device and driving method of the same

A display device may include a display panel, a plurality of pixels that are disposed on the display panel, a plurality of sensing units that are disposed on the display panel to generate sensing signals based on touch of the display panel, a sensing signal processor that receives the sensing signals and performs predetermined signal processes to generate sensing data, and a touch detection unit. The touch detection unit may include a first controller that determines, based on the sensing data from the sensing signal process, whether or not there is a touch occurrence of the sensing units and whether or not the sensing signal is in an appropriate state. The touch detection unit may also include a second controller that determines the touch occurrence and touch positions on the sensing units based on the sensing data and controls the sensing signals to be in the desired range.

Display device and method of controlling touch detection unit

A touch position detecting method, a device using the method, and a touch screen display device having the device are disclosed. A touch sensing unit senses a touch event and outputs a sensing data. A reference update unit updates a reference data with an n-th frame sensing data provided from the touch sensing unit, based on a predetermined update signal. A position detecting unit detects the touch position by using the reference data and an (n+i)-th frame sensing data from the touch sensing unit. Therefore, the touch position is easily detected by determining a difference between the reference data and the sensing data at a certain time.

Touch position detecting device, method of detecting touch position and touch screen display device having the same

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a display device may include a display panel, a plurality of pixels disposed on the display panel, a plurality of first sensing units disposed on the display panel and generating first sensing signals in response to a touch exerted on the display panel, and a sensing signal processor configured to process the first sensing signals and generate second sensing signals for a plurality of frames, the sensing signal processor determining whether a touch occurs based on the second sensing signals for the plurality of frames.

Touch sensitive display device and driving apparatus thereof, and method of detecting a touch

A display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a display panel having a first display area and a second display area. The display panel includes: a plurality of first display circuits disposed in the first display area; a plurality of second display circuits disposed in the second display area; and a plurality of touch sensing circuits disposed in the second display area.

Touch detectable display device

An information detection device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: light sensing units generating photocurrents according to light amount and outputting sensor data signals based on the photocurrent; sensor scanning lines receiving sensor scanning signals from a sensor scanning driver and controlling the output of the sensor data signals from the light sensing units; sensor data lines transmitting the sensor data signals from the light sensing units; and a sensing signal processor receiving the sensor data signals from the sensor data lines at input terminals, wherein the number of the input terminals of the sensing signal processor is less than the number of the sensor data lines.

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Seongnam-si, South Korea

Jong-Woung Park