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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2012
Sang Ho Lee, Suwon, KR;
Tah Joon Park, Suwon, KR;
Yong IL Kwon, Suwon, KR;
Gyung Hee Hong, Seoul, KR;
Sang Ho Lee, Suwon, KR;
Tah Joon Park, Suwon, KR;
Yong Il Kwon, Suwon, KR;
Gyung Hee Hong, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Abstract
There are provided a touch sensing apparatus and an operating method thereof. The touch sensing apparatus includes: a panel unit including a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes, the first and second electrodes intersecting each other; a circuit unit applying first driving signals to the first electrodes and detecting sensed signals from the second electrodes; and a control unit controlling an operation of the circuit unit, wherein the control unit controls the circuit unit to simultaneously apply the first driving signals to the first electrodes during a first duration corresponding to a sleep mode and detect first sensed signals from the second electrodes, and determines whether a valid touch has occurred during the first duration to determine whether to cancel the sleep mode.