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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Akizumi Fujioka, Osaka, JP;
Toshihiro Yanagi, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G09G 3/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G09G 3/3614 (2013.01); G09G 3/3648 (2013.01); G09G 3/3696 (2013.01);
Abstract
A display device () in accordance with the present invention includes a detection section () provided along a display panel () and detecting an approach or a contact of an object. The detection section () detects the approach or the contact of the object in a period which (i) is from a time point when supply of a scanning signal to a gate signal line (G) is started to a time point when supply of the scanning signal to a subsequent gate signal line (G) is started but (ii) excludes a rising period of a source signal supplied to a source signal line (S).