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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2013
Samsung Electro-mechanics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
There are provided a touchscreen device and a method of driving the same. The touchscreen device includes: a panel unit including a plurality of first electrodes extending in a first direction and a plurality of second electrodes extending in a second direction; and a control unit applying predetermined driving signals to at least one first electrode among first electrodes arranged sequentially from a first thereof and to at least one first electrode among first electrodes arranged sequentially from a last thereof, and detecting a change in capacitance from at least one of the first electrodes among electrodes disposed in a central portion, to thereby determine a touch.