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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
May. 05, 2016
Applicant:
Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventor:
Hyunhee Lee, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G02F 1/1368 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/133345 (2013.01); G02F 1/1368 (2013.01); G02F 1/13338 (2013.01); G02F 1/133514 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G02F 2202/28 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04105 (2013.01);
Abstract
A display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image; a touch panel on the display panel and including a touch region configured to extract a touch coordinate when a touch is generated thereon, and a non-touch region adjacent to the touch region; a cover glass on the touch panel; a piezoelectric element on the cover glass and covering the touch region, the piezoelectric element being configured to generate an electrical change by a pressure of the touch; and a pressure calculating unit configured to calculate a magnitude of the pressure based on the generated electrical change.