IP Library Granted Patent US 8,605,069
Granted Patent B2
US 8,605,069 · App. 12/028,070 · Granted Dec 10, 2013

Image display device

Inventors: Naruhiko Kasai (Yokohama, JP); Masato Ishii (Tokyo, JP); Mitsuhide Miyamoto (Kawasaki, JP); Tohru Kohno (Kokubunji, JP); Hajime Akimoto (Kokubunji, JP)
Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.; Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,605,069
App. No.
12/028,070
Granted
Dec 10, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image display device includes switches directly connected a constant current source to a self-luminous element to be able to detect a characteristic of the self-luminous element, generate a coordinates and convert information of the characteristic and coordinates into a system communication signal, transferring an input with a temperature variation to a system side.

Claims (64)

1. The image display device including a touch panel input function, comprising:

a display unit comprised of a plurality of pixels each of which includes a self-luminous element;

signal lines configured to input a display signal voltage to the pixel;

a display control circuit configured to control the display signal voltage;

detection lines configured to output a characteristic of the self-luminous element included in each of the pixels;

a detection use power source for applying current to the self-luminous element;

change-over switches; and

a detection positional coordinates generation circuit,

wherein the detection use power source is connected with the pixels through the detection lines and the change-over switches,

wherein the detection lines are connected with the detection positional coordinates generation circuit through the change-over switches, and

wherein the detection positional coordinates generation circuit configured to output temperature information and a coordinates signal corresponding to one of the pixels on which an input motion causes a temperature variation based on the characteristic of the self-luminous element included in each of the pixels,

wherein a presence or absence of a touch panel input is determined in response to temperature information output by the detection positional coordinates generation circuit, and

wherein the absence of touch panel input is determined if the temperature information output by the detection positional coordinates generation circuit is smaller than a first threshold value,

the presence of touch panel input is determined if the temperature information is larger than the first threshold value or smaller than a second threshold value,

a sliding motion is determined if the temperature information is larger than the second threshold value.

2. The image display device, including a touch panel input function, comprising:

a display unit comprised of a plurality of pixels each of which includes a self-luminous element;

a shared line configured to input a display signal voltage to the pixel and to output a characteristic of the self-luminous element included in each of the pixel;

a detection circuit configured to detect a characteristic of the self-luminous element included in each of the pixel; and

a display control circuit configured to control the display signal voltage and to share the shared line with the detection circuit,

wherein the detection circuit comprises:

shared change-over switches; a detection use power source for applying current to the self-luminous element; power source change-over switches; and a detection positional coordinates generation circuit,

wherein the detection use power source is connected with the pixels through the shared line, the shared change-over switches and the power source change-over switches,

wherein the shared line is connected with the detection positional coordinates generation circuit through the power source change-over switches, and

wherein the detection positional coordinates generation circuit configured to output temperature information and a coordinates signal corresponding to one of the pixels on which an input motion causes a temperature variation based on the characteristic of the self-luminous element included in each of the pixels,

wherein a presence or absence of a touch panel input is determined in response to temperature information output by the detection positional coordinates generation circuit, and

wherein the absence of touch panel input is determined if the temperature information output by the detection positional coordinates generation circuit is smaller than a first threshold value,

the presence of touch panel input is determined if the temperature information is larger than the first threshold value or smaller than a second threshold value,

a sliding motion is determined if the temperature information is larger than the second threshold value.

3. The image display device including a touch panel input function, comprising:

a display unit comprised of a plurality of pixels each of which includes a self-luminous element;

signal lines configured to input a display signal voltage to the pixel;

a display control circuit configured to control the display signal voltage;

detection lines configured to output a characteristic of the self-luminous element included in each of the pixels; and

a detection use power source for applying current to the self-luminous element;

change-over switches;

a detection positional coordinates generation circuit; and

a system I/F converting circuit,

wherein the detection use power source is connected with the pixels through the detection lines and the change-over switches,

wherein the detection lines are connected with the detection positional coordinates generation circuit,

wherein the detection positional coordinates generation circuit configured to output temperature information and a coordinates signal corresponding to one of the pixels on which an input motion causes a temperature variation based on the characteristic of the self-luminous element included in each of the pixels, and

wherein the system I/F converting circuit configured to convert the temperature information and the coordinates signal into a communication signal to a system which is connected with the image display device,

wherein a presence or absence of a touch panel input is determined in response to temperature information output by the detection positional coordinates generation circuit, and

wherein the absence of touch panel input is determined if the temperature information output by the detection positional coordinates generation circuit is smaller than a first threshold value,

the presence of touch panel input is determined if the temperature information is larger than the first threshold value or smaller than a second threshold value,

a sliding motion is determined if the temperature information is larger than the second threshold value.

4. The image display device including a touch panel input function, comprising:

a display unit comprised of a plurality of pixels each of which includes a self-luminous element;

a shared line configured to input a display signal voltage to the pixel and to output a characteristic of the self-luminous element included in each of the pixel;

a detection circuit configured to detect the characteristic of the self-luminous element included in each of the pixel;

a display control circuit configured to control the display signal voltage and to share the shared line with the detection circuit; and

a system I/F converting circuit,

wherein the detection circuit comprises:

shared change-over switches;

a detection use power source for applying current to the self-luminous element;

power source change-over switches, and a detection positional coordinates generation circuit,

wherein the detection use power source is connected with the pixels through the shared line, the shared change-over switches and the power source change-over switches,

wherein the shared line is connected with the detection circuit through the shared change-over switches and the power source change-over switches,

wherein the detection positional coordinates generation circuit configured to output a temperature information and a coordinates signal corresponding to one of the pixels on which an input motion causes a temperature variation based on the characteristic of the self-luminous element included in each of the pixels, and

wherein the system I/F converting circuit configured to convert the temperature information and the coordinates signal into a communication signal to a system which is connected with the image display device,

wherein a presence or absence of a touch panel input is determined in response to temperature information output by the detection positional coordinates generation circuit,

wherein the absence of touch panel input is determined if the temperature information output by the detection positional coordinates generation circuit is smaller than a first threshold value,

the presence of touch panel input is determined if the temperature information is larger than the first threshold value or smaller than a second threshold value, and

a sliding motion is determined if the temperature information is larger than the second threshold value.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2018
From: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.; JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046988/0801 →
COMPANY SPLIT PLAN TRANSFERRING FIFTY (50) PERCENT SHARE IN PATENT APPLICATIONS Recorded Oct 20, 2011
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027092/0684 →
MERGER Recorded Oct 20, 2011
From: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027093/0937 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 28, 2008
From: KASAI, NARUHIKO; ISHII, MASATO; MIYAMOTO, MITSUHIDE; KOHNO, TOHRU; AKIMOTO, HAJIME
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD
Reel/Frame 020867/0206 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2007-067807 · Mar 16, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
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