IP Library Granted Patent US 8,576,195
Granted Patent B2
US 8,576,195 · App. 12/715,636 · Granted Nov 5, 2013

Touch sensor function-equipped display device

Inventors: Hiromi Saito (Chino, JP); Yasushi Takano (Matsumoto, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,576,195
App. No.
12/715,636
Granted
Nov 5, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A touch sensor function-equipped display device includes: a first substrate that has a common electrode; a second substrate that is disposed to face the first substrate; a display unit that is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a touch sensor that detects a touch position on a touch surface disposed on the first substrate side or the second substrate side. The second substrate includes: a plurality of data lines that are aligned in a row direction; and a plurality of capacitance lines that are aligned in a column direction approximately perpendicular to the data lines. The touch sensor includes an electric-potential rise rate detecting unit that detects a magnitude of parasitic capacitance generated near each intersection of the plurality of capacitance lines and the plurality of data lines as the rise rate of an electric potential of the data line at the time of application of a voltage to the capacitance line defining the each intersection and detects a position near the intersection in which the rise rate of the electric potential detected by the electric-potential rise rate detecting unit is out of a predetermined range as the touch position.

Claims (26)

1. A touch sensor function-equipped display device comprising:

a first substrate that has a common electrode;

a second substrate that is disposed to face the first substrate;

a display unit that is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and

a touch sensor that detects a touch position on a touch surface disposed on the first substrate side or the second substrate side,

wherein the second substrate includes:

a plurality of data lines that are aligned in a row direction; and

a plurality of capacitance lines that are aligned in a column direction approximately perpendicular to the data lines, and

wherein the touch sensor includes an electric-potential rise rate detecting unit that detects a magnitude of parasitic capacitance generated near each intersection of the plurality of capacitance lines and the plurality of data lines as the rise rate of an electric potential of the data line at the time of application of a voltage to the capacitance line defining the each intersection and detects a position near the intersection in which the rise rate of the electric potential detected by the electric-potential rise rate detecting unit is out of a predetermined range as the touch position, and

wherein the touch sensor detects the magnitude of the parasitic capacitance generated near each intersection as the rise rate of the electric potential of the data line by using an electric-potential rise rate detecting unit in a plurality of retrace periods in a divisional manner.

2. The touch sensor function-equipped display device according to claim 1 , wherein the application of a voltage to the capacitance line is performed in a time in which an image signal is not applied to the plurality of data lines.

3. The touch sensor function-equipped display device according to claim 2 , wherein the time in which the image signal is not applied is a retrace period.

4. A touch sensor function-equipped display device comprising:

a first substrate that has a common electrode;

a second substrate that is disposed to face the first substrate;

a display unit that is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and

a touch sensor that detects a touch position on a touch surface disposed on the first substrate side or the second substrate side,

wherein the second substrate includes:

a plurality of data lines that are aligned in a row direction; and

a plurality of capacitance lines that are aligned in a column direction approximately perpendicular to the data lines, and

wherein the touch sensor includes an electric-potential rise rate detecting unit that detects a magnitude of parasitic capacitance generated near each intersection of the plurality of capacitance lines and the plurality of data lines as the rise rate of an electric potential of the data line at the time of application of a voltage to the capacitance line defining the each intersection and detects a position near the intersection in which the rise rate of the electric potential detected by the electric-potential rise rate detecting unit is out of a predetermined range as the touch position, and

wherein the touch sensor detects the magnitude of the parasitic capacitance generated near each intersection as the rise rate of the electric potential of the data line by using the electric-potential rise rate detecting unit at the ratio of one to several retrace periods.

5. The touch sensor function-equipped display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display unit includes a liquid crystal layer.

6. The touch sensor function-equipped display device according to claim 4 , wherein the application of a voltage to the capacitance line is performed in a time in which an image signal is not applied to the plurality of data lines.

7. The touch sensor function-equipped display device according to claim 6 , wherein the time in which the image signal is not applied is a retrace period.

8. The touch sensor function-equipped display device according to claim 4 , wherein the display unit includes a liquid crystal layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2010
From: SAITO, HIROMI; TAKANO, YASUSHI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024012/0854 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-057204 · Mar 10, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100231552A1 · Sep 16, 2010