IP Library Granted Patent US 8,890,836
Granted Patent B2
US 8,890,836 · App. 13/067,637 · Granted Nov 18, 2014

Detection device and display apparatus with oscillation control

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Patent No.
US 8,890,836
App. No.
13/067,637
Granted
Nov 18, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A detection device includes a sensor unit in which a plurality of detection electrodes is positioned in a detection surface, a selection unit that selects one of the plurality of detection electrodes or a plurality of detection electrodes, an oscillation unit in which an oscillation frequency is determined by a capacitance generated in the one or plurality of detection electrodes selected by the selection unit, a conversion unit that outputs a signal corresponding to the frequency of a signal from the oscillation unit, and a switch unit that performs electrical connection/disconnection between a wiring for connecting the oscillation unit and the selection unit and a constant voltage line.

Claims (23)

1. A detection device, comprising:

a sensor unit in which detection electrodes are positioned in a detection surface;

a selection unit that selects one or more of the detection electrodes;

an oscillation unit in which an oscillation frequency is determined by a capacitance generated in the one or more detection electrodes selected by the selection unit;

a conversion unit that outputs a signal corresponding to the frequency of a signal from the oscillation unit; and

a switch unit that performs an electrical connection/disconnection between a wiring for connecting the oscillation unit and the selection unit and a constant voltage line, wherein

the oscillation unit changes a state between being enabled and disabled,

the detection device further comprises a control unit that disables and enables the oscillation unit and controls the switch unit while the selection unit selects the one or more detection electrodes, and connects the one or more detection electrodes selected by the selection unit to the constant voltage line, and

while the selection unit selects the one or more detection electrodes,

the control unit disables the oscillation unit and connects the one or more detection electrodes selected by the selection unit to the constant voltage line by controlling the switch unit to discharge charges accumulated in the one or more detection electrodes selected by the selection unit immediately before enabling the oscillation unit, and

after the discharging, the control unit disconnects the one or more detection electrodes selected by the selection unit from the constant voltage line by controlling the switch unit, and enables the oscillation unit.

2. A display apparatus, comprising:

a display panel that displays an image on a display surface based on an image signal;

a sensor unit in which detection electrodes are disposed on the display surface;

a selection unit that selects one or more of the detection electrodes;

an oscillation unit in which an oscillation frequency is determined by a capacitance generated in the one or more detection electrodes selected by the selection unit;

a conversion unit that outputs a signal corresponding to the frequency of a signal from the oscillation unit; and

a switch unit that performs an electrical connection/disconnection between a wiring for connecting the oscillation unit and the selection unit and a constant voltage line, wherein

the oscillation unit changes a state between being enabled and disabled,

the display apparatus further comprises a control unit that disables and enables the oscillation unit and controls the switch unit while the selection unit selects the one or more detection electrodes, and connects the one or more detection electrodes selected by the selection unit to the constant voltage line, and

while the selection unit selects the one or more of detection electrodes,

the control unit disables the oscillation unit and connects the one or more detection electrodes selected by the selection unit to the constant voltage line by controlling the switch unit to discharge charges accumulated in the one or more detection electrodes selected by the selection unit immediately before enabling the oscillation unit, and

after the discharging, the control unit disconnects the one or more detection electrodes selected by the selection unit from the constant voltage line by controlling the switch unit, and enables the oscillation unit.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 28, 2015
From: JAPAN DISPLAY WEST INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 036985/0524 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 22, 2015
From: JAPAN DISPLAY WEST INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 036930/0881 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 7, 2013
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: JAPAN DISPLAY WEST INC.
Reel/Frame 030363/0517 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2011
From: MIZUHASHI, HIROSHI; AZUMI, KOHEI; YAMAGUCHI, KAZUNORI; NAKANISHI, TAKAYUKI
To: SONY CORPOORATION
Reel/Frame 026567/0474 →