IP Library Granted Patent US 9,081,447
Granted Patent B2
US 9,081,447 · App. 13/211,393 · Granted Jul 14, 2015

Display device with touch detection function, touch detection device, and electronic unit

Inventors: Koji Ishizaki (Tokyo, JP); Masanobu Ikeda (Aichi, JP); Yasuyuki Matsui (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
G06F3/044G02F1/13338G06F3/0412
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Patent No.
US 9,081,447
App. No.
13/211,393
Granted
Jul 14, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device with a touch detection function includes a plurality of touch detection electrodes arranged in parallel to extend in one direction, formed with a predetermined electrode pattern including an electrode portion and aperture portions, and each outputting a detection signal based on a change of an electrostatic capacitance in response to an external proximity object, a plurality of display elements formed in a layer different from a layer provided with the touch detection electrodes, and arranged by a predetermined number in a width direction in a region corresponding to the touch detection electrode, and a plurality of dummy electrodes arranged in an inter-detection-electrode region of the plurality of touch detection electrodes. The aperture portions are provided to allow an arrangement area ratio of the touch detection electrode to be almost equal to an arrangement area ratio of the dummy electrodes in the inter-detection-electrode region.

Claims (28)

1. A display device with a touch detection function comprising:

a plurality of touch detection electrodes arranged in parallel to extend in one direction, formed with a predetermined electrode pattern including an electrode portion and aperture portions, and each outputting a detection signal based on a change of an electrostatic capacitance in response to an external proximity object;

a plurality of display elements formed in a layer different from a layer provided with the touch detection electrodes, and arranged by a predetermined number in a width direction in a region corresponding to the touch detection electrode; and

a plurality of dummy electrodes arranged in an inter-detection-electrode region of the plurality of touch detection electrodes, wherein

the aperture portions are provided to allow an arrangement area ratio of the touch detection electrode to be almost equal to an arrangement area ratio of the dummy electrodes in the inter-detection-electrode region,

the touch detection electrode is configured of a plurality of detection electrode unit cells including the aperture portions,

the inter-detection-electrode region is configured of a plurality of dummy electrode unit cells including the dummy electrode,

the detection electrode unit cell and the dummy electrode unit cell are arranged in positions corresponding to the individual display elements,

the display element configures a display pixel including at least a red display element, a green display element, and a blue display element,

the size of the dummy electrode unit cell corresponds to the size of the display pixel or an integral multiple of the size of the display pixel, and

the dummy electrode is arranged so that, out of gaps between the adjacent dummy electrodes, a gap extending in a direction intersecting with an arrangement direction of the red display element, the green display element, and the blue display element is located in a position corresponding to the blue display element, wherein the arrangement direction is a direction in which the red display element, the green display element, and the blue display element are arranged in order, and is a direction being parallel to a direction in which scanning gate lines are extending.

2. A display device with a touch detection function comprising:

a plurality of touch detection electrodes arranged in parallel to extend in one direction, formed with a predetermined electrode pattern including an electrode portion and aperture portions, and each outputting a detection signal based on a change of an electrostatic capacitance in response to an external proximity object;

a plurality of display elements arranged by a predetermined number in a width direction in a region corresponding to the touch detection electrode; and

a plurality of dummy electrodes arranged in an inter-detection-electrode region of the plurality of touch detection electrodes, wherein

the aperture portions are provided to allow an arrangement area ratio of the touch detection electrode to be almost equal to an arrangement area ratio of the dummy electrodes in the inter-detection-electrode region, and

the dummy electrode is arranged so that, out of gaps between the adjacent dummy electrodes, a gap extending in a direction intersecting with an arrangement direction of the red display element, the green display element, and the blue display element is located in a position corresponding to the blue display element, wherein the arrangement direction is a direction in which the red display element, the green display element, and the blue display element are arranged in order, and is a direction being parallel to a direction in which scanning gate lines are extending.

3. A display device with a touch detection function comprising:

a plurality of touch detection electrodes arranged in parallel to extend in one direction, formed with a predetermined electrode pattern including an electrode portion and aperture portions, and each outputting a detection signal based on a change of an electrostatic capacitance in response to an external proximity object;

a plurality of display elements arranged by a predetermined number in a width direction in a region corresponding to the touch detection electrode; and

a plurality of dummy electrodes arranged in an inter-detection-electrode region of the plurality of touch detection electrodes, wherein

the aperture portions are provided to allow an arrangement area ratio of the touch detection electrode to be almost equal to an arrangement area ratio of the dummy electrodes in the inter-detection-electrode region,

the touch detection electrode is configured of a plurality of detection electrode unit cells including the aperture portions,

the inter-detection-electrode region is configured of a plurality of dummy electrode unit cells including the dummy electrode,

the detection electrode unit cell and the dummy electrode unit cell are arranged in positions corresponding to the individual display elements,

the display element configures a display pixel including at least a red display element, a green display element, and a blue display element,

the size of the dummy electrode unit cell corresponds to the size of the display pixel or an integral multiple of the size of the display pixel, and

the dummy electrode is arranged so that, out of gaps between the adjacent dummy electrodes, a gap extending in a direction intersecting with an arrangement direction of the red display element, the green display element, and the blue display element is located in a position corresponding to the blue display element, wherein the arrangement direction is a direction in which the red display element, the green display element, and the blue display element are arranged in order, and is a direction being parallel to a direction in which scanning gate lines are extending.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072130/0313 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 8, 2015
From: JAPAN DISPLAY WEST INC.; JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 035848/0874 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2013
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: JAPAN DISPLAY WEST INC.
Reel/Frame 030192/0347 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 17, 2011
From: ISHIZAKI, KOJI; IKEDA, MASANOBU; MATSUI, YASUYUKI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026762/0297 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-186197 · Aug 23, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
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