IP Library Granted Patent US 9,316,856
Granted Patent B2
US 9,316,856 · App. 13/348,516 · Granted Apr 19, 2016

Method of driving touch sensing display panel and display apparatus for performing the same

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Patent No.
US 9,316,856
App. No.
13/348,516
Granted
Apr 19, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a method of driving touch sensing display panel and a display apparatus for performing the method, image data are outputted to the touch sensing display panel during an active period of a frame, the touch sensing display panel comprising a display substrate including a switching element connected to a data line extending in a column direction and a gate line extending in a row direction, and a touch sensing substrate including a light sensing part connected to a read-out line substantially parallel to the data line and a scan line substantially parallel to the gate line. A sensing signal is read out through the read-out line during a blanking period of the frame.

Claims (50)

1. A method of driving a touch sensing display panel, the method comprising:

outputting image data to the touch sensing display panel during an active period of a frame, the touch sensing display panel comprising a display substrate including a switching element connected to a data line extending in a column direction and a gate line extending in a row direction, and a touch sensing substrate including a light sensing part connected to a read-out line substantially parallel to the data line and a scan line substantially parallel to the gate line; and

reading out a sensing signal through the read-out line during a blanking period of the frame,

wherein reading out the sensing signal comprises:

outputting an odd-numbered scan signal during the blanking period of an N-th frame (N is a natural number); and

outputting an even-numbered scan signal during the blanking period of an (N+1)-th frame.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the light sensing part includes a first light sensing element sensing a first light and a second light sensing element sensing a second light and the touch sensing substrate includes a light sensor row in which a plurality of light sensing parts is arranged in a row, and

at least one light sensor row receives a substantially same scan signal.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the odd-numbered scan signal is provided to the light sensing parts included in the first light sensor row and a second light sensor row adjacent to the first light sensor row, and

the even-numbered scan signal is provided to the light sensing parts included in a third light sensor row adjacent to the second light sensor row and a fourth light sensor row adjacent to the third light sensor row.

4. A method of driving a touch sensing display panel, the method comprising:

providing image data to a data line of a touch sensing display panel during an active period of a frame;

reading out a sensing signal sensed by a light sensing part of the touch sensing display panel on a read-out line during the active period of the frame; and

removing coupling noise included in the sensing signal based on a coupling value preset corresponding to the image data, wherein the coupling value corresponds to measured optical and electrical coupling noise between the data line and the read-out line for a grayscale of the image data,

wherein the coupling value is stored as a look-up table (LUT) according to grayscales of the image data.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein reading out the sensing signal comprises:

providing the scan signal to the scan line by one frame period using a progressive scan mode.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the light sensing part includes a first light sensing element sensing a first light and a second light sensing element sensing a second light and the touch sensing substrate includes a light sensor row in which a plurality of light sensing parts is arranged in a row, and

at least one light sensor row receives a substantially same scan signal.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the light sensing parts included in a first light sensor row, a second light sensor row adjacent to the first light sensor row, a third light sensor row adjacent to the second light sensor row and a fourth light sensor row adjacent to the third light sensor row receives the substantially same scan signal.

8. A display apparatus comprising:

a touch sensing display panel comprising a display substrate that includes a switching element connected to a data line extending in a column direction and a gate line extending in a row direction, and a touch sensing substrate that includes a light sensing part connected to a read-out line substantially parallel to the data line and a scan line substantially parallel to the gate line;

a data driving part outputting image data to the touch sensing display panel during an active period of a frame;

a read-out driving part reading out a sensing signal through the read-out line during a blanking period of the frame;

a timing control part generating a timing control signal based on a master clock signal;

a sensing control part generating a sensing control signal based on the timing control signal; and

a scan driving part outputting an odd-numbered scan signal during the blanking period of an N-th frame (N is a natural number), and outputting an even-numbered scan signal during the blanking period of an (N+1)-th frame.

9. The display apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the touch sensing display panel includes a light sensor row in which a plurality of light sensing parts is arranged in a row, and

the scan driving part provides a substantially same scan signal to at least one light sensor row.

10. The display apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the light sensing part comprises:

a first driving element connected to a first read-out line and a first scan line;

a first light sensing element connected to a first bias line adjacent to the first read-out line and the first driving element, and sensing a first light;

a second driving element connected to a second read-out line and a second scan line; and

a second light sensing element connected to a second bias line adjacent to the first bias line and the second driving element, and sensing a second light.

11. A display apparatus comprising:

a touch sensing display panel comprising a display substrate that includes a switching element connected to a data line extending in a column direction and a gate line extending in a row direction, and a touch sensing substrate that includes a light sensing part connected to a read-out line substantially parallel to the data line and a scan line substantially parallel to the gate line;

a data driving part outputting image data to the touch sensing display panel during an active period of a frame;

a read-out driving part reading out a sensing signal through the read-out line during a blanking period of the frame;

a sensing control part removing coupling noise included in the sensing signal based on a coupling value preset corresponding to the image data, wherein the coupling value corresponds to measured optical and electrical coupling noise between the data line and the read-out line for a grayscale of the image data; and

a look-up table (LUT) storing the coupling value according to grayscales of the image data.

12. The display apparatus of claim 11 , further comprising:

a timing control part generating a timing control signal based on a master clock signal and including a memory storing the image data.

13. The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the scan driving part provides a scan signal to the scan line by one frame period using a progressive scan mode.

14. The display apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the touch sensing display panel includes a light sensor row in which a plurality of light sensing parts is arranged in a row, and

the scan driving part provides a substantially same scan signal to at least one light sensor row.

15. The display apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the light sensing part comprises:

a first driving element connected to a first read-out line and a first scan line;

a first light sensing element connected to a first bias line adjacent to the first read-out line and the first driving element, and sensing a first light;

a second driving element connected to a second read-out line and a second scan line; and

a second light sensing element connected to a second bias line adjacent to the first bias line and the second driving element, and sensing a second light.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 23, 2012
From: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029008/0926 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2012
From: PARK, DONG-WON; YOU, BONG-HYUN; BAE, JAE-SUNG; LEE, SANG-JE
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027518/0557 →