IP Library Granted Patent US 9,507,475
Granted Patent B2
US 9,507,475 · App. 14/643,184 · Granted Nov 29, 2016

Touch panel device with second touch detector

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,507,475
App. No.
14/643,184
Granted
Nov 29, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A touch panel device includes a controller controlling the coordinate detection circuit, the coordinate detection circuit comprising: a first baseline value manager, which generates first baseline values and performs updating according to a rule, a first touch detector, which performs touch detection based on the measurement values and the first baseline values, a second baseline value manager that generates second baseline values and performs updating according to a different rule, and a second touch detector, which performs touch detection based on the measurement values and the second baseline values, and the controller outputs a detection result of the first touch detector, and in a case where the second touch detector detects a touch, after the touch disappears, the controller controls the first baseline value manager to regenerate the first baseline value.

Claims (20)

1. A touch panel device including: a touch sensor panel that includes a plurality of sensors; a coordinate detection circuit that is connected to the touch sensor panel and detects touch coordinates when an instructing body touches the touch sensor panel; and a controller that controls the coordinate detection circuit, the coordinate detection circuit comprising:

a capacitance sensor that measures the capacitance of respective sensors of the touch sensor panel,

a first baseline value manager communicatively coupled to the capacitance sensor, which generates first baseline values as references for touch detection based on measurement values output from the capacitance sensor and stores the first baseline values and which performs updating according to a predetermined rule,

a first touch detector communicatively coupled to the capacitance sensor, which performs touch detection based on the measurement values and the first baseline values,

a second baseline value manager communicatively coupled to the capacitance sensor, which generates second baseline values as references for touch detection based on the measurement values and stores the second baseline values and which performs updating according to a rule different from the predetermined rule of the first baseline value manager, and

a second touch detector communicatively coupled to the capacitance sensor, which performs touch detection based on the measurement values and the second baseline values,

wherein the controller outputs a detection result of the first touch detector as an operation input,

the first baseline value manager does not update the first baseline value when the touch is detected by the first touch detector,

the second baseline value manager updates the second baseline value even when the touch is detected by the second touch detector, and

after the second touch detector detects the touch, if the second touch detector enters a state wherein the touch is not detected by the second baseline value that is updated, the controller controls the first baseline value manager to regenerate the first baseline value.

2. The touch panel device according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in a case where the first baseline value manager does not perform updating of the first baseline values for a predetermined period, the controller activates the second baseline value manager and the second touch detector,

wherein, in a case where the second touch detector detects a touch, if the touch is disappeared, the controller controls the first baseline value manager to regenerate the first baseline value, and

wherein after updating of the first baseline values restarts, the controller stops the second baseline value manager and the second touch detector.

3. The touch panel device according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in a case where a touch detection result of the first touch detector is different from a touch detection result of the second touch detector, the controller controls the first baseline value manager to regenerate the first baseline value.

4. The touch panel device according to claim 1 ,

wherein, according to a detection result of the second touch detector, the controller controls the second baseline value manager to update the second baseline value.

5. The touch panel device according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller does not output a detection result of the second touch detector as the operation output.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2022
From: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
To: TRIVALE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 059024/0437 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2015
From: MIYAHARA, KAGEYASU; MORI, SEIICHIRO
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035126/0360 →