IP Library Granted Patent US 9,740,328
Granted Patent B2
US 9,740,328 · App. 14/861,676 · Granted Aug 22, 2017

Display device with touch detecting function and electronic apparatus

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Patent No.
US 9,740,328
App. No.
14/861,676
Granted
Aug 22, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device with a touch detecting function is disclosed herein. In an embodiment, the display device includes a substrate, a display area in which pixels each composed of a plurality of color areas are arranged in a matrix on a plane parallel to a surface of the substrate, a touch detection electrode including a first conductive thin wire extending in a first direction on a plane parallel to the surface of the substrate, a dummy electrode provided to an area in which the first conductive thin wire is not arranged in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the substrate and including a plurality of second conductive thin wires, a drive electrode made of a translucent material to which a display drive signal is applied, the drive electrode being arranged on the substrate, and a display functional layer having a function to display an image on the display area.

Claims (33)

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

a substrate;

a display area in which pixels each composed of a plurality of color areas are arranged in a matrix on a plane parallel to a surface of the substrate;

a touch detection electrode including a first conductive thin wire extending in a first direction on a plane parallel to the surface of the substrate;

a dummy electrode provided to an area in which the first conductive thin wire is not arranged in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the substrate and including a plurality of second conductive thin wires;

a drive electrode made of a translucent material to which a display drive signal is applied, the drive electrode being arranged on the substrate; and

a display functional layer having a function to display an image on the display area, wherein

each of the second conductive thin wires includes a plurality of thin wire pieces extending in a direction different from the first direction and is divided by a slit between the thin wire pieces,

a color area in the display area with which the slit overlaps has a different color from a color area in the display area with which a slit closest to the slit in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction overlaps, and

the first conductive thin wire has a width that falls within a range of 1 μm to 10 μm.

2. The display device with a touch detecting function according to claim 1 , wherein the color of the color area in the display area with which the slit overlaps has a different color from a color area in the display area with which a slit closest to the slit in the first direction overlaps.

3. The display device with a touch detecting function according to claim 1 , wherein

the second conductive thin wires are provided parallel to the first direction,

each of the second conductive thin wires comprises:

a first thin wire piece arranged at a first arrangement pitch in the second direction; and

a second thin wire piece arranged at a second arrangement pitch different from the first arrangement pitch in the second direction, and

the first thin wire piece and the second thin wire piece are separated by the slit.

4. The display device with a touch detecting function according to claim 3 , wherein the first thin wire piece is as long as the second thin wire piece in the first direction.

5. The display device with a touch detecting function according to claim 3 , wherein the first conductive thin wire is provided in plurality parallel to a pixel array direction, in which the pixels are arranged, and is arranged such that an arrangement pitch between first conductive thin wires adjacent to each other partially includes the first arrangement pitch and the second arrangement pitch.

6. The display device with a touch detecting function according to claim 1 , wherein each of the second conductive thin wires includes the thin wire pieces in a linear shape having a first end and a second end, includes a bent portion where the second end of one thin wire piece of thin wire pieces adjacent to each other and the first end of the other thin wire piece of the two thin wire pieces are connected, and is arranged such that the one thin wire piece extends at an angle with respect to the first direction and the other thin wire piece extends in a direction different from the direction of the one thin wire piece in a manner changing the angle with respect to the first direction at the bent portion.

7. The display device with a touch detecting function according to claim 6 , wherein, when the angle with respect to the first direction at the bent portion is a first angle, an angle with respect to the first direction at a bent portion closest to the bent portion in the first direction is a second angle different from the first angle.

8. The display device with a touch detecting function according to claim 1 , wherein the first conductive thin wire has a mesh shape including an intersection, and each of the second conductive thin wires has the slit at a portion corresponding to the intersection.

9. An electronic apparatus comprising a display device with a touch detecting function, wherein

the display device with a touch detecting function comprises:

a substrate;

a display area in which pixels each composed of a plurality of color areas are arranged in a matrix on a plane parallel to a surface of the substrate;

a touch detection electrode including a first conductive thin wire extending in a first direction on a plane parallel to the surface of the substrate;

a dummy electrode provided to an area in which the first conductive thin wire is not arranged in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the substrate and including a plurality of second conductive thin wires;

a drive electrode made of a translucent material to which a display drive signal is applied, the drive electrode being arranged on the substrate; and

a display functional layer having a function to display an image on the display area, wherein

each of the second conductive thin wires includes a plurality of thin wire pieces extending in a direction different from the first direction and is divided by a slit between the thin wire pieces,

a color area in the display area with which the slit overlaps has a different color from a color area in the display area with which a slit closest to the slit in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction overlaps, and

the first conductive thin wire has a width that falls within a range of 1 μm to 10 μm.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072130/0313 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR OF THIRD INVENTOR EXECUTION DATE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 036637 FRAME 0760. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNOR TAKEO KOITO EXECUTION DATE SHOULD BE 02/26/2014 NOT 02/25/2014. Recorded Oct 23, 2015
From: ISHIZAKI, KOJI; KURASAWA, HAYATO; KOITO, TAKEO
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 036941/0937 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 23, 2015
From: ISHIZAKI, KOJI; KURASAWA, HAYATO; KOITO, TAKEO
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 036637/0760 →