IP Library Granted Patent US 10,175,736
Granted Patent B2
US 10,175,736 · App. 15/022,387 · Granted Jan 8, 2019

Touch panel and a wireless input apparatus and mobile terminal including touch panel

Inventor: Younghwan Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
G06F1/266G06F3/03545G06F3/044G06F3/046G06F3/0414G06F3/0416G06F2203/04106
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,175,736
App. No.
15/022,387
Granted
Jan 8, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is disclosed a touch panel, a mobile terminal and a wireless input apparatus applied to the touch panel and the mobile terminal and the touch panel includes a cover unit having a touchable front surface and a rear surface opposite to the front surface, a touch sensing unit provided under the back surface to sense a preset touch signal, and magnetic field generation unit provided under edges of the touch sensing unit to generate a magnetic field.

Claims (17)

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a touch panel comprising a magnetic field generation unit and a touch sensing unit,

wherein the magnetic field generation unit comprises a loop coil which is provided in an edge of the touch panel, and the magnetic field generation unit is configured to generate a wireless power using a magnetic field with a specific resonance frequency, and provide the wireless power to a wireless input apparatus,

wherein the touch sensing unit is configured to sense a signal output from the wireless input apparatus; and

a controller configured to:

receive a charging-related information from the wireless input apparatus,

determine whether to transmit the wireless power to the wireless input apparatus through the magnetic field generation unit based on the received charging-related information, and

control the magnetic field generation unit to transmit the wireless power having the specific resonance frequency,

wherein the touch sensing unit comprises an electrode unit located in a first sensing region and a trace unit located in a second sensing region,

wherein the second sensing region locates outside the first sensing region,

wherein the loop coil senses a touch signal together with the electrode unit, and

wherein the loop coil is used as a transmission electrode and the electrode unit located in the first sensing region is used as a reception electrode.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the magnetic field generation unit is provided under an edge of the touch sensing unit.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller determines presence of contact between the touch panel and the wireless input apparatus, and a pressure applied to a front end of the wireless input apparatus based on an interval of the sensed signal.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller determines a location of the wireless input apparatus on the touch panel, using a size of the sensed signal.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the electrode unit comprises a first electrode unit having a first pattern and a second electrode unit having a second pattern.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5 , wherein the trace unit comprises a first trace unit connected to the first electrode unit and a second trace unit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2016
From: KIM, YOUNGHWAN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 038003/0980 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2013-0112707 · Sep 23, 2013 · national
KR 10-2014-0032522 · Mar 20, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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