IP Library Granted Patent US 10,459,551
Granted Patent B2
US 10,459,551 · App. 15/085,338 · Granted Oct 29, 2019

Sensor-equipped display device

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Patent No.
US 10,459,551
App. No.
15/085,338
Granted
Oct 29, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a sensor-equipped display device includes a display panel including pixel electrodes and common electrodes, a cover member opposed to the display panel, a polarizer located between the display panel and the cover member, and a first detection module located between the polarizer and the cover member. The first detection module includes a first detection electrode including dot-like openings and a dummy module including dot-like dummy electrodes.

Claims (36)

1. A sensor-equipped display device, comprising:

a display panel including pixel electrodes and common electrodes located in a display area in which an image is displayed, wherein each of the common electrodes is formed in a band shape;

a cover member opposed to the display panel;

a polarizer located between the display panel and the cover member; and

a first detection module located between the polarizer and the cover member, wherein

the first detection module comprises a first detection electrode including dot-like openings and a dummy module including dot-like dummy electrodes,

the dot-like openings of the first detection electrode include first dot-like openings which are not in contact with a side of the first detection electrode,

the dot-like dummy electrodes include first dot-like dummy electrodes which are not in contact with the side of the first detection electrode,

each of the first dot-like openings and the first dot-like dummy electrodes has a same size, and a same shape,

the first dot-like openings are arranged at a first equal pitch in each of three directions inclined at an angle of 60° from one another,

the first dot-like dummy electrodes are arranged at a second equal pitch in each of three directions inclined at an angle of 60° from one another, and

the first equal pitch and the second equal pitch are equal.

2. The sensor-equipped display device of claim 1 , wherein

each of the first dot-like openings and the first dot-like dummy electrodes has the same shape of a circle.

3. The sensor-equipped display device of claim 1 , wherein

a pattern of arranging the first dot-like openings at the first detection electrode and a pattern of arranging the first dot-like dummy electrodes at the dummy module are the same as each other.

4. The sensor-equipped display device of claim 1 , wherein

each of the first dot-like openings is in a shape of a circle,

the dot-like openings of the first detection electrode include second dot-like openings shaped in a half of the circle of the first dot-like openings,

each of the first dot-like dummy electrodes has a same shape as each of the first dot-like openings,

the dot-like dummy electrodes include second dot-like dummy electrodes shaped in a half of the circle of the first dot-like dummy electrodes, and

a diameter portion of each of the second dot-like openings and a diameter portion of each of the second dot-like dummy electrodes are located on a boundary between the first detection electrode and the dummy module and overlaid in a one-to-one relationship.

5. The sensor-equipped display device of claim 1 , wherein

a proportion of an area of the first detection electrode to a sensor region in which the first detection electrode is formed is equal to a proportion of a total area of the dot-like dummy electrodes to a dummy region in which the dummy module is formed.

6. The sensor-equipped display device of claim 1 , wherein

the first detection electrode is formed to extend to a non-display area outside the display area.

7. The sensor-equipped display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a second detection module having a second detection electrode and being located between the common electrodes and the polarizer.

8. The sensor-equipped display device of claim 7 , wherein

the first detection electrode is formed in a band shape to intersect the common electrodes,

the second detection electrode is formed in a band shape, extends along the first detection electrode, and is opposed to the first detection electrode, and

a width of the first detection electrode is smaller than a width of the second detection electrode.

9. The sensor-equipped display device of claim 7 , wherein

the first detection electrode is formed in a band shape to intersect the common electrodes,

the second detection electrode is formed in a band shape and extends along the first detection electrode, and

the first detection electrode and the second detection electrode are arranged in a direction orthogonal to a direction in which each of the first detection electrode and the second detection electrode extends.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072130/0313 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 20, 2016
From: KURASAWA, HAYATO; ISHIZAKI, KOJI; OTANI, TOMOHIKO
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 039804/0152 →