IP Library Granted Patent US 10,078,393
Granted Patent B2
US 10,078,393 · App. 15/170,136 · Granted Sep 18, 2018

Touch detection device, display device with touch detection function, and cover member

Inventors: Daisuke Ito (Tokyo, JP); Toshihiko Fujiwara (Tokyo, JP); Hayato Kurasawa (Tokyo, JP); Hiroshi Mizuhashi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
G06F3/0416G06F3/044G06F3/0412G09G3/20G09G3/36G09G2310/0202
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Patent No.
US 10,078,393
App. No.
15/170,136
Granted
Sep 18, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A touch detection device includes a substrate, a plurality of drive electrodes arranged on a plane parallel to the substrate and in a first region in which an image is displayed, and a plurality of touch detection electrodes configured to generate a capacitance between the touch detection electrodes and the drive electrodes. At least one touch detection electrode among the touch detection electrodes includes a first part arranged in the first region and a second part arranged in a second region adjacent to the first region. The drive electrodes are sequentially supplied with the first drive signal to detect a conducting body in contact with or close to the first region in a first touch detection mode, and the touch detection electrodes are supplied with a second drive signal to detect a conducting body in contact with or close to the second region in a second touch detection mode.

Claims (34)

1. A touch detection device comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of drive electrodes arranged on a plane parallel to the substrate and in a first region in which an image is displayed; and

a plurality of touch detection electrodes configured to generate a capacitance between the touch detection electrodes and the drive electrodes, wherein

the touch detection electrodes include a first part arranged in the first region and a second part arranged in a second region adjacent to the first region,

the drive electrodes are sequentially supplied with a first drive signal to detect a conducting body in contact with or close to the first region in a first touch detection mode, and

the touch detection electrodes are supplied with a second drive signal to detect a conducting body in contact with or close to the second region in a second touch detection mode; and

an overlapping electrode that overlaps the second part of the touch detection electrodes in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate.

2. The touch detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the touch detection electrodes each have the second part, and

the second parts each include a first portion that overlaps the overlapping electrode and a second portion that does not overlap the overlapping electrode.

3. The touch detection device according to claim 2 , wherein

the second parts are arranged at a predetermined pitch in a first direction intersecting a second direction in which the touch detection electrodes extend, and

the overlapping electrodes are arranged at a pitch larger than the pitch of the second parts in the first direction.

4. The touch detection device according to claim 2 , wherein the first portion of the second part has a width larger than a width of the second portion of the second part.

5. The touch detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the overlapping electrode includes an overlapping part that overlaps the at least one touch detection electrode and a non-overlapping part that does not overlap the touch detection electrodes.

6. The touch detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the overlapping electrode is arranged at a position farther from the surface of the substrate than the touch detection electrodes in the perpendicular direction.

7. The touch detection device according to claim 1 , further comprising a cover substrate facing the substrate in the perpendicular direction, wherein

the cover substrate is provided with the overlapping electrode.

8. The touch detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the touch detection electrodes output a first touch detection signal in the first touch detection mode,

the touch detection electrodes output a second touch detection signal in the second touch detection mode, and

a conducting body in contact with or close to the second region is detected based on a difference between the first touch detection signal and the second touch detection signal.

9. The touch detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the touch detection electrodes output a first touch detection signal in the first touch detection mode,

the touch detection electrodes output a second touch detection signal in the second touch detection mode, and

a conducting body in contact with or close to the second region is detected based on a difference between the second touch detection signals output from the touch detection electrodes.

10. The touch detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

a conducting body in contact with or close to the touch detection electrodes in the first region is detected based on a mutual capacitance between the touch detection electrodes and the drive electrodes in the first touch detection mode, and

a conducting body in contact with or close to the second region is detected based on a self-capacitance of the touch detection electrodes in the second touch detection mode.

11. The touch detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the touch detection electrodes detect a conducting body in contact with or close to the second region based on a capacitance between the overlapping electrode and the at least one touch detection electrode that overlaps the overlapping electrode in the second touch detection mode.

12. A cover member arranged on a surface of a touch detection device including a substrate, a plurality of drive electrodes arranged on a plane parallel to the substrate and in a first region in which an image is displayed, and a plurality of touch detection electrodes configured to generate a capacitance between the touch detection electrodes and the drive electrodes, the touch detection electrodes including a first part arranged in the first region and a second part arranged in a second region adjacent to the first region, the drive electrodes are sequentially supplied with a first drive signal to detect a conducting body in contact with or close to the first region in a first touch detection mode, and the touch detection electrodes are supplied with a second drive signal to detect a conducting body in contact with or close to the second region in a second touch detection mode, the cover member comprising:

a cover substrate; and

an overlapping electrode arranged at a position of the second part of the touch detection electrodes in a plan view on a plane parallel to the cover substrate.

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 Feb 1, 2017
From: ITO, DAISUKE; FUJIWARA, TOSHIHIKO; KURASAWA, HAYATO; MIZUHASHI, HIROSHI
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 041144/0341 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-115220 · Jun 5, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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