Display device

1. A display device comprising:

a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface;

a plurality of pixel electrodes provided to the first surface side and supplied with a pixel signal for displaying an image;

a switching element provided to the first surface side and coupled to the pixel electrodes; and

a first electrode provided between the first surface of the substrate and the switching element in a vertical direction perpendicular to the first surface of the substrate in a manner facing the switching element, the first electrode having lower light transmittance than light transmittance of the sub state,

wherein a position of an external object in contact with or in proximity to the second surface side is detected based on a change in capacitance generated between the first electrode and the external object in contact with or in proximity to the second surface side.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first electrode includes a plurality of wires having electrical conductivity.

3. The display device according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a gate line that supplies a scanning signal to the switching element, wherein

the wires extend under the gate line in a direction along an extending direction of the gate line and are provided to a layer closer to the first surface than the gate line.

4. The display device according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a data line that supplies a pixel signal to the switching element, wherein

the wires extend under the data line in a direction along an extending direction of the data line and are provided to a layer closer to the first surface than the data line.

5. A display device comprising:

a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface;

a plurality of pixel electrodes provided to the first surface side and supplied with a pixel signal for displaying an image;

a switching element provided to the first surface side and coupled to the pixel electrodes;

a first electrode provided between the first surface of the substrate and the switching element in a vertical direction perpendicular to the first surface of the substrate in a manner facing the switching element, the first electrode having lower light transmittance than light transmittance of the substrate;

a conductor provided to the second surface side of the substrate; and

a gap provided between the second surface and the conductor,

wherein

the conductor, the gap, the substrate, the first electrode, and the switch element are sequentially stacked in the vertical direction, and

a distance between the first electrode and the conductor is detected based on a change in capacitance generated between the first electrode and the conductor.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a second electrode provided to a layer farther from the first surface than the switching element on the first surface side of the substrate, such that the substrate, the first electrode, the switch element, and the second electrode are sequentially stacked in the vertical direction,

wherein a signal having a waveform synchronized with a drive signal supplied to the first electrode is supplied to the second electrode.

7. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein

the first electrode extends in a first direction, and

the second electrode extends in a second direction intersecting with the first direction.

8. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first electrode is arranged in a matrix on a plane parallel to the first surface of the substrate.

9. The display device according to claim 6 , further comprising a third electrode facing the second electrode and provided to the first surface side of the substrate, such that the substrate, the first electrode, the switch element, the second electrode, and the third electrode are sequentially stacked in the vertical direction,

wherein the external object in contact with or in proximity to the first surface side is detected based on a change in capacitance generated between the second electrode and the third electrode.

10. The display device according to claim 6 , further comprising a third electrode facing the second electrode and provided to the first surface side of the substrate, such that the substrate, the first electrode, the switch element, the second electrode, and the third electrode are sequentially stacked in the vertical direction,

wherein the external object in contact with or in proximity to the first surface side is detected based on a change in capacitance generated between the third electrode and the external object in contact with or in proximity to the first surface side.

11. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein a display operation for supplying the pixel signal to the pixel electrodes and causing a display functional layer to perform an image display function, a touch detection operation for detecting the external object in contact with or in proximity to the first surface side, and a force detection operation for detecting force based on a change in capacitance between the first electrode and the conductor are performed in a time division manner.

12. The display device according to claim 6 , further comprising a third electrode facing the second electrode and provided to the first surface side of the substrate, such that the substrate, the first electrode, the switch element, the second electrode, and the third electrode are sequentially stacked in the vertical direction,

wherein a first detection operation for detecting the external object in contact with or in proximity to the first surface side with at least one of the second electrode or the third electrode and a second detection operation for detecting a conductor on the second surface side with the first electrode are performed in the same period.

13. A display device comprising:

a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface;

a plurality of pixel electrodes provided to the first surface side and supplied with a pixel signal for displaying an image;

a switching element provided to the first surface side and coupled to the pixel electrodes;

a first electrode provided between the first surface of the substrate and the switching element in a vertical direction perpendicular to the first surface of the substrate in a manner facing the switching element, first electrode having lower light transmittance than light transmittance of the substrate;

a gate line that supplies a scanning signal to the switching element;

a data line that supplies a pixel signal to the switching element;

a second electrode provided to a layer farther from the first surface than the switching element on the first surface side of the substrate; and

a third electrode facing the second electrode and provided to the first surface side of the substrate, such that the substrate, the first electrode, the switch element, the second electrode, and the third electrode are sequentially stacked in the vertical direction, wherein

at least one of the gate line or the data line is in a floating state where an electric potential is not fixed in a period for detecting an external object in contact with or in proximity to the first surface side with at least one of the second electrode or the third electrode.

14. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a housing that accommodates the substrate.

15. The display device according to claim 14 , wherein the housing includes a conductor in at least a part facing the second surface.